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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. Which former FBI agent has the firm that holds Triton's external security contract?

2. What does Sidney believe Jason is going for?

3. Who is Lieberman anxious to meet with after the most recent Federal Reserve Board meeting?

4. How does Sidney get home?

5. Who kills the investigator in the parking lot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Sidney Archer represent and what is she trying to accomplish?

2. What happens in New Orleans?

3. What does Jason do to help himself when he is being held against his will?

4. Why does Nathan Gamble go to see Henry Wharton?

5. What does Paul Brophy tell Lee Sawyer as they are leaving Sidney's home?

6. Who does Philip Goldman meet and what is their conversation about?

7. Who approaches Sidney on the plane and what does he tell her.

8. What does Agent Sawyer learn in his meeting at Triton Global?

9. What happens when Sidney checks Jason's computer for condolence emails?

10. What indications does Jason get that things may not be entirely right with this exchange of information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Jason Archer doing? Why would he take such risks? What could he have discovered that would make ruining his life a reasonable trade off? Is there anything worth the sacrifice of a wife and child? What does Jason neglect to consider? How does this oversight affect the turn his life takes? What might he have done differently? What safeguards did he put into place just in case, and why were they insufficient to help him?

Essay Topic 2

What is encryption, and what purpose does it serve? How does encryption help to keep data private? Why is that correct only to a degree? What factors determine the strength of encryption? What is the best kind of code to use for data encryption? How long should it be? What should your code include to ensure that it will not be easily broken? In a code, how many numbers is ample for most purposes, and how many is considered to be invulnerable?

Essay Topic 3

Who approaches Sidney while she is on the flight on her way home? What does he tell her on the napkin at first? What is his interest in what is going on, and when did he begin to pay attention to the overall situation? What does he tell Sidney that she doesn't already know? What warning does he give her before they land? How does that warning seem in part to be more of a premonition?

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