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Benefit and harm are both graded, and specificity is the currency
The unit's core move is naming an innovation's purpose, then its unintended column: a fitness tracker motivates exercise and publishes movement patterns; recommendation engines surface relevant content and narrow what you see. Credit follows specificity, who is affected, through what mechanism, so practise writing effects as mechanisms rather than adjectives.
The digital divide is about access, and access has layers
The digital divide names unequal access to computing, and the exam wants its layers: devices, bandwidth, reliability and the skills to use them, varying by geography, income and infrastructure. Consequences compound, schoolwork, jobs and services assume connection, so the divide widens other gaps. Name the layer and the affected group and the point lands.
Bias arrives in the data, not in the silicon
Algorithmic bias enters when training data mirrors past human decisions: a hiring model trained on yesterday's hires reproduces yesterday's preferences at scale and with a neutral face. The tested understanding is the mechanism, biased inputs, faithful learning, amplified outputs, and the remedy vocabulary: diverse data, auditing outcomes, humans reviewing edge cases.
Crowdsourcing and citizen science distribute the work
Crowdsourcing pools small contributions from many people into results no single contributor could build, traffic conditions from drivers' phones, transcriptions, funding. Citizen science applies the same pattern to research, distributed observation and classification feeding real studies. Questions ask what the crowd supplies, scale, coverage, local knowledge, and what quality control the design needs.
Safe computing has a vocabulary, and each term is testable
PII is data that identifies a person, name, address, identifiers, location trails, and its exposure enables theft and impersonation. Phishing imitates trusted senders to harvest credentials; malware rides downloads; encryption protects data in transit; multifactor authentication stacks independent proofs so one stolen password is not enough. Learn them as definition plus the attack each one answers.
What to photograph for Impact of Computing
Your innovation effect charts and safety terms. Related: Unit 4, photo to quiz and pricing.
Sources used on this page
- College Board, AP Computer Science Principles
- Digital divide
- Algorithmic bias
- Phishing
- Citizen science
- Active recall
- Spaced repetition
- Testing effect
- Forgetting curve
- Generation effect
- Judgment of learning
- Metacognition
- Desirable difficulty
- Distributed practice
- Formative assessment
- Flashcard
- Cloze test
- Multiple choice
- Test (assessment)
- Educational assessment
- Advanced Placement
- Curriculum
- Study skills
- Study guide
- Note-taking
- Overlearning
- Instructional scaffolding
- Item analysis
- Mastery learning
| Term | One line definition | The question it answers |
|---|---|---|
| Digital divide | Unequal access, layered | Who is left out, and how |
| Algorithmic bias | Data mirrors past decisions | Why neutral code discriminates |
| Crowdsourcing | Many small contributions pooled | What scale supplies |
| PII | Data that identifies a person | What exposure costs |
| Phishing | Trusted sender imitated | How credentials leak |
| Multifactor | Independent proofs stacked | Why one password is not enough |
What does AP CSP Unit 5 cover?
Computing's impacts: benefits and harms of innovations, the digital divide, algorithmic bias, crowdsourcing, and safe computing from PII to multifactor authentication.
How specific do effect answers need to be?
Mechanism level: who is affected and through what channel. Collects location without consent scores; bad for privacy does not.
Where does algorithmic bias come from?
Training data that mirrors past human decisions: the model learns the pattern faithfully and repeats it at scale.
What is the difference between phishing and malware?
Phishing tricks you into handing over credentials by imitating a trusted sender; malware is software that attacks once it runs on your machine.
Why does multifactor authentication help?
It stacks independent proofs, something you know plus something you have, so a stolen password alone does not open the account.
Can I build questions from my own Unit 5 notes?
Yes. Point the camera at the pages or send the PDF, and the questions stay within that material instead of ranging across the term.
Last updated: 2026-08-15