IPA IP 2020 Question 35
A question IPA Japan published in 令和2年度 10月 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問35, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
A company is going to develop a program for realizing a new service that uses fintech. For this purpose, it planned an event where a team is formed by gathering designers, programmers, and others, who work intensively on program development over several days and compete with each other on the results. Which of the following is the most appropriate term that represents such an event?
Explanation
Hackathon — a short, intensive event where teams of designers, programmers and others develop software together and compete on the results.
The word joins hack and marathon. Teams are formed around a theme, here a fintech service, work on it non-stop for a day or a few days, and present working prototypes that are judged against each other. Companies hold hackathons to find new ideas, technologies and talent quickly, often with outside participants.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) Walkthrough — a review in which the author walks colleagues through a design or program step by step to find errors; nobody develops anything or competes
- •(b) Gamification — using game elements such as points, badges and rankings in non-game activities to motivate people; it is not an event
- •(d) Brainstorming — a group technique for generating many ideas freely, without criticism; it produces ideas, not programs
Key rule: Hackathon = intensive, time-boxed team development ending in a competition of results; brainstorming only generates ideas, and a walkthrough only reviews.
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