Attempted hacking question

Hi everyone:
I received an email this evening detailing a supposed Apple Support phone call I was purported to have made yesterday (I did not, and I am the only one in my family who does when necessary). So I called Apple to inquire about it, and when I explained the situation, they confirmed that someone (he called himself Patrick) did indeed call them with my iMac's SN and my email address, requesting Apple reset my Admin password. Of course Apple did not because this 'Patrick' could not confirm my other information and Apple can't do this, but I am a bit unnerved. I have a Centurylink router with a password and use OS X Lion. Does anyone know how this 'Patrick' could have obtained my SN and email? And any suggestions for advanced security practices on my end? I really would appreciate insight.
On a side note - both my hubby and I noticed last evening our router kept dropping the connection, which was a first. It lasted a few hours. Could that have been the hacker attempting to gain access?
Thanks for any advice.

What encryption does your Router Use? Hopefully WPA2 with a good Password?
Yahho was hacked a couple of months ago for about 450K emails & some passwords, which somehow led to linkedin, gMail, Facebook, Twitter, & a few more breaches.

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Your router has detected and protected you against an attempt to gain access to your network. >This may have been an attempted hacker intrusion, or perhaps just your Internet Service Provider doing routine network maintenance.
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Source: 192.168.2.103, 53636
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* 
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* <ul>
* <li>Question text</li>
* <li>Correct answer</li>
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 * @param answer The correct answer for this question
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 * @param level The perceived/intended difficulty level of this question
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 * 
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 * @param ctgry Category keyword for this question
 * 
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 * @param answer The correct answer for this question
 * @param ctgry Category keyword for this question
 * 
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 * @param answer The correct answer for this question
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 * @param level The perceived/intended difficulty level of this question
 * 
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 // TrueFalseQuestion object for easy comparison
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 return pointsValue;
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System.out.println("useNoBS: " + useNoBSRule + "\tuserAnswer: " + userAnswer + "\tcorrectAnswer: " + correctAnswer);
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* - Total score possible
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 scoreEarned = 0;
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 TrueFalseQuestion x = new TrueFalseQuestion("The sky is blue.", "true", 2);
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 x = new TrueFalseQuestion("Spock was a Vulcan", "false", 3);
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}This program is far from finishing.
I have many questions about this program, but let me ask this one first:
In the TrueFalseQeustion class, why are there so many constructors? What is the purpose of setting some of the variables to default values?
Thank you very much!!!
Edited by: Terry001 on Apr 16, 2008 10:02 AM

newark wrote:
Stop ignoring the error messages. You seem to think that an error message means you're doing the assignment wrong. It's probably a simple fix. Post the exact error messages, as well as the code that corresponds to them. The error message will tell you exactly what line the problem occurs on, so you know right where to look.Hi,
After some modifications, the program now gives me the result the assignment wants when I run it. But I still have trouble with the MultipleChoiceQuestion class
Here is the complete program
QuizDriver class
// Test harness for the Test and *Question classes
import java.util.*;
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 public static void main(String[] args)
 // Create a new Test object
 Test exam = new Test("Sample Exam", "Select the correct answer for each question");
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 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 System.out.println(exam.getInstructions());
 // Administer exam
 for (int i = 0; i < exam.length(); i++)
 // Print out current question
 System.out.println(exam.displayQuestion(i));
 // Get user answer
 System.out.print("Your answer: ");
 String ans = sc.nextLine();
 if (ans.equals("")) // Handle blank responses for unanswered questions
 ans = null;
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 // Get exam results
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 System.out.println("Your final score was " + exam.getScore() + " points.");
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 x = new MultipleChoiceQuestion("What is the name of this class\na.CSE110\nb.CSE114", "b, CSE114", 3);
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 // Class constant
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 private int scorePossible; // Total point values of all questions
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protected int pointsValue;
protected String category;
protected int difficultyLevel; //TODO: set a range for difficulty levels
// Constructors
public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 questionText = text.trim();
 correctAnswer = answer.trim();
 userAnswer = null;
 if (pts >= 1)
 pointsValue = pts;
 else
 pointsValue = DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE;
 category = ctgry.trim();
 if (level >= MIN_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL && level <= MAX_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL)
 difficultyLevel = level;
 else
 difficultyLevel = DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL;
 // Overloaded (simplied) constructors
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts)
 this(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 this(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 this(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 this(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 public String getQuestion ()
 return questionText;
 // Use this method to store user answers
 public void submitAnswer (String ans)
 userAnswer = ans;
 public boolean answerIsCorrect (String userAns)
 if (userAns == null)
 return false;
 else
 // Normalize and compare answers
 char key = normalize (correctAnswer); //Get the first letter of an answer
 char ans = normalize (userAns); //Get the first letter of an answer
 return (key == ans);
 public boolean answerIsCorrect ()// Why do we need two answerisCorrect() methods?
 return answerIsCorrect (userAnswer);
 public int getPointsValue ()
 return pointsValue;
 public int getPointsEarned (boolean userNoBSRule)
 System.out.println ("useNoBS: " + userNoBSRule + "\tuseAnswer: " + userAnswer + "\tcorrectAnswer: " + correctAnswer);
 if (userNoBSRule && (userAnswer == null))
 return 1;
 else if (userAnswer == null)
 return 0;
 if (answerIsCorrect() == false)
 return 0;
 else
 return pointsValue;
 public String getCorrectAnswer ()
 return correctAnswer;
 public boolean hasBeenAnswered ()
 return (userAnswer != null);
 private char normalize (String input)
 if (input != null)
 input = input.trim();
 input = input.toLowerCase();
 return input.charAt(0);
 else
 return ' ';
 TrueFalseQuestion
public class TrueFalseQuestion extends Question
public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, level);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 public String[] getPossibleAnswerChoice ()
 String[] possibleAnswerChoice = {"true", "false"};
 return possibleAnswerChoice;
} MultipleChoiceQuestion
public class MultipleChoiceQuestion extends Question
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, level);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 String possibleAnswers;
 public String getPossibleAnswers ()
 return possibleAnswers;
 public void addAnswerChoice (String answerChoice)
 String ansChoice = answerChoice;
 questionText += "\nansChoice";
 possibleAnswers = answerChoice;
 public void printAnswerChoice ()
 System.out.println (questionText);
} I don't understand why the assignment wants me to build a method in the MultpleChoiceQuestion class to store the potential answer choices, I can make the program display the potential answer choices by including them in the questionText as following in the QuizDriver class
Question x;
x = new MultipleChoiceQuestion("What is the color of the car\na.Red\nb.Green", "a. Red", 3);
t.addQuestion(x); I don't know how to allow the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time(add one potential answer choice by calling the addAsnwerChoices() method once)
Here are a few original sentences of my assignment which describe what I should do with the MultipleChoiceQuestion class
Using TrueFalseQuestion as a model, develop a new MultipleChoiceQuestion class that can be used to represent a problem where the user must select one of several answer choices (e.g., "Select answer (a), (b), (c), or (d)."). This new question type should have all of the same externally-visible functionality as TrueFalseQuestion, except that it must:
maintain a list of potential answer choices
provide a method that allows the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time (i.e., the client should be able to call an addAnswerChoice() method to pass a new answer option to the MultipleChoiceQuestion.)
display (as part of the question text) the list of answer choices with appropriate letters ("abcd" instead of "0123") I don't understand what these sentences mean.
1. "Maintain a list of potential answer choices"-- this reminds me of the getPossibleAnswerChoice() method in the TrueFalseQuestion class
public String[] getPossibleAnswerChoice ()
 String[] possibleAnswerChoice = {"true", "false"};
 return possibleAnswerChoice;
 }I wonder that if the potential answer choices I have to store in the MultipleChoiceQuestion class are only letters "a", "b", "c", "d", etc, or include the answer text coming after the letters(eg. a.Red, b.Green)
2. "provide a method that allows the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time". How do I achieve the functionality "one at a time"? Do I need to pass the input of the client (a potential answer choice) to the variable of the method which stores the list of potential answers?
3. "display (as part of the question text) the list of answer choices with appropriate letters". My question here is that: When the client type in one possible answer, should I append it to the variable questionText? (So I use the questionText variable in the methods of the first and second steps)
Thank you very much for your nice help!
Edited by: Terry001 on Apr 21, 2008 8:01 AM

Issue with First Quiz Question

When I try to go back BEFORE answering the first quiz
question, when I move forward again to the first question, it tells
me that "You did not answer the question completely"and it will not
allow me to answer this question or any additional questions. (I
have set the option to use the BACK button in a quiz.) If I answer
the FIRST question, it allows me to go backwards on any additional
questions. Why can't I move backwards before I answer the first
question? Is there something I am missing?

As Mzedella said, my understanding is that backing out of the
quiz (going backwards past the first question) costs the user an
attempt, so if you've only allowed one attempt, the questions are
considered not answered....
We have a mix of content and questions (not a single block of
quiz questions), and wanted to allow backward movement. We solved
this problem by making the first slide a question. That way, the
user is always in the quiz and they can move backward as much as
they like.
If you can't think of a good question for the first slide
(often a question about their background knowledge is good), you
can always make it 'are you ready to begin?'. A little clumsy, but
you get the functionality you want.
We further required all questions to be answered, so users
can't skip ahead past unanswered questions. By removing the nav
bar, but including a menu (via skin), users can easily review the
material, but are still required to at least click through all the
slides. This works for our application, but you many want something
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How to make a slide wait until user has answered a question correctly, even after activating a smartshape?

Background:
I have created a quiz in which the user must answer each question correctly before proceeding to the next slide. This is what I did:
Set preferences to Settings > Required > Answer All - The user must answer every question to continue
Set the number of attempts on the question level to Infinite
Made the Next button invisible and disabled the playbar
This way, the user can only proceed to the next question slide with the Submit process – and, since attempts are infinite, that means only after successfully answering the question.
Current goal:
I want the user to be able to click on a prompt for a hint. To set this up, I did the following:
Created a smartshape labeled “click_for_hint” displaying text that says, “Click here for a hint”
Created a smartshape labeled “hint” displaying text hint
Set “click_for_hint” to show “hint” on success
Now, when the user clicks on the text that says, “Click here for a hint,” the hint pops up. So, that works – awesome! However, once the hint is activated, I would like for the user to be able to continue infinite attempts until successfully answering the question… and only then, after answering correctly, proceed to the next slide.
The problem:
If the user has submitted one or more incorrect answers and then activates the hint, the slide no longer waits until the user has answered the question correctly. Instead, it automatically resumes playing, proceeding to the next slide. I tried setting the smartshape “hint” to pause on success, but that did not work.
Is there a way to make the slide wait until the question is answered correctly before proceeding to the next slide, even after the hint has been activated?

Are you aware of the fact that your Required setting can cause problems, blocking the user? It is also totally unnecessary, because you have infinite attempts on question level, and did hide the Next button (hope you don't need Review, otherwise I would recommend not to hide that button but to drag it under the Clear button: Question Question Slides in Captivate - Captivate blog)
The hint problem is linked with the fact that a simple action will release the playhead. I would like to see the timeline of the slide, to compare the pausing points of the shape button and the question slide. And maybe this blog post can also clarify difference between simple/advanced: Why choose Standard over Simple action? - Captivate blog
As for shape buttons on question slides: Buttons on Question/Score Slides in Captivate 6? - Captivate blog

Adobe Captivate 5 - Quiz stopping after leaving question slide to go backwards

I'm trying to force Captivate to do something I think it wasn't designed to do - Force the user to get 100% on a quiz. I've set the attempts to 'infinite' and customized the retry messages with little bits of information for the user. Currently, they can try the question as many times as they want until they get it correct but they cannot leave the slide even though there is a 'back' button available! I need them to be able to leave the question slide after attempting to answer the question, sort back through the information slides to learn the information, and return to the question slide to answer it correctly. The quiz stops entirely if you go backwards, then attempt to get back to the question slides.
Forcing them to retake the entire quiz is not an option as this will likely frustrate the user, especially as one of our presentations includes 100 questions. Even setting the failure levels to 3 is not good because eventually, someone will miss the question entirely and have to retake the quiz.
Any suggestions? Can this be done?
I have a short demo with all my settings if anyone wants to see it.

Hello,
Yep, you are bumping onto the limitations of the current default Quizzes. If you allow multiple attempts on Question level, the user will not be able to leave the slide without exhausting those attemps or having a correct answer. If you allow multiple attempts on Quiz level, the Retake button will delete all answers and the user has to redo the whole quiz.
The only way I found was by creating my own question slides. I even succeeded in making Quiz Retake function only for incorrect answers. This is however a lot of work and when I read the amount of questions you are providing...
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