General

Question 1

Stoicism

Answer 1

Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy that teaches the development of self-control, resilience, and virtue as a means to achieve tranquility and happiness. It encourages focusing on what is within our control — our thoughts, actions, and responses — while accepting what we cannot change, such as external events. Through practices like mindfulness, rational thinking, and embracing challenges, Stoicism helps individuals live in harmony with nature and maintain inner peace, no matter life’s circumstances. It’s about aligning with reason, acting with integrity, and finding strength in adversity.

From Oxford Dictionary
1. the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.
2.
an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge; the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.
Similar:
patience
forbearance
resignation
lack of protest
lack of complaint
fortitude
endurance
acceptance
acceptance of the inevitable
fatalism
philosophicalness
impassivity
dispassion
phlegm
imperturbability
calmness
coolness
cool
stolidness
Dunkirk spirit
unflappability
longanimity

Question 2

ALM

Answer 2

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the product lifecycle management (governance, development, and maintenance) of computer programs. It encompasses requirements management, software architecture, computer programming, software testing, software maintenance, change management, continuous integration, project management, and release management.[1][2]

ALM vs. Software Development Life Cycle
ALM is a broader perspective than the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), which is limited to the phases of software development such as requirements, design, coding, testing, configuration, project management, and change management. ALM continues after development until the application is no longer used, and may span many SDLCs.

Question 3

QBR

Answer 3

Quarterly Business Review

Question 4

SMART Goals

Answer 4

SMART is an acronym for setting specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound goals.

Question 5

Define “scaffolding” in the context of learning

Answer 5

Scaffolding gives learners exposure to real-world practice with safeguards — supervision, well-defined limits, etc. — which are then progressively withdrawn as experience grows.

Question 6

What is Zeitgeist?

Answer 6

The “spirit” of an age. It is an invisible agent, force, or daemon (malevolent supernatural being in religion, occultism, mythology, folklore, and fiction) dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history.

The term is usually associated with Georg W. F. Hegel, contrasting with Hegel’s use of Volksgeist “national spirit” and Weltgeist “world-spirit”.

Volksgeist “national spirit”
Weltgeist “world-spirit”

Question 7

Extendible vs. Extensible

Answer 7

In simpler terms, extendable means it can be made bigger by itself, while extensible means it can be made bigger by adding something (an extension)