Digital Fortress | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Prologue - Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 - 6

1. Where does Susan Fletcher work?

National Security Agency

2. What is David Becker?

a professor at Georgetown University

3. What is Susan Fletcher's occupation?

cryptologist

4. What is TRANSLTR?

the NSA computer

5. The first code writer was________________.

Julius Caesar

6. Why is Susan called to work on a Saturday?

TRANSLTR could not break a code

Chapter 7 - 9 | Chapter 10 - 12

1. What is Digital Fortress?

a program that creates unbreakable codes

2. What did Tankado demand of Swathmore?

that the NSA make TRANSLTR public knowledge

3. What were Tankado's plans for Digital Fortress?

to auction the pass key to the highest bidder

4. Tankado has given a copy of the pass key to a friend for safe keeping. What happens if anything happens to Tankado?

the pass key will be made available to...
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