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1. Which of the following SQL queries retrieves all columns from the "employees" table for employees hired after January 1, 2020?

• a.) SELECT * FROM employees WHERE hire_date > '2020-01-01';

• b.) SELECT all FROM employees WHERE hire_date > '2020-01-01';

• c.) SELECT hire_date, * FROM employees;

• d.) SELECT employees FROM * WHERE hire_date > '2020-01-01';

2. What is the output of the following Python code "def add_numbers(x, y): return x + y result = add_numbers(3, 7) print(result)"

• a.) 37

• b.) 10

• c.) 3 7

3. Which firewall configuration rule will allow only HTTPS (port 443) traffic while blocking all other incoming connections?

• a.) Allow port 80 and 443

• b.) Block port 80, allow port 443

• c.) Allow port 443, block all others

• d.) Allow all traffic, except port 443

4. Which of the following actions would ensure an AWS S3 bucket is private, only allowing access to authorized users?

• a.) Enable public access settings in the S3 bucket

• b.) Use an IAM policy to restrict access to specific users or groups

• c.) Set the S3 bucket to "public-read"

• d.) Disable IAM roles for S3 bucket access

5. Which of the following algorithms has a time complexity of O(n) for finding the maximum value in an unsorted list of integers?

• a.) Sorting the list and returning the last element

• b.) Using a brute force approach to compare all elements

• c.) Scanning the list once and updating the maximum value

• d.) Using a binary search approach