Crack the Game Engineer Interview! - Easy Concepts Quiz Quiz

1. Game Preferences

   In a typical interview, which type of question asks about your favorite games to play, to understand your game industry interests?

   1. A. Behavioural question
   2. B. Physics question
   3. C. Math question
   4. D. Logic puzzle
   5. E. Coding exercise

2. Mathematics Fundamentals

   Given vectors A and B, what is the main use of the dot product in game development? For example, checking if two vectors are pointing in a similar direction.

   1. A. It calculates the angle between two vectors
   2. B. It finds the area of the parallelogram
   3. C. It adds the vectors together
   4. D. It returns a cross vector
   5. E. It swaps their components

3. Rectangle Collision

   Which condition best determines if two rectangles overlap when checking their coordinates on a 2D plane?

   1. A. If one rectangle's right side is left of the other's left side and no sides touch
   2. B. If their X1 is greater than X2
   3. C. If the left side of one is left of the right side of the other and their vertical sides overlap
   4. D. If both rectangles have identical coordinates
   5. E. If both rectangles are squares

4. Efficient Distance Calculation

   When comparing the distance between many objects in 2D or 3D space, which technique helps improve performance?

   1. A. Using Manhattan distance
   2. B. Comparing squared distances instead of actual distances
   3. C. Ignoring smaller distances
   4. D. Using a distance table for every pair
   5. E. Taking the absolute difference only in the x-direction

5. Projectiles

   Which physics concept would you use to simulate the arched path of a thrown object, like a ball’s trajectory?

   1. A. Uniform circular motion
   2. B. Projectile motion
   3. C. Static equilibrium
   4. D. Linear damping
   5. E. Rotational inertia

6. Programming Knowledge

   How many distinct values can be represented by an unsigned byte in a computer?

   1. A. [0, 127]
   2. B. [0, 255]
   3. C. [1, 255]
   4. D. [0, 511]
   5. E. [1, 128]

7. Polymorphism

   In object-oriented programming, what is polymorphism? For instance, if a function behaves differently based on the passed object's type.

   1. A. The ability to assign multiple names to one function
   2. B. The ability for objects of different classes to be treated as instances of a common base class
   3. C. The process of passing by value
   4. D. The use of static variables
   5. E. Making functions private

8. Logical Evaluation in Code

   When evaluating integers in a logical 'if' statement in languages like C++, which value is considered false?

   1. A. Any positive number
   2. B. Any negative number
   3. C. Only zero
   4. D. All odd numbers
   5. E. All numbers above 100

9. JavaScript Equality Operators

   In JavaScript, what is the main difference between '==' and '===' operators?

   1. A. No difference; both are strict
   2. B. '==' compares values with type conversion, while '===' compares values and types
   3. C. '===' does not exist
   4. D. '==' compares only objects
   5. E. '===' ignores the values entirely

10. Graphics Basics

    What is a frustum in computer graphics, often mentioned in relation to camera viewing volumes?

    1. A. A 2D polygon
    2. B. A box with eight sides
    3. C. A shape with six sides, part of a camera’s view, where objects inside are displayed
    4. D. A single line segment
    5. E. A perfect sphere