After reading the article "Don't Include Social Engineering in Penetration Tests," discuss whether social engineering should be included as part of a penetration test. Knowing that the human is the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain, is it ethical as part of the pen test to engage in behavior that the author describes as a "grey area: compromising staff members' personal devices or personal email accounts (as opposed to work accounts); breaking into office buildings to steal equipment or plant network monitoring devices; compromising social media accounts to perform recon; etc."? (Kaplan-Moss, 2017)

Review several of your fellow learners' posts and respond to at least two of your peers by end of Day 7 of the week. In your response to your classmates' posts:

• Do you agree with your fellow learners' assessments of social engineering as part of penetration testing?
• Try to expand on your rationale by asking your classmates questions and provide additional resources and evidence to support your claims and to extend their thoughts on their point of view.

References

Kaplan-Moss, J. (2017, June 27). Don't include social engineering in penetration tests [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://jacobian.org/2017/jun/27/social-engineering-pentests/

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues around the globe, one area of active research is to identify a plausible origin of this novel coronavirus (also called SARS-CoV-2). Early genomic studies suggest that the evolutionary precursor to SARS-CoV-2 may reside in bats since the bat coronavirus and SARS-CoV-2 have many similar sequences. However, there have been no documented cases of direct bat-human transmission, which suggests that an intermediate host was likely involved between bats and humans.

There are many different species of bats, and the Chinese horseshoe bat is just one that may be linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, much research is still needed to support or disprove this hypothesis.

The diploid number for a horseshoe bat is 62 (i.e., 2n = 62).

Give the number of each of the following that would be present in a cell in a horseshoe bat during each of the following stages of either mitosis or meiosis.

A. Anaphase of mitosis:

I) chromosomes:

ii) chromatids:

iii) DNA molecules:

iv) telomeres:

B. Anaphase of meiosis I

I) chromosomes:

ii) chromatids:

iii) DNA molecules:

iv) telomeres:

C. Anaphase of meiosis II

I) chromosomes:

ii) chromatids:

iii) DNA molecules:

iv) telomeres:

You have collected data for 104 countries to address the difficult questions of the determinants for differences in the standard of living among the countries of the world. Your model has the relative personal income (RelPersInc) determined by the saving rate (SK) and population growth rate (n). To test the predictions of this growth model, you run the following regression:

= 0.339 – 12.894 × n + 1.397 × SK,      R2=0.621

                  (0.068) (3.177)     (0.229)

Numbers in parentheses are the standard errors.

1. Calculate the t-statistics and test whether or not each of the population parameters are significantly different from zero.

2. Calculate the overall F-statistic for the regression. Test the null hypothesis that that all the slope coefficients are equal to zero at the 5% level.

You remember that human capital in addition to physical capital also plays a role in determining the standard of living of a country. You therefore collect additional data on the average educational attainment and add this variable (Educ) to the above regression. This results in the modified regression output:

= 0.046 – 5.869 × n + 0.738 × SK + 0.055 × Educ,    R2=0.775,

                      (0.079)   (2.238)      (0.294)           (0.010)

3. How has the inclusion of Educ affected your previous results?

4. Perform a test to find out if it is worth keeping Educ in the model at the 5% level.

Find the indicated Probability.

1. A bank’s loan office uses credit scores in their application process. The credit scores are normally distributed with a mean of 705 and a standard deviation of 55. Applicants are offered loans if their credit scores are above 670. Find the probability that a randomly selected applicant will be offered a loan.

1. 1. 0.2611                          b.   0.3811                    c.   0.7389                     d.  0.0703
2. Scores on a test are normally distributed with a mean of 72.5 and a standard deviation of 9.1. Find , the test score which separates the bottom 80% from the top 20%. Round to the nearest tenth.

1. 51.3                             b.   64.9                         c.   80.1                        d. 93.7

3. In one region, the September energy consumption levels for single-family homes are found to be normally distributed with a mean of 990 kWh and a standard deviation of 198 kWh. For a randomly selected home, find the probability that the September energy consumption level is between 1100 kWh and 1250 kWh.

1. 0.1926                          b.   0.3828                    c.   0.6178                     d. 0.8074

4. The lengths of human pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 268 days and a standard deviation of 15 days. What is the probability that a pregnancy lasts less than 270 days?

1. 0.4813                          b.   0.5517                    c.   0.50            d.  0.4483

26. Place in order the true events of electrochemical signaling & muscular contraction, which occur at the neuromuscular junction.                       Note: not all letters are correct, read carefully.

33. First (             )                                             a. Neurotransmitter released across synapse

                                                                b. Ca binds to the thick filament of sarcomere

34. Second (    )                                             c. Release of neurotransmitters from post-synaptic cell

                                                                d. ACH received at post-synaptic receptors

35. Third (           )                                             e. Ca binds to the thin filament of sarcomere

32. Movement of the human eye is dependent upon the action of 6 extra-ocular muscles. Which of the following choices is NOT an extra-ocular muscle?
    1. External oblique                                                                               c. Lateral rectus
    2. Superior oblique                                                                               d. Inferior rectus

32. If a large muscle body crosses over the lateral aspect of a joint & attaches at lateral bony processes, the muscle most likely serves to perform what major motion?
    1. Adduction                                                                                           c. Flexion
    2. Abduction                                                                                           d. Extension

32. Which of the answer choice correctly identifies a key function of the muscles of the pelvic floor?
    1. Urination control                                                                              d. Support pelvic viscera
    2. Resist increase in intrabdominal pressure                             e. Allow support for sexual function
    3. All of the above (A, B, D, E)                                                           f. None of the above (A, B, D, E)

Have you ever felt different, like a social "other"? A social theorist named Georg Simmel once said: "The stranger is close to us insofar as we feel between him and ourselves similarities of nationality or social position, of occupation or of general human nature. He is far from us insofar as these similarities extend beyond him and us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people."

What Simmel is describing is that being a stranger is actually a form of a social relationship. A stranger helps to connect a group of people who see the stranger as not fitting into their group, while also reminding the stranger that they stand outside of the group.

For this extra credit assignment, find or create an image of being a social other with which you identify. Upload the image as an image file (.jpg, .png, .giff). If you create an image through drawing or some other format that is not easily an image, then take a picture of it. Or you may find an image existing on the Internet. To receive the full points for this assignment, the visual must obviously represent social "othering," by displaying a person or persons who are perhaps viewed to be "strangers" in the Simmelian sense described here.

Any one have any idea about this question?

1. Drake is a department manager in a company which has recently decided to hire a new analyst. After interviewing all candidates, Drake recommended the company hire Anne, but senior management preferred to hire Beth. Drake argued that Beth is an inferior choice, but agreed to accept her for a trial period of six months. At the end of the trial period, Drake evaluated Beth’s performance as poor. Although this evaluation may have been fair, it is also possible that it was biased by:
2. When are we the most likely to over place our performance relative to others?
3. The human mind is better at remembering information that is?
4. An example of bounded awareness in negotiations is when negotiators:
5. A publisher wants to bid for the rights to publish a celebrity’s memoir. The publisher would be better off to:
6. The most critical barrier to a creative decision is:
7. Daniel and Jeremy are brothers. They have found out in advance about what their parents are giving them for Christmas, and have agreed to exchange each other’s gifts. When should the exchange be made, in order for the two brothers to be the most satisfied with it?
8. A drug company has developed a vaccine that protects against Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B, but not against Hepatitis A. Which of the following is the recommended way to present this new pill?