CSP Final Review

Question 1

Test of AI: human tries to decide if the intelligence at the other end of a text chat is human.

Accepted Answer

Turing Test

Question 2

A means for solving computational problems using evolutionary theory as a model.

Accepted Answer

Genetic Algorithm

Question 3

Given: https://free.coolsite.com:443/index/page1.html?x=1&y=3. What is the top level DNS?

Accepted Answer

.com

Question 4

A standard component of a GUI.

Accepted Answer

Widget

Question 5

Next state of a computational model cannot be determined ahead of time due to randomness.

Accepted Answer

Stochastic

Question 6

Describes how much time an algorithm will need given a size input, based on the worst-case.

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Time Order Complexity

Question 7

Level of abstraction for learning programming basics

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Graphical Language (Scratch, App Inventor)

Question 8

In Python a variable has a local scope or global scope, which statement is false

Accepted Answer

Variables in functions are global by default.

Question 9

Which of the following is a one-byte binary number for the decimal number 15?

Accepted Answer

00001111

Question 10

Range where such predictions will be correct 95% of the time.

Accepted Answer

Confidence Interval

Question 11

Which best defines the following: C:\Users\Bob\Desktop\PLTW\song.wav

Accepted Answer

Absolute File Name

Question 12

Unpredictable phenomena that occur as the result of the interaction of individual behaviors.

Accepted Answer

Emergent Behavior

Question 13

Part of a pixel’s data that tells how opaque or transparent that color should appear

Accepted Answer

Alpha Channel

Question 14

Compression that decreases size but loses fidelity.

Accepted Answer

lossy

Question 15

the following URL: https://free.coolsite.com:443/index/page1.html?x=1&y=3. What is the scheme?

Accepted Answer

https

Question 16

Given the following code, which answer is false: balloon_x = Balloon('red', 100, 2)

Accepted Answer

balloon_x is a function that instantiates an object.

Question 17

How might you ensure your recipient knows a message you sent came from you.

Accepted Answer

Encrypt your message with your private key.

Question 18

An HTTP method in which the client requests data such as a web page.

Accepted Answer

GET

Question 19

The contents of a webpage are sent to machines that are not controlled by sender or receiver.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

When a function that calls itself until a base case is reached.

Accepted Answer

Recursion

Question 21

An ordered collection of elements of the same type.

Accepted Answer

Array

Question 22

A language executed on a web server before packets are sent to the client.

Accepted Answer

PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor)

Question 23

Packets sent over the Internet are always addressed using which of the following information?

Accepted Answer

IP addresses

Question 24

A check to make sure that a computer or user is who/what it says it is.

Accepted Answer

Authenticate

Question 25

A region of the Internet that is grouped together for administrative purposes.

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Domain

Question 26

Maintains a running total.

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Accumulator Value

Question 27

A program downloaded as part of a web page executed by the browser on a user’s computer.

Accepted Answer

Service Side Scripting

Question 28

Which is not a reason SSL (Secure Socket Layer) uses both Synchronous/Asynchronous Encryption.

Accepted Answer

It is the safest way to exchange your private key.

Question 29

Jumping from one value to another without taking on all intermediate values. Not continuous.

Accepted Answer

Discrete

Question 30

Makes predictions about a population of measurements based on a sample of measurements.

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Inferential Statistics

Question 31

An electrical circuit that produces output as determined by the corresponding logic table.

Accepted Answer

Logic Gate

Question 32

Which of the following cannot be represented with zeros and ones?

Accepted Answer

The number pi

Question 33

What Domain Name Server stores the IP address of cs.fun.example.org

Accepted Answer

fun.example.org

Question 34

An encapsulated collection of related classes, each with its own methods and attributes.

Accepted Answer

Module

Question 35

The hardware address, in hexadecimal, such as “34:5f:01:6d:33:ff”embeded in each wifi card.

Accepted Answer

MAC Address

Question 36

The number of floating point operations per second that a device can perform. (Measure Speed)

Accepted Answer

Flops

Question 37

Data associated with an object.

Accepted Answer

Attributes

Question 38

A computer program created to read an entire program and convert it into a lower-level language

Accepted Answer

Compiler

Question 39

Verified in polynomial time, but it is unknown if they can be solved in polynomial time.

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NP Problems

Question 40

An attack on passwords or encryption that tries every possible password or encryption key.

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Brute Force Attack

Question 41

Utilizing many different processors in concert to solve difficult problems

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Distributed Computing

Question 42

Precise rules defining the letters, words, and punctuation of a programming language.

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Syntax

Question 43

A continuous method of representing information like sound waves.

Accepted Answer

Analog

Question 44

Synchronous Encryption depends on:

Accepted Answer

Handshaking (Exchange of a secret key)

Question 45

An HTTP method that accepts data from the client. Used any time the server will be changed.

Accepted Answer

POST

Question 46

Malware that "calls home" to a command and control center after it infects a computer.

Accepted Answer

botnet

Question 47

1 == 1 and 2 > 3

Accepted Answer

Boolean Expression

Question 48

Level of abstraction for creating a software application.

Accepted Answer

High Level (Java, Python, C++)

Question 49

The values that the programmer provides in the function call.

Accepted Answer

Arguments

Question 50

Is the following IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 :12.65.124.34

Accepted Answer

IPv4

Question 51

Keeping details together in one part of a program to ease working on others parts.

Accepted Answer

Encapsulation

Question 52

Which is not a native type in python (built in types are often faster and more efficient)

Accepted Answer

Canvas

Question 53

Code telling the interpreter or compiler to execute a function or method defined elsewhere.

Accepted Answer

Call

Question 54

A database management system, a software suite designed to organize and search data.

Accepted Answer

SQL (Structured Query Language)

Question 55

Idea that the rate of change itself tends to increase exponentially with regards to technology.

Accepted Answer

Law of Accelerating Returns

Question 56

In the following URL: https://free.coolsite.com:443/index/page1.html?x=1&y=3. What is the port?

Accepted Answer

443

Question 57

Which circumstance has the greatest need for version control system?

Accepted Answer

Four developers are working on the same encapsulated portion

Question 58

Undesired software intended to advertise product to the user.

Accepted Answer

Addware

Question 59

Next state of a computational model is completely determined by actions taken in this state.

Accepted Answer

Deterministic

Question 60

The ‘=’ char causes the compiler to store the value on the right in the variable on the left.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 61

Queries authoritative name servers until it can answer a request for domain information.

Accepted Answer

Recursive DNS

Question 62

A method for creating an object in a class

Accepted Answer

Constructor

Question 63

Level of abstraction for optimizing code for a particular computer architecture.

Accepted Answer

Low Level (Machine Code or Assembly)

Question 64

How might you ensure only your recipient can read your message.

Accepted Answer

Encrypt your message with their public key.

CSP Final Review

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CSP Final Review

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