Encryption
Key Concepts
Examples of Cybersecurity
Vocab
Ways to Communicate
100
An encryption is...
What is encoding data to prevent others from accessing it?
100
Data mining is...
What is is a field of study that analyzes large datasets?
100
Phishing is...
What is tricks people use to get personal information by pretending to be a trustworthy group?
100
"Scientific research that the general population helps to conduct" is...
What is citizen science?
100
World Wide Web is...
What is originally created for scientist to share their research, but is now used as a system of interconnected public webpages accessible through the Internet?
200
"A secret piece of information used to encrypt data" is...
What is a key?
200
Machine learning is...
What is a subset of data mining; machine learning uses algorithms to analyze data and predict behavior and is used in Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
200
Virus Vs. Worm
What is A worm can operate independently, while a virus is an infected file that must be activated by the user?
200
"Gaps between those who have access to the internet and those who do not" is...
What is digital divide?
200
Name 2 way social media has shaped history.
Answers may vary.
300
The difference between symmetric key encryption and public key encryption is...
What is...
Symmetric key encryption uses one key for encrypting & decrypting, while public key encryption uses a public key to encrypt & a private key to decrypt.
300
Name an example of a digital footprint.
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300
Name an example of an multi-factor authentication.
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300
"The person who created something determines who uses their creation" is...
What is copyright?
300
Peer-to-peer networks are...
What is used to illegally share files of all types?
400
Decode the following Caesar Cipher:
Dl dpss whzz aopz HW alza!
What is we will pass this AP exam!
400
How is bias relevant in computer science?
What is that people write the algorithms, and our biases can make their way into the algorithms and the data used by innovations without us realizing it?
400
This is an example of...
What is malware?
400
"Information that can be used to identify you" is...
What is Personally Identifiable Information?
400
Crowdsourcing is...
What is allows people to share information and ask the “crowd”— anyone who accesses the site—for feedback, to help solve problems, find employment, or for funding?
500
Decode the following message:
EYZZ SZ
What is free me?
500
Explain how the internet is used.
What is digital certificates can be purchased from Certificate Authorities (CAs), which identify trusted sites; they issue certificates that businesses, organizations, and individuals load to their websites?
500
Name 5 examples of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
Answers vary.
500
"A form of malware that captures every keystroke and transmits it to whomever planted it" is known as...
What is keylogging software?
500
Cloud computing...
What is offers new ways for people to communicate, making collaboration easier and more efficient;
Storing documents in the “cloud” simply means they are stored on a computer server at a location different than where the owner of the files is located.