CSP assessment

Which of the following is an example of a phishing attack?

• Loading malicious software onto a user’s computer in order to secretly gain access to sensitive information

• Flooding a user’s computer with e-mail requests in order to cause the computer to crash

• Gaining remote access to a user’s computer in order to steal user IDs and passwords

• Using fraudulent e-mails in order to trick a user into voluntarily providing sensitive information

To be eligible for a particular ride at an amusement park, a person must be at least 12 years old and must be between 50 and 80 inches tall, inclusive.

Let age represent a person’s age, in years, and let height represent the person’s height, in inches. Which of the following expressions evaluates to true if and only if the person is eligible for the ride?

• (age ≥ 12) AND ((height ≥ 50) AND (height ≤ 80))

• (age ≥ 12) AND ((height ≤ 50) AND (height ≥ 80))

• (age ≥ 12) AND ((height ≤ 50) OR (height ≥ 80))

• (age ≥ 12) OR ((height ≥ 50) AND (height ≤ 80))

Consider the following code segment.

first <-- 100

second <-- 200

temp <-- first

second <-- temp

first <-- second

What are the values of first and second as a result of executing the code segment?

• first = 100, second = 100

• first = 100, second = 200

• first = 200, second = 100

• first = 200, second = 200

Which of the following best explains the relationship between the Internet and the World Wide Web?

• Both the Internet and the World Wide Web refer to the same interconnected network of devices.

• The Internet is an interconnected network of data servers, and the World Wide Web is a network of user devices that communicates with the data servers.

• The Internet is a local network of interconnected devices, and the World Wide Web is a global network that connects the local networks with each other.

• The Internet is a network of interconnected networks, and the World Wide Web is a system of linked pages, programs, and files that is accessed via the Internet.

A code segment is intended to display the following output.

up down down down up down down down

Which of the following code segments can be used to display the intended output?

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Which of the following best exemplifies the use of multifactor authentication to protect an online banking system?

• When a user resets a password for an online bank account, the user is required to enter the new password twice.

• When multiple people have a shared online bank account, they are each required to have their own unique username and password.

• After entering a password for an online bank account, a user must also enter a code that is sent to the user’s phone via text message.

• An online bank requires users to change their account passwords multiple times per year without using the same password twice.

A game is played by moving a game piece left or right along a horizontal game board. The board consists of spaces of various colors, as shown. The circle represents the initial location of the game piece.

The following algorithm indicates how the game is played. The game continues until the game is either won by landing on the red space or lost when the piece moves off either end of the board.

Step 1:

Place a game piece on a space that is not red and set a counter to 0.

Step 2:

If the game piece is on a yellow space, move the game piece 3 positions to the left and go to step 3. Otherwise, if the game piece is on a black space, move the game piece 1 position to the left and go to step 3. Otherwise, if the game piece is on a green space, move the game piece 2 positions to the right and go to step 3.

Step 3:

Increase the value of the counter by 1.

Step 4:

If game piece is on the red space or moved off the end of the game board, the game is complete. Otherwise, go back to step 2.

If a game is begun by placing the game piece on the rightmost black space for step 1, what will be the value of the counter at the end of the game?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which of the following best describes a direct benefit in using redundant routing on the Internet?

• Redundancy enables messages to be transmitted with as few packets as possible.

• Redundancy enables network devices to communicate with as few network connections as possible.

• Redundancy often allows messages to be sent on the network even if some network devices or connections have failed.

• Redundancy prevents network communications from being intercepted by unauthorized individuals.

Which of the following best explains how an analog audio signal is typically represented by a computer?

• An analog audio signal is measured as input parameters to a program or procedure. The inputs are represented at the lowest level as a collection of variables.

• An analog audio signal is measured at regular intervals. Each measurement is stored as a sample, which is represented at the lowest level as a sequence of bits.

• An analog audio signal is measured as a sequence of operations that describe how the sound can be reproduced. The operations are represented at the lowest level as programming instructions.

• An analog audio signal is measured as text that describes the attributes of the sound. The text is represented at the lowest level as a string.

The player controls in a particular video game are represented by numbers. The controls and their corresponding binary values are shown in the following table.

← | 01000

↑ | 01001

→ | 01011

↓ | 01111

The numeric values for the controls can also be represented in decimal (base 10).

What is the decimal value for the jump control?

• 3

• 12

• 24

• 48