IT Technical Questions
Career Services Facts
Programming Lang. & Misc.
IT Careers & Misc.
Bonus Questions
100
Sequences, selections, and loops are all basic concepts in ___________ ______________.
What is Programming Logic
100
Where is Career Services located?
What is 108 Nestor Hall
100
The first programming language that most software developers learn is _______.
What is Java
100
The protection of computer systems and information from harm, theft, and unauthorized use.
What is Cyber Security
100
This is a formatting system for displaying material retrieved over the Internet. Using this you can markup tags specify document elements such as headings, paragraphs, and tables.
What is HTML
200
What is the difference between threat, vulnerability, and risk?
A threat exploits a vulnerability and can damage or destroy an asset. Vulnerability refers to a weakness in your hardware, software, or procedures and risk refers to the potential for lost, damaged, or destroyed assets.
200
Name three services provided by Career Services.
What are resume reviews, practice interviews, career exploration, job & internship search strategies, LinkedIn review, Career Success Plan, and Student Employment.
200
Name two common programming languages
What is C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Go, R Swift, PHP, or Ruby
200
What are the three types of basic control structures?
Sequence, Loops, and Selection
200
This type of network provides an encrypted connection between the end-user and a remote endpoint.
What is a virtual private network (VPN)
300
Name two devices needed to make a network?
What are switches and routers?
300
The name of Career Services job board is _________.
What is Handshake
300
______ is widely used for developing desktop applications, web applications and web services. It is used in creating applications of Microsoft at a large scale.
What is C#
300
It refers to the safeguarding of data held in a digital environment or in ______ infrastructures for an organization. It employs a variety of _____ service providers, including AWS, Azure, Google, and others, to assure protection against a variety of threats.
What is Cloud Security
300
This type of attack is common in video gaming and causes network lag giving one player the advantage over the other players.
What is a denial of service attack
400
What are the number of bits in a byte?
What is 8
400
How long can you work with Career Services after you graduate?
What is up to one year after graduation
400
Name three datatypes
What is String, boolean, integer, float, double, single, or money
400
A _________ ________ is responsible for keeping an organization's computer network up-to-date and operating as intended.
What is a Network Administrator
400
This specific type of firewall is specialized to protect websites against common attacks.
What is a web application firewall (WAF)
500
A known exploit that is available on the Internet before the software vendor has been notified of the associated vulnerability.
What is a zero day exploit
500
What is the name of Career Services Director?
Who is Leslie Melton
500
_________ ________ is a process for defining, detecting, and prioritizing vulnerabilities in computer systems, network infrastructure, applications, and other systems, as well as providing the necessary information to the organization to correct the flaws.
What is Vulnerability Assessment
500
___________ ___________ conceive of, design, and build computer programs. Some develop new applications for mobile or desktop use, while others build underlying operating systems.
What is a Software Developer
500
this authentication technique employs something a user knows and something a user possesses.
What is multi-factor authentication
600
Name three I/O devices for a computer
What is a mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer, and or speaker.
600
Knowing work environments differ greatly, understand and demonstrate effective work habits, and act in the interest of the larger community and workplace. What is this NACE Competency?
What is Professionalism
600
An email message that looks legitimate and asks the user to click on a link to open a website
What is a Phishing email
600
These professionals administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
What is a Database Administrator
600
__________ _________ Is a method of identifying vulnerabilities in a network, system, application, or other systems in order to prevent attackers from exploiting them. It is most commonly used to supplement a web application firewall in the context of web application security (WAF).
What is Penetration Testing
700
_______ ________ _______refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams.
What is Agile Software Development
700
Proactively develop one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization. What is this NACE Competency?
What is Career & Self-Development
700
What is Paas?
What is Platform as a service
700
What is Laas?
What is Infrastructure as a service
700
What is Saas?
What is Software as a service
800
________ serves as a barrier between a LAN and the Internet. It allows private resources to remain private while reducing security threats. It manages both inbound and outbound network traffic.
What is a Firewall
800
What are the two programs offered by Career Services where you can meet with professionals in your career field of interest?
What is Career Mentorship and Exploration Programs
800
What does DRY Stand for?
What is Don't Repeat Yourself
800
When going from onsite computing to cloud computing enterprises have 3 options. Which cloud model is unnamed in this image?
What is Saas or Software as a Service
800
This is an authorized attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, application, or data. This involves duplicating strategies and actions of malicious attackers. This practice helps to identify security vulnerabilities which can then be resolved.
What is Ethical Hacking