1. The system administrator is responsible for each of the following tasks except

Chapter 1

• The system administrator is responsible for each of the following tasks except
• Installing software
• Troubleshooting hardware
• Securing a web site
• Updating the operating system
• Training users

• If users use passwords containing non-alphabetic characters or a combination of upper and letter case

letters, this

• promotes computer security
• ensures proper file protection
• helps the system administrator with troubleshooting
• helps the system administrator track user access
• helps users remember their passwords

• Organizations typically only have one system administrator who will be responsible for all aspects of

administering the computer systems.

• List 2 tasks for a web server administrator.

• If a device performs the IPOS cycle, we should consider it to be a computer no matter what the device

is.

• Most people who work in IT have 4-year IT degrees.

• Which of the following is the largest storage capacity?
• 100 Megabytes
• 10,000 Kilobytes
• 3,000,000 bytes
• 4 Gigabytes
• 1,000,000 bits

• Which is bigger, 1 bit or 1 byte?

• Rank these sizes from smallest to largest: Megabyte, Terabyte, Byte, Kilobyte, Gigabyte.

• How do hospitals use IT?

• Although an IT student may not learn a variety of programming languages, it is likely that the IT

student will learn to program.

• System administrators will be expected to provide support in the form of documentation and training

to the organization’s users.

• The system administrator of a company would not be responsible for installing software on individual

employee’s computers.

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• A security administrator would be responsible for administering which of the following?
• A web server
• A database server
• A web site
• An operating system
• A firewall

• List 3 activities that a network administrator would be involved with in his/her job.

• Web developers and web administrators share most of the same tasks.

• System administrators should know more than one operating system.

• Which of the following skills would an IT person employ to find and fix a problem with the operating

system?

• System level programming
• System security
• Hardware troubleshooting
• System troubleshooting
• Soft skills

• As a system administrator, which of the following behaviors might be considered as unethical?
• Reading employees’ emails
• Accessing other people’s files
• Changing data files in the organization’s system for your own gain
• Setting up backdoor accounts
• All of the above

• Detecting that a computer is running slowly because of a computer virus infection would be an

example of which type of IT skill?

• knowledge of operating systems
• software installation
• system level programming
• system security
• troubleshooting

• As an IT person, you should be someone who enjoys learning on your own.

• An IT person in general would not be expected to handle which of the following tasks?
• Train other employees
• Monitor employees’ files and web browsing behavior to ensure compliance with

organizational IT policies

• Be on call 24/7
• Make recommendations on computer purchases
• All of the above are tasks that an IT person might be asked to perform

• An IT person would probably be expected to study each of the following topics except for
• operating systems
• programming
• networking
• ethics 2 / 4

• the IT person would be expected to study them all

• The only difference between a handheld unit such as a tablet device or a smart phone differs from a

laptop or desktop computer is that the laptop/desktop has full sized peripheral devices and the handheld unit uses touch screens.

• A smart phone should not be considered a computer.

• You can store a number between 0 and 255 in 1 bit.

• Software that we run to accomplish some task is called _______ software.

• The concept of translating a program from a more readable language like Python or Java into the

computer’s native machine language is called

• processing
• storage
• input
• compilation
• assembly

• Which of the following could be called a peripheral device?
• CPU
• memory
• memory chips
• printer
• power supply unit

• The system unit houses the CPU and memory chips, all placed on
• an expansion slot
• a motherboard
• ROM
• a monitor
• none of the above, the system unit houses the CPU but not memory

• A computer system consists of the hardware, software and
• network
• peripheral devices
• programs
• users
• all of the above

• Which of the following types of files would come closest to about 1 MByte in size?
• A textfile with 1 page of text
• A small black and white image file
• A long song stored in an mp3 file
• A highly compressed movie
• An uncompressed movie

• Handheld devices like smart phones often use which of the following for storage?
• DRAM (main memory)
• Flash memory 3 / 4

• Hard disk drive
• Network storage
• None of the above, they have no form of storage at all

• Volatility is a property of which of the following?
• Users
• Processors
• Memory
• Hard disk storage
• All of the above

• It is the user who initiates when and what a computer should do.

• As computer technology has improved and thus become more complex, the ability to use the

computer has been made easier.

• Computers today are more easily identifiable than computers in the past.

• Approximately when did home Internet access become commercially available?
• 1969
• 1975
• 1984
• 1995
• 2006

• Define information technology.

• Briefly explain how, in program could, you would input two numbers and output whether the two

numbers are the same.

Answers:

• c
• a
• false
• install web server, configure web server, secure web server, work with developers
• true
• false
• d
• 1 byte
• Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte
• Patient record keeping, medical devices, insurance records and tracking
• true
• true
• false
• e
• purchase, configure, and connect computer network; maintain computer network; troubleshoot

network; secure network from intrusion

• false
• true
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