The Internet
Cybersecurity
Digital Information
Vocabulary Terms
Introduction to Apps
100

What are some examples of DNS zones?

- .com 

- .org

- .net

- .edu

100

What is Phishinig?

A technique that attempts to trick a user into providing personal information.

100

What is the best way to describe how computing devices represent information?

Represents data as bits which is either a 0 or a 1.

100

'What is a spreadsheet?

An electronic document in which data is arranged in the rows and columns.

100

What is an Algorithms?

a set of rules or a method used for solving a problem.

200

What is it called when a machine can run a program? 

Computing Device

200

True or False: Symmetric Key Encryption is what involves one key for both encryption and decryption.

True

200

True or False: Is 16 the smallest number for which an overflow error occurs?

True

200

What is Byte?

A unit of data that is eight binary digits long.

200

What are examples of Output devices of computer?

Monitors, Printers, Speakers, Headphones, etc.

300

True or False: Each device on the internet has a unique number called a DNS.

False

300

Complete the sentence: Keylogging- The use of a program to record every keystroke made by a computer user in order to gain fraudulent access to .....

Passwords and other confidential information.

300

What is the term called when it can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1?

Bit

300

What does ASCII stand for? What does it mean?

American Standard Code for Information Interchange- The most common character encoding format for text data in computers and o the internet.

300

What are examples of Input devices of computer?

Keyboard, Mouse, Touch screen

400

Is a sequence of direct connections, a Computing System or Path?

Path

400

What it is called when the Information about an individual identifies, links, relates, or even describes them?

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

400

What is the total number that can be represented with an 8-bit binary?

256

400

What is this called? 17.172.224.47

IP Address

400

What is an Output?

Any information delivered from a program to a device.

500

What is it when a group of connected computers can send or receive data?

Computing Network

500

Is this correct: Encryption is when a process that reverses encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text.

No, It's Decryption

500

What is Lossy Compression?

An act that results in the loss of some information or minimizes the number of bits needed to represent something. 

500

What is this an example of F= 01000110?

Binary Code

500

What are the differences between sequential and event-driven programming?

Sequential run in the order they are written. Event-driven run in response to the user interactions.

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