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Practice Questions | AP Computer
Science Principles with Correct Answers
Using fraudulent emails in order to trick a user into voluntarily providing sensitive information is an
example of... - ANSWER✔✔-A phishing attack
What is phishing? - ANSWER✔✔-The practice of sending emails supposedly from reputable companies in
effort to induce people into revealing their personal information. (i.e., passwords and credit card
numbers).
Define the Internet - ANSWER✔✔-A global computing network that provides a variety of information
and communication facilities. It consists of interconnected networks that use standardized
communication protocols.
Define the World Wide Web - ANSWER✔✔-An information system on the internet; allowing documents
to be connected to other docs by hypertext links, enabling users to search for info by moving from one
doc to another.
Explain the relationship between the Internet and the World Wide Web - ANSWER✔✔-The internet is a
network of interconnected networks, and the World Wide Web is a system of linked pages, programs,
and files via the Internet.
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Define network - ANSWER✔✔-A group or system of interconnected people or things
Define interconnected - ANSWER✔✔-Having all constituent (being part of a whole) parts linked or
connected
How are analog audio signals represented by computers? - ANSWER✔✔-Analog audio signals are
measured at regular intervals. Each measurement is stored as a sample, which is represented at the
lowest level of sequence bits.
What is NOT a benefit of collaborating to develop a computing innovation - ANSWER✔✔-Collaboration
eliminates the need to resolve differences of opinion
The internet is designed to... - ANSWER✔✔-Scale to support an increasing number of users
Define lossy compression - ANSWER✔✔-Method of data compression where the size of the file is
reduced by eliminating data in the file. In doing so...image quality is sacrificed to decrease file size. Any
data that the algorithm deems expendable is removed from the image.
Define lossless compression - ANSWER✔✔-Lossless Compression does not eliminate the data which is
not noticeable. In lossless compression, a file can be restored to its original state. It does not
compromise the data's quality, and does not reduce the size of data.
Synonym for "lossy compression" - ANSWER✔✔-Irreversible compression
Synonym for "lossless compression" - ANSWER✔✔-Reversible compression
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