Security
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IT Concepts and Terminology
Infrastructure
100

In order to maintain the security and integrity of the systems in an office, this is the BEST practice to follow when setting up new workstations

What is changing default passwords on all devices and accounts?

100

This is how AI can predict network vulnerabilities and make suggestions for enhancing network security

What is by analyzing past security breaches?
100

In a relational database, a 'table' primarily consist of these two items.

What are Rows representing records and Columns representing fields?

100

'GB' represent in this context to digital storage devices

What is Gigabyte?

100

The primary role of this is to temporarily store information that the computer is actively using so that it can be accessed quickly by the CPU

What is RAM?

200

This can be used to ensure that a document has not been altered since the signature was applied

What is digital signature?

200

The statement "They translate directly into machine code, allowing for efficient hardware control", best describes this classification of languages in programming

What is assembly languages?

200

This is the statement would you execute to delete an entire table named 'EmployeeRecords'

What is DROP TABLE EmployeeRecords

200

When discussing data storage, this unit is typically the largest

What is Terabyte (TB)?

200

The BEST example of a Wide Area Network (WAN) would be this

What is The Internet?

300

Download the software from the official vendor's website

What is a best practice to ensure the software is legitimate?

300

An employee in your company is complaining that they are not receiving important emails from clients. After you check the server and confirmed that the emails are indeed being sent to this employee, this is the first step in troubleshooting you would undertake.

What is checking the spam or junk email folder to see if the emails were incorrectly marked as spam?

300

This feature of a database is essential for handling a growing number of users without performance degradation

What is Scalability?

300

A computer that is running slower than usual, particularly when it comes to file saving, program launching, and overall computer processing are slower, but internet browsing speed is unaffected is most likely suffering from this

What is insufficient RAM or Disk Apace?

300

This wireless standard provides the best increase in speed and range considering modern devices

What is 802.11ac?

400

This practice helps ensure that a password, even if strong, isn't reused across accounts thus risking compromise of multiple accounts if one password is discovered.

What is avoiding password reuse across sites?

400

They define a set of instructions that perform a specific task when called upon in a program.

What are methods

400

This is the role of a row in a Database Management System (DBMS)

What is to represent an unique record in a database table?
400

This best describes the role of input in the context of computing

What is entering data into a computer system for processing?

400

If an IT technician is tasked with setting up a smart thermostat for a small business and the business owner wants to adjust the temperature remotely through their smartphone,they should be using this type of connection.

What is Wi-Fi?

500

You want to use the BEST method to provide non-repudiation of attendance during a remote video conference meeting, so you will require all participants to use this when joining a video conference.

What is a digital signature?

500

As an IT professional, you would use this tool to assist a user by directly interacting with their computer system from a different location

What is a desktop sharing tool?

500

This BEST describes the purpose of data persistence in a database

What is to ensure data remains available and unchanged over time, regardless of system state changes or reboots?

500

This type of contingency plan is specific to an IT system or service

What is Disaster Recovery?

500

You have been provided with a new high-resolution monitor and want the best video quality when connecting it to your computer, so you will use this type of cable

What is DisplayPort?

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