Terminology
Programming
Cybersecurity
Technical
Professors
100

What is phishing?

Email that intends to trick a victim into giving confidential information or clicking a link

100

Name 3 data types

Float / Double

Integer

String

Character 

Boolean

100

What is the CIA triad?

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

100

How would you print out the 2nd row, 3rd column of a 2d list named X in python?

print(X[1][2])

100

What company did Professor Lash work at for 20 years?

Nokia

200

What does the abbreviation www stand for?

World Wide Web

200

What type of language is HTML?

Markup Language

200

What cipher might use two values for a key: A number and a keyword?

Transposition cipher

200

Convert this binary number to decimal:
01100010

98

200

What movie did Professor Petkus help work on?

Carnivore (2000)

300

What language do computers understand?

Binary
300

What are the three levels of programming code?

High level

Assembly

Hardware 

300

What are 3 layers of the OSI model?

Physical , Data-link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, Application

300

What is the data structure that utilizes last in first out (LIFO)?

Deck

300

What field did Professor Reyes work in?

Telecommunications

400

What does VPN stand for?

Virtual Private Network

400

What is the difference between a primitive data type and non-primitive data type?

Primitive: Single value

Non-primitive contains reference data type contains memory address a variable's value

400

What is the framework that organizations must follow to remain cyber-compliant?

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

400

What is the Big O of this function

 
for (int i=0; i<n; i++){       

    for(int j=0; j<n; j++){   

        System.out.print('*');  

    }                                  

}                                      




O(n2)

400

What is one loop structure Professor St. Clair says you should avoid?

While true

Returning in a loop

Breaking out of a loop

500

What does HTTP stand for?

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

500

What is the difference between a hard and soft link?

Hard link: A file on its own 

Soft link: A reference to a file

500

What is the software to establish an encrypted connection between a device and server?

VPN

500

def mystery_function(x):                

    if x > 0:                                    

        return "Positive"                    

    elif x < 0:                                 

        return "Negative"                  

    else:                                        

        return "Zero"                        

                                                   

numbers = [2, -5, 0, 7, -1]            

for num in numbers:                     

    result = mystery_function(num) 

    print(result)                              

Positive

Negative

Zero

Positive

Negative

500

What University did Professor Taylor attend for his Masters in Information security?

Lewis University