IPA IP 2025 Question 9
A question IPA Japan published in 令和7年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問9, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning a hackathon?
Explanation
Teams build prototypes on a theme in a short time and compete on the results — that is a hackathon, a word made from "hack" and "marathon".
At a hackathon, teams of programmers, designers, planners and others gather for an intensive event, often one or two days, take a theme set by the organizer, and build working software or prototypes. At the end each team presents what it made and the results are judged. Companies and governments hold hackathons to find new ideas, technologies and talent.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) — arguing a topic from affirmative and negative sides under set rules is a debate
- •(b) — a training camp where young people learn practical information security is a security camp, a training program, not a development contest
- •(d) — adding game elements to non-game fields to motivate people is gamification
Key rule: Hackathon = short, intensive team development on a theme, with the results presented and judged; an ideathon competes on ideas only.
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