β‘ Hack: Eigenvalue sum = trace (diagonal sum), Eigenvalue product = |A|
β‘ Hack (ASTC): "All Students Take Coffee" β remember which trig ratio is positive in Q1βQ4!
Qualitative Data
Categories: Gender, Color, Yes/No (non-numeric)
Quantitative Data
Numeric: Discrete (countable) or Continuous (measurable)
Primary Data
Collected firsthand: Surveys, Interviews, Focus Groups
Secondary Data
Already exists: Books, Journals, Databases, Reports
β‘ Hack: Histogram has NO GAPS between bars (continuous data). Bar graph has GAPS (discrete categories)!
β‘ Hack: All identical values? SD = 0, Variance = 0. No calculation needed!
Data Types
int, float, str, bool, list, tuple, dict, set
If-Else
if condition: ... elif: ... else: ...
Loops
for i in range(n): ... | while condition: ...
Functions
def func_name(params): ... return value
β‘ Hack: CSS priority: Inline > Internal > External. "Closer to element = Higher priority"
Cloud Models
IaaS (infra) | PaaS (platform) | SaaS (software)
Cloud Types
Public | Private | Hybrid | Community
IoT Components
Sensors β Connectivity β Data Processing β UI
IoT Examples
Smart Home, Smart City, Smart Farming
β‘ Hack (Cloud): "Pizza as a Service" β IaaS = buy ingredients, PaaS = use oven, SaaS = order pizza!
Phishing
Fake emails/links to steal credentials
DoS Attack
Overwhelm server with requests β crash
Man-in-the-Middle
Intercept communication between two parties
Firewall
Monitors & filters incoming/outgoing network traffic
β‘ Hack (Series vs Parallel): Series = "Same Current, Different Voltage" | Parallel = "Same Voltage, Different Current"
Logic Gates (Truth Tables)
AND: both 1β1 | OR: any 1β1 | NOT: inverts | NAND/NOR: universal gates
Boolean Laws
A+0=A | AΒ·1=A | A+A'=1 | AΒ·A'=0 | De Morgan's
β‘ Hack (Color Code): "BB ROY of Great Britain had Very Good Wife" = Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White
β‘ Hack: "I Plan Every Monday Carefully" = Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring, Closing
β‘ Hack: PMS is 100% theory + conceptual. Read concepts twice, attempt 20+ MCQs = guaranteed 15+/20 marks!