AP Computer Science Principles Practice Exam

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Which of the following is LEAST likely to indicate a phishing attack?
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 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 best describes a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack? Options: An attempt by a country to deny its citizens access to the Internet, An attempt to deny users access to a Web site's resources by flooding the Web site with requests from multiple systems, An attempt by one user to deny service to another user by posting material on a social network, An attempt by a user of the Internet to get private information from a secure database

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An attempt to deny users access to a Web site's resources by flooding the Web site with requests from multiple systems

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A program is expressed in a programming language. Which of the following is true of the program?

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The program can also be expressed as binary code, but will be more easily understood by humans when expressed in a higher-level programming language.

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Which of the following statements best describes the properties of public key encryption? Public key encryption is an encryption method which relies on separate keys for encrypting and decrypting information.

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Public key encryption is an encryption method which relies on separate keys for encrypting and decrypting information.

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Which of the following statements best describes the behavior of the algorithm depicted in the flowchart? Assume a always starts greater than b.

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It displays the difference between a and b.

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Which of the following encoded ciphertext strings decodes to an original plaintext message of “secret”? Options: ersecr, wigvix, kwujwl, oaynap

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oaynap

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Which of the following best defines confidentiality in context with information and data? The ability to limit access to information to a certain set of users, The certainty that information is accurate, The confirmation that a company will not sell your information to others, The reliability of access to information

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The ability to limit access to information to a certain set of users

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Which of the following is true about low level computer languages? I. Low level languages give the programmer more control over how system resources are used. II. Code in a programming language is often translated into code in another (lower level) language to be executed on a computer. III. Low level programming languages are designed to be easier for people to read and write.

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I and II only

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Which of the following statements about the above programs is true?
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Both programs will work as intended, but Program B is more readable.
Program A will work as intended, but Program B will not work as intended.
Program B will work as intended, but Program A will not work as intended.
Neither program will work as intended.

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Both programs will work as intended, but Program B is more readable.