P5 Unit 2

Witness statement
Learner name		Ethan Ogden
Qualification		BTEC National 1st certificate in IT
Unit number and title		Unit 2.2 computer systems.
Assignment		P5 set up a standalone computer system, installing hardware and software components [SM3]
Description of activity undertaken (please be as specific as possible)
After making a successful start in your role as an IT trainer for the IT Support Department of RS Components, you have been have been asked to prepare training material of a more advanced and practical kind. Before you are allowed to do this you are required to prove your abilities in hardware and software upgrades. Task Achieved Date achieved Connect a monitor to a computer         Y 13.5.14 Connect a keyboard to a computer         Y 13.5.14 Connect a mouse to a computer         Y 13.5.14 Demonstrate where the graphics card is installed         Y 13.5.14 Install MS Office 2003         Y 13.5.14 Install MS security essentials         Y 13.5.14 Create a user account         Y 13.5.14 Configure system software, application software and documents         Y 13.5.14
Assessment and grading criteria
P5 set up a standalone computer system, installing hardware and software components [SM3] For P5, learners must install at least one hardware and one software component in a stand-alone system. This is best evidenced with a witness statement or observation record and screen shots. Learners must use suitable safety equipment/tools and pay due regard to health and safety issues.
How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading criteria, including how and where the activity took place
Ethan was successful in achieving all of the above tasks. He was given a computer with the monitor, keyboard and mouse all unplugged. First he plugged the monitor into the computer, followed by the keyboard and mouse. After each of these was successfully plugged in, Ethan plugged the computers power lead in and switched on the computer. After the computer loaded Ethan successfully created a user account on the computer, he then inserted the MS Office 2003 disk and installed Office. He then inserted the MS security essentials disk and was successful with the installation.
Witness name	Liam Paterson		Job role	Student
Witness signature	Liam Paterson		Date	13.5.14
Assessor name	Chris Sumpter
Assessor signature	C. Sumpter		Date	14.5.14

P3 Unit 2

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Unit 2 P2

An operating system is a layer of control which allows the user to interface between the hardware and the software. The operating system is in charge of managing the computer and it allows the user to run software. 

There are many different operating systems available, but the most popular ones are windows, mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux. 

Most modern operating systems have a GUI and multitasking features. A GUI is graphic user interface and it is what you see on your monitor, it allows you to easily access installed programs. Multitasking is when you run two or more programs at a given time, early systems did not support this, so when you were running painting software and you wanted to change to text editor you would have to close the painting software in order to run the other piece of software.
Modern computers allow you to run almost limitless software at the same time as a result of large amounts of RAM and powerful multi core CPUS.

The three main types of operating systems are Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

Most operating systems now come with their own security, for example Windows 8 features Windows Defender, this is a program that runs in the background and notifies you when you need to take an action, it also allows you to scan your computer for malware if your computer is running slow or isn’t working, it also protects you online and prevents you clicking on virus links or emails containing a virus.  

Windows features ‘My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos and Downloads’ this allows you to manage your files as soon as you get the computer and want to transfer documents across from an old computer etc. All files that you download should automatically go into your ‘Download’ folder, but you are able to choose where your files save to. You are also able to create folders in these main folders to make your files neater and easier now to navigate.