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Practical Final Assessment

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OBJECTIVES

ENSURE NOT JUST KNOWLEGE BUT BASIC PRACTICAL KNOWLEWGE

IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE STUDENT TO THE BASIC PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE
COURSE SUCH AS UNDERSTANDING THE TERMINOLOGIES AS WELL AS IDENTIFICATION,
INSTALLATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS OF THE PC.
THE EXPOSURE WILL ENABLE THE STUDENTS TO ENTER THE PROFESSION WITH
CONFIDENCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRODUCTIVITY.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
ADMINISTRATOR

LAB AVAILABILITY AND EQUIPEMENT REQUIRED

INSTRUCTOR

ENSURE AT LEAST STUDENT PERFORM AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING FOR THE
PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT.

SUGGESTION
NOTE: ONE WEEK AFTER THIS LEVEL EACH STUDENT WILL DEMONSTRATE ONE THE
FF:

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Q1. DISASSEMBLING

AND ASSEMBLING COMPLETE SYSTEM.

(Consider ESD)
Output Expected: System must boot successfully.
Grade PASS: 25
25 - Boot Successfully, No Burnt pins, Components well
screwed.
20 - Boot Successfully, No Burnt pins but Loose
Components.
10 - Boot But process not successful
1 - Blank Screen
Q2. INSTALLATION

OF TWO IDE DRIVES (HDD & CDROM) ON

SINGLE RIBBON CABLE. (Consider ESD)
Output Expected: HDD detected as Master and
CDROM detected as slave.
Grade PASS: 25
25 - Physically well installed in the drive bay, Detected
correctly and
verified.
20 - Not well installed in the drive bay, Detected
correctly and
verified.
10 - Well installed in the drive bay, verified but not
detected.
1 - Not well installed, not detected and not verified.

Q3. CLEAR

SYSTEM PASSWORD:
(Consider ESD)
Output Expected: System must boot successfully with
password cleared.
Grade PASS:25
25 - Boot Successfully, factory settings loaded, Password
cleared.
20 -. Boot Successfully, factory settings loaded, No
password cleared
10 - Boot Successfully, No factory settings loaded, No
password cleared.
1 - Blank Screen.

Q4. Physical

Installation of motherboard with the following

components:
CPU
RAM
Power Supply
NIC
Output Expected: System must boot successfully.
Grade PASS:25
25 - Boot Successfully, No Burnt pins, Components well
screwed.
20 - Boot Successfully, No Burnt pins but Loose
Components.
10 - Power On but No Boot.
1 - No Boot.

Q5. Physical

Installation of Power Supply:

Output Expected: System must boot successfully.

Grade PASS:25
25 - Boot Successfully, Power Supply well screwed.
20 - Boot Successfully, Power Supply not well screwed.
10 - Power On but No Boot.
1 - No Power.
Q6.

There are two partitions Format drive C: and leave data

on drive D:
Output Expected: Drive C: formatted and D: data

intact.
Grade PASS: 25
25 - Copy data to drive D, Boot Successfully from
windows setup CD, format Drive C: leaving D: intact.
20 - Boot Successfully from windows setup CD, format
Drive C: leaving D: intact, No data.

Q7. Boot windows from Safe Mode.

Output Expected: windows in Safe Mode.

Grade PASS:25
25 - Boot Successfully into windows Safe Mode.

Q8. Create

two primary partitions drive C: (NTFS) and D:

(FAT).
Output Expected: Drive C: and D: created.
Grade PASS:25
25 - Boot Successfully from windows setup CD, Drive C:
and D: created.

Q9. Print a

Test Page

Output Expected: Printer Test page.

Grade PASS:25
25 - Test page printed.
Q10.

Restore Windows to previous date.

Output Expected: Windows Restored to previous state.

Grade PASS:25
25 - : Windows Restored from current state to previous state.

Network+ Salary
Average salary for Network+ certified professionals and related CompTIA certification holders:
CompTIA A+: $70,554
CompTIA Network+: $73,743

CompTIA Storage+: $79,078

CompTIA Server+: $79,420

CompTIA Security+: $79,730

CompTIA Project+: 80,412

CompTIA Linux+: $85,863

CompTIA Cloud Essentials: $101,307

Salary Survey respondents may hold more certifications than those listed here.
Source: 2015 IT Skills and Salary Report by Global Knowledge & Windows IT Pro