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Fraudulent attempts to steal sensitive information like usernames, passwords, and credit card details by pretending to be a trustworthy entity in electronic communications.
What is Phishing?
The most common memory module form factor used in laptops?
This type of cable is the most common cable used in Ethernet LANs.
Twisted Pair
Who was the first “American Idol” winner?
Kelly Clarkson
Tell me what the primary role of an IT Specialist is!
Support users using technology, troubleshoot, correct issues etc.
Programs that record keystrokes made by a user, often to steal passwords and other sensitive information.
What is a keylogger?
This CPU characteristic is measured in GHz and indicates how many cycles the processor can perform per second.
What is clock speed?
Lag, timeouts, no connection, slowing applications, dropping etc.
What is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis?
What is Venus?
Examples:
- Age
- Picture
- Spelling errors
Software and OS updates that fix performance bugs and address security vulnerabilities within a program or a product to protect your system from malware, ransomware, and other cyber threats.
What are Software Patches?
Certain types of RAM use an additional bit to detect whether a data error has occurred. This extra bit stores information about the count of bits set to 1 in a given data string (typically one byte). Examining the value of this bit at different stages of processing allows for the detection of data corruption. What is the name of that extra bit?
What is a parity bit?
Network cables should be kept away from these electrical devices to reduce interference.
What are fluorescent lights, motors, or electrical equipment?
The first iPhone was released in what year?
2007
How should you prepare for an interview?
Conduct research about the company, role, and common interview questions.
Programs that attach themselves to legitimate files and spread to other files. They often corrupt or modify files and can spread to other systems.
What is a Virus?
Modern CPUs use these to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, with most processors having multiple of them.
What are cores?
This is the standard unit of measurement used to describe the height of equipment mounted in a network rack, where one unit equals 1.75 inches.
What is a rack unit?
What U.S. state is home to Acadia National Park?
What is Maine?
What is the purpose of a cover letter?
Give a recruiter/hiring manager a specific overview of why you want the role and why you are a great fit!
Training users to recognize and avoid potential threats, such as phishing emails and unsafe websites.
What is End User Education?
Which type of RAM features separate electrical contacts on each side of the module?
What is SRAM?
This measurement unit is commonly used to express optical signal loss in fiber cabling.
What is the decibel (dB)?
American author of fiction high fantasy, sci-fi, and young adult books. His best known series are the Stormlight archive and Mistborn.
Who is Brandon Sanderson?
Why should you ask a question at the end of an interview?
demonstrate that you really want the job. Ask follow up questions to show engagement. Make the interviewer almost imagine you in the role.