Thursday, 5 June 2014

Unit 2 P7 updated

Test
Method
Expected outcome
Actual outcome
Action required?
Software applications open and work as intended

Open applications and check to see if they work. i.e. open word.
The applications would open and work.
The applications worked and all open.
No action required.
Default folder settings are correct

Look through your folders and put passwords on some check to see if you can place folders inside each other.
You are able to put passwords onto folders and can move folders around.
Was able to put passwords and could hide/unhide folders.
No action required.
Desktop shortcuts go to the right place
Open shortcut and check whether it takes you to the right place i.e. internet opens the internet.
The selected desktop shortcut takes you to the right place.
All the shortcuts worked and took me to the right place.
No action required.
The correct device drivers are installed

Check that the right device driver is installed i.e. for a printer or graphics card. See if it recognises a printer.
The printer is recognised so the right device driver must be installed.
The printer was not recognised.
Had to install the printer device driver that came with the printer.
The correct paper sizes are set for printing

Print something out onto A4 check to see if it worked then do the same for A3.
The print comes out on the right size paper.
The A4 print came out on A3.
I had to change the setting so that it prints onto A4.
Menu options work as intended

Check that the menu works and that all the options take you to the right place.
That the programmes take you to the right place.
The programmes all took me to the right place and the menu settings were correct
No action required.
The correct date and time are set

Check the date and time manually and change if needed.
The date and time is correct.
The date was wrong and the time was fast.
Reset the time and date so that it is correct.

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Unit 2 M3

The Intel i7 was tested in 2011 and the Mac was tested in 2009. The scores are very different. The Intel i7 has a better score, the Intel i7 has more RAM with it scoring 175 compared to the Macbook which scored 108. The CPU test shows that the Intel i7 has a higher score than the Mac which means that the Mac has a slower central processing unit meaning that programmes will open slower. The graphics score was higher on the Intel i7 with 2485 3D frames per second and the Mac having 70 3D frames per second. The scores for the hardware tests were similar with the Intel i7 scoring 18 and the Mac scoring 16 although the drive write speed of the Intel i7 was 143MB/s and the Mac had 40MB/s. 


Monday, 2 June 2014

unit 2 P8

                                                  

Witness statement
Learner name
Emma-Louise Spence
Qualification
BTEC National 1st certificate in IT
Unit number and title
Unit 2.2 computer systems.
Assignment


Description of activity undertaken (please be as specific as possible)
Using the computer system provided, carry out the following routine maintenance:
       Create a file structure under user as follows
A folder labelled with your name and within this folder create 3 folders labelled Home, Work and Study
       Configure the operating system to perform the following:
       back-up procedures
       automatic scheduling and deletion of unwanted data
       archiving
       defragmentation
       deleting temporary files
       Cleaning keyboard, mouse, display screen of the computer provided
       replacing consumables printer paper in the printer provided
·         replacing the damaged mouse


Assessment and grading criteria
Task 4. Undertake routine maintenance tasks on a standalone computer system. P8


How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading criteria, including how and where the activity took place
Emma-louise demonstrated that she can create a specified file structure. She set up the operating system to perform back-up procedures, automatic scheduling and deletion of unwanted data. She set up the operating system to archive and defragmented the computer. She set it up to delete temporary files. She showed that she could perform routine maintenance on the computer by cleaning the keyboard, mouse, display screen, replacing the printer paper. She also replaced the mouse.

Witness name
Kirsty Gemmill
Job role
Student




Witness signature
Kirsty Gemmill
Date
25/05/14








Assessor name






Assessor signature

Date

Unit 2 P7

This is the table I designed to show the results of the following tests.
Test
Result
Software applications open and work as intended
The software opens as it is meant to.
Default folder settings are correct
The settings are correct for the default settings.
Desktop shortcuts go to the right place
The desktop shortcuts go to the right place.
The correct device drivers are installed
The right device drivers are installed.
The correct paper sizes are set for printing
The printer paper sizes are correct.
Menu options work as intended
The menu options work as they are meant to.
The correct date and time are set
The time and date are set correctly.

Unit 2 P6

                                                  

Witness statement
Learner name
Emma-Louise Spence
Qualification
BTEC National 1st certificate in IT
Unit number and title
Unit 2.2 computer systems.
Assignment
Set up and maintain a computer system

Description of activity undertaken (please be as specific as possible)
Task 2 (P6)
Using the computer system provided:
Change the icon size to large
Change the font size to large
colour/background to red


Assessment and grading criteria
P6.configure a computer system to meet user needs

For P6, learners must configure some basic system settings, such as left and right mouse buttons, powersaving options, screen resolution, desktop theme, font size, default language setting, default folder locations etc.

How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading criteria, including how and where the activity took place
Emma-Louise was able to change the icon size to large, she was able to change the font size as well. She also changed the background to red.

Witness name
Kirsty Gemmill
Job role
Student



Witness signature
Kirsty Gemmill
Date
 22/05/14








Assessor name






Assessor signature

Date