Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Swathmore calls Hale's bluff by __________________________.
2. Becker finds Rochio's hotel number by ___________________________.
3. Swathmore tells Susan that he wants to talk to her and that ________________________________.
4. What is Digital Fortress?
5. When Megan goes back and talks to Becker, she _________________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. After talking to Swathmore, what does Susan learn from Hale?
2. What is a cipher text?
3. Jabba had been ignoring Midge's concerns about TRANSLTR and the possibility of a virus all day. Why did he suddenly drop what he was doing and run to the main data banks?
4. Why does Phil Chartrukian decide to report the possibility of a TRANSLTR virus to his superior?
5. Why did Swathmore send David Becker to Spain?
6. Becker tries to call Swathmore from the airport but can't get a line. What does he remember?
7. What does Hale say to Susan when they are in Node 3?
8. What deal does Hale want?
9. What does Swathmore plan to do about the situation in Crypto?
10. Why does Brinkerhoff find Fontaine's reaction to the problems in Crypto to be strange?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tankado opposed the secrecy of TRANSLTR and devised his scheme to force the NSA to make its existence known. How did Tankado make this fact known? Do you think Tankado expected his worm to do the damage it eventually did? What would the use of the terms Hiroshima and Nagasaki indicate?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the danger of a Digital Fortress encryption program to an entity like the NSA. What would it mean for super computers like TRANSLTR? What does the Bergofsky Principle mean? Why is it the first thing everybody mentions when they hear about the Digital Fortress encryption program?
Essay Topic 3
David Becker went to Seville, Spain because Swathmore asked him to. Why did Swathmore send an amateur? Why didn't he send professional? What were Swathmore's ulterior motives?
|
This section contains 689 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
