Take this long-form comprehensive practice exam to test your preparedness for the final CompTIA ITF Certification Exam. This exam more closely follows the format of the actual CompTIA ITF Certification Exam.
The Center for Computer Studies is pleased to welcome Ms. Crystal Onyema from the University of Advancing Technology today!
She will be speaking to our Magnet students about college and career opportunities in the fields of Design, Multimedia, Software Development and CyberSecurity. Magnet students are welcome to come see her presentation during any class period from 3rd hour to 8th hour.
If you wish to attend during 4th hour Advisory, please get signed out in advance, and travel during the normal Travel Time.
Review TestOut Courseware report data to help determine gaps in student knowledge to direct targeted review of course material in preparation for the CompTIA ITF Certification Exam.
Using the Exam Report you printed yesterday, take a highlighter pen and highlight any and all Objective areas in which you scored less than 80% proficiency.
Log into the TestOut Courseware site, and go to the A.1.1 CompTIA Exam Objectives section.
For each of the Objective areas that you scored below 80%, use the Table 1: CompTIA Fundamentals Certification Exam Objectives (FCO-U61) to identify the specific chapter that you need to study to review for that objective.
For example, if you scored low on Objective 1.2, Compare and contrast fundamental data types and their characteristics, you would review Chapter 3.4, Programming Terms and Concepts.
Once you are confident in your understanding of the material in the reviewed Chapter, check it off your Exam Report and move on to the next highlighted chapter.
We will continue this cycle of directed study and retesting throughout next week, with the goal of achieving 80% or higher on our next attempt at the A.4 ITF Certification Practice Exam.
Assigned: February 21st, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 21st, 2020
Retake the comprehensive practice exam to collect data that will help determine gaps in student knowledge in preparation for the CompTIA ITF Certification Exam.
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Take the 75 question A.4 practice test. Your goal is to achieve a better score than you did on your last attempt.
After you finish, you will be presented with the exam report, detailing which questions you got wrong, what the correct answers are, and what objectives you were presented with and how you performed demonstrating knowledge of these objective areas. Please print this report.
Keep this exam report handy, as we will be working with it tomorrow.
Assigned: February 20th, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 21st, 2020
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Review Sections 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6, and take the 20 question A.2.6 practice test. Your goal is to achieve a score of 80% or higher on the practice test.
After you finish, you may review each question by selecting the Individual Responses option, then return to the relevant section in the course to review the instructional material.
Retake the practice test after reviewing the material to make progress towards and achieve the 80% passing score before the end of day on Friday of this week.
We will take a comprehensive practice test covering all six of the CompTIA Exam Objective Domains on Tuesday of next week. Use these six practice tests as your review resources to identify gaps in your knowledge, and re-read the relevant chapters to fill these gaps and prepare for Tuesday’s comprehensive practice test.
Assigned: February 13th, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 14th, 2020
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Review Section 3.1: Databases and Section 3.2: Interfacing with Databases, and take the 20 question A.2.5 practice test. Your goal is to achieve a score of 80% or higher on the practice test.
After you finish, you may review each question by selecting the Individual Responses option, then return to the relevant section in the course to review the instructional material.
Retake the practice test after reviewing the material to make progress towards and achieve the 80% passing score before advancing to the next Practice Exam.
Assigned: February 10th, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 11th, 2020
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Review Section 3.3: Introduction to Programming and Section 3.4: Programming Terms and Concepts, and take the 20 question A.2.4 practice test. Your goal is to achieve a score of 80% or higher on the practice test.
After you finish, you may review each question by selecting the Individual Responses option, then return to the relevant section in the course to review the instructional material.
Retake the practice test after reviewing the material to make progress towards and achieve the 80% passing score before advancing to the next Practice Exam.
Assigned: February 6th, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 7th, 2020
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Review Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6. 1.7, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 and 4.1, and take the 20 question A.2.3 practice test. Your goal is to achieve a score of 80% or higher on the practice test.
After you finish, you may review each question by selecting the Individual Responses option, then return to the relevant section in the course to review the instructional material.
Retake the practice test after reviewing the material to make progress towards and achieve the 80% passing score before advancing to the next Practice Exam.
Assigned: February 3rd, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 4th, 2020
This section introduces you to personal data and device security concepts and gives you practice configuring firewalls and anti-malware software on Windows. After finishing this section, you should be able to:
Compare and contrast classification schemes for handling confidential information.
Define data, network, and power redundancy and explain how they contribute to fault tolerance.
Explain why it’s important to back up data files.
Describe backup procedures for different types of data.
Explain the purpose of business continuity plans.
Describe the common components of a disaster recovery plan.
Information Sensitivity An attribute used to classify information based on the risk of public disclosure.
Public/Private Classification A scheme for classifying information based on different levels of public/private distinctions.
Government/Military Classification A scheme for classifying information based on government and military requirements.
Data Destruction Policy Directions for disposing and even destroying data when it’s no longer needed or when a storage device needs to be replaced.
Data Redundancy A method of increasing fault tolerance by storing data in a way that ensures that the data is recoverable in case of hardware failures. RAID arrays and replication are two data redundancy strategies.
Network Redundancy A method of increasing fault tolerance by providing multiple network paths between hosts.
Power Redundancy A method of increasing fault tolerance by providing power backups and power failover.
Network Attached Storage A device that contains one or more hard drives that users can access over the network.
Ad Hoc Backup Unscheduled backups performed periodically.
Regular Backup Regularly scheduled backups.
System Backup A backup of the system software, including operating system files.
Database Backup A backup of data stored in a database.
Local Backup Backups that are stored in the same building or even the same room as the computer systems they are taken from.
Off-site Backup Backups that are stored at a location far enough from a possible natural disaster while being close enough to recover the data and systems within a reasonable amount of time.
Disaster Recovery An area of security planning with the goal of protecting an organization from the effects of a natural or human-induced disaster.
Business Continuity The process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to permit ongoing operation, before and during disaster recovery.
Systems Administrator Concerning security, a person responsible for securing networks and responding to intrusions.
Computer Forensics Expert A person who works closely with law enforcement officials to investigate security breaches, cyber-attacks, and other crimes.
Security Analyst A person who is in charge of designing and implementing security methods to protect an organization’s computer systems and networks.
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How does a good business continuity plan inform disaster recovery efforts
Assignment:
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Study Section 4.6: Corporate Data Security, and achieve a score of 80% or higher on the 14 question Exam to complete the Section.
Assigned: January 27th, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 28th, 2020
Access the TestOut Courseware through the provided link.
Review Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4. 3.4, 4.1 and 4.2, and take the 20 question A.2.1 practice test. Your goal is to achieve a score of 80% or higher on the practice test.
After you finish, you may review each question by selecting the Individual Responses option, then return to the relevant section in the course to review the instructional material.
Retake the practice test after reviewing the material to make progress towards and achieve the 80% passing score before advancing to the next Practice Exam.
Assigned: January 27th, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 28th, 2020
