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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Node 3, Hale protects himself by _______________________--.

2. Susan's tracer program was ___________________.

3. The kid on the bus tells Becker about Judas Taboo and that ___________________________________-.

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

5. According to North Dakota, who killed Tankado?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a cipher text?

2. What deal does Hale want?

3. Why does Hale want Susan to come with him?

4. After talking to Swathmore, what does Susan learn from Hale?

5. Why does Brinkerhoff find Fontaine's reaction to the problems in Crypto to be strange?

6. 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?

7. What is a tracer?

8. What do Chad Brinkerhoff and Midge Milken question?

9. What does Becker learn from Two-Tone?

10. What is the purpose of the NSA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the pros and cons of encryption. What does encryption mean for privacy? Explain why people use encryption programs.

Essay Topic 2

Swathmore's actions cost the government a two billion dollar super computer and caused the death of or affected the lives of many people. Do you think Swathmore deserved to die? Why or why not? Was it poetic justice? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Swathmore had his own plans for the Digital Fortress encryption program. What did he plan to do? What would have been the implications of his plan if he could have carried it out? Why was Hale trying to stop Swathmore?

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