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AP Computer Science Principles Unit 1 Review

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
    2 minutes
    1 pt

    Which of the following is LEAST likely to indicate a phishing attack?

    An e-mail from your bank asks you to call the number on your card to verify a transaction

    An e-mail from a merchant asks that you click on a link to reset your password

    An e-mail from a utility company asks you to enter your date of birth and social security number for verification purposes

    An e-mail indicates that you have won a large sum of money and asks you to enter your bank account number so that the money can be transferred to you

  • 2. Multiple Choice
    2 minutes
    1 pt

    Which of the following activities poses the greatest personal cybersecurity risk?

    Making a purchase at an online store that uses public key encryption to transmit credit card information

    Paying a bill using a secure electronic payment system

    Reserving a hotel room by e-mailing a credit card number to a hotel

    Withdrawing money from a bank account using an automated teller machine (ATM)

  • 3. Multiple Choice
    2 minutes
    1 pt

    Which of the following best describes a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack?

    An attempt by a country to deny its citizens access to the Internet

    An attempt to deny users access to a Web site's resources by flooding the Web site with requests from multiple systems

    An attempt by one user to deny service to another user by posting material on a social network

    An attempt by a user of the Internet to get private information from a secure database

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