Computer Systems & Data
What is the decimal value of the binary number 1101?
13
What protocol is used by websites to encrypt user data in transit?
HTTPS/SSL
What type of error occurs when a user doesn’t follow the grammar rules of the language?
Syntax error
What type of search algorithm only works on sorted lists?
Binary Search
What is the fastest land animal in the world?
Cheetah
What is the hexadecimal value of the decimal number 255?
FF
What is the name of the server that associates domain names with IP addresses?
DNS server
What type of error occurs when a wrong formula produces incorrect output?
Semantic error
What is the term for the speed of your internet connection in Mbps?
Bandwidth
Which movie features a character named Jack Sparrow?
Pirates of the Caribbean
How many bits are in gigabytes?
8,000,000,000
What type of cyber attack floods a server with more requests than it can handle?
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
What type of abstraction uses procedures in code?
Procedural abstraction
What is the term for how long it takes a data packet to reach its destination?
Latency
Which war was fought between the North and South regions in the United States?
The Civil War
A website switches from using 32 bit integers to using 64 bit integers. How many more values?
2^32 times more values
Of the two encryption protocols we’ve covered, which resists MITM attacks and key exchange?
Asymmetric encryption
What type of abstraction uses models to represent real-world data?
Data abstraction
When iMessage compresses images for fast sending, what compression does it use?
Lossy
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
What data structure should you use to store student names and corresponding student IDs?
Array or Parallel Lists
Tokyo has fast internet while rural areas like Glasgow, Montana don’t. What is this called?
The digital divide
Which sorting algorithm is the least efficient as the list size grows?
Bubble sort
An HEIF image stores capture location. What is this data called?
Metadata
WAS CSP A BLAST THIS YEAR ?!
YESSSS