Unit 2.2: Task 1 P5

Witness statement
Learner name		Rosey Sellars
Qualification		BTEC National 1st certificate in IT
Unit number and title		Unit 2.2
Assignment		Set up and manage a computer system
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 / 14/05/14 Connect a keyboard to a computer / 14/05/14 Connect a mouse to a computer / 14/05/14 Demonstrate where the graphics card is installed / 14/05/14 Install MS Office 2003 / 14/05/14 Install MS security essentials / 14/05/14 Create a user account / 14/05/14 Configure system software, application software and documents / 14/05/14
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
Rosey connected the monitor to the computer, as well as the keyboard and mouse by simply looking at the appropriate ports to plug the peripherals in. Rosey was able to show other students in the group where the graphics card is installed. Rosey then moved onto the laptop in the room and installed MS Office 2003 by opening the setup file, as well as the security essentials. A user account was already present on the computer, however Rosey displayed a good knowledge of how to complete this task, and managed to configure the system software herself.
Witness name	Callum James		Job role	Student
Witness signature	C James		Date	14/05/14
Assessor name	Chris Sumpter
Assessor signature			Date	14/05/14

Unit 2.1: Task 5 D1

Unit 2.1 Task 4 M1

Unit 2.1: Task 3 P3

Unit 2.1: Task 2 P2

Task 2 P2:

An operating system is a low level piece of software that helps to support the basic functions of a computer. It is an essential component in the system software in a computer system. This system communicates with the hardware to allow other programmes to run. Examples of common desktop operating systems are Windows, Mac and Linux.

Machine and Peripheral management: On computers you can control and alter your computer. In the control panel you can add devices e.g. cameras etc. and it is here that you will download the software to do this. You can also control volume, and brightness etc. for the computer itself, it’s basically the hub where all the controls for the computer lie.

Security:  The purpose of security operating systems is to protect all the data and information stored on the computer. Security mechanisms prevent unauthorized access to the computer, so if the computer picks up a virus from a particular website, the security operating systems kick in and remove this virus before any files are affected. This kind of operating system is extremely useful as virus’s can be a big problem for computers.

File Management: This function of the operating system involves handling the file system which consists of two parts—a set of files, and a directory structure. The set of files are saved on a secondary storage. These files have a name, location, size, type, time and date of creation. These files can be accessed either sequentially or directly. The directory structure provides information about the files stored on the secondary storage. So information is known about what the files contain.  Directory contains the name, location, size, and type of all the files defined on the device.

Device Drivers: Device drivers in an operating system are things such as cameras, phones or other pieces of technology that you connect to the computer. In most cases with technology such as phones, a piece of software has to be downloaded in order to use that device on the computer. But once the software is downloaded you can connect the device to the computer at any time. So this means that you can transfer things such as music and pictures. 

Unit 2.1: Task 1 P1

Unit 30: Task 8b D2

Task 8b: D2