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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what is North Dakota?
(a) the name of the pass key
(b) the code name of Tankado's partner
(c) the name of Tankado's Internet site
(d) the name of an anonymous server

2. Susan avoids being caught snooping through Hale's computer because __________________________.
(a) Hale left for the day
(b) Chartrukian called Greg from the room
(c) Hale was too concerned for her safety
(d) Hale was too busy eating snacks

3. What does Becker find in the bathroom at the airport?
(a) Megan's body
(b) a bag with money
(c) he can't wash the mace-like substance out of his eyes
(d) a janitor's body

4. Becker learns from Two-Tone that Megan is leaving for:
(a) her home in Connecticut
(b) Rome
(c) Paris
(d) California

5. Why is Susan called to work on a Saturday?
(a) there was a crisis in the Middle East
(b) TRANSLTR could not break a code
(c) her superior was sick
(d) she had an overdue report

6. When Susan tells Swathmore about Hale, what does she want him to do?
(a) call Security
(b) talk to him
(c) lock him in the shaft
(d) nothing

7. According to North Dakota, who killed Tankado?
(a) Numatech Corporation
(b) the NSA
(c) North Dakota's people
(d) the ARA

8. What does Susan use to find the location of Tankado's partner's e-mail account?
(a) a supoena
(b) a wire tap
(c) a tracer
(d) the FBI

9. What is Susan Fletcher's occupation?
(a) FBI agent
(b) cryptologist
(c) crime analyst
(d) university professor

10. What did Tankado demand of Swathmore?
(a) one hundred million dollars
(b) his reinstatement at NSA
(c) that the NSA make TRANSLTR public knowledge
(d) an end to the NSA

11. Swathmore had plans to ___________________________________.
(a) he had no plans
(b) modify and replace the Digital Fortress program on Tankado's website
(c) destroy the Digital Fortress program
(d) sell the program to a Japanese company

12. When Susan checks Hale's computer, she finds __________________________-.
(a) e-mail from Rankado addressed to North Dakota
(b) nothing suspicious
(c) security files Hale isn't authorized to access
(d) Hale's correspondence with North Dakota

13. What does Hale tell a terrified Susan?
(a) Chartrukian fell accidently
(b) that he killed Chartrukian
(c) he doesn't mention Chartrukian
(d) that Swathmore killed Chartrukian

14. While checking the monthly reports, Chad Brinkerhoff notices ______________________________.
(a) the director has exceeded his travel budget
(b) a cost of $999,999,999.00 to break one code
(c) nothing out of the ordinary
(d) his expense account figures are too high

15. What happens before Susan can leave the bathroom?
(a) she decides to hide from Hale
(b) she hears a gun shot
(c) Swtahmore calls her on the phone
(d) the lights go out

Short Answer Questions

1. When loading the Digital Fortress into TRANSLTR, who bypassed the Gauntlet security features?

2. What does Susan plan to use in searching for the pass key on Hale's computer?

3. When Milken and Brinkerhoff question Swathmore, what does he tell them?

4. What is TRANSLTR?

5. What does Swathmore want Susan Fletcher to do?

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