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CRS Questions

Foundations of Modelling]

<ref name="bold">Don't forget, you're supposed to indicate which answers are correct by bolding them! </ref>

Which of the following represents low accuracy but high precision:

A) 5 measurements of a meter stick which measure the length as 100cm, 101cm, 99cm, 98cm, 100cm.

B) 5 measurements of a meter stick which measure the length as 80cm, 79cm, 81cm, 82cm, 78cm.

C) 5 measurements of a meter stick which measure the length as 90cm, 110cm, 109cm, 91cm, 100cm

D) 5 measurements of a meter stick which measure the length as 80cm, 95cm, 50cm, 130cm, 200cm.

<ref name="dif">I like the difference between questions A and B. I'm not sure the others are as clear. Need more info to make change</ref>

Which of the following is likely to have the least impact on a model of a ball dropping:

A) Rate of acceleration due to gravity

B) Size of the ball

C) Height of the ball

D) Whether or not the ball is attached to a parachute


About how many squirrels are on Earlham's "front" campus:

A) 1 to 10

B) 10 to 1000

C) 1000 to 100000

D) 100000+

<ref name="front campus">How do you define "front" campus? I think it might be helpful to give them the area of campus so they're not estimating two things at once. Front campus is the area with buildings on it.</ref>


Static Modeling]

  • How does one refer to something that is simply very consistent?
    • A. accurate
    • B. definite
    • C. precise
    • D. correct
  • Which of the following is not a static model?
    • A. map
    • B. a sketch of a person
    • C. a flight simulator
    • D. a graph
  • Which tool will give the absolute area of the heart?
    • A. measuring wheel
    • B. GPS
    • C. Google Earth
    • D. none of the above


Fire]

  • Which of these is a reasonable method for simulating Wild Fires?
  1. A technique called "systematic dynamical conflagration"
  2. Going out back campus and ....
  3. Coding all properties of trees into a computer program
  4. A technique called "cellular automata"
  • What is another name for "Cellular Automata"?
  1. Automated Telecomune
  2. Tessellation Automata
  3. Biological Automated Simulation
  4. Systems Dynamics
  • Who is credited for doing some of the first work in Cellular Automata?
  1. Stephen Wolfram
  2. John von Neumann
  3. Alan Turing
  4. Stanislaw Ulam
  • Which of the following affects wildland fire [danger level] the most if present:
  1. ground slope/shape
  2. wind & wind changes
  3. day/night cycle
  4. high air humidity
  • On 2D CA simulation, how many possible (black/white cell)patterns are there for the cell and its neighboring cells?
  1. 128
  2. 256
  3. 512
  4. 1024
  • Exclude the one that spreads the fire the least:
  1. Wind
  2. Ground Slope
  3. Dry Wigs
  4. Large logs


Visualization]

  • Whats the best type of visualization for X set of data?
  • XXX
  • XXX


Structural Modeling]

  • How would you describe the class of structural models?
    • a)Dynamic
    • b)Static
    • c)Accurate
    • d)Precise


  • What does the shake table show about a bridge model?
    • a)Whether the model shakes
    • b)How often the model moves in a normal environment
    • c)The effects of uneven ground on a structure
    • d)The expected effect of earthquakes and other natural disasters


  • Which is not an example of a structural model?
    • a) a bridge model
    • b) an automobile model
    • c) a building model
    • d) a beach-front shanty


Rocket Modeling]

  • Question 1:
    • Which one of the following elements does not affect pathway of flight of the rocket?
1. Rocket Thrust
2. Earth Gravity
3. Rocket Mass
4. Force by air movement (i.e. Wind)
  • Question 2:
    • What do you require to measure/track the altitude of the rocket flight?
1. A Person at very high position and binoculars
2. Good Math and estimation skills in cooperation with already-known-height of the nearby tree
3. Another person besides you to track the angle reached
4. A measuring device attached on to the rocket


  • Question 3
    • Which one the below listed is the dependent variable from the equations related to the flight of the rocket?
1. Mass
2. Velocity
3. Time
4. Gravity


Computational Sociology and Agent Based Modeling]

  • 1. What is Emergent Behavior?
    • A. The complex outcome of the interaction of many simple rulesets
    • B. How we verify and validate Agent Based models
    • C. How we define rulesets for agents in an agent based model
    • D. How we determine the formulas we use in mathematical modeling
  • 2. Who wrote the seminal text on sociological agent-based modeling?
    • A. Peck & Rogers, et. al
    • B. Axtell and Epstein
    • C. Axeman and Edlefsen
    • D. Whitehall and North
  • 3. What is the name of the first agent-based biological model?
    • A. Droids
    • B. BirdBots
    • C. Boids
    • D. BDroids


Predator Prey ( Lynx Hare )]

  • Look at the graph on Lynx - Hare as a Pred/Prey model. What type of oscillation does it show?
    • A. Chaos
    • B. Explosive
    • C. Dampening
    • D. Sustained
  • What is a good example of a reinforcing loop?
    • A. Uncontrolled fishing in a lake
    • B. Spilling wine on a carpet
    • C. A Stock Market crash
    • D. Parents buying a child toys


Chaos]

  • The butterfly effect is summed up in the title "does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" What does it refer to?
    • a. Pandemonium principle
    • b. The film from New Line Cinema
    • c. Chaos theory
    • d. Tip of insect collecting
    • Answer: c
  • Who found butterfly effect?
    • a. Edward Lorenz
    • b. Hendrik Lorentz
    • c. Edward Teller
    • d. Edward VIII
    • Answer: a
  • What is the chance of rain tomorrow?
    • a. 30%
    • b. 40%
    • c. 50%
    • d. some percentage
    • Answer: c (on March 25th)


End-Notes]