Introduction to Computers: Fall 2013

Lab6: Browsing the Internet

This is the "easy" lab of this quarter: it should be a nice option to boost you lab grade! Pay attention, follow the instructions and you should get a good score. The lab has two parts:

• Part 1: A set of 10 question that you need to answer....you will need to use the Internert to find those answers: think of it as a treasure hunt!
• Part 2: A logic puzzle...for extra credit!

Step 1: Getting ready

You will submit your answers with a Word document. Please include a a header with your name, student ID and date. You can use the header style we have used for Python labs:

#
#   Author:          Your name
#   Student ID:      Your student ID
#   Date:            Today's date
#

where obviously, "Your name", "Your student ID" and "Today's date" refer to you and the date you are working on this program!

Part I: An Internet treasure hunt

Here are the ten questions you need to answer:

1. Go to the Amazon web page and look for the book "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 3rd Edition" by Michael Dawson. Answer the following questions:
   • What is its list price?
   • What is the Amazon price for this book?
   • Find both the ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 for this book
2. Go to movies.yahoo.com and name the number one movie for the week and what it grossed on the weekend
3. Translate "How are you?" in French using an automated translator. Indicate the URL of the translator you used
4. Find the web page that gives the list of FBI's ten most wanted fugitive and name one of them (you need to give both the URL for the web page and the name of the fugitive)
5. What is the distance (in miles) from Davis, CA to San Diego, CA?
6. What is the cheapest price you find for buying the camera Canon PowerShot A2500 16MP Digital Camera with 2.7-Inch LCD (in red)? Do not take into account tax and shipping. Indicate both web site and price.
7. Find the cost for a family of 4 (two adults and two children, one 15 years old, one 10 years old) to visit the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco (assuming no special discount or additional fees for special exhibit)
8. Name two exhibits currently on display at the Getty Villa in Malibu, Ca
9. Go to www.amtrak.com and find the cost of a 15 days USA rail pass for one adult.
10. Find the date, time and place where the current Queen of England was born.

Part II: A logic puzzle

Four persons need to cross a bridge to get back to their camp at night.
Unfortunately, they only have one flashlight and it only has enough light left for seventeen minutes. The bridge is too dangerous to cross without a flashlight, and it is strong enough to support only two persons at any given time. The flashlight cannot be thrown from one side of the bridge to the other. Each of the campers walks at a different speed. One can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another in 2 minutes, the third in 5 minutes, and the last one takes 10 minutes to cross.

Tell these people how they can make it across in 17 minutes.

Step 3: File submission

Please submit your report as a single document (you can name this document as you want, but do keep the .doc or .docx extension).

It is very important to turn in your assignment. If you do not turn in, you will not get your credit.
USE SMARTSITE to save your assignment. If you are still not sure how to do it, ask a TA for help.

Grading:

The maximum score you can get is 60. The breakdown is:

Note that the 20 points for Part II are extra credit points!