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Pilot city api/model

Roads API (/api/roads)

  • Create Road (POST): Admins only

  • Read Roads (GET): Public

  • Update Road (PUT): Admins or owners

  • Delete Road (DELETE): Admins or owners

Reviews API (/api/review)

  • Create Review (POST): Authenticated users (logged in)

  • Read Reviews (GET): Public

  • Update Review (PUT): Review owners or Admins

  • Delete Review (DELETE): Review owners or Admins

Models

## Road

Field Type Description
id Integer Primary key
road_name String Name of the road
place_id Integer ID from Google Maps (to verify)

### Review

Field Type Description
id Integer Primary key
road_id ForeignKey Linked to Road
uid ForeignKey Linked to User
description String Review content
rating Integer Numeric rating
date_posted DateTime Auto-generated on creation

## Authorization & Roles

  • @token_required used on all write/update/delete routes.

  • Admins have full access to all routes.

  • Regular users can modify their own reviews.

# Deployment Tools

  • AWS EC2: A virtual server used to host the application.
  • Docker: Containerizes the Flask app to ensure consistent behavior across environments.
  • Nginx: Acts as a reverse proxy to route incoming HTTP requests to the Flask app.

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Topic Description
Using Jekyll Examples of how Jekyll helps the development process
Backend Basics Examples and explanation of key backend componenets
MCQ Examples and question analysis for the MCQ

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## Using Jekyll for the header for our Pilot City Project

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## config.yml

 title: Data Mango
 description: "CSP Tri 3 Project"
 owner_name: Trevor Vick
 github_username: Tvick22
 github_repo: "DataMango"
 baseurl: "/DataMango"
 colors:
   primary: "#FF9F1C" # Mango Orange
   primary-hover: "#e88d15"
   secondary: "#015A65" # Deep Teal
   secondary-hover: "#01404a"
   background: "#FAFAF8" # Off-White
   text: "#333333" # Charcoal Gray
   red: "#F25C54" # Coral Red
   accent:
     green: "#007F5F" # Forest Green
     green-hover: "#006b50"
     red: "#F25C54" # Coral Red
     red-hover: "#e04d48"
   neutral: "#F4E8C1" # Soft Beige
 header_pages:
   - browse-documentation.md
   - contact.md
  • Header pages contains the file paths that will be displayed on our hamburger menu.
  • We use the colors array to organize our site’s “theme”.

## Example page that is in the Header

 ---
 layout: docs
 title: Documentation
 search_exclude: true
 menu: nav/mainHeader.html
 menu_color: secondary
 menu_text_color: white
 ---

This page has properties (menu_color and menu_text_color) that contribute to how it is styled on the hamburger menu.

# MCQ Questions Overview

## 1. Conceptual Questions These test your understanding of key computing ideas without code.

Examples:

  • What is an example of abstraction?
  • How does compression affect file size?

How to Tackle:

  • Review vocab from each “Big Idea.”
  • Think in real-world examples (e.g., maps, music files, passwords).

## 2. Pseudocode Logic You’ll be given code-like logic and asked to predict outcomes or identify errors.

Examples:

  • What is printed by this loop?
  • Which Boolean expression returns true?

How to Tackle:

  • Practice reading College Board pseudocode.
  • Write out the steps or create tables to trace variable changes.
  • Focus on common structures: IF, REPEAT, APPEND, REMOVE.

## 3. Data & Visual Interpretation These involve reading graphs, tables, or program outputs to draw conclusions.

Examples:

  • What conclusion can you draw from this bar chart?
  • Which filter would produce this data result?

How to Tackle:

  • Understand how data is collected, filtered, and visualized.
  • Know basic spreadsheet/filter logic.

## 4. Cybersecurity & Internet These questions check your knowledge of data transmission, encryption, and risks.

Examples:

  • What protocol ensures secure data transfer?
  • Which situation best explains a phishing attack?

How to Tackle:

  • Review protocols: HTTP vs HTTPS, TCP/IP, DNS.
  • Know definitions and consequences of cyber threats.

## 5. Impact of Computing Focuses on ethics, bias, data privacy, and social effects of computing.

Examples:

  • What is a possible negative impact of facial recognition?
  • How does bias enter through training data?

How to Tackle:

  • Think critically — there’s not always one “right” answer.
  • Ask yourself: Who benefits? Who might be harmed?

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ppr backend

PPR Practice

  • Question 1: Program Purpose and Functionality Q: Describe the overall purpose of your program. What does it do, and who is it for?

A: The purpose of my program is to simulate a digital garage where users can create and store information about their cars. Users can add new cars with details like make, model, and year, and view or manage them later. It’s designed for car enthusiasts who want to track and organize their vehicle collection.

  • Question 2: Data Abstraction (List Use) Q: Describe how your program uses a list. Identify the name of the list, what data it stores, and how it’s used.

A: My program uses a list called garage which stores multiple car objects. Each car object includes properties such as make, model, year, and color. This list allows the program to dynamically store and manage all the cars that a user creates. I use it to display all cars, search for specific cars, and remove cars from the garage.

  • Question 3: Procedural Abstraction (Custom Function) Q: Identify a procedure you defined in your program. Explain how it contributes to the program’s overall functionality.

A: I defined a function called addCar(make, model, year, color) that creates a new car object and adds it to the garage list. This function handles all the logic for building a car and storing it. It simplifies the program by letting users add new cars with a single call, rather than repeating code each time.

  • Question 4: Algorithm with Selection & Iteration Q: Describe an algorithm in your program that includes both selection (if statements) and iteration (loops).

A: In my displayCarsByYear(targetYear) function, I use a loop to go through the garage list and an if statement to check if a car’s year matches the targetYear. If it matches, the car is displayed. This lets users filter their cars by year and is a good example of using both iteration and selection in one function.

  • Question 5: Testing and Development Q: Describe two specific test cases you used to test your program. Explain the input and the expected output for each.

A:

Test Case 1: I added a car with the input (“Toyota”, “Supra”, 1998, “Red”). After calling displayGarage(), the Supra appeared correctly in the list.

Test Case 2: I searched for cars from the year 2000 using displayCarsByYear(2000), and since no cars from that year existed, the function correctly displayed a message like “No cars found from 2000.”

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