AP CSP 4.1 Exercise 2: Network Diagnosis Clinic

Big Idea 4 · Topic 4.1 · Exercise 2

Network Diagnosis Clinic

25 minutes - 5 diagnoses - LO CSN-1.A, CSN-1.B, CSN-1.C, CSN-1.D

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Scenario 1 · Foundational

The school Wi-Fi goes down during first period. A freshman announces: 'The Internet is broken - like, the WHOLE Internet, for everyone. It's probably down worldwide right now.'

Concept named (which CED idea is in play):

Corrected diagnosis + mechanism (what's really happening and why):

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Scenario 2 · Core

A family upgrades to a '200 Mbps' internet plan. Dad complains: 'We were promised 200 megabits every second. My 50-megabyte download took six seconds instead of a quarter of one. We should sue.'

Concept named (which CED idea is in play):

Corrected diagnosis + mechanism (what's really happening and why):

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Scenario 3 · Core

Mid-match, a gamer's stats overlay shows packets arriving out of order. She posts: 'Proof my ISP's network is defective - packets are supposed to arrive in the order they were sent.'

Concept named (which CED idea is in play):

Corrected diagnosis + mechanism (what's really happening and why):

Deeper layer (enrichment):

Scenario 4 · Challenge

A startup pitches the school district: 'Ditch the open Internet. Our proprietary NetPro protocol is licensed only to our certified devices - a private network whose rules we control end-to-end. It will be the next Internet, but better.'

Concept named (which CED idea is in play):

Corrected diagnosis + mechanism (what's really happening and why):

Deeper layer (enrichment):

Scenario 5 · Challenge

A senior's tech-club presentation declares: 'The Web and the Internet are the same thing. Everything online - your games, your smart speaker, your email - runs on the World Wide Web. That's why it's called being ON the web.'

Concept named (which CED idea is in play):

Corrected diagnosis + mechanism (what's really happening and why):

Deeper layer (enrichment):

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