Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 9-1 Melissa Is the Network

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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 9-1 Melissa is the network administrator for a small publishing company. As network administrator, she is in charge of maintaining the security of all the computers that are part of the company's network. Melissa has set up procedures so that every user using a computer connected to the network needs to enter his or her ____, which appears as asterisks on the screen as it is being entered.

• A) private key
• B) e-mail address
• C) public key
• D) password

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining other people's behavior.

Cognitive

Relating to mental activities involved in the acquisition, processing, storage, and retrieval of information.

Feeling

A complex psychological state that involves physiological and cognitive components in response to stimuli or internal thoughts.

Intuition

Rapidly formed judgments based on “gut feelings” or “instincts.”