The Scholar's Depot: Where Knowledge Meets Opportunity

Which of these are key drivers of the vulnerability priority ratings (VPR)? -Vulnerability age -Exploit code maturity -Threat sources -Threat intensity -All of the above - All of the above T/F Asset lists are dynamically or statically generated lists of hosts - True Which type of asset list uses rules and updates automatically when a scan runs and a repository is updated? - Dynamic A list of IP addresses that requires user intervention in order to change what defines them is a...

Lake Baikal - -largest and deepest lake in world -UNESCO world heritage site -Located in Siberia -Soviet Union wrecked its waters through pollution -Now under regulations to improve water quality Amur Leopard Park - -land of the leopard national park -Protects amur leopard from extinction -Located in Siberia Why is the population of Russia concentrated in the west? - -resources are concentrated in the west -Climate is calmer in the west -Agriculture is possible -Government poli...

Sidereal Day - the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day Solar Day - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis Spring Equinox - March 20th or 21st in the Northern Hemisphere, when both hemispheres receive 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness Summer Solstice - On June 21, it is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere due to the fact that the sun is directly over the tropic of C...

Effects of Poverty Reduction - Population, economy, human rights, environment Effects of Economic Development - Aid, trade, debt relief, democratic governance, environment impact Cario Plan 1994 - Plan signed by 179 countries with a goal to stabilize the world population at 7.27 billion by 2015 Mobility - the capacity to move from one place to another Gross migration - the total number of people that leave and enter a country Net migration - the gain or loss in the total pop...

Peninsula - piece of land where water surrounds Dmz - the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea; 38th parallel Main reason for European colonization - spice trade East Asia regions - China, Taiwan, Japan Koreas South east Asia - Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Myanmar Most populous country - China Topography or south and south East Asia - high relief with variations Terracing - the creation of flat are...

Advection - Horizontal movement of air Transmission - ability of a medium to allow EM radiation to pass through Absorption - ability of a molecule to capture incident energy Evaporation - liquid water changes its physical state to gas -Puts moisture into the atmosphere -Absorbs energy -When water evaporates, heat is absorbed, & the surroundings are cooled Condensation - water vapor (gas) changes its physical state to liquid water -Removes water vapor from atmosphere -Releas...

Geography - study of patterns (spatial) and distributions on the earth. If you of east, is time getting earlier or later? - It is 1hr later for every 15 degrees of longitude. What happens when you cross the International Dateline? - The calendar changes not the clock. West to east=one day earlier East to west=one day later International Dateline - The line marking a time difference of an entire day from one side of the line to the other. Located in the middle of a time zone and d...

T/F Soils are a dynamic natural body made up of fine materials covering earth's surface in which plants grow and are composed of both mineral and organic matters. - True Which of the following ions are important for acidity (ph)? - Hydrogen The catena sequence in soils is based on: - parent material and landscape relief The ability to transfer chemical cations between their surfaces and the soil solution to enable plant roots to take them up is referred to as - Cation-exchange cap...

Which nutrient inhibits muscle protein synthesis? - Alcohol Which branched-chain amino acid is considered the most important for anabolism? - Leucine As a Physique Coach, it is important to understand what aspects of an individual's total daily energy expenditure can be changed to help clients’ increase or decrease expenditure. Which aspect of total daily energy expenditure is the least modifiable by the Physique Coach? - Resting Metabolic Rate Which macronutrient has the most cal...

Which part of the nervous system is responsible for increasing heart rate and blood pressure during exercise? - Sympathetic Nervous System Internal focus and the mind-muscle connection has been shown to increase neural drive in muscles, which is measured by what type of activity? - EMG What phase of motor learning involves the consolidation of movement into a normal routine as the person becomes more confident with a movement through practice? - Associative What type of hormone, when...