2005 LSU CCT High School Programming Contest

  1. Multiple problems will be posed in English. Solutions to these problems must be submitted in one of the contest approved languages.

    Teams must choose in advance between running Windows XP or running on Linux (Red Hat Fedora Core 2). They may use only one of them during the contest.

    The systems are P4s, 1.5 GHz+ with at least 512 MB of RAM. These systems have been erased and a custom installation has been built for this contest. Normally these systems have a full complement of software packages for LSU students to utilize.

  2. Libraries: We do not install additional libraries. The number of libraries out there is staggering. The complexity of trying to get them installed correctly (if possible) is huge. Rather than install a few libraries, we choose to only install the software/libraries as shipped by the vendor.

  3. Problem solutions MUST be submitted according to our guidelines. All submissions will consist of source code only. All programs will be written to do input and output to the standard devices (see the special Visual Basic instructions). This is clarified in the Language Specific Information document.

  4. Contestants may not bring the following items into the contest area:
    Any items that the Contest Officials believe violate these rules will be confiscated until the end of the contest.

  5. Contestants MAY NOT do the following:

  6. Any questions a Team has about a problem must be submitted to the Contest Judges via the PC^2 Clarification system. The Contest Judges will review the question and will either do nothing or they will respond to all teams with the clarifications. Questions about your system, PC^2, logging in, etc. may be asked (verbally) of the runners.

  7. Problems are submitted for judging via the Problem Submission Software. When the Contest Judge makes a decision, you will receive electronic notification.

    ResponseExplanation
    YesProblem is correct
    No - ISImproper Submission (sent stuff other than required, hard-coded I/O)
    No - CECompile Error (something went wrong before your program was able to be run)
    No - RTRun Time Error (your program "failed/crashed" while being run)
    No - TLTime Limit Exceeded (your program took more than two [2] minutes to complete)
    No - IOIncorrect Output (your program ran but did not produce output close enough to desired)

  8. Contest starting time, ending time, and/or duration may be altered by Contest Officials if necessary (if the lunch is late or early).

  9. No one may leave the contest area early unless an advisor comes to get them.

  10. You may be disqualified and/or have your score reduced based on infractions of the rules.


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