Critical Thinking Questions Case 12-2

question 34

Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 12-2
While working as an assistant in an IT department, you have been taking classes in information and systems security. You meet with a career counselor to discuss potential jobs. 
One of the jobs available at your current company is for a network security administrator. What skill will you need to have to apply for the job?

• A) Inspect electronic data to recover documents and files
• B) Convert system design into an application development language
• C) Configure routers and firewalls
• D) SEO

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Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon where the rate of response to a stimulus changes when the conditions of reinforcement for another stimulus are altered.

Eyeblink Conditioning

When a conditioned stimulus (CS) becomes able to elicit a conditioned eyeblink as a result of being paired with a puff of air or a brief electrical shock below the eye.

Extinction Procedure

A process in conditioning where a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral becomes capable of triggering a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.