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What do you call the practice of tricking people into giving you unauthorized access to a building or to a computer system?

Which internal component performs calculations and logical operations?

Which of the following is likely to have the greatest internal storage capacity?

Why is RAM used for temporary storage and not permanent storage?

What happens when you connect a flash drive to a USB port on your computer?

Which two frequency bands are used by wireless LANs?

Why was Jimmy Carter’s personality as a manager a downfall for his Presidency? 

What ends the Vietnam War for the United States? 

Put in your own words, what is the difference between a homogeneous mixture and a heterogeneous mixture. Then give one example from your everyday life for each type of mixture.

Please watch the following TED Talk: (32 minutes) Hearing impaired Scottish Percussionist, Evelyn Glennie, discusses sound in “How to Truly Listen.” There is a profound difference between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’ to music. Please watch the video entirely and consider not only her opinions and experiences as a musician, but also what you have gleaned from this course, concerning the concept of listening. Following the video, please respond to the three questions/prompts.   https://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_how_to_truly_listen#t-143543Links to an external site.   Thoughtful, critical, and introspective inquiry is necessary as you consider ‘music’ and what you have learned about “listening” to music.  Please respond to the following prompts and questions with a minimum of 3 sentences for each. You are required to reference interesting, related points made by Evelyn Glennie in each response. Failure to follow these directions will result in loss of points.    2.  What do you think the advantages are of active “listening” to music? (33 possible points)