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The Build assessment

15 questions on the episodes in The Build. Pass with 12 or more correct (80%). Your answers are checked by the site’s server. Once you pass, every question shows the right answer and why. Until then, you’ll see which questions you missed and the episode that covers each one.

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  1. Question 1 of 15 · B00Why does the build hold the phone's first tower connection and account creation until the laptop is ready and the phone is hardened?
  2. Question 2 of 15 · B01Why does the build say paying cash matters mostly for the phone, while the laptop and router can be bought online?
  3. Question 3 of 15 · B03Step 1.1 sets up full-disk encryption on the laptop. When does that encryption actually protect what's on it?
  4. Question 4 of 15 · B04What do Step 1.2's firmware supervisor password and Secure Boot do for the laptop?
  5. Question 5 of 15 · B06The phone has Always-on VPN and "Block connections without VPN" turned on. What does that setup still leave visible?
  6. Question 6 of 15 · B07Before leaving the café, you run the fail-closed check on the phone. How is it done, and what should happen?
  7. Question 7 of 15 · B08Why does the Guide call Signal for family plus Molly for work account separation, not backup redundancy?
  8. Question 8 of 15 · B10Your recovery vault stores each Signal registration-lock PIN. What does that PIN actually do for you after a phone loss or reset?
  9. Question 9 of 15 · B12In low-signature mode, the travel router's VPN is off. What protects a device attached to the router?
  10. Question 10 of 15 · B13In the three-phase capture test, why confirm that the laptop's active network and physical default route point to the travel router before every phase?
  11. Question 11 of 15 · B15The router has just completed the hotel's captive-portal login, which opens an exposure window. What should happen before anyone starts browsing?
  12. Question 12 of 15 · B16Under the PACE connection plan, when do you move down to the next rung, and when do you move back up?
  13. Question 13 of 15 · B17You suspect tampering. After you stop, turn the radios off and bag the kit, what do you do with a suspect device?
  14. Question 14 of 15 · B18The kit is passing to a new user. Why does that person need a new Cape number instead of keeping the old one?
  15. Question 15 of 15 · B19The Hardware Lab's readiness assessment shows every check passing. What does the build say actually proves your real kit works?

Episodes in The Build

  1. B00Before You Build: The Order, the One Habit, and the Words You'll Hear
  2. B01Don't Buy the Wrong Pixel: The Privacy Kit Shopping List (Phase 0.1)
  3. B02Five Decisions Before Anything Turns On: Privacy Kit Phase 0.2 to 0.6
  4. B03Install Debian with Full-Disk Encryption: Privacy Kit Phase 1.1
  5. B04Lock Down a Privacy Laptop: Firmware Password, Tails and Mullvad (Phase 1.2–1.5)
  6. B05Install GrapheneOS with the Web Installer, Step by Step (Phase 2.1)
  7. B06Harden GrapheneOS Before It Goes Online (Phase 2.2)
  8. B07Activate Cape on GrapheneOS, Then Prove It Fails Closed (Phase 2, Part 3)
  9. B08Signal, SimpleX or Molly? Choose Your Messaging Setup (Phase 3.0–3.1)
  10. B09Set Up Signal and SimpleX, Verify Contacts Offline (Phase 3.2–3.4)
  11. B10Build a KeePassXC Recovery Vault, Then Test the Restore (Phase 3.5)
  12. B11Set Up a GL.iNet Travel Router with Mullvad WireGuard (Phase 4.1–4.4)
  13. B12Low-Signature vs Nested: Switch Travel Router VPN Modes (Phase 4.5)
  14. B13Our VPN Test Lied: Test a Travel Router Properly (Phase 4.6)
  15. B14Power Suite and Starlink Mini: Setting Up the Optional Kit
  16. B15Airport, Border and Hotel Arrival with a Privacy Travel Kit
  17. B16Everyday Rhythm and the PACE Connection Plan (Privacy Travel Kit)
  18. B17Lost Phone or Tampered Kit? The Two Playbooks (Privacy Travel Kit)
  19. B18Reusing a Privacy Kit: Wipe, Rebuild, or Hand It On
  20. B19Readiness Checks the State, Not the Steps (Privacy Travel Kit)