Fundamentals of Computer Science: Unit 1 Review

How do you obtain the right to place a copyright?

• You can place one on any original work

• Register with the US copyright office

• Pay money to the office for registration

What is Phishing?

• An email attack sent from a user that appears to represent a legitimate source.

• A call that claims that a person needs to attend to something important to gain information through their stress.

• Getting someone to click on a link that appears legitimate.

• Pretending to be someone that is trusted for information.

Computer Systems, Algorithms & Programming, Data & Analysis, Networking & Internet, and Impacts of Computing are all _____

• Areas of Computer Science

• Software

• Hardware

• Ethical Uses of Programming

What is the difference between a trademark and a patent.

• Trademark - Protects a Brand that identifies a good or service. Patent - Protects a new technological invention.

• Trademark - Protects a new technological invention.

  Patent - Protects a Brand that identifies a good or service.

• Trademark - Protects an original work

  Patent - Protects a new technological invention.

• Patent - Protects an original work

  Trademark - Protects a Brand that identifies a good or service.

A white hat hacker is someone that hacks to find vulnerabilities in a program.

• True

• False

What are 3 types of Malware?

• Spyware

• Ransomware

• Adware

• Fillware

• Netware

What is known as the "Brain of a Computer" (Processes and executes instructions)

• Motherboard

• CPU

• RAM

• Solid State Drive (SSD) / Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

• Sound Card

Answer explanation

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit

RAM stands for Random Access memory

Give examples of 4 different file extensions and what applications run them. (There can be more than 4.)

Answer explanation

.docx - Microsoft Word

.pdf - Adobe

.xls or .xlsx - Microsoft Excel

.jpg - web browser like Chrome or Firefox

.msg - Outlook

(etc.)

Being a computer scientist means to simply use a computer.

• True

• False

Why should we add comments to our coding and programming?

Answer explanation

Lines of code aren't always easy to read. When collaborating or coming back to a program, it is a good habit to leave comments so you can understand what each line does and what needs to be done.