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2. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • IT 240 Week 1 Checkpoint: LAN Operating Systems Scenarios • IT 240 Week 2 Checkpoint: OSI Model Key Terms • IT 240 Week 2 Assignment LAN Topologies- Appendix D • IT 240 Week 3 Checkpoint: Network Consultants Scenario • IT 240 Week 4 Checkpoint: TCP/IP LAN Plan • IT 240 Week 4 Assignment: TCP/IP Network Troubleshooting • IT 240 Week 5 Checkpoint: Network Consultants Scenario • IT 240 Week 6 Checkpoint: Vocabulary Table • IT 240 Week 6 Assignment: Work Group Scenarios • IT 240 Week 8 Checkpoint: Threat Categorization • IT 240 Week 8 Assignment: Disaster Plan

3. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 1 Checkpoint: LAN Operating Systems Scenarios For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resource: Appendix Bb. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read the three scenarios in Appendix B.d. Answer the questions following each scenario for a total of 200 to 300 words.e. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus

4. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum • b. Post your response to the following • i. Explain what kind of network you are on at work or at home. If you do not have access to a network, ask a friend or family member to explain the type of network they have access to. • ii. What benefits does the network provide to its users? • iii. How does it help increase productivity? • c. Read one of your classmates’ network descriptions. Respond to his or her post and identify whether the network he or she described is a client/server network or a peer-to-peer network, and whether it is a LAN, MAN, or WAN. Ask questions if you find that additional information is needed in order to determine the network’s characteristics • Discussion Question 2

5. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 2 Checkpoint: OSI Model Key Terms For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resource: Appendix C - “Local Area Network”b. Due Date: Day 4 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Use the table in Appendix C to define the key terms related to the OSI Model.d. Describe the functions of any hardware connectivity devices and tools listed.e. Post Appendix C as an attachment – see (f)f. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus.

6. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 3 Checkpoint: Network Consultants Scenario For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resource: Local Area Networks (text book)b. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read and complete question 58 p 175 of the text.d. Explain your answer in 200 to 300 words.e. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus.

7. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum • b. Post your response to the following • i. What are the various types of Internet connectivity available today? • ii. How do they differ from each other? • iii. Explain your answer. • c. Read one of your classmates’ network descriptions. Respond to his or her post. Ask questions if you find that additional information is needed.

8. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 4 Assignment: TCP/IP Network Troubleshooting For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resources: Local Area Networks, Appendix Eb. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read questions 80 on pp. 274-275 of the text.d. Identify the problems with the TCP/IP network in each scenario and explain how they should be fixed. Hint: There are 6 issues that need to be addressede. Complete the table in Appendix E. Explain your answer for each of the scenarios.f. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus.

9. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 4 Checkpoint: TCP/IP LAN Plan For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • e. Resource: Local Area Networks (text book)f. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumg. Read and complete questions 8, 9, 23, and 29 on pp 268-269 of the text.h. List and Explain your answer in 200 to 300 words (total for all four questions).i. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus

10. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 5 Checkpoint: Network Consultants Scenario For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resource: Local Area Networks (text book) & Internet Resourcesb. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Act as an IT consultant to a new nonprofit organization, Free Flu, which provides flu shots to the elderly. The organization needs a domain name.d. Use Internet resources to determine what domain name is available for the company.e. Judge whether you would use a .com, .org, or .net for the Web address.f. Differentiate between any Web pages and/or Web servers you would use for this task.g. Describe your findings and reasoning in 200 to 300 words.h. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus.

11. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum • b. Post your response to the following • i. Read the scenario in question 6 on p. 290 of the text. • ii. Select your answer, and then discuss the type of protocol you would use in this situation. • iii. Give an argument about why you feel it would be the best solution. • c. Read one of your classmates’ network descriptions. Respond to his or her post. Ask questions if you find that additional information is needed.

12. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 6 Assignment: Work Group Scenarios For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resource: Local Area Networksb. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read Exercise 8: Creating Users on pp. 428-429 of the text.d. Explain how you would create the users for the sales organization unit and how to set up work groups in this particular situation.i. Keep in mind that you may have to name certain applications and allowable tasks for each individual or job role.e. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus.

13. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 6 Checkpoint: Vocabulary Table For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resource: Appendix F - “Local Area Network”b. Due Date: Day 4 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Use the table in Appendix F to define five of the key terms.d. Post Appendix F as an attachment – see (f)e. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus.

14. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum • b. Post your response to the following • i. Research a current computer threat. Describe the nature of the threat and the potential repercussions it could have for a network. Some suggested sites with which to begin your search are • 1. http//www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/index.jsp • 2. http//www.mcafee.com/us/ • 3. http//www.microsoft.com • 4. http//www.cnet.com

15. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 8 Assignment: Disaster Plan For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resource: Gb. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read the company descriptions in Appendix G and select one.d. Create a disaster plan for your selected organization that includes how you would recommend the company back up and protect network data.i. Your plan should be 1,250 to 1,500 words in lengthii. Your plan should include three or more references (your text may count as one),iii. Your recommendations must be based on the RAID system of data protection.iv. Your plan must also address how the company should protect against natural disasters that might occur in the company’s geographic location.

16. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 8 Checkpoint: Threat Categorization For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Resource: “Local Area Network” and Response to Discussion Question 1 from Week 7b. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Define each of the following terms in your own words:i. Boot sectorii. Fileiii. Multipartiteiv. Macrov. Trojan horsevi. Email worms

17. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 9 Capstone Question For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Due Date: Day 3 – Post to Capstone DQ thread in Main Forum • b. Post your response to the following: • i. Reflecting on what you have learned, would you feel comfortable setting up a local area network? • ii. Why or why not? • c. Read one of your classmates’ network descriptions. Respond to his or her post. Ask questions if you find that additional information is needed

18. IT 240 Focus Dreams/uophelp.com IT 240 Week 9 Final Project LAN Consulting Plan For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • a. Resources: Appendix A, Local Area Networks • b. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forum • c. Read Appendix A. • d. Develop a plan to set up a local area network based on the scenario presented in Appendix A. • e. Create a boardroom-quality Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of 10-12 slides detailing your plan. • f. Include “Speaker’s Notes” with slides (200 to 300 words total).

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