CCC Junior

May 16, 2025 · 2 mins read

What is CCC?

Cited from CCC official website:
“The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is a fun challenge for students with an interest in programming. Designed to be both accessible to students with some programming experience and to challenge the keenest programmers at the secondary-school level, the CCC helps students build confidence and grow their ability to design, understand and implement algorithms.”

Questions

Five questions, each worth 15 marks. Maximum score: 75 (15 x 5).

Recognition of CCC

Cited from University of Waterloo admissions:
“While the Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is not required for admission to the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, strong performance the contest can help a student earn admission.”

Programming Languages To Be Used

Any of the following languages are acceptable, with three recommendations:

Course Syllabus

Programming Language Fundamentals (Any one of the three: Java, Python, [C/C++])
- Data types, Variables, Operations
- Control Flows
- Function
- Recursion
- Sorting Algorithms - Bubble Sort, Insertion Sort, Selection Sort, Merge Sort and Quick Sort
- Searching Algorithms - Binary Search
- Breath First Search and Depth First Search
- Greedy Algorithms
- Dynamic Programming
- 2D Arrays (Matrix)
- etc.
CCC Past Contests: year 2015 onwards
- Question 1 and 2: Entry-level, syntax
- Question 3
- Question 4
- Question 5: Most probably recursion