Domain 1 - Concepts and Terminology

CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY

DOMAIN 1

COMPTIA IT FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW

REVIEW

​Using double quotation marks (") around a search phrase tells the search engine to find an exact match.

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Putting a plus sign (+) in front of a word tells the search engine that at least that word must be found exactly as you typed it. +Mississippi pecan pie could return an exact match, but it could also return other types of pecan pie (such as "Southern").

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Placing an OR in a search phrase tells the search engine to find either of the words. Mississippi OR pecan pie could return a recipe for pecan pie, but it could also return information on the Mississippi river or Mississippi state.

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Putting a minus sign (-) in front of a word tells the search engine to exclude that word from the search. -Mississippi pecan pie could return a recipe for pecan pie, but it would not be "Mississippi" pecan pie.

Multiple Choice

Emily is using Search on her web browser to try and find a recipe for pecan pie. However, she wants to make sure it's a recipe from her home state of Mississippi.

Which of the following search phrases will help her find exactly what she needs?

• -Mississippi pecan pie

• "Mississippi pecan pie"

• Mississippi OR pecan pie

• +Mississippi pecan pie

REVIEW

Access controls are used to protect who can see and change your data and are a type of security control. This would include employees as well as competitors.

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Fault tolerance is the high availability of data and is a type of security control. Fault tolerance refers to the ability of a system (computer, network, cloud cluster, etc.) to continue operating even when one or more of its components fail without any noticeable delay.

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A backup is a copy of your data and a security control to help protect network data. In the event of data loss or corruption, the data can be retrieved from the backup.

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Analytics is the process of turning data points into useful information by collecting raw data. looking for trends and patterns, and then using the information to help individuals make meaningful decisions. It is not a security control that protects data.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a security control you can use to help protect the data on your network?

• Access controls

• Backups

• Fault tolerance

• Analytics

REVIEW

Storage is where output data is retained for later use.

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A transistor is a smaller, faster, cheaper, and more durable electronic device that replaced mechanical relays.

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Input is information provided to a computing process.

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A microchip is an electronic device that allowed entire computers to be built into a single board.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following provides a computer system with the ability to retrieve and manipulate data at a future time?

• Transistor

• Processing

• Storage

• Microchip