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What was the Articles of Conferderation and why did it ultimately fail? - The Articles of Confederation was the first governing document of the United States. It ultimately failed because it gave too much power to the states and not enough to the central government. It was also very difficult to pass legislation as it required states with different interests to agree. Explain the concepts of agenda setting and framing in today's media. - Agenda setting is when the media tells the public wh...

What is Bicameralism - The governmental structure, which included two different houses in the legislature Why did the founders believe that the Senate would be more responsive to national interest that the House. - Senators were indirectly elected and served longer terms. What is "descriptive representation" - Shared demographic traits between legislators and constituents. The process of determining the boundaries of House districts ever 10 years is knows - Redistricting The process of...

Two fundamental questions about government and politics: - What do we observe? Why? The institutions and procedures through which a land and its people are ruled - government Are governments simple or complex? - can be either A single individual rules - autocracy A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process - democracy Formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of government - constitutional No formal limits are placed on governme...

The Columbian Exchange was - >>>>the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World. Christopher Columbus had to convince his sponsors that the earth is round. (True or False?) - >>>>False The system designed to provide labor for the Spanish mines and sugar plantations was the ______. - >>>>Encomienda The Treaty of Tordesillas - >>>>divided the New World between the Spanish and the...

Thomas Hobbes believed that people were self-interested actors who would take advantage of those weaker than them. This concept is known as living in the ____________. - State of Nature Aristotle envisioned democracy as rule by the __________. - Mob Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution lists the powers of the national government. Who possess the powers that are not listed in Article I, Section 8? - The states and the people The founders intended the people to have influence over publi...

A scientist observes that when she opens the back door of her house to let her cat out, the songs of a certain species of bird abruptly change. She wants to follow up on her observations with an informal experiment. Which of the following is the best hypothesis for explaining the birds' song changes? - The bird species switches from song to warning call whenever it sees a potential predator. A scientist wishes to test a new antibiotic's ability to treat stubborn bacterial infections. He t...

Why does a programmer indent their code? - Easier for other people to understand, it helps show the structure of the code, and it's a key part of good programming style! Which of these is a valid way to write a single line comment in Java? / / This is a comment + + This is a comment This is a comment / / / * This is a comment - / / This is a comment

How is the bandwidth of a network measured? - Bitrate. Higher bitrate means higher bandwidth. What is the bitrate of a system? - The amount of data (in bits) that can be sent in a fixed amount of time What is the latency of a system? - The time it takes for a bit to travel from sender to receiver What is the Internet Protocol (IP)? - A protocol that defines the structure of an Internet address and assigns a unique address to every device on the Internet Which of the following are true abo...

Who Creates the look and feel of the website? - Web Designer Who writes the HTML and CSS that brings the site to life? - Web Developer Who thinks about the best way to display information on the site? - Web Designer True or False: The majority of the world has access to the Internet. - False (40%)

Which of the following statements are true about the Internet? I - The Internet connects devices and networks all over the world II - The Internet helps people collaborate to solve problems III - The Internet helps people communicate IV - There are no negative consequences of the Internet, it is purely positive - I, II, and III Which of the following refers to a widely agreed upon set of rules that standardize communication between machines? - Protocol True or False: The Internet is non-e...

Why do we use methods in Java programming? - Break down our program into smaller parts/to simplify code Avoid repeating code Make our program more readable/easier to understand What are parameters? - The formal names given to the data that gets passed into a method. What is a return value? - The value that a method outputs. What is a Javadoc? - A comment that clearly states the functionality and usage of a class or method. What is a method? - A procedure that is defined by the user. Wha...

Which is a valid Karel command? move; MOVE move(); move() - move(); What is a street in a Karel world? - Row What is an avenue in a Karel world? - Column If Karel starts at Street 1 and Avenue 3 facing East, what street (row) and avenue (column) will Karel be on after this code runs? move(); move(); move(); turnLeft(); move(); - Street 2 Avenue 6 If Karel is facing North and the code turnLeft(); turnLeft(); runs; which direction is Karel facing now? - South How many times shoul...

You manage a small network at work. Users use workstations connected to your network. No portable computers are allowed. As part of your security plan, you would like to implement scanning of e-mails for all users. You want to scan the e-mails and prevent any e-mails with malicious attachments from being received by users. Your solution should minimize administration, allowing you to centrally manage the scan settings. Which solution should you use? - Network-based firewall In the OSI Mode...

You want to measure the voltage, amps, and ohms of various devices. What tool would you use? - You'd use a multi-meter. what's a multimeter? - a device for testing various electrical properties. i.e. ac/dc voltage, current (amps), resistance (ohms), capacitance, and frequency. What does a voltage event recorder do? - keeps track of voltage conditions on a power line. basic recorders simply keep track of the occurrence of under/over voltage conditions, while more advanced devices track co...

You want to maintain security on your internal network - >>>>53 Using the Netstat command, you notice that a remote system - >>>>Downloading a file You want to allow your users to download files from a server running the TCP - >>>>FTP After blocking a number of ports to secure your server - >>>>Open port 25 to allow SMTP service Users complain that they can't connect to the website when they type - >>>>The HTTP port should be cha...

Which of the following BEST describes Information Technology (IT)? - >>>>IT refers to everything that involves computers. Which of the following is something that an Information Technology (IT) professional would do? - >>>>Build and repair computers Which of the following is something that an Information Systems (IS) professional would do? - >>>>Turn information into meaningful decisions Which of the following BEST describes Computer Science (CS)? - >...

Which of the following are CRT monitor characteristics? (select two) - 1) CRT monitors use an electron beam that hits phosphor dots inside of a vacuum tube 2) CRT monitors have a 4:3 aspect ratio which matches the display ratio of a T.V. set. Which of the following are advantages of solid state storage compared to hard drives? (select two) - 1) Lower power requirements 2) No moving parts Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity? - Single-layer, single-sided Blu-ray disc. You...

You are the IT administrator for a small corporate network. You have just installed Active Directory on a new Hyper-V guest server named CorpDC. You need to create an Active Directory organizational structure. The Active Directory structure will be based on the company's departmental structure. In this lab, your task is to create OUs on CorpDC as follows: Beneath the domain, create the OUs listed below. While creating each OU, make the changes required to prevent accidental deletion. - A...

The only type of model file that can be linked is .rvt - False What would be the best workflow when using massing tools? - Create levels, create mass using the levels, draw walls using the mass and levels When using roof by face, you give up the option to input a manual base offset - False What is the main difference between using a view made using Default 3D View and a view made using camer? - Default 3D view is isometric and a Camera view is perspective Shadows generated by Revit are: - ...

The View tab allows you to save your project file. (T/F) - False You can zoom in and out using the wheel on a wheel mouse. (T/F) - True Revit is a parametric architectural design program. (T/F) - True A _______________________ file allows you to start your project with specific content and certain settings preset the way you like them. - Template Autodesk 360 allows you to save your files safely in the _____. - Cloud The Options Bar dynamically changes to show options that complement the c...