9.8. Exam Essentials

Be able to explain the proper use of antivirus software Antivirus software is specialized software that detects and removes harmful programs called viruses from your computer. It must be updated regularly to be aware of the most common viruses and their behavior.

Explain when to implement fault tolerance. Fault tolerance and disaster recovery must be implemented at some point and to some level on every network. Fault tolerance provides a means by which a computer or network has redundancy or the ability to recover from small faults and to continue providing services during a fault.

Explain when to implement disaster recovery. Disaster recovery typically means recovering after a major disaster, typically by backing up data ...

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