WGU D322 Introduction to IT Final Exam Study Guide 129
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Administration - CORRECT ANSWER An administrator is in charge of some portion
of the IT infrastructure
Network administrator - CORRECT ANSWER oversees all aspects of the computer
network. The network administrator's duties
include physically laying down cable, making connections, and working with the
network hardware (for
instance, routers and switches).
Database administrator - CORRECT ANSWER focus on the design, development,
and support of database management systems
(DBMSs). Tasks will include installation, maintenance, performance analysis, and
troubleshooting as with the
other administrative areas
Security administrator - CORRECT ANSWER install, configure, and administer
appropriate firewall security to protect the
organization's systems and to work proactively against such intrusions.
Web administrator - CORRECT ANSWER also known as a webmaster, but more
precisely referred to as a web server administrator.
This role is responsible for maintaining web storage, which differs from the
development of web storage.
Specifically, the web administrator must install, configure, maintain, secure, and
troubleshoot the web server.
Define Information Technology: - CORRECT ANSWER IT is a term used to describe
several aspects: the task of gathering data and processing it into information, the
ability to disseminate information using technology, the technology itself that
permits these tasks, and the
, collection of people who are in charge of maintaining the IT infrastructure (the
computers, the networks, and
the operating systems). Generically, we will consider IT to be the technology used
in creating, maintaining, and
making information accessible. In other words, IT combines people with
computing resources, software, data,
and computer networks.
Information technology - CORRECT ANSWER describes the technology
infrastructure that may support information systems,
although Information Technology could also support many other types of systems
(e.g., telecommunications
systems). Information Technology includes hardware, software, networks, and
databases that work together to
allow an organization to manage data and information.
A computer performs four operations: - CORRECT ANSWER input, processing,
output, storage
Computer structure: - CORRECT ANSWER
CPU - CORRECT ANSWER the device that not only executes your programs'
instructions, but also commands the various
components in the computer.
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER stores the program(s) being executed and the data
that each program is
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using.
I/O - CORRECT ANSWER includes all peripheral devices (input, output, storage,
network) where storage
consists of the long-term storage devices (disk drives, tape).
bus - CORRECT ANSWER the device that permits information to move between
each component