令和元年度 秋期 ITパスポート試験 問19

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• ×Incorrectア

  A convention is a large-scale gathering, assembly, or conference where people belonging to a specific organization, industry, or purpose come together. Its main aim is information sharing and networking, not an event where participants intensively co-develop software over a short period and compete on results, so it is wrong.

• ×Incorrectイ

  A trade fair is an exhibition or trade show where companies display their own products and services to conduct business negotiations and develop sales channels. It is not an event where developers gather to build software intensively over a short period and compete on results, so it is wrong.

• ○ウ

  正解 The correct answer is ウ, Hackathon. A hackathon is a coined word combining hack and marathon; it refers to an event where software developers, engineers, planners, designers, and others gather and, aiming to solve a specific theme or problem, work together intensively over a few hours to a few days on activities such as brainstorming ideas and developing software, competing on their results. The three elements stated in the question stem, intensively sharing ideas over a short period, collaborating on tasks, and competing on results, match the characteristics of a hackathon exactly.

• ×Incorrectエ

  A reception is a welcome party or hospitality gathering to which guests are invited and entertained, or the front desk of a hotel or company. Its purpose is socializing and hospitality; it has no element of collaborative software development or competing on results, so it is wrong.