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Rip Van Winkle
It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who
meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the
Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the
American Revolution
Slice of life
a depiction of mundane experiences. In theater, slice of life refers to naturalism, while in
literary parlance it is a narrative technique in which a seemingly arbitrary sequence of
events in a character's life is presented, often lacking plot development, conflict, and
exposition, as well as often having an open ending.
Moore's law
is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles
approximately every two years. It is not a law of physics but an empirical relationship
based on historical trends. It is a type of experience-curve law, which quantifies
efficiency improvements in production over time.
A megaproject
Is an extremely large-scale construction and investment project. They are characterized
by: large investment commitment, vast complexity, and long-lasting impact on the
economy, the environment, and society.
They are projects that can reach multi-billion budgets, have a high level of innovation
and complexity, and are affected by several techno-socioeconomic and organizational
challenges.
Big Dig
was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then-elevated Central Artery of Interstate
93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to
extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport.
Planning for the project began in 1982; the construction work was carried out between
1991 and 2006; and concluded on December 31, 2007.
The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the United States. Cost overruns,
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delays, leaks, design flaws, accusations of poor execution and use of substandard
materials, criminal charges, and arrests plagued it. The project was originally scheduled
to be completed in 1998 at an estimated cost of $2.8 billion ($7.4 billion in 2020).
However, the project was completed in December 2007 at a cost of over $8.08 billion in
1982 ($21.5 billion in 2020).
Channel Tunnel
a 50.46 km undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (England)
with Coquelles (France). It is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and
the European mainland. It has the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the
world. The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains and LeShuttle services for
road vehicles and freight trains. It connects end-to-end with high-speed railway lines.
Plans for a cross-Channel tunnel date back to 1802 but were repeatedly delayed due to
security concerns. Construction finally began in 1988, led by Eurotunnel, and the tunnel
opened in 1994. Initially estimated at £5.5 billion in 1985, the final cost reached £9
billion (£22.6 billion in 2023).
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR)
a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California
High-Speed Rail Authority.
The project was authorized by a 2008 statewide ballot to connect the state's major
urban areas and reduce intercity travel times.
California legislative overseers do not expect the 2 hr 40 min target will be achieved.
(like the Canada fiasco)The project has experienced significant delays and cost overruns
caused by management issues, legal challenges, and a lack of a complete funding
commitment.
Sejong City
a special self-governing city and the de facto (describes practices that exist in reality,
regardless of the norm) administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts
of the South Chungcheong Province to ease congestion in South Korea's current capital
and largest city, Seoul, and encourage investment in the country's central region. Sejong
has a population of 351,007 as of 2020 making it the least-populous and smallest first-
level administrative division in South Korea. The construction of the city is expected to
be completed in 2030, at which time 500,000 people are expected to live there.
Hambantota
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the main city in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka (an island). It's undergoing some major
development projects including the construction of a new sea port and international
airport that finished in 2013. These projects and others such as Hambantota Cricket
Stadium are said to form part of the government's plan to transform Hambantota into
the second major urban hub of Sri Lanka, away from Colombo (the biggest city in Sri
Lanka).
NEOM
is an arcology and planned city being built by Saudi Arabia. Launched in 2017 by the
crown prince, the site is at the northern tip of the Red Sea, due east of Egypt across the
Gulf of Aqaba and south of Jordan. The total planned area of Neom is 26,500 km2.
Multiple regions are planned, including a floating industrial complex, a global trade hub,
tourist resorts, and a linear city powered by renewable energy sources.
Much of the city is hoped to be completed by 2039, though some experts have
expressed skepticism about the ambitions of the megaproject. The project's estimated
costs exceed $1.5 trillion.
Neom's construction has also been criticized for environmental and human rights
violations, with expatriate employees describing abusive working conditions and
members of the local Howeitat tribe protesting against their forced expulsion. Around
20,000 people are expected to be forcibly relocated.
Khazar Islands
is a stalled development of artificial islands 25 km south of Baku, Azerbaijan consisting of
41 islands extending 30 km2 into the Caspian Sea
Three Gorges Dam
is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in central
China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The world's largest power station by installed
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capacity (22,500 MW).
The dam's body was completed in 2006; the power plant became fully operational in
2012.
The dam increases the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduces the likelihood of
flooding downstream. As a result, the Chinese government regards the project as a
monumental social and economic success.
The dam's construction displaced more than 31 million people and inundated ancient
and culturally significant sites. In operation, the dam has caused some ecological
changes, including an increased risk of landslides.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB)
is a 55-kilometer bridge-tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed
bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is the longest sea crossing in
the world. The HZMB spans the Lingding and Jiuzhou channels, connecting Hong Kong
and Macau with Zhuhai—a major city on the Pearl River Delta in China.
The bridge was designed to last for 120 years and cost $18.8 billion to build.
New Eurasian Land Bridge
is the southern counterpart to the Eurasian Land Bridge and runs through China and
Central Asia with possible plans for expansion into South and West Asia. The Eurasian
Land-Bridge system is important as an overland rail link between China and Europe.
PARO (robot)
is a therapeutic baby seal robot, intended to be very cute and to have a calming effect
on and elicit emotional responses in patients of hospitals and nursing homes, similar to
animal-assisted therapy except using robots.
Pepper(robot)
is a semi-humanoid robot, designed with the ability to read emotions.
Robear
Japan is a pioneer in care automation. It's a prototype lifting robot.
Hug (robot)
designed to assist care workers in lifting people, a demanding physical job.
A stimulus
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WSC-2025 Exam Study Guide Questions with
Correct Detailed Answers Top Graded 2025
Rip Van Winkle
It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who
meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the
Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the
American Revolution
Slice of life
a depiction of mundane experiences. In theater, slice of life refers to naturalism, while in
literary parlance it is a narrative technique in which a seemingly arbitrary sequence of
events in a character's life is presented, often lacking plot development, conflict, and
exposition, as well as often having an open ending.
Moore's law
is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles
approximately every two years. It is not a law of physics but an empirical relationship
based on historical trends. It is a type of experience-curve law, which quantifies
efficiency improvements in production over time.
A megaproject
Is an extremely large-scale construction and investment project. They are characterized
by: large investment commitment, vast complexity, and long-lasting impact on the
economy, the environment, and society.
They are projects that can reach multi-billion budgets, have a high level of innovation
and complexity, and are affected by several techno-socioeconomic and organizational
challenges.
Big Dig
was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then-elevated Central Artery of Interstate
93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to
extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport.
Planning for the project began in 1982; the construction work was carried out between
1991 and 2006; and concluded on December 31, 2007.
The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the United States. Cost overruns,
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delays, leaks, design flaws, accusations of poor execution and use of substandard
materials, criminal charges, and arrests plagued it. The project was originally scheduled
to be completed in 1998 at an estimated cost of $2.8 billion ($7.4 billion in 2020).
However, the project was completed in December 2007 at a cost of over $8.08 billion in
1982 ($21.5 billion in 2020).
Channel Tunnel
a 50.46 km undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (England)
with Coquelles (France). It is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and
the European mainland. It has the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the
world. The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains and LeShuttle services for
road vehicles and freight trains. It connects end-to-end with high-speed railway lines.
Plans for a cross-Channel tunnel date back to 1802 but were repeatedly delayed due to
security concerns. Construction finally began in 1988, led by Eurotunnel, and the tunnel
opened in 1994. Initially estimated at £5.5 billion in 1985, the final cost reached £9
billion (£22.6 billion in 2023).
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR)
a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California
High-Speed Rail Authority.
The project was authorized by a 2008 statewide ballot to connect the state's major
urban areas and reduce intercity travel times.
California legislative overseers do not expect the 2 hr 40 min target will be achieved.
(like the Canada fiasco)The project has experienced significant delays and cost overruns
caused by management issues, legal challenges, and a lack of a complete funding
commitment.
Sejong City
a special self-governing city and the de facto (describes practices that exist in reality,
regardless of the norm) administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts
of the South Chungcheong Province to ease congestion in South Korea's current capital
and largest city, Seoul, and encourage investment in the country's central region. Sejong
has a population of 351,007 as of 2020 making it the least-populous and smallest first-
level administrative division in South Korea. The construction of the city is expected to
be completed in 2030, at which time 500,000 people are expected to live there.
Hambantota
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the main city in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka (an island). It's undergoing some major
development projects including the construction of a new sea port and international
airport that finished in 2013. These projects and others such as Hambantota Cricket
Stadium are said to form part of the government's plan to transform Hambantota into
the second major urban hub of Sri Lanka, away from Colombo (the biggest city in Sri
Lanka).
NEOM
is an arcology and planned city being built by Saudi Arabia. Launched in 2017 by the
crown prince, the site is at the northern tip of the Red Sea, due east of Egypt across the
Gulf of Aqaba and south of Jordan. The total planned area of Neom is 26,500 km2.
Multiple regions are planned, including a floating industrial complex, a global trade hub,
tourist resorts, and a linear city powered by renewable energy sources.
Much of the city is hoped to be completed by 2039, though some experts have
expressed skepticism about the ambitions of the megaproject. The project's estimated
costs exceed $1.5 trillion.
Neom's construction has also been criticized for environmental and human rights
violations, with expatriate employees describing abusive working conditions and
members of the local Howeitat tribe protesting against their forced expulsion. Around
20,000 people are expected to be forcibly relocated.
Khazar Islands
is a stalled development of artificial islands 25 km south of Baku, Azerbaijan consisting of
41 islands extending 30 km2 into the Caspian Sea
Three Gorges Dam
is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in central
China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The world's largest power station by installed
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capacity (22,500 MW).
The dam's body was completed in 2006; the power plant became fully operational in
2012.
The dam increases the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduces the likelihood of
flooding downstream. As a result, the Chinese government regards the project as a
monumental social and economic success.
The dam's construction displaced more than 31 million people and inundated ancient
and culturally significant sites. In operation, the dam has caused some ecological
changes, including an increased risk of landslides.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB)
is a 55-kilometer bridge-tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed
bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is the longest sea crossing in
the world. The HZMB spans the Lingding and Jiuzhou channels, connecting Hong Kong
and Macau with Zhuhai—a major city on the Pearl River Delta in China.
The bridge was designed to last for 120 years and cost $18.8 billion to build.
New Eurasian Land Bridge
is the southern counterpart to the Eurasian Land Bridge and runs through China and
Central Asia with possible plans for expansion into South and West Asia. The Eurasian
Land-Bridge system is important as an overland rail link between China and Europe.
PARO (robot)
is a therapeutic baby seal robot, intended to be very cute and to have a calming effect
on and elicit emotional responses in patients of hospitals and nursing homes, similar to
animal-assisted therapy except using robots.
Pepper(robot)
is a semi-humanoid robot, designed with the ability to read emotions.
Robear
Japan is a pioneer in care automation. It's a prototype lifting robot.
Hug (robot)
designed to assist care workers in lifting people, a demanding physical job.
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