CSP Final Review

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

fun.example.org

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

443

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Confidence Interval

Question 4

The prediction that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles every 18 months.

Accepted Answer

Moore's Law

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Domain

Question 6

A standard component of a GUI.

Accepted Answer

Widget

Question 7

Probability that a pattern has arisen by chance and not due to a pattern that actually exists.

Accepted Answer

P Value

Question 8

Compression that decreases size but loses fidelity.

Accepted Answer

lossy

Question 9

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

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Low Level (Machine Code or Assembly)

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Law of Accelerating Returns

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Absolute File Name

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

MAC Address

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor)

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Recursive DNS

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

The number pi

Question 16

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 17

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

Accepted Answer

Module

Question 18

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 19

A continuous method of representing information like sound waves.

Accepted Answer

Analog

Question 20

Maintains a running total.

Accepted Answer

Accumulator Value

Question 21

Synchronous Encryption depends on:

Accepted Answer

Handshaking (Exchange of a secret key)

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

.com

Question 23

Which is a one way function. (Easy to compute, hard to inverse) ex. Hash

Accepted Answer

Multiplying Prime Numbers

Question 24

An ordered collection of elements of the same type.

Accepted Answer

Array

Question 25

Value in decimal of the hexadecimal number 2A

Accepted Answer

42

Question 26

Undesired software intended to advertise product to the user.

Accepted Answer

Addware

Question 27

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

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Authenticate

Question 28

Hiding some details so that the programmer can focus on a manageable amount of complexity.

Accepted Answer

Abstraction

Question 29

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

Accepted Answer

Encrypt your message with their public key.

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

IP addresses

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

NP Problems

Question 32

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

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Alpha Channel

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

GET

Question 34

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

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Service Side Scripting

Question 35

Level of abstraction for creating a software application.

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High Level (Java, Python, C++)

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

Call

Question 37

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

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Syntax

Question 38

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

Accepted Answer

botnet

Question 39

Data associated with an object.

Accepted Answer

Attributes

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

Stochastic

Question 41

Value in decimal of the byte 01111111

Accepted Answer

127

Question 42

An abstraction defining a type of object, with methods and attributes

Accepted Answer

Class

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

00001111

Question 44

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

Accepted Answer

Compiler

Question 45

What information is most likely to be provided in the API of a library of object-oriented code?

Accepted Answer

The methods and attributes of classes defined in the library

Question 46

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

Accepted Answer

SQL (Structured Query Language)

Question 47

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

Logic Gate

Question 49

Asynchronous Encryption depends on:

Accepted Answer

NP problems

Question 50

The classic "bell curve" that is commonly observed because of the Central Limit Theorem.

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Normal Distribution

Question 51

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

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Discrete

Question 52

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

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Flops

Question 53

1 == 1 and 2 > 3

Accepted Answer

Boolean Expression

Question 54

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

Accepted Answer

Recursion

Question 55

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

Which circumstance has the greatest need for version control system?

Accepted Answer

Four developers are working on the same encapsulated portion

Question 57

Running a stochastic simulation many times with combinations of parameters for reliability.

Accepted Answer

Monte Carlo Simulation

Question 58

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

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Inferential Statistics

Question 59

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

Accepted Answer

Encapsulation

Question 60

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

Accepted Answer

https

Question 61

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 62

A method for creating an object in a class

Accepted Answer

Constructor

Question 63

Which of the following is the correct binary representation of the number "12" using one byte?

Accepted Answer

00001100

Question 64

Which is not a built in function in python?

Accepted Answer

randint()

CSP Final Review

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CSP Final Review

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