Appendix - Knowledge Check

What We Learned

• Recall concepts without notes, then explain the mechanism and trade-off behind each answer.
• Use module quizzes and Q&A banks to find weak areas and revisit the relevant chapter.
• Score all fourteen readiness domains from demonstrable evidence, rather than familiarity.
• Build independently to reach level 2; design, debug and justify choices to reach level 3.
• Keep project code, measurements and reports; rescore after tracks and capstones.

Key Acronyms, Concepts & Jargon

Term	Short meaning
Active recall	Retrieve an answer from memory before checking the notes.
Q&A	Questions and Answers: prompts and explanations for review practice.
Readiness score	0: cannot explain; 1: follow a tutorial; 2: build independently; 3: design and debug.
Core-domain threshold	The course target of no core readiness score below 2.
Trade-off	A choice that improves one property while costing another.
Evidence / baseline	Demonstrable work or measurements / reference used for comparison.
Regression	Loss of a previously working behavior or capability.
End-to-end project	A complete system with code, metrics, architecture and an explained outcome.
Capstone	An integrated project demonstrating skills across multiple course sections.
ADR / SLO / ROI	Architecture Decision Record / Service Level Objective / Return On Investment.
Eval	A repeatable procedure for measuring system behavior or task success.

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