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IT Essentials 
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6 week assignments car battery, CNET PC Protection cyber terrorism & the power grid (a CNN report) TechNow, Try Googling "hardware hack" , Visit PBS Wired Science Web Site
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Student Labs, Semester 1 & 2 Instructor Labs, Semester 1 & 2
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Personal Computer
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Chapter 2 Safe Lab Procedure and Tool Use
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 10 |
Chapter 14
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Chapter 11
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Final Review |
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links are not built in to the online curriculum to
access the Virtual products. They need to be downloaded, and
run from a server share, or on individual workstations. You
can access these files in the 'Tools' areas by following the
steps below: - Login to the Academy Connection from http://cisco.netacad.net - Click on 'Tools' in the right navigation area - Select the appropriate Curriculum, Course and Version - Click 'Find Tools' - On the following page scroll down to either the 'Virtual Activity: Desktop' or 'Virtual Activity: Laptop' label and their corresponding zip files. |
| Virtual PC Lab | Easter Egg to Try (FUN!) On a blank page in Microsoft Word type: =RAND(200,99) and hit <enter> Cool huh? Now try and change the number (200,99) Can you research any other hidden Easter Eggs in your computer world?
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Movie Computer Jobs (50 Minutes)
Chpt 4 questions
Self Check
1. What is the purpose of preventive maintenance?
Give examples of preventive maintenance.
2. If the customer doesn't have
a current backup and you can't create one on the computer that has the
problem, you should ask the customer to sign a liability release form. What
kind of information should be included?
3. What type of questions should
you start to gather information from customer?
4. What kind of tools and
applications can be used to gather data from the computer?
5. After
evaluating the problem, technicians need to research the solution. List the
possible research locations that technicians can find.
6. Why is it
important to document all steps that technicians take to solve the problem?
7. When you have finished a repair, list the steps that you need to take to
close with the customer.
8. What are the six steps of troubleshooting
process?
Chapter 5 key ideas:
1. Explain the purpose of an
operating system
2. Describe and compare operating systems to include
purpose, limitations, and compatibilities
3. What steps do you mentally
take to determine the operating system based on customer needs
4. How do
you install an operating system
5. What is special about navigating a GUI
6. Identify and apply common preventive maintenance techniques for
operating systems
7. What are some common ways to troubleshoot
operating systems
Make sure you know: Fundamental operating
systems chapter of IT Essentials version 4.0 consists of the following
critical concepts:
1. Almost all modern operating systems are
multi-user, multitasking, multiprocessing, and support multithreading.
2.
The application requirements may exceed the requirements of the operating
system. For the application to function properly, it will be necessary to
satisfy any additional requirements.
3. A user must register Windows XP
after installation. The user must also complete the verification to ensure
that he/she is using a legal copy of the software. This will enable the user
to download patches and service packs.
4. Students must know the booting
sequence of Windows XP. Once they understand Windows XP boot process,
Windows 2000 will be easy to follow.
5. Regedit is a power tool that you
should use with great care. Using Regedit incorrectly may cause
configuration problems that could require you to reinstall the operating
system.
6. Students must know how to install and uninstall applications
using Add or Remove Programs utility in Control Panel. The benefit of using
the Control Panel is the utility tracks installation files so that the
application can be uninstalled thoroughly in the future.
7. The restore
point utility only operates on OS and application files. This is important
because it means that any data saved between the last restore point and
present will be kept.
