ECS YouScience Certification Preparation 

HTML

• Students should be able to place the tags that are the basis of all web pages and the order in which the appear. Click Here.    
• Students should be able to look at a web page and know all the standard web page formatting commands (H1-H6, text  color, body color,  etc.) and how they are written on a page. Click Here.
• Show code for your first website and you added and image and a link:  'img src', 'a href'.  Click Here.
• Show code for:  Lists, Tables  Click Here.
• All students should understand the basics of CSS and the 3 types (External, Internal Inline). Click Here.

Computers

• Students should be able to state the definition for a Computer...just like we do in class - Look at your definition of a computer in your notes!! (Input, Storage, Process and Output).   
  • Students should be able to determine when an object does or does not act like a computer.
  • Students should be able to determine which computer hardware is Input (mouse, keyboard), and which is Output (monitor, printer, projector)   
• Students should know what the major components of a computer are and know what they do (eg. See Class Flowchart!). Remember, you built a computer for a client. Click Here.
• Students should be able to count in Binary and understand what it repesents. Click Here.
• State and Explain the Problem Solving Process Steps. Click Here.
• What is an Algorithm (Looking at #4) ? Click Here.
• State and Explain Sorting (film capsules).  Click Here.

Programming

• Students should know the basic Programming commands and how they function.
  •  Variables
  • Operators
  • Conditionals  (& Boolean)
  • Iterations: Forever Loop / While Loop
  • Functions (Note: ECS has not dealt with Functions, but the test makes a reference to it...so here is an explanation as to what it is).  
•  Understand the difference between Linerar and Binary Search (eg. Dictionary!)   Click Here.

AI & Machine Learning

• What was the point of playing the Turing Test ?  Click Here.
• Define/Compare Machine Learning AI  to   true AI (Generative). Click Here.

Intellectual Property: Copyright / Trademark / Creative Commons / Public Domain

• What is the difference between Copyright, Trademark,  Creative Commons and Public Doamain.  Click Here.  

Test Taking Tips

• When answering a Multiple Choice Question and you are looking at an answer that you have never seen before..it is most likely not the answer.