AP CSP Diagnostic Exam Part 5 of 5

What does it mean when we say the Internet is redundant?

• Parts of it are unnecessary

• If a path is down, packets can be routed a different way

• It has a delay between the request and the response to the request

• If there is an error, a backup system is brought online to be used

What are packets when referring to the Internet?

• The delay in time from when a request is sent and received

• The individual sections of the IP address

• Information to be sent over the Internet broken into same size groupings

• The intermediate locations that send information to their destination

What type of software tools can organize and filter data?

• Word processing tools

• Spreasheets and databases

• Interactice tools

• What Input/Output tools

Which two measures are used to determine the efficiency of an algorithm?

• The time needed to compile and the size of the dataset

• The time to run and the memory usage

• The number of lines of code and the size of the dataset

• The number of procedures and the number of loops used

What describes the process of keeping common or similar features and functionality while removing details that are different?

• An alorithm

• Decomposition

• Simulation

• Abstraction

Why is there a need for more than one programming language?

• Some programming languages are designed for specific uses and are best used in those situations.

• Some programming languages cannot implement needed algorithms

• Some programming languages cannot be compile and therefore cannot run efficiently

• There is no real need, just the preference of those who create new languages

What is the job of a computer's processor?

• To calibrate the hardware

• To determine how memory is needed for a program task

• To maintain the connections of all the computer's components

• To handle the instructions when a program is being executed

What is a benefit of combing algorithms?

• It saves times

• it minimizes complexity

• It increases flexibility

• All of the above

• None of these

How can you use an image on your website that you found o the Internet?

• You can use it copyright free

• You can use it after paying a fee for the or obtaining written permission unless the author provided a Creative Commons license allowing such use.

• You can use it if you provide attribution to the owner

• You can use it only if you do not plan to make money from it

What does OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) do?

• It's the process for sharing Open Source software

• It shows the steps to include in an implementation to communicate over the Internet

• It's the model for connecting continents with regional ISPs with fiber

• It's the process for breaking data into packets and reassembling them