aatideas ICAS quiz 1
some basic knowledge of ICAS scales
metric scale quiz 1.0
question |
answer |
1.0.1) What is the long form of expression SI? |
International System of Units (Le Système Internationale d'Unités) |
1.0.2) What is the long form of expression ICAS? |
Integrated Chronological Applications System |
1.0.3) What is the SI unit for time? |
second |
1.0.4) What is the ICAS unit for time? |
main unit of 1 day ('chron') |
1.0.5) How are the SI and ICAS units for time related? |
by convention there are 86 400 seconds in 1 day. fixed implementations of the ICAS main unit are related to the SI second by the same scale factor. |
New Calendar (NC) quiz 1.1
question |
answer |
1.1.1) What year is it in the New Calendar scale? |
as of UCN 12005N01, the year is NC 12005. |
1.1.2) What year is it in the scale of the current New Calendar tenmillennium? |
as of UCN 12005N01, the year is UCA 2005. |
1.1.3) When is the next leap-year in the New Calendar scale? |
as of UCN 12005N01, the next leap year is NC 12008. |
Uniform Calendar (UC) quiz 1.2
question |
answer |
1.2.1) How many days are in a non-leap Uniform Calendar year? |
365 |
1.2.2) When is the leap day observed in the Uniform Calendar? |
366th day of a leap year. |
1.2.3) How many uniform months are there in a Uniform Calendar year? |
12 |
1.2.4) How many days are in a typical uniform month? |
30 |
1.2.5) Which uniform month is atypical, and how many days are in it? |
twelfth uniform month has 35 days (36 in a leap year). |
1.2.6) What term scheme is used to name uniform months? |
a 'calendar order' subset of the upper-cased letters of the roman alphabet. |
1.2.7) Which two terms in the scheme are not used to name a uniform month? |
alphabet letters 'I' and 'O'. |
1.2.8) Name the uniform months for both even and odd years. |
even years: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, and M.
odd years: N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. |
Inter-Dial Clock (IDC) quiz 1.3
question |
answer |
1.3.1) What is the time duration of a main unit? |
1 day |
1.3.2) What number value corresponds to the top of a Tiros dial? |
00 |
1.3.3) What number value corresponds to the bottom of a Tiros dial? |
50 |
1.3.4) What two number values correspond to half-way between the top and bottom numbers of the Tiros dial (both left and right sides)? |
25 and 75 |
1.3.5) What is the name of the major clock unit of the Tiros dial? |
tiros |
1.3.6) Of how many major clock units is the Tiros dial composed? |
100 |
1.3.7) What is the duration of one major clock unit for the Tiros dial? |
1 tiros or 10 millichrons |
1.3.8) What is the phase duration of a complete cycle of all the major clock units for the Tiros dial? |
1 main unit or 1 day |
Be prepared for an upgrade to uniform scales of date and time with ICAS.
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aatideas.org document as of:
system identifiers | datetime |
long | short | scale | value |
Uniform Calendar | UC | UCN | 12011 P09 Violet |
Inter-Dial Clock | IDC | zone(UT) | t408 tt900 |
'ICAS in use' can accommodate calendar and clock formatting 'for all people, for all time'. |
day of year | D-o-Y | AD common year day | 039 |
Gregorian calendar | G | G | 2011 February 08 Tuesday |
seconds, minutes, hours | SMH | UT | 09:48:49 |
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