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mandarins/shi
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Chinese scholars
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the Watergate cover-up
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armada
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fleet of warships
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reichstag
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lower house of legislation
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Rigveda
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hymns, prayers and rituals
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Taoism
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Philosophical system evolved by Laozi
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Louis Armstrong
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unofficial ambassador of Jazz
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10
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Women organizations sought to strengthen the laws against rape. 20 states had fixed the age of sexual consent at ____________.
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repeal
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cancellation of prophiton in 1933
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Gothic
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Architectural style used during the Middle Ages in the design of the cathedrals.
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tenskwatawa
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called the prophet, said native americans must give up white ways, and no longer trade with them
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Pontiac
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Native American, captured 8 British forts in Ohio Valley
Negotiated with British
British: gave smallpox-infected blankets to Delaware chiefs during peace negotiations
Virus spread among Native Americans
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Social Darwinism
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justified wealthy getting wealthier because it stated the poor were that way because of natural design/selection
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French statesman who viewed the American Revolution as important to the world; used his own finances to help fund revolution; led American troops as major general
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LaFayette
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ghost dance
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wovoka was the leader
messianic spirtual resistance movement
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Euro
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the common currency accepted twelve members of the european union. it went into effect gradually, used first in business transactions in 1999 and entered public circulation in 2002.
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25
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slaves were what % of roman pop.
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Hay-Paunceforte Treaty
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Roosevelt negotiated with Britain to give US right to build canal
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Boer War
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Fought (1899-1902) over the continued independence of Boer republics; resulted in British victory, but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa (p. 590)
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Japanese Atrocities
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Japan executed prisoners of war, tortured prisoners (mutilations, beatings, humiliation)
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all of earth was one big clump
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Pangea
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Sacajawea
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served as interpreter and guide to William and Clark journey (NA woman
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Viceroy
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Royal agents. Noblemen born in Spain. No one born in America could reach high office§ 1 viceroy in Mexico City ruled Spain’s North American territory = New Spain§ 1 viceroy in Lima ruled Spain’s South American lands = Peru
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state-mandated prayer in school banned
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engel v. vitale
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Plains Indians
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*Adapted to changing conditions by learning, faught each other to gain control of plains, created constitutional republic and became farmers
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Sets fourth goals and ideals that people in a nation beleive and share
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constitution
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George Mason
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Anti-federalistFather of the Bill of Rights
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Gleichschaltung
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unifying society under one umbrella by using symbols, flags, uniforms, cerimonies
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Taino
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Native Americans living on the islad of San Salavdor
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Julius Caesar
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Crossed Rubicon(49 B.C.) and took over Rome and was assisinated by Marcus Brutus
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Political democracy
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a form of government characterized by universal suffrage and mass political parties.
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Frankenstein
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a book written by Mary Shelley that had an attraction to Gothic writing
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Name the most brutal people ancient people who lived.
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The Assyrians
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Battle o Ain Jalut
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stoped Mongol invasion of Africa
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powers reserved to the states include the powers to
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establish schools
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Alexander mackenzie
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was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878
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WIN
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a acronym for Gerald Ford's plan on how to help the economy wear the buttons, saying "whip inflation now.
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Carnival
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A time of reveling and excess in Catholic and Mediterranean Europe.
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Jane Addams
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founder of the US Settlement House Movement and the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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James Oglethorpe
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Leader of Georgia, wanted to create haven for poor English farmers, originally slavery was abolished…
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homo habilis
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2 m.y.a. means handy man, first hominid to use stone tools
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Hydrogen Bomb
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more destructive than the atomic bomb, 1949.
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Share Cropping
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land owner would deed over a portion of their acreage to a worker. usually the oner of the plantation will provide a place to live and farm equiptment. (it all came with a price...)
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Harappa
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A large city in the Indus River Valley Civilization located in present-day Pakistan, it is 3 miles in circumference, it has a central hill-top structure, and it is supposed to be a capital, along with Mohenjo-Daro.
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Hapsburg
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What is the name of the Royal family Philip II was in?
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Desiderius Erasmus
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was a priest in the Netherlands who wanted to combine humanism and Christianity
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Pop Culture
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Refers to aspects of culture that are widely accesible and commonly shared by most members of a society, especially those in the middle, working, and lower classes.
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Dynastic cycle
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The term used to describe the rise, decline, and fall of China’s imperial dynasties.
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Direct democracy
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a gov’t under which rules are made by all of its citizens
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Berlin airlift
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in an attempt to break the blockade, American and British officials started this to fly flood and supplies into West Berlin
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Common Topographical features of cultural hearths
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cultural hearth- birthplace of civilization and culture. What you need for survival is water and fertile soil
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Missouri Compromise
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an agreement in 1820 to let Maine join the United States as a free state and Missouri join as a slave state.
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Albany Plan of Union
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A meeting with seven northern colonies who wanted to strengthen ties with the Iroquois League. Ben Franklin wanted to join the colonies, but the colonial legislatures rejected it because they were afraid of a strong central government.
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Chae Chan Ping V. US 1889
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fought against the laws. Unconstitutional. Supreme court basically says fuck you
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Long March
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the epic march in which a group of Chinese communists retreated from Guomindang forces by marching over 6,000 miles from 1934 to 1935
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Fort Laramie Treaty
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An agreement between the US and the Plains Indians in which the PI promised to stay in designated areas (dividing up into smaller reservations). They agreed to this to reduce conflict b/w rival Indian tribes & it was an opportunity for sustained peace. They also would allow eastern settlers and immigrants onto their lands, unmolested, the Army was allowed to build roads and set up forts without Indians resistance. 1851
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Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Jack Dempsey
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First Professional athletes to become huge celebrities, Began an era of Idol worshipping
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Following popular opinion, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles because __________.
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Americans were not interested in joining the League of Nations
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The chief contribution of John Marshall to economic development was his
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broadly national view of economic affairs.
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Who were the Mongo?
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The Mongo was a tribe in Congo which divided its region into villages. It had 100-400 inhabitants in each, and they were run by a village chief. Jobs were based on location, river => fishing, land => agriculture
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In June, 1776, ________ presented the Continental COngress with the following quote: ___________________________________.
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In June, 1776, Richard Henry Lee presented the Continental Congress with the following quote: "These colonies are, and of right, ought to free and independent states.
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francis perkins is responsible for social security. Explain the social security act.
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the SSA was old age insurance and unemployment compensation.
workers got benefits upon retirement at the age of 65
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What does the Judial Branch in Texas do? (List two Answers)
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1. People in this branch work in courts that help enforce the law.
2. Our courts range from Municipal courts to the Supreme Court and Court of Crimanal Appeals.
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ROM?
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read-only memory
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Legacy Systems
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Older systems
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Research
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fact finding technique
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microphone
input or output?
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input device
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process of transferring documents graphics, and other objects from your computer to a server on the internet
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uploading
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ASCII
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microcomputers use the American Standard Code for information interchange coding scheme
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digital camera
input or output?
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input device
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Objects
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Processes that act on data
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middleware
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additional layers web-based software requires to communicate with existing software and legacy systems.
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built-in connection to another related web page or part of a web page
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hyperlink (link)
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Secondary?
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typically spin and require moving read/write head
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According to CERT"s full disclosure policy, when will software vulnerability be released to the public after it i sfirst reported and assuming all stipulations are met by the vendor?
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45 days
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-1946-1957
-powered by vacuum tubes
-one program run at a time
-not fast and powerful as today's computers
-input was punch cards
-output was printed on paper
-Ex: ENIAC and UNIVAC
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1st generation computer
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anyone who communicates with a computer or utilizes the information it generates
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user
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RFID
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Radio Frequency Identification - uses radio waves to track objects
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Groupware
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Software that allows collaboration on projects
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State
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objects that have a specific attribute
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Yourdon
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another popular symbol set for diagrams.
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top level domain- gov stands for
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government agencies
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using a computer resource for unapproved activities
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unauthorized use
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Expansion slots receive?
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expansion cards; plugged into motherboard and adds further functionality
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OLE?
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Object linking is dynamic, thats the only difference from embedding
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unsolicited email sent to a large group of individuals at one time and is the electronic equivalent of junk mail
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spam
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a technique used to secure email messages or other documents sent over the Internet
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encryption
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full room of equipment, hundreds- thousands of users connected to a network
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super computer
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consists of programs that perform specific tasks for users
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application software
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Process Model
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describes the logic that programmers use to write modules
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Project Scope
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means defining the specific boundries or extent of the project
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Business Profile
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Overview that describes a company's overall functions, processes, organization, products, services, customers, suppliers, competeitors, constraints, and future direction
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Extreme Programming(XP)
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Focuses on interactive process between developers and users rather than the end product
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sink
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An external entity that receives data from an information system.
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source
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An external entity that supplies data to an information system
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using links to explore the web
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surfing the web
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the act of breaking into a remote computer system, often via the Internet or a wireless network
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hacking
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The programming information to perform the startup task resides in a chip called?
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complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) also non-volatile
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Which of the following is a global security organization that employs bug finders to look for vulnerabilities within commonly used systems and application?
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iDefense
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requires the individual requesting access to provide information that only the authorized user is supposed to know.
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possessed knowledge access system
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the collection of software that allows a computer to operate. The main system software program is the operating system.
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system software
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usually one computer connected to a network, usually costs one to several thousand dollars
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mobile device
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electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer
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processor/central processing unit (CPU)
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Inference Rules
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Rules that identify data patterns and relationships
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Pareto chart
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A verticle bar graph that represents various causes of a problem
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Hawthorne Effect
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a phenomenon where employees who know they are being observed are more productive.
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logical model
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shows what the system must do, regardless of how it will be implemented physically.
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records (data structures)
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a meaningful combination of related data elements that is included in a data flow or retained in a data store.
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Loose coupling
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means that the objects can interact, but are essentially independent.
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an online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject
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news group
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text version of one or more IP addresses
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domain name
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similar to a virus but does not infect other files to replicate itself; it sends copies of itself instead.
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computer worm
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Circuit board?
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logical way to replace what would be loose wiring by applying copper wires directly to a sheet of non conductive plastic
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On what type of assessment would you most likely find social engineering attacks?
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Red team
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If you reverse-engineer software used to encrypt data protected by the copyright law, what law will most likely be used to prosecute you?
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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interact with software using text, graphics, and visual images (icons)
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graphical user interface (GUI)
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System design
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to build a system that is effective, reliable, and maintanable.
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Value-added reseller (VAR)
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A firm that enhances a commercial package by adding custom features and configuring it for a particular industry.
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Spontaneous generation
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A term used to describe an unexplained generation of data or information. In DFDs processes cannot spontaneously generate data flows, they must have an input to have an output.
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Last group of numbers in a IP address identifies
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individual computer
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usually very small image on a Web page that transmits data about a Web page visitor back to the Web page's server.
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web bugs
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mission-critical system
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A system that is vital to a company's operations
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Report generator (report writer)
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a tool for designing formatted reports rapidly.
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Computers have only two states, so what kind of system is this?
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binary system: 1 or 0
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provide continuous power to a PC so it doesn't shut off when the power goes off
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uninterruptible power supplies
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Systems Design Phase
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3rd Phase of SDLC - create a blueprint of the system that wil satisfy all requirements
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Data Flow
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a path for data to move from one part of the information system to another.
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is a set of rules that defines how pages transfer on the web
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(http) hypertext transfer protocol
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A microcomputer's speed is measured by?
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clock rate; cycles per second that a computer can perform its basic tasks
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Which of the following answers best describes the differences in jurisdiction between the FBI and Secret Service?
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The FBI deals with cases of national security, financial institutions, and organized crime. The Secret Service deals with crimes pertaining to the Treasury Department.
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