What is a trojan when referring to computing?

A type of malware which disguises itself as something otherwise harmless

Purpose of a computer firewall?

Blocking unauthorized systems on the internet

What is true of password management

Use strong passwords and store them securely

How can a computer algorithms use less power?

More efficient algorithms will use less of the CPU

The physical components that make up a computer, GPU and CPU

What is voice recognition

Computer algorithms which are able to understand human speech

What is the digital divide?

The separation between people with and without access to computers

Final 5: What is a cross-site scripting vulnerability?

It enables users to inject scripts into webpages viewed by others

Final 5: What is moore's law?

An observation that the amount of transistors in CPUs doubles every 2 years

Final 5: What is the McCarthy Evaluation?

Short-circuit evaluation that tests boolean operators for values

A set of instructions that can be defined and reused to reduce complexity

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1
What is a trojan when referring to computing?
A type of malware which demands a payment to remove itself
A type of malware which disguises itself as something otherwise harmless
A file which creates copies of itself
A software which adds decoration to your desktop
2
Purpose of a computer firewall?
Removing computer viruses
Stopping the exchange of cookies on websites
Blocking unauthorized systems on the internet
Stopping popups
3
What is true of password management
Use strong passwords and store them securely
Instead of physically keeping passwords you should keep them on your PC
Only tell your friends your passwords
Longer passwords with more characters should not be used
4
How can a computer algorithms use less power?
More efficient algorithms will use more of the GPU
More efficient algorithms will use less of the CPU
Less efficient algorithms will be more precise
Higher level coding languages are usually used
5
What is Hardware?
MSPaint
The programs located within a computer
The physical components that make up a computer
GPU and CPU
6
Final 5: If A is true and B is false, which of these statements is false?
not(B)
A and B
A or B
A and not(B)
7
A Byte is made up of ___ bits
32
8
4
128
8
CPUs perform all of the graphical calculations on your computer, unlike the GPU which does everything else.
True
False
9
What is voice recognition
An accessibility feature for the mute on newer devices
Algorithms that generate human speech through a text input
Computer systems that use loud noises
Computer algorithms which are able to understand human speech
10
What data type represents true or false?
Long
Boolean
String
Integer
11
What is the digital divide?
Mathematical operations
The separation between people with and without access to computers
The physical distance between computers and how it affects communications
The difference in the age of computers over time affecting compatibility
12
Final 5: What is a cross-site scripting vulnerability?
It is the practice of physically placing computers too close to eachother
It is used by browsers other than those such as chrome
It enables users to inject scripts into webpages viewed by others
It enables users to write scripts longer than 10,000 lines in javascript
13
What data type would be used to store a large number of names?
float
integer
list
true or false
14
Final 5: What is moore's law?
An observation that allocated memory decreases by 1/2 every 3 years
An observation that the amount of transistors in CPUs doubles every 2 years
A rule that the amount of social media users doubles every year
A law that restricts transfer of info over the internet
15
What is a pixel?
The largest data type
The smallest unit of display
The smallest possible file size
16
Final 5: Answer to (8 mod 3), or (8 % 3)?
2.5
2
3
4
17
Which of these would likely not be in a standard function library?
print()
get()
MyFunc200test()
rand()
18
Final 5: What is the McCarthy Evaluation?
A series of tests related the exact amount of computations a computer does
Plain-text file size limit test
An evaluation of the amount of lines in a program in relation to language
Short-circuit evaluation that tests boolean operators for values
19
What would 10101 in binary translate to?
10101
20
21
31
20
What is a function
Multiplication
The data which transfers between computers at a very fast rate
A set of instructions that can be defined and reused to reduce complexity
Low level machine code

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