Questions

1. Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan was working as an engineer at OpenAI when he was recently arrested for allegedly planting a recording device behind a television in an executive conference room at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. The conference room is frequently used for:
a) extravagantly catered office events for the company's top executives
b) discussions of highly confidential technical and other company information, as well as nonpublic information about OpenAI
c) training programs for high school students interested in someday working for the company
d) none of the above

2. Federal judge Alex Tse ordered that Alfozan be held without bail until his trial, saying that there is a “significant” risk the defendant is a flight risk, giving the following reasons: (CHOOSE 3)
a) The Saudi government's offer to pay Alfozan's bail in full is “problematic.”
b) Alfozan "doesn’t have to go all the way to Saudi Arabia [to escape U.S. justice]. He just has to go to Canada or Mexico."
c) Alfosan is innocent
d) Saudi Arabia has no extradition treaty with the United States

3. Abdulrahman Alfozan was charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. If convicted, he faces a maximum possible sentence of _______________.
a) one year in prison
b) 50 years in prison
c) 5 years in prison
d) 500 hours of community service

4. When asking the judge to deny Alfozan's request to be released on bail, prosecutors said he was a flight risk for the following reason:
a) A Saudi royal family member told Alfozan that an AI initiative was being launched in Saudi Arabia and wanted the defendant to join it
b) Alfozan had been “in frequent communications via WhatsApp with a member of the Saudi Royal Family”
c) Alfozan is a partner alongside a Saudi prince in a Saudi venture capital firm
d) all of the above

5. Other incriminating evidence investigators discovered about Alfozan include all but which one? (which one is not true?)
a) another recording device was found in a bag Alfozan left behind in a printer room
b) Alfozan had text messages on his phone to Saudi's Crown Prince MBS detailing the bugging of the conference room saying "These Americans are so naive"
c) His iPhone was found to contain photographs depicting “at least one additional concealed device as well as what appear to be the input/output panels on televisions and other electronic devices in various locations in OpenAI buildings
d) several electronic components similar to those in the customized devices Alfozan installed in the OpenAI conference room were found in his home

6. How did OpenAI discover Alfozan was the culprit who allegedly planted the recording device in the conference room?
a) the company installed a camera in the conference room after discovering the hidden recording device
b) OpenAI’s security team matched fingerprints left on the television to Alfozan’s employee records
c) Alfozan was seen by several co-workers leaving various executive conference rooms he wasn't authorized to enter
d) a coworker reported seeing him acting suspiciously near the conference room and notified security

7. San Mateo County election officials have warned voters to check the status of their mail-in ballots because an unknown number of completed San Mateo County Vote by Mail ballots were stolen from ____________________ last week.
a) the California Secretary of State's office
b) the county election board headquarters
c) individual voters' homes
d) a local post office

8. Following the theft, San Mateo County Assistant Chief Elections Officer Jim Irizarry:
a) offered the thieves a $100,000 no-questions-asked reward for the return of the stolen mail
b) warned voters that they should never vote by mail as the security of the ballots cannot be guaranteed
c) assured voters that voting by mail is "safe"
d) told voters "It's not my problem"

9. San Mateo County election officials are asking voters to monitor the status of their mail-in ballot through the California Secretary of State’s ballot tracking service:
a) "I Can’t Find My Ballot!!!"
b) "My Vote has been Stolen!"
c) “Where’s My Ballot”
d) "Help! My ballot is missing!"

10. The California Secretary of State’s ballot tracking service provides notifications to voters for all but which one of the following?
a) when their ballot is stolen
b) when their ballot is received
c) when their ballot is mailed
d) when their ballot is processed