FBLA Intro to Information Technology
Study Guide
DHCP - Correct Answers -Network service that automatically handles IP addresses for
everyone connected to the router
WAN - Correct Answers -Wide Area Network
Net Neutrality - Correct Answers -Advocates no restrictions by Internet Service
Providers and Governments on web content
DIP - Correct Answers -In Microelectronics, this is a parallel-positioned pin standard of
microchips
Think of 6502 package
PPTP (Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol) - Correct Answers -A solution for
implementing virtual private networks.
Who invented IP and some related internet protocols? - Correct Answers -Vinton Cerf
and Robert Kahn
WTLS - Correct Answers --A security protocol that is part of the overall Wireless
Application Protocol stack
-Mainly designed to be used in low power applications, like mobile phones
Blind FTP - Correct Answers -What is the term used to describe the type of FTP access
in which the user does NOT have permission to list the content of directories but can
access the contents if he knows the file name?
TCP SYN Flood Attack - Correct Answers -A user in your department complains about
slow connections. You monitor the external interface of your company's border router
and notice hundreds of half-open TCP connections. What is happening?
CO2 Gas Extinguisher / Class - Correct Answers -What type of fire-extinguisher is best
for suppressing electrical fires?
,SSH - Correct Answers -A network protocol used for network connections that must be
secured, and can be made possible over an unsecured network.
Fiber Optic - Correct Answers -All of the following are examples of wireless
communication except?
-Bluetooth
-FM/AM Radio
-Fiber Optic
-2.4Ghz WiFi
Ring, Mesh, Star, Bus, Fully Connected, Line, Tree - Correct Answers -List the types of
Network Typologies used
Ergonomics - Correct Answers -The Study of Interaction between humans and their
equipment they use
Just-In-Time delivery - Correct Answers -A system for providing supplies to a factory at
the last minute before production
Database - Correct Answers -A collection of sorted and related data
Spyware - Correct Answers -A piece of software that allows someone to view what
another person is ding on their computer
E-Business - Correct Answers -The buying and selling of goods over the internet
output - Correct Answers -Data that has been processed/computed in a manner that
renders it meaningful
Time Bomb software - Correct Answers -A piece of software to prevent a computer from
working after a certain point has been reached on the Computer's clock
Example: A time trial on demo software
Cost Effective - Correct Answers -The cost of modern computers compared to the
varied tasks they can do, makes them what?
Gateway - Correct Answers -A concept that allows for different networks with different
protocols to connect to each other and communicate
LCD - Correct Answers -VGA connections can be used with a _______ Monitor
1280x1024 - Correct Answers -Which of the following provides the largest viewing
space?
, 800x600
1280x1024
640x480
1024x768
False - Correct Answers -The COBOL programming language was not designed to
handle business finance jobs
FORTRAN - Correct Answers -An older programming language used in the creation of
math formulas and scientific computing
Command line - Correct Answers -DOS and Unix shells use _____ interface
Cellular Technology - Correct Answers -An increasingly popular communications
medium that requires no phone line or any type of connection
A worm will actively try to move within the system - Correct Answers -What is the
difference between a Computer Worm and a Computer Virus?
Hertz - Correct Answers -What is the unit of measurement for the speed of
microprocessors?
True - Correct Answers -PENTIUM is a brand of Intel CPU
False - Correct Answers -Floppy disks are an efficient an reliable way to backup large
hard drives
True - Correct Answers -Nearly every bank allows for some form of electronic banking
True - Correct Answers -An icon is a picture that represents a file, or a processing
activity
Cyberspace - Correct Answers -The notional environment in which communication over
computer networks occurs
Kernel - Correct Answers -The core of an operating system that provides basic
service/communications for all parts of the computer and operating system
Input - Correct Answers -Data that is entered into the computer
Processing - Correct Answers -Manipulation of data by a computer/processor based on
its specific instruction set
Storage - Correct Answers -Any device where information can be stored and accessed
later
Study Guide
DHCP - Correct Answers -Network service that automatically handles IP addresses for
everyone connected to the router
WAN - Correct Answers -Wide Area Network
Net Neutrality - Correct Answers -Advocates no restrictions by Internet Service
Providers and Governments on web content
DIP - Correct Answers -In Microelectronics, this is a parallel-positioned pin standard of
microchips
Think of 6502 package
PPTP (Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol) - Correct Answers -A solution for
implementing virtual private networks.
Who invented IP and some related internet protocols? - Correct Answers -Vinton Cerf
and Robert Kahn
WTLS - Correct Answers --A security protocol that is part of the overall Wireless
Application Protocol stack
-Mainly designed to be used in low power applications, like mobile phones
Blind FTP - Correct Answers -What is the term used to describe the type of FTP access
in which the user does NOT have permission to list the content of directories but can
access the contents if he knows the file name?
TCP SYN Flood Attack - Correct Answers -A user in your department complains about
slow connections. You monitor the external interface of your company's border router
and notice hundreds of half-open TCP connections. What is happening?
CO2 Gas Extinguisher / Class - Correct Answers -What type of fire-extinguisher is best
for suppressing electrical fires?
,SSH - Correct Answers -A network protocol used for network connections that must be
secured, and can be made possible over an unsecured network.
Fiber Optic - Correct Answers -All of the following are examples of wireless
communication except?
-Bluetooth
-FM/AM Radio
-Fiber Optic
-2.4Ghz WiFi
Ring, Mesh, Star, Bus, Fully Connected, Line, Tree - Correct Answers -List the types of
Network Typologies used
Ergonomics - Correct Answers -The Study of Interaction between humans and their
equipment they use
Just-In-Time delivery - Correct Answers -A system for providing supplies to a factory at
the last minute before production
Database - Correct Answers -A collection of sorted and related data
Spyware - Correct Answers -A piece of software that allows someone to view what
another person is ding on their computer
E-Business - Correct Answers -The buying and selling of goods over the internet
output - Correct Answers -Data that has been processed/computed in a manner that
renders it meaningful
Time Bomb software - Correct Answers -A piece of software to prevent a computer from
working after a certain point has been reached on the Computer's clock
Example: A time trial on demo software
Cost Effective - Correct Answers -The cost of modern computers compared to the
varied tasks they can do, makes them what?
Gateway - Correct Answers -A concept that allows for different networks with different
protocols to connect to each other and communicate
LCD - Correct Answers -VGA connections can be used with a _______ Monitor
1280x1024 - Correct Answers -Which of the following provides the largest viewing
space?
, 800x600
1280x1024
640x480
1024x768
False - Correct Answers -The COBOL programming language was not designed to
handle business finance jobs
FORTRAN - Correct Answers -An older programming language used in the creation of
math formulas and scientific computing
Command line - Correct Answers -DOS and Unix shells use _____ interface
Cellular Technology - Correct Answers -An increasingly popular communications
medium that requires no phone line or any type of connection
A worm will actively try to move within the system - Correct Answers -What is the
difference between a Computer Worm and a Computer Virus?
Hertz - Correct Answers -What is the unit of measurement for the speed of
microprocessors?
True - Correct Answers -PENTIUM is a brand of Intel CPU
False - Correct Answers -Floppy disks are an efficient an reliable way to backup large
hard drives
True - Correct Answers -Nearly every bank allows for some form of electronic banking
True - Correct Answers -An icon is a picture that represents a file, or a processing
activity
Cyberspace - Correct Answers -The notional environment in which communication over
computer networks occurs
Kernel - Correct Answers -The core of an operating system that provides basic
service/communications for all parts of the computer and operating system
Input - Correct Answers -Data that is entered into the computer
Processing - Correct Answers -Manipulation of data by a computer/processor based on
its specific instruction set
Storage - Correct Answers -Any device where information can be stored and accessed
later
