lOMoAR cPSD| 19857451
C182 INTRODUCTION TO IT
FINAL REVIEW STUDY GUIDE (To
pass OA) WESTERN GOVERNORS’
UNIVERSITY
, lOMoAR cPSD| 19857451
1
C182 Introduction to IT – Final Review
C182 Introduction to IT Study Guide
Unit 2: Introduction to Information Technology
Identify Major IT Roles & Functions
• Administration - An administrator is in charge of some portion of the IT
infrastructure.
• Network administrator - 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 - 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 - install, configure, and administer appropriate firewall
security to protect the organization's systems and to work proactively against such
intrusions.
• Web administrator - also known as a webmaster, but more precisely referred to as a
web server administrator. This role is responsible for maintaining websites, which
differs from the development of websites. Specifically, the web administrator must
install, configure, maintain, secure, and troubleshoot the web server.
Define Information Technology:
• 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 word s, IT
combines people with computing resources, software, data, and computer networks.
IT Skills
C182 INTRODUCTION TO IT
FINAL REVIEW STUDY GUIDE (To
pass OA) WESTERN GOVERNORS’
UNIVERSITY
, lOMoAR cPSD| 19857451
1
C182 Introduction to IT – Final Review
C182 Introduction to IT Study Guide
Unit 2: Introduction to Information Technology
Identify Major IT Roles & Functions
• Administration - An administrator is in charge of some portion of the IT
infrastructure.
• Network administrator - 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 - 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 - install, configure, and administer appropriate firewall
security to protect the organization's systems and to work proactively against such
intrusions.
• Web administrator - also known as a webmaster, but more precisely referred to as a
web server administrator. This role is responsible for maintaining websites, which
differs from the development of websites. Specifically, the web administrator must
install, configure, maintain, secure, and troubleshoot the web server.
Define Information Technology:
• 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 word s, IT
combines people with computing resources, software, data, and computer networks.
IT Skills
