philnits-vault

A flashcard Obsidian vault containing all past exam questions & explanations for the PhilNITS exam: created to collaboratively prepare for the upcoming PhilNITS exam in a single week.

Usage

git clone git@github.com:Luzefiru/philnits-vault.git

Then, we open the philnits-vault using Obsidian and we can press the Review flashcards button on the left ribbon.

Troubleshooting: Can't Review Previously-Reviewed Flashcards

Warning

The Spaced Repetition plugin will set a timer with a minimum of 1 day before the next time you can review the card.

To work around this, you have to do CTRL + P > Spaced Repetition: Select a deck to cram to review all the cards in the deck, ignoring the schedule of previously-reviewed cards.

Conventions on Creating Flashcards

Note

To create a new note, do CTRL + N and write the name before doing CTRL + T to select the 000 Flashcard template.

Take note of the following labelling conventions.

• note names should correspond to the PDF related to it together with the question number.
  • ie. question #55 2023A_FE_AM_Questions.pdf turns into 2023A_FE_AM_55
• always add a #category to the Category: section in the metadata heading in order for us to separate the decks.
  • view the list of [[#Available Flashcard Categories]].
  • feel free to add more categories if none of the existing ones cover the topic your question is related to.
    • discuss it between the contributors before adding it.

Flashcard Format

Created: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm
Category: #category-from-list
Status: #philnits

# 2024S_FE-A_83

What is the question of the current number?
a) wrong
b) wrong
c) answer
d) wrong
?
c) answer

This is an explanation detailing the different actions or concepts taken to understanding the answer.

You can use LaTeX syntax in between two $$ like $\frac{a_{1}}{x^{2}}$.

You can also copy paste images into the explanation with CTRL + V.

This is the end of the explanation, I hope you now understand why c) is the answer at the first line of the card's back.

## %% ignore this, it's the flashcard terminator %%

# References %% add your references here %%

-

• put the correct answer in the FIRST LINE of the flashcard answer.
• the separator for the front & back of the flashcard is the ? character on a new line.
• the end marker of a flashcard is a --- separator in a new line.

Available Flashcard Categories

Note

Feel free to add more as necessary after discussing with the other flashcard contributors.

• these determine the flashcard deck partitions.

• #number-systems
  • binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal number conversions
• #operating-systems
  • CPU scheduling, kernel, functionalities, types of OS
• #project-management
  • project management concepts, Scrum, Agile, Waterfall Method
• #accounting
  • balance sheets, profit calculation, P/L statements
• #probability
  • statistics, probability
• #cybersecurity
  • Information Security
• #systems-architecture
  • UML2
• #sets
  • union, interception, Venn Diagram word problems
• #digital-logic
  • Boolean algebra, logic circuits
• #algorithms
  • Common algorithms
• #hardware
  • Computer architecture and physical components
• #data-structures
  • Stacks, Queues, Trees, Graphs
• #programming
  • Strings, Integers, Characters, Programming Languages
• #web-technologies
  • JavaScript, CSS, Ajax
• #information-management
  • Databases, SQL
• #statistics
  • Correlations, Regressions
• #networking
  • OSI layers, subnetting, network topology, protocols
• #service-management
  • ITIL, Service Strategy, IT Service Management, IT Service Delivery & Reliability
• #math
  • algebraic problems, basic arithmetic word problems
• #software
  • general software-related topics i.e., graphics software
• #data-encoding
  • ways to format, send, and store data, compression, data serialization, decoding
• #business-administration
  • business development, analysis, strategy, secretary work
• #software-testing
  • test-driven development, terminology, types of tests, test automation
• #devops
  • system administration, server provisioning, automated deployment, system integration, containerization
• #automata-theory
  • state transitions, automata questions