Hackers Brainpop

A typical 1950s computer probably would be unable to:

• Connect to a network

• Calculate the volume of a lake

What new feature did the PDP-1 have that made Spacewar! possible?

• a hard drive

• a full sized keyboard

• a laser printer

• a graphic display

Phone phreakers were driven mainly by:

• curiousity

• greed

• selflessness

• competiveness

Which word best describes the Homebrew Club of the early 1970s?

• politics

• Hobbyist

• Academic

ARPANET was built to help people do things like:

• sort through census data

• move troops around the country

• track the movement of distant galaxies

Which of the following people would most likely be described as a "black hat?"

• A person who teaches herself to code

• A hacker who gathers credit card information

• A student programmer who snuck around MT in the 1960s

Why might a bank hire a "white hat?"

• To design a phone app

• To calculate profits

• To teach employees how to better use the internet

• To protect their databases

Which literary character would hacktivists most likely compare themselves to?

• Cinderella

• Robin Hood

• Wicked Witch

• Big Bad Wolf

Which of these statements is most accurate?

• Hackers include only those who steal and vandalize

• Hacking can be constructive or destructive

Hackathons are events in which:

• Black hats work on way to break in systems

• White hats trade ideas on improving security

• Spread their message to media outlets

• Programmers test their skills through competition