Bug or Feature?
Zero Rust
Let it SNOW
Ho Ho Holiday
USACE History
100

A paperclip was the representation for this iconic Microsoft Office help feature.

Who is Clippy?

100

The name of the collection of all Department of Defense networks.

What is the DODIN?

100

If something is wrong with your PC, what Online system can you use to request Enterprise Service Desk assistance?

What is ServiceNow?

100

An amusing or impractical gift given during a holiday party.

What is a White Elephant?

100

In 1943, this five-sided building was completed by the Corps in 15 months after groundbreaking.

What is the Pentagon?

200

This federal regulatory control replaced Clinger-Cohen and required enhanced Portfolio review as a mechanism for Information Technology Savings.

What is the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)?

200

A category of malicious code that includes viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

What is Malware?


200

This USACE product catalog establishes an online shopping experience similar to online shopping sites for purchasing commodity IT for use in the field.

What is OrderTrak?

200

The modern day Christmas Tree originated in this country.

What is Germany?

200

In 1802 the Corps of Engineers permanently established the US Military Academy under Corps control at this location.

What is West Point?

300

She discovered the first reported computer "bug".

Who is Grace Murray Hopper?


300

What suite of tools prevents nearly 5 billion Internet users from accessing sensitive USACE information?

What is the Internet Access Point?  (Policy Enforcement Point in Zero Trust lingo)

300

In a Technical Direction Proposal, the vendor can request to acquire material to support the installation.

What is a Request to Initiate Purchase, or RIP?

300

What kind of hat does "Frosty the Snowman" wear?

What is a top hat?
300

This unusual method of aquatic control is run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers near Romeoville, Illinois.

What is the Fish Barrier?

400

An online capability that provides collaboration, e-mail, file storage, and office automation.

What is Microsoft 365?   (Office365 also accepted)

400

This attempt is used to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a legitimate company.

What is phishing?

400

This ServiceNOW tool is a collection of Configuration Items as described by ITIL.

What is the Configuration Management Database?

400

This USACE research lab might have ice cores from the fabled location of Santa's Workshop.

What is the Cold Regions Lab, or CRREL

400

USACE was responsible for this element of the NASA Appolo 11 Mission

What is the Moon Buggy Wheels?

What is the Launch Complex, Pads, Controls, Ship Canal?


500

It is estimated that the DoD creates 10,000 of these picturesque cards a day.

What is a CAC card?


500

You receive an Urgent Message about a past-due invoice from a vendor with a link to get more information.  You do business with this vendor, but this message was not expected.

What is spear phishing?

500

This part of ServiceNOW is not in the cloud, and is responsible for populating the CMDB with current asset information.

What is the Management, Instrumentation, and Discovery, (MID) server?

500

This plant has to be be in total darkness to prompt it to generate colorful, seasonal leaves.

What is Poinsettia?

500

This USACE DAM does not hold back water.

What is the Sediment Retention Structure?