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Question 1

A list of numbers sorted in ascending order runs in which direction?

Accepted Answer

Smallest to largest. Ascending order goes from the smallest value up to the largest; descending is the reverse.

Question 2

Which is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still largely standing?

Accepted Answer

Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is the oldest of the ancient wonders and the only one that survives largely intact.

Question 3

Which of these words comes first in alphabetical order?

Accepted Answer

Lisp. All share 'Lis', and the fourth letter p comes before t, so 'Lisp' is listed first.

Question 4

In HTML, which tag creates a bulleted (unordered) list?

Accepted Answer

<ul>. <ul> starts an unordered list; each item inside it goes in an <li> tag, while <ol> makes a numbered list.

Question 5

In a computer science 'linked list', what is each element that holds data and a link to the next called?

Accepted Answer

A node. A linked list is a chain of nodes, where each node stores a value and a reference to the next node.

Question 6

In the Dewey Decimal Classification, the 500s cover which subject area?

Accepted Answer

Natural sciences and mathematics. Dewey's 500 class covers science and math; 700 is arts, 800 literature and 900 history and geography.

Question 7

Which sorting method repeatedly swaps neighboring items that are in the wrong order?

Accepted Answer

Bubble sort. Bubble sort steps through a list swapping adjacent out-of-order pairs, so large values 'bubble' to the end.

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