Computer Systems & Networks
What is the term for finding the similarities and differences that will help solve problems across different situations?
Pattern Recognition
Abstraction
Evaluation
Decomposition
Which technological solution best addresses ethical concerns related to algorithmic decision-making affecting human lives?
Expanding dataset sizes universally regardless of context specificity.
Upgrading hardware systems to enhance computing power for complex algorithms.
Implementing routine audits for bias and fairness across diverse scenarios.
Increasing algorithm processing speed to enhance performance efficiency.
What does it mean if an algorithm is described as "efficient"?
It can only be run on high-powered computers.
It requires additional human intervention to complete tasks.
It performs multiple tasks at once instead of focusing on one.
It completes its task using minimal resources like time or memory.
Which aspect is most likely to increase the execution time complexity of an algorithm used in a social networking application to suggest friends?
Implementing early stopping conditions when sufficient suggestions are found.
Storing user connections within a simple array structure.
Using hash tables to quickly look up existing friendships.
Iterating through all user connections multiple times to find common links.
For quickly retrieving employee information using their identification number as a lookup key, what data structure should be used?
Tree
Linked list
Graph
Hash table
How does implementing IPv6 instead of IPv4 affect system functionality and user experience on a global scale?
It decreases overall security by introducing new vulnerabilities with more complex addressing.
It increases address space significantly, allowing more devices to be connected directly to the Internet.
It simplifies network configuration management through automatic address assignment only.
It reduces latency by streamlining packet handling processes.
Which technique ensures that modifications in code do not adversely affect existing functionalities during ongoing development?
Rely on static code analysis tools before every major release cycle only.
Perform end-to-end user experience trials periodically upon feature completion.
Implement continuous regression testing throughout the development process.
Conduct stress tests under peak loads after deployment milestones are reached.

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Which of the following is a process by which data converted into a different format typically for use in a new context is computed?
Encoding
Compression
Execution
Decoding
Which programming paradigm would be most suitable for writing software that needs to scale across multiple servers and handle asynchronous operations efficiently?
Functional Programming
Procedural Programming
Object-Oriented Programming
Logic Programming
How might changing a sound file from 24-bit depth to 16-bit depth affect the audio quality and storage requirements?
It would generally lower the quality and decrease storage needs.
It would have no effect on either quality or storage needs.
It would increase both quality and storage requirements.
It would lower storage requirements without affecting quality.