Technology and Money
Predicting Voters
Election Security
Hodge Podge
Used in a Sentence
100

The international exchange of goods and services

What is the global economy?

100

Someone who votes

What is a voter?

100

Software that secretly monitors and collects info. from a user's device without them knowing

What is spyware?

100

Malicious software designed to damage computer systems, steal data, or disrupt operations

What is malware?

100

The school was infected with malware, or ____, that locked all information and required a payment to unlock it. 

What is ransomware?

200

Responsible for following trading rules and providing goods or services

Who are sellers?

200

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

What is data?

200

A weakness in a system that can be exploited by an attacker

What is a vulnerability?

200

A part of a computer system or network which is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication

What is a firewall?

200

The company used _____ to protect its sensitive material by replacing that data with a convincing fake. 

What is data masking?

300

The products and actions exchanged for money in an economy

What are goods and services?

300

Data that is fed into a program to be processed

What is input?

300

A secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to something

What is a password?

300

Responsible for following trading rules and purchasing goods or services

Who are buyers?

300

The school board had too much _____ to go through, so they had to parameters for what they wanted to see.

What is data?

400

Not having any sort of real contact with other countries

What is isolationism?

400

Data that is produced by a program for the user or by another program

What is output?

400

Information that should be kept private, such as: names, addresses, Social Security numbers, etc.

What is personal information?

400

Record keeping and making sure the country is on track with achieving its goals

Who is a Government regulator?

400

Being allowed to trade with anyone is known as _____.

What is free trade?

500

Being allowed to trade with anyone

What is free trade?

500

A special value that is used to further define the action of a function

What is a parameter?

500

Where attackers trick victims into revealing sensitive info. about themselves by pretending to be trusted people

What is phishing?

500

Computing devices and skills used in production or investigation; and the application of knowledge to the practical aims of the human environment.

What is technology?

500

An example of _____ would be using a laptop to Google Search this answer.

What is technology?