CSP EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Data
Answer: One of the five big ideas - including how computers
handle data and how data can be used to produce new
information and solve problems.
◉ Algorithms and Programming
Answer: One of the five big ideas - the process or set of rules to be
followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations,
especially by a computer.
◉ Computer Systems and Network
Answer: One of the five big ideas - a global computer network
providing a variety of information and communication facilities,
consisting of interconnected networks using standardized
communication protocols.
◉ Impact of Computing
Answer: One of the five big ideas - focuses on how computing and
technology has impacted our societies, economies, and culture
positively and negatively.
, ◉ Computer Science
Answer: The study of the ideas, ways of thinking, languages,
software, and hardware needed to solve problems with
computers.
◉ Imagination Age
Answer: A theoretical period beyond the information age where
creativity and imagination will become the primary creators of
economic value.
◉ Information Age
Answer: A shift in human history from traditional industry to an
economy based on information computerization using analysis
and thinking - AKA: Digital Age
◉ Program
Answer: A systematic plan or sequence of instructions for a
computer to solve a problem.
◉ Programming
Answer: The action or process of writing computer programs.
◉ RAM
Answer: Random Access Memory consists of tiny electrical
circuits that dynamically store frequently used program
instruction to increase speed of the system.
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Data
Answer: One of the five big ideas - including how computers
handle data and how data can be used to produce new
information and solve problems.
◉ Algorithms and Programming
Answer: One of the five big ideas - the process or set of rules to be
followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations,
especially by a computer.
◉ Computer Systems and Network
Answer: One of the five big ideas - a global computer network
providing a variety of information and communication facilities,
consisting of interconnected networks using standardized
communication protocols.
◉ Impact of Computing
Answer: One of the five big ideas - focuses on how computing and
technology has impacted our societies, economies, and culture
positively and negatively.
, ◉ Computer Science
Answer: The study of the ideas, ways of thinking, languages,
software, and hardware needed to solve problems with
computers.
◉ Imagination Age
Answer: A theoretical period beyond the information age where
creativity and imagination will become the primary creators of
economic value.
◉ Information Age
Answer: A shift in human history from traditional industry to an
economy based on information computerization using analysis
and thinking - AKA: Digital Age
◉ Program
Answer: A systematic plan or sequence of instructions for a
computer to solve a problem.
◉ Programming
Answer: The action or process of writing computer programs.
◉ RAM
Answer: Random Access Memory consists of tiny electrical
circuits that dynamically store frequently used program
instruction to increase speed of the system.
