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WorksheetsTestOut IT Fundamentals Quiz 1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
A discipline that is dedicated to meeting the computer needs of businesses, schools, governments, and other organizations.
Information Technology
Information Systems
Computer Science
A discipline that involves collecting and utilizing data to help organizations know what information they need, how to generate it, and how to turn it into meaningful decisions.
Information Technology
Information Systems
Computer Science
The study of computers and computing concepts. In practice, computer science deals with creating software and using computers to solve problems.
Information Technology
Information Systems
Computer Science
Which of the following BEST describes IT?
IT refers to everything that involves computers.
IT has to do with collecting and utilizing data.
IT refers to designing, creating, and improving software.
IT deals with how to turn information into meaningful decisions.
Which of the following is something that an IT professional would do?
Build and repair computers
Manage grades and enrollments
Collect and utilize data
Create and improve software
Which of the following is something that an IS professional would do?
Turn information into meaningful decisions
Help people with their technology needs
Create and maintain computer networks
Devise new ways to use computers
Which of the following BEST describes CS?
It has to do with collecting and utilizing data
It refers to meeting the technological needs of businesses
It is the study of computers and computing concepts
Which of the following is something a computer scientist would do?
Solve problems in areas like robotics
Help people with their technology n eeds
Help organizations know how to generate information
Create and maintain computer networks
Personal behaviors that build responsibility and trust. Computer ethics requires more than just avoiding unlawful acts but also upholding standards such as confidentiality, human dignity, civility, and property rights.
Ethics
Ergonomics
Transistor
Hollerith
A cloud network that's built on infrastructure dispersed throughout a large geographical area, allowing network devices to run closer to the source, or "on the edge."
Edge Computing
Hyper-Automation
Distributed Cloud
Blockchain
Unscheduled backups performed periodically.
Ad Hock Backup
Regular Backup
System Backup
Local Backup
A device that controls the flow of network traffic to protect systems from unauthorized network connections.
Windows Defender
Firewall
Anti-Spam Software
Anti-Malware Software
Data in a persistent storage medium, such as a hard drive or optical disc.
Data Encryption
Symmetric Encryption
Data at Rest
Security Certificate
A type of authentication that requires the user to provide something that they know, such as a password or PIN.
Type 1 Authentication
Type 2 Authentication
Type 3 Authenication
Multifactor Authentication
Tricking a victim into revealing sensitive information under false pretenses.
Pretexting
Reconnaissance
Snooping
Wiretapping
Software where anyone can inspect, enhance, and modify the source code.
Proprietary Software
Fair Use
Open-source Software
Public Domain
The login in a program that tells the computer to repeatedly execute a sequence of instructions until a condition is reached.
Function
Flowchart
Branching
Looping
