Find the shortest encoded bit string of the following source sequence: Source sequence: ABCCDEAFABCBEDFABCBBAEFFEBCEFF
(a) using extended Huffman coding to encode the string where k=2
(b) using arithmetic coding.
For this case, you can ignore the termination issue ina a decoder, and output the shortestbit string of the first 5 symbols only, while the probability distribution is based on the whole sequence.
(c) Using adaptive Huffman coding to encode the first 10 symbols of the string. The initial code assignment is given below
New : 0
A : 00001
B : 00010
C : 00011
D : 00100
E : 00101
F : 00110
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A security consultant is analyzing data from a recent compromise. The following data points are documented:
- access to data on share drives in certain networked host was lost after an employee logged in to an interactive session as a privileged user
- that it was unreadable by any non-commercial software
- The issue spread through the enterprise via SMB only win certain users access data
- removal instructions were not available from any major antivirus vendor
Which of the following types of malware is this an example of?
A. RAT
B. Ransomware
C. Backdoor
D. Keylogger
E. Worm
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Which of the following is an abstract statement?
Multiple Choice
Top of Form
Most of our employees produce highly satisfactory work.
Of the 15 candidates who applied for the job, 12 had advanced business degrees.
The new international sales division will be launched in October 2018.
Income for the last quarter of 2015 was higher by 10 percent.
Karishma accepted the CEO position on December 20, 2015.
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An earthquake P wave traveling at 7.7km/s strikes a boundary within the Earth between two kinds of material.
If it approaches the boundary at an incident angle of 44? and the angle of refraction is 33?, what is the speed in the second medium?
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
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Which of the following strategies is NOT able to off-load the bottleneck!
A) Outsource some of the activities consuming time at the bottleneck.
B) Automate some of the activities consuming time at the bottleneck.
C) Reassign activities consuming time at the bottleneck to other resources with more capacity.
D) Slow down work at resources with more capacity to match that of the bottleneck.
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What role does Social Media play in your life? Are you aware of the social media policies of the organizations where you work, attend school, or volunteer? Have you used social media to resolve problems, participate in a cause you are passionate about, or to learn about UMUC? How does Social Media impact your personal and professional communications?
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You are tasked with briefing the CEO on the financial status of the organization. How do you explain the financial performance of your organization? What measures do you use to explain logistics and supply chain performance? Can the income statement and balance sheet be used to measure logistics and supply chain performance?
In: Other
On July 1, 1978 The Container Store opened its first store in Dallas, TX. Kip Tindell (Chairman and CEO), Garrett Boone (Chairman Emeritus), and Architect John Mullen focused the original product offering around an eclectic mix of products that would help simplify consumers' lives. The Container Store was a pioneer in this new, specialty category of retailing that focused on storage and organization. The first store was filled with products like, wire drawers, mailboxes, burger baskets, and milk crates that consumers could not typically find all together in other retail stores. Today, The Container Store has locations nationwide that showcase thousands of innovative products to help consumers save time, space, and money.
For the past twelve years, The Container Store has been named one of Fortune Magazine's "Top 100 Companies to Work For." One of The Container Store's Foundation Principles is that one great employee is equal to three good employees. The Container Store believes in hiring great employees and retaining them! According to The Container Store, "A company must be extraordinarily dedicated to its human resource endeavor, because it takes astronomically more time and effort to attract, hire, and retain great people. They're more challenging to get and they're more challenging to keep. But the payoff they'll provide is enormous." The Container Store's annual turnover rate is 10%. The average turnover rate for most retailers is 100%.
What are some of the ways that The Container Store puts employees first?
Training- The Container Store is committed to giving its sales associates all the necessary tools to be successful on the sales floor and add value for customers. Full-time associates will undergo an average of 263 hours of training in their first year compared to 8 hours for most full-time associates at other retailers.
Fun- The Container Store centers its organization culture on having fun. The retailer sponsors such events as annual service awards celebrations for employees, an annual chili cook-off contest and hosting a "We Love our Employees Day" on Valentine's Day. On this special day, employees received gifts, celebrations, and recognitions at all of The Container Store locations.
Benefits- The Container Store offers a comprehensive benefits package to its employees including health and dental. Recently, The Container Store announced that it would be offering its employees a discounted rate for Pet Insurance. The Container Store recognized that pets are a special part of employees' lives.
Wages- The Container Store does not use a commission based program to compensate employees. Instead, The Container Store offers employees wages and salaries that are 50% higher than the retail industry average.
1.
Creating a Fun work environment is an important part of The Container Store's ______________________.
A) Organization Incentive B) Organization Growth C) Organization Culture D) Organization Commitment E) Organization Constitution
2.
Health care, dental, and even pet insurance are all part of The Container Store's _____________ package for employees.
A) Commitment B) Benefits C)Gift D)Product E)Selection
3.
The Container Store is committed to a comprehensive ________________ program that lasts over 260 hours for all new employees. During this time, employees learn about products, corporate values, expectations, and customer service skills.
A) Organizational B) Training C) Invitational D) Streching E) Hiring
4.
The Container Store does not offer ______________ or incentives to employees. Rather, The Container Store offers employees a salary or wage package that is typically 50% higher than the national retail industry average.
A) Commissions B) Statuses C) Balances D) Strategies E) policies
5.
A clear indicator of employee satisfaction is The Container Store's low annual _______________rate which is 90% lower than the national retail industry average.
A) Compensation B) Wage C) Functioning D) Satisfaction E) Turnover
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Kiera requested Ronald, her manager, for an extended break from work because she wanted to take a three-month course in gemology. However, Ronald refused to grant her leave. He explained to Kiera in a face-to-face meeting that there were too many projects with deadlines nearing, and he could not afford to let employees take long breaks Although argumentative at first, Kiera understood the problem and consented to stay and work. Which of the following is a reason why oral communication was more appropriate than written communication for Ronald to use in this situation?
Multiple Choice
Oral communication provides no opportunity for questions to be asked and answered.
Oral communication is more persuasive than written communication.
Oral communication becomes a permanent record that can be saved.
Oral communication can be revised several times before being sent
Oral communication provides more time to analyze the message than written communication.
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Scenario B: Vines, a small, popular chain of Italian restaurants, wishes to hire a new general manager to oversee a local restaurant's day-to-day operations. The company human resources manager posts an advertisement in the local newspaper stating, "General manager wanted for a fast-paced restaurant serving award-winning northern Italian cuisine. Applicants must have three years' experience in a comparable Italian restaurant managing a restaurant staff and ensuring the satisfaction of diners." In addition to making inquiries through industry contacts, the HR manager places the ad on the company's bulletin board and intranet. The HR manager then develops a pool of prospective candidates for the position and chooses from the pool of candidates when making decisions on whom to hire. The part of the ad in the local newspaper that stated that the company requires a general manger with three year's experience managing the restaurant staff in a successful Italian restaurant is an example of a job ________.
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CompTIA Security+ SY0-501
Q1)
A security administrator is implementing a SIEM and needs to ensure events can be compared against each other based on when the events occurred and were collected.
Which of the following does the administrator need to implement to ensure this can be accomplished? A. TOTP
B. TKIP
C. NTP
D. HOTP
____________________________________________
Q2)
Fuzzing is used to reveal which of the following vulnerabilities in web applications?
A. Weak cipher suites
B. Improper input handling
C. DLL injection
D. Certificate signing flaws
__________________________________________________
Q3)
An administrator is disposing of media that contains sensitive information. Which of the following will provide the MOST effective method to dispose of the media while ensuring the data will be unrecoverable?
A. Wipe the hard drive.
B. Shred the hard drive.
C. Sanitize all of the data.
D. Degauss the hard drive.
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Which of the following attacks can be mitigated by proper data retention policies?
A. Dumpster diving
B. Man-in-the-browser
C. Spear phishing
D. Watering hole
A security administrator needs to conduct a full inventory of all encryption protocols and cipher suites. Which of the following tools will the security administrator use to conduct this inventory MOST efficiently?
A. Tcpdump
B. Protocol analyzer
C. Netstat
D. Nmap
A security analyst is interested in setting up an IDS to monitor the company network. The analyst has been told there can be no network downtime to implement the solution, but the IDS must capture all of the network traffic. Which of the following should be used for the IDS implementation?
A. Network tap
B. Honeypot
C. Aggregation
D. Port mirror
Which of the following is a security consideration for IoT devices?
A. IoT devices have built-in accounts that users rarely access.
B. IoT devices have less processing capabilities.
C. IoT devices are physically segmented from each other.
D. IoT devices have purpose-built applications.
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Which of the following statements about process analysis is TRUE?
A. Process analysis only matters to those who are in accounting.
B. Process analysis is all about creating demand.
C. Process analysis helps one analyze all the activities involved in providing one unit of supply.
D. Process analysis is all about keeping track of revenue and costs.
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