Principles of IT Semester Exam Review

___________ is the continuous process of building your skills, knowledge and experiences related to your professional life

• An occupation

• Employment

• A career

A self-assessment is important in career planning because it helps

• Align your interests and career choices

• Narrow down the number of occupations to choose from

• All of the above

What cable is used to connect devices together on a network

• Monitor cable

• Ethernet cable

• Power cable

• USB cable

Which of the following would make a good password

• !MyPaSWRd82!

• ABC123

• mypassword

Which of the following would be considered an input device

• Microsoft Word

• CPU

• Printer

• Keyboard

You have received an email from a friend with a file attached to it, but the email subject looks suspicious. What should you do?

• Ask your friend if they sent you a file before you open it

• Delete the email without opening it

• Open the email and download the file. You can trust your friend.

A computer firewall is:

• a router that cannot be hacked

• a fireproof case that protects your computer from heat

• security software that protects your computers from hackers

• software that reduces the temperature of your computer

Why is it important to use caution when downloading from the Internet?

• It can put your computer at risk

• It can use all your computer's data

• You could cause a power surge

• You could easily download the wrong file

What controls a computer's basic operations?

• RAM

• Operating system

• Software system

• Motherboard

What does a driver do?

• It enables you to boot up the computer

• Speeds up the time it takes for a peripheral to load

• It detects, prevents, and disarms malicious software

• It enables a peripheral and a computer to talk to each other