Hacking

A typical 1950s computer probably would be unable to:

• Calculate the volume of a lake

• Connect to a network

• Help determine the speed of Earth's spin

• Process sales data

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:

• Curiosity

• Greed

• Selflessness

• Competitiveness

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

• Political

• Hobbyist

• Academic

• Philanthropic

ARPANET was built to help people do things like:

• Sort through census data

• Move troops around the country

• Track the movement of distant galaxies

• Connect with friends all over the world

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

• A hacker who gathers credit card information

• A person who teachers themself to code

• A student programmer who snuck around

  MIT in the sixties

• A programmer who designs web sites anonymously

Why might a bank hire a "white hat?"

• To design an easier to use phone app

• To calculate their projected profits for the upcoming year

• To teach their employees how to better use the Internet

• To protect their database from unauthorized access

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Which literary character would hacktivists most likely compare themselves to?

• Cinderella

• Robin Hood

• The Wicked Witch

• The Big Bad Wolf

Which of these statements is most accurate?

• Hackers Include only those who steal and vandalize

• Hacking can be constructive or destructive

• only white hats are true hackers

• The difference between white and black hats is the matter of opinion

Hackathons are events in which:

• Black hats work on ways to break into systems

• White hats trade ideas on improving system security

• Hacktivists spread their message to media outlets

• Programmers test their skills through competition