IT Overview

Question 1

What is IT? (Information Technology)

Answer 1

A field of computer science centered on the ways in which computers can be used to communicate information.

Question 2

What are some examples of IT (Information Technology)?

Answer 2

Connect to the internet
Send an email
Print a document

Question 3

What are the core pillars in IT (Information Technology)?

Answer 3

Computers
Networking and the Internet
Operating Systems and Applications of Software
Software Development
Databases
Cybersecurity

Question 4

What is a computer?

Answer 4

A machine that can quickly complete a vast number of extremely simple tasks. These tasks can then, in the aggregate, be used to complete much larger tasks.

Question 5

What is aggregate?

Answer 5

The process of combining multiple elements into a single entity or summarizing data from various sources.

Question 6

What is a network?

Answer 6

A group of interconnected nodes or devices that exchange data and resources with each other.

Question 7

What is a node?

Answer 7

Data.

Question 8

What is the internet?

Answer 8

A vast network that connects computers all over the world?

Question 9

The internet is important so computers can?

Answer 9

Communicate information to other computers and users.

Question 10

A computer can communicate information to a user via?

Answer 10

Visually: Monitor
Audibly: Speakers

Question 11

What is a software program?

Answer 11

Organized sets of instructions that utilize the computer’s hardware to complete predefined tasks.

Question 12

Hardware communicates?

Answer 12

Information

Question 13

Software determines?

Answer 13

When, how, and what information gets communicated.

Question 14

What is the most foundational form of software?

Answer 14

OS (Operating system)

Question 15

What does OS mean?

Answer 15

Operating system.

Question 16

What is an OS (Operating system)?

Answer 16

Software that supports a computer’s basic functions

Question 17

What is an example of humans interacting with a computer that makes sense to us?

Answer 17

A computer providing a visual interface.
Interactions between a person and a computer using external devices like keyboards, monitors, etc.

Question 18

Before software dictates, it must be?

Answer 18

1. Built
2. Written
3. The developer sets the parameters the program will ultimately follow.

Question 19

Software development is important in IT because?

Answer 19

The skills can be used to develop systems
Create functional programs that improve how a task can be completed.

Question 20

What is a database?

Answer 20

A database is like a closet you store things in.
It stores virtual information only accessible with a computer.

Question 21

As more data is created, it is important that the databases are?

Answer 21

Built to insert new data and retrieve old data in a quick and efficient manner.

Question 22

Cybersecurity in IT (Information Technology), is important because?

Answer 22

We must make sure the information is communicated and stored safely and securely while only the right people should have access to it.