| Units: |
1.00 |
| Prerequisite: |
None. |
| Hours: |
18 hours lecture, 18
hours laboratory |
| Description: |
This course introduces
operating systems for the PC. Topics include file
systems, operating system services, program
management, file and directory organization, and
hard drive maintenance. It also includes information
on protecting your PC from viruses, Trojans, worms,
adware, spyware, and other malicious network
exploits. Additional topics are DOS commands and
batch files. |
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Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the
student will be able to:
- analyze the different file systems available and
analyze backward and forward compatibilities.
- analyze proper file naming conventions and explain
file extensions and program associations.
- apply built-in file management utilities to
organize, copy, move, rename and delete files.
- describe file fragmentation, total disk
fragmentation, lost clusters, bad sectors, and apply
hard disk maintenance tools such as system cleanup,
error checking (scandisk) and the disk defragmenter.
- contrast and compare computer viruses, Trojans,
worms, malicious scripts, rootkits, spyware and adware,
and apply the specific software programs to remove them
and prevent future problems.
- create shortcuts to files, folders and programs, and
configure the properties of the desktop, taskbar,
display, keyboard, mouse, and other peripheral devices.
- analyze and explain the methods for performing
backups of the operating system, registry and user data
files, and describe the advantages and disadvantages of
different backup media.
- apply DOS commands for directory searches, file
management, system troubleshooting, hard disk
maintenance and basic network diagnostics.
- create and apply DOS batch files for file
maintenance, file backups, hard drive maintenance and
other repetitive tasks.
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