Quiz 8 - Chapter 16 - IT Fundamentals

As an IT employee of an organization, you should expect your employer(s) to support your efforts in continuing education by paying for you to take classes or travel to conferences and trade shows.

a) True

b) False

a) True

Which of the following is not part of the 10 Commandments of computer ethics?

a) Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual property.

b) Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's computer files.

c) Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.

d) Thou shalt not use work computers for personal purposes.

e) Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.

d) Thou shalt not use work computers for personal purposes.

The lowest paying career in IT would probably fall on the ...

a) database administrator.

b) software engineer.

c) computer technician.

d) system administrator.

e) web administrator.

c) computer technician.

One learns as much with a 2-year technical degree as one does with a 4-year bachelor's degree in IT.

a) True

b) False

b) False

Which of these IT roles would most need knowledge of using scripting languages like ASP, Perl and PHP?

a) System administrator

b) Web developer

c) Web administrator

d) Database administrator

e) Software engineer

b) Web developer

Which of the following is not a soft skill?

a) self-supervising

b) team player

c) a good listener

d) ability to troubleshoot

e) ability to write

d) ability to troubleshoot

Computer programmer and software engineering have the same roles and duties.

a) True

b) False

b) False

Which of these IT roles would be in charge of securing a computer network?

a) Web administrator

b) Network administrator

c) All of the above would have this role.

d) Network architect

e) System administrator

b) Network administrator

Which of these IT roles would most need knowledge how to install computer hardware and software?

a) System administrator

b) Network administrator

c) Software engineer

d) Database administrator

e) Web administrator

a) System administrator

Of the various IT related professions, which one of the following is seeing jobs decline instead of grow?

a) computer programmers

b) network administrators

c) software engineers

d) system administrators

e) database administrators

a) computer programmers

Which of the following IT roles would most likely work at the help desk?

a) Network administrator

b) Computer support specialist

c) Computer technician

d) Computer programmer

e) Web administrator

b) Computer support specialist

Which of the following terms applies to the idea that the company ensures the integrity of their collected data and the computer systems?

a) accuracy

b) control

c) privacy

d) ownership

e) security

e) security

It is the IT person's responsibility to ensure that all employees of the organization act ethically when using computers.

a) True

b) False

b) False

The web administrator and the web developer have the same roles and duties.

a) True

b) False

b) False

As an IT person, you may be asked to write or help write organizational policies with respect to IT usage.

a) True

b) False

a) True

Which of the following certifications would a system administrator pursue?

a) CIW

b) CCNA

c) Novel CNE

d) Novel CNA

e) MSCDA

d) Novel CNA

It is strictly illegal for a company to have an IT policy prohibiting users from having to disclose their Facebook passwords to their employers.

a) True

b) False

b) False

It is important for all IT people to act ethically when using computers.

a) True

b) False

a) True

Most IT people will stay abreast to changes in the IT field by reading technical journals published by such organizations as ACM and IEEE.

a) True

b) False

b) False

Which of these IT roles would most need knowledge of such software as MySQL and Oracle?

a) Database administrator

b) Software engineer

c) Web administrator

d) Network administrator

e) System administrator

a) Database administrator

Which of the following careers would benefit most from having a master's degree?

a) Database administrator

b) System administrator

c) Web administrator

d) IT Manager

e) Network administrator

d) IT Manager

Which of the following careers would require knowledge of criminal justice?

a) IT manager

b) computer forensics

c) computer technician

d) software engineer

e) system administrator

b) computer forensics

Someone in information systems (IS) would learn which of the following skills that differ from most other IT areas?

a) operating systems

b) computer hardware

c) business practices

d) scripting/programming

e) None of the above: the IS person learns the same things that other IT areas learn.

c) business practices

It is the IT person's responsibility to monitor employees of the organization with respect to their IT usage.

a) True

b) False

b) False

Which of these IT roles would most need knowledge of VoIP and trunking protocols?

a) Database administrator

b) Web administrator

c) System administrator

d) Software engineer

e) Network administrator

e) Network administrator