CCC Junior

Oct 10, 2016 · 1 min read
CCC Junior

What is CCC?

Cited from CCC official website:
“The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is a fun challenge for students with an interest in programming. Designed to be both accessible to students with some programming experience and to challenge the keenest programmers at the secondary-school level, the CCC helps students build confidence and grow their ability to design, understand and implement algorithms.”

Questions

5 questions with 15 marks for each question. Full mark: 15*5=75.

Recognition of CCC

Cited from Contest Awards and Recognition:
“While the Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is not an admission requirement to University of Waterloo Math, we encourage you to participate as high marks will be an asset for your admission into the School of Computer Science.”

Programming Languages To Be Used

Any will do. Three recommended:

Course Syllabus

  1. Programming Language Fundamentals (Java, Python, C/C++)
    • Data types, Variables, Operations
    • Control Flows
    • Function
    • Recursion
    • Sorting Algorithms - Bubble Sort, Insertion Sort, Selection Sort, Merge Sort and Quick Sort
    • Searching Algorithms - Binary Search
    • Breath First Search and Depth First Search
    • Greedy Algorithms
    • Dynamic Programming
    • 2D Arrays (Matrix)
    • etc.
  2. CCC Past Contests: year 2010 onwards
    • Question 1 and 2
    • Question 3
    • Question 4
    • Question 5

Student Requirements, Training Target and Course Length

Student Requirements Training Target Course Length
NO Coding Experience mark 60~61 20 weeks * 2 hours/week
= 40 hours
1-year Coding Experience Waterloo Honor Roll 15 weeks * 2 hours/week
= 30 hours

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