BTEC National Diploma for IT

Practitioners
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Unit 2 – Computer Systems Lecturer Paul Grainger / Fraz Arshad

Assignment Assignment
Title
Creative Comp no
1

Date set 21st September 2009 Date Due 1st April 2010

Grading Grading Grading

Criteria Achieved Criteria Achieved Criteria Achieved
(P) (M) (D)
P1 M1 D1
P2 M2 D2
P3 M3
P4
P5

Student name Student ID

BTEC
Registration Tutor
no

Declaration

I declare that:
• I understand what is meant by plagiarism
• I understand the implications of plagiarism
• This assignment is all my own work and I have acknowledged any use of the published or unpublished works of other
people.

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Unit 2 - Computer Systems Assessor Paul Grainger / Fraz Arshad

Student name Student ID

BTEC Registration Assignment Title Creative Comp

Task Date Evidence

Assessment Criteria no. Achieved (Page no)
Comments / Feedback IV Comments

Explain the function of the

P1 system unit components and 1
how they communicate
Describe the purpose,
P2 features and functions of two 2
different operating systems
Demonstrate the operation
P3 and explain the use of two 3
different software utilities
Describe the range of
P4 4
available utility software
Undertake routine
P5 maintenance tasks in relation 5
to a PC.
Explain and implement the
installation and configuration
M1 6
of an additional or
replacement device
Compare the features and
M2 functions of two different 7
operating systems
Explain the effect of the
software maintenance
M3 activities carried out on the 8
performance of a computer
system.
Evaluate at least three
specifications for
commercially available
D1 9
computer systems and justify
the one most suitable for use
in a given situation

Justify the considerations for

D2 selection in the upgrade of an 10
existing computer system.

Assessor Comments

Signature Date

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Unit 2 – Computer Systems Assignment no. 1

Scenario
You have just started a job as a trainee PC support technician at PC retailer. The company sells a wide
range of PC hardware, operating systems (including Windows and Linux) and software. As the new
trainee, you have been asked to carry out a range of activities to ‘clean up’ and upgrade a stock of
existing computers (in the premises) to help you improve your working knowledge before you can work
in the sales department

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Unit 2 – Computer Systems Assignment no. 1

Task no. Deadline Task Criteria

Explain the function of the system unit components and how they
communicate to include the following:
processors and options; motherboard; BIOS; power supply; fan and heat sink; hard drive
1 16/10/2009 configuration and controllers eg IDE, EIDE, master, slave; ports eg USB, parallel, serial; P1
peripherals eg printer, camera, scanner, plotter; internal memory (RAM, ROM, cache); specialised
cards eg network, graphic cards
Evidence: you can create a PowerPoint presentation for this task
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Describe the purpose, features and functions of two different operating systems.
Your evidence should include general information about the two operating
2 6/11/2009 systems as well as detailed evidence of machine and peripheral management, P2
security, file management and device drivers
Evidence: You can create a poster for this task
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Demonstrate the operation and explain the use of
1. How to run a disk defragmenter and
3 20/11/2009 P3
2. How to use all the clean up tools.
Evidence: You can create a user guide for this task
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Describe the range of available utility software to include the following:
Virus Scanners
4 11/12/2009 Firewalls P4
Drive Formatting
Evidence: You can create a poster for this task
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Undertake routine maintenance tasks in relation to a PC include the following
Cleaning the computer and screen
Install a digital camera
Upgrade to Windows XP service pack 3
Update virus definitions
5 08/01/2010 Schedule a full system virus scan for every Monday at 12 pm P5
Creating a set of folders
Copying and deleting files
Compressing files
Evidence: You can create a User Guide describing how each task should be
undertaken
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Explain and implement the installation and configuration of a graphics card.
Ensure that you fully explain the health & safety issues s in your evidence.
6 22/01/2010 M1
Evidence: You can create a detailed description in the form of a report
with screenshots and annotations.
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Describe the main functions of any Operating System and compare two OS and
how they carry out these functions.

The company sells systems with both Windows and Linux operating systems. In
7 5/2/2010 M2
order to help customers choose the operating system for their computer system
you have been asked to identify relevant information which compares the
features and functions of these two operating systems.
Evidence: you can create a report for this task
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Explain the benefits of carrying out software maintenance activities to the
8 26/02/2010 performance of a computer system M3
Evidence: You can create a PowerPoint with supporting notes for this task

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 Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Creative Comp has asked for your advice on selecting a computer for a client.
Billy would like a computer system that will allow him to play games; make
videos and take photographs and will editing; connection of the PC to a 46 inch
flat screen TV and home theatre system so he can watch movies.
9 12/03/2010 D1
You have been asked to evaluate at least three specifications for commercially
available computer systems with a budget of £800 and justify the one most
suitable for use in the scenario
Evidence: You can create a report for this task
Task no. Deadline Task Criteria
Creative Comp were happy with your recommendation for their client but Billy
forgot to mention the fact that he would like to use the PC as a digital video
recorder and would need an upgrade to a component on the new PC. He has
10 01/04/2010 asked you to identify the appropriate components and to Justify the D2
considerations for selection in the upgrade of the recommended computer
system.
Evidence: You can create a report for this task

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