AP Computer Science Principles

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What is the purpose of DNS?

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It returns the IP address given the name of a website.

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Why is IP v4 going to be replaced by IP v6?

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We are running out of IP v4 addresses.

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Which of the following is an IP address? Options: www.google.com, 192.168.2.25, 1024.2048.64.512.256, A5:D4:23:56:FF:A4

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192.168.2.25

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What is an Event?

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An action that causes something to happen

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According to the domain name (DNS), which of the following is a subdomain of the domain example.com? about.example.com, example.co.uk, example.com.org, example.org

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about.example.com

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Which of the following activities poses the greatest personal cybersecurity risk? Making a purchase at an online store that uses public key encryption to transmit credit card information, Paying a bill using a secure electronic payment system, Reserving a hotel room by e-mailing a credit card number to a hotel., Withdrawing money from a bank account using an automated teller machine (ATM)

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Reserving a hotel room by e-mailing a credit card number to a hotel.

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Which of the following is LEAST likely to indicate a phishing attack? Options: An e-mail from your bank asks you to call the number on your card to verify a transaction, An e-mail from a merchant asks that you click on a link to reset your password, An e-mail from a utility company asks you to enter your date of birth and social security number for verification purposes., An e-mail indicates that you have won a large sum of money and asks you to enter your bank account number so that the money can be transferred to you

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An e-mail from your bank asks you to call the number on your card to verify a transaction.

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Which of the following is considered an unethical use of computer resources? Downloading freeware or shareware onto your home computer, Purchasing a game from an app store and downloading it directly to a mobile device, Purchasing a single-user copy of photo editing software and installing it on all computers in a computer lab, Searching online for an electronic version of a school textbook

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Purchasing a single-user copy of photo editing software and installing it on all computers in a computer lab

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A user enters a Web address in a browser, and a request for a file is sent to a Web server. Which of the following best describes how the file is sent to the user?

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The file is broken into packets for transmission. The packets must be reassembled upon receipt.

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Two computers are built by different manufacturers. One is running a Web server and the other is running a Web browser. Which of the following best describes the ability of the two computers to communicate with each other across the Internet?

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The computers can communicate directly because Internet communication uses standard protocols.