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Stuff Every Digital Tech Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Digital Technology merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. Besides computers, what else does information technology include?
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    Television and telephones. IT also covers other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones.

  2. Why is careful planning important for IT projects?
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    It helps systems work well and meet goals. Successful IT projects need planning and maintenance to work well and match organizational goals.

  3. What did the Colossus computer do during World War II?
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    Decrypt German messages. Colossus was the first electronic digital computer built to decrypt German messages.

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  1. Besides computers, what else does information technology include?
  2. Why is careful planning important for IT projects?
  3. What did the Colossus computer do during World War II?
  4. What did transistors developed at Bell Laboratories allow computers to do?
  5. What did the integrated circuit invention lead to?
  6. What was the earliest form of non-volatile computer storage?
  7. What did IBM introduce in 1956?
  8. What does digitizing text, sound, and pictures mean?
  9. What is lossy compression best for?
  10. What is lossless compression good for?
  11. What is a computer network?
  12. How does a LAN differ from a WAN?
  13. What is a software application or app?
  14. What does a computer CPU do when running a program?
  15. What is malware?
  16. How can you help protect devices from malware?
  17. What is a barcode used for?
  18. What is a QR code?
  19. What is an RFID tag?
  20. Why use HTTPS when visiting a website?
  21. What does a website's security certificate help you check?
  22. What is copyright?
  23. What does a patent protect?
  24. What does a trademark protect?
  25. What is a trade secret?
  26. When may you accept a free copy of a program from a friend?
  27. Why is it important to properly dispose of digital technology?
  28. Why use a certified recycler for digital devices?
  29. How have storage devices changed over time?
  30. What is information technology?
  31. What does an IT system include?
  32. What is electronic data processing used for?
  33. What is a database management system for?
  34. What does a database schema do?
  35. What is XML known for?
  36. What is data mining?
  37. What is one advantage of email?
  38. What is a disadvantage of email?
  39. What does a search engine help you do?
  40. What is an IT department often considered in a business?
  41. What does an IT department manage?
  42. What is one ethical issue in information technology?
  43. What is one risk of large IT projects?
  44. What did the Manchester Baby do in 1948?
  45. What did the Zuse Z3 become in 1941?
  46. What did the Antikythera mechanism represent?
  47. What did the first mechanical calculator in 1645 do?
  48. What is a tally stick an early example of?
  49. What was the Ferranti Mark I?
  50. What does the Cyber Chip help Scouts learn?
  51. Why should you be careful about what you post on social media? 🔒
  52. What does the Digital Technology badge add to what Scouts already know? 🔒
  53. What is one goal of the Digital Technology badge regarding hazards? 🔒
  54. What is an IT system operated by? 🔒
  55. When did the term information technology first appear in a modern sense? 🔒
  56. What are the four phases of IT development based on? 🔒
  57. What is most digital data stored on today? 🔒