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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. At this point, how much time remains before the final filter is destroyed?

2. Why did Fontaine send a team of his own to Spain?

3. How did Becker get out of Santa Cruz?

4. In Node 3, Susan finds _________________________________.

5. Swathmore refers to the death of Chartrukian as ________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Neither Susan nor Jabba feel the inscription is the pass key. Why?

2. Using the Internet for a reference, what do they finally decide to use?

3. How does Fontaine respond to the problem with the crypto dome?

4. What does Hale say that his plans for Digital Fortress are?

5. What does Jabba mean when he says pass keys usually have penalty clauses?

6. How does the book end?

7. What does Swathmore do when Susan leaves to cut off the power to TRANSLTR?

8. Explain why Hulohot was wrong in thinking that Becker had no way out of the viewing platform area.

9. How does Becker become trapped in the Seville Cathedral?

10. Soshi announces that she has found orphans in the program. What are orphans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is an anonymous server? What are the benefits of an anonymous server? Under what circumstances would people want to use one and why?

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

Most organizations function on the basis of team work yet Swathmore told only Susan Fletcher about the Digital Fortress problem. Other people who learned about the TRANSLTR run time, began to ask questions and were rebuffed. Some took actions on their own. Was this the proper way to handle the situation? Would problems have been avoided if Swathmore hadn't been so secretive?

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