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
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Review Sections 1.1, 1.3, 1.4. 1.5, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4 and 4.6, and take the 20 question A.2.2 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 30th, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 31st, 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.
Topics Discussed:
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How
do businesses classify information to keep it secure and private?
What
are the most important components in creating fault tolerant information
systems?
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
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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
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:
Describe
the most important safeguards in protecting yourself from Internet security
risks.
Describe
best practices for using secure passwords.
Define
different kinds of malware and know how to avoid them.
Safely
spend money on the Internet.
Configure
Windows Defender to protect your home computer from malware.
Configure
Windows Firewall for different networks.
Device Password A security concern regarding network devices and other devices, such smartphones, that give the option of using the device without a password.
Firewall A device that controls the flow of network traffic to protect systems from unauthorized network connections.
Anti-Malware Software Software that helps protect against malicious software infections.
Anti-Spam Software Software that helps remove unwanted, unsolicited email.
Ecommerce The buying and selling of products or services electronically, typically through the Internet.
Topics Discussed:
What
are the most common types of computer security risks?
What
can you do to protect yourself against Internet security risks?
What
are some safeguards you should consider when making online purchases?
Assignment:
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Study Section 4.5: Personal Data and Device Security, and achieve a score of 80% or higher on the 15 question Exam to complete the Section.
Assigned: January 23rd, 2020 Teacher Pacing Due Date: January 24th, 2020
Follow along with the in-class demonstration to learn how the Caesar Cipher (also known as the Shift Cipher) works, and how you can use it to encode and decode text messages.
Follow the Instructable to learn how keywords can be incorporated with this cipher to make it more difficult to decrypt.
I have placed 8 encrypted messages around the perimeter of the room. Work together to decrypt them all! Submit a Google Doc to my Google Classroom page with the decrypted messages by the end of the day tomorrow.
Some of the decrypted messages lead to treasure! The first to decode each message gets the goods!
Remember, you may work together, but each student must submit their own original document to the Google Classroom page by tomorrow to receive credit for the lab. Don’t put more than one name on your document, and don’t submit someone else’s document as your own!
Assigned: January 21st, 2020 Due Date: January 22nd, 2020
