Lesson 1: IT Concepts & Terminology
Week of Mon, Sep 14 · Tech+ domain 1: IT Concepts & Terminology (26% of the exam) · runs ahead of INT-1010 Modules 1–3 catch-up · Exam 1 prep
Take Meerk's quiz for Lesson 1
This week's items
- Read Lesson 1 notesread
- Lesson 1 mastery quizgate · 85% first try
Due the week it opens — same standard as PGCC. Weekly gates are completed in class.
Know these cold
- Binary, decimal, hexadecimal — know that FF = 255 and 1010 = 10.
- Bits → bytes → KB → MB → GB → TB. Network speed is bits per second; storage is bytes.
- Data types: integer, float, string, Boolean, char.
- Troubleshooting method: identify → theory → test → plan → implement → verify → document.
Meerk's quiz — open the Lesson 1 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.