LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

COMPUTER SYSTEM SERVICING 7&8

First Quarter, Weeks 8-9

Name of Learner: ____________________________________________________________

Grade Level /Section: ________________________ Date:____________________________

Maintaining Computer Equipment and Systems

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR LEARNERS

Computers are costly, and with all enormous buys, you likely need to ensure your
speculation. Fortunately, it isn't troublesome to keep your computer solid and in great working
arrange. Keeping up a computer includes three things: keeping it physically clean, ensuring it
from malware, and backing up your vital records.

Maintenance of a Computer System

Preventive maintenance can be the key to keep computer system from encountering
genuine issues, such as loss of information and equipment failures, and it makes a difference
systems have a longer life span of a computer equipment, it requires for preventive support of
a computer system. Taking after a great preventive maintenance can keep computer issues from
being as well troublesome.

Safety Precautions in Maintaining Computer System

Programmers and cyber assaults are a consistent source of concern when it comes to
keeping the information put away on your computer secure.

Occupational Health and Safety Hazard

An organized system of working to avoid accident and wounds. Well- being and
security strategies is the duty of all individuals within the work environment.
1. Recognize risk and hazard
2. Be mindful in utilizing computer system
3. Report the risk and to the authorized person
4. Remove the hazard and risk.
 Preventive Maintenance of Computer System
Preventive support is the normal and efficient review, cleaning, and replacement of
worn parts, materials, and systems. Viable preventive support reduces portion and system
issues and keeps equipment and program in great working condition.

Required Computer Maintenance

1. Keep the Keyboard, Mouse and Opening Clean
Keep your keyboard free from dirt and dust which can anticipate it from working
appropriate.
2. Gently clean your monitor
Your screen might appear sufficient, but it's helpless to dust and dirt as your keyboard
and ports. Tidy it intermittently with a microfiber cloth.
3. Keep Food and Beverages off from desktops and laptops
Keep Food and drinks off from desktops and laptops Fluid may spill and can cause an
electrical daze or the computer not to operate appropriately.
4. Organized Cords
Cables can easily gotten to be tangled, making them troublesome to work with, a few
of the time coming almost in contraptions unexpectedly getting to be unplugged as one
endeavors to move a cable.
5. Don’t Overcharge your batteries
The casing of the battery can ended up hot to the touch, and start to soften or swell.
6. Don’t block the vents in your computer
Like people your computer and laptop computers need to breathe. Your computer need
adequate ventilation and reasonable climate control to prevent overheating.
7. Be Careful with Unfamiliar Wi-Fi Networks
Beware of unsecured Wi-Fi networks it prone to hackers and cyber criminals who feels
sending a malware package on your way.

System Maintenance
System Support planning starts early within the procurement handle with advancement
of a support concept.

1. Shut it down properly every night

Make your nightly routine, it prolongs your devices life for months or even years. It is
important to a machine to shut down.
2. Always Have Firewall Running
Your working system is your devices to begin with line of defense against malware
with uncommon exemptions it ought to be continuously up and running.
 3. Regularly Erase Undesirable Programs
Periodically canvass your system undesirable programs that aren’t unmistakably
malicious.
4. Uninstall Program Completely
Erasing Programs symbols isn't legitimate way to expel unnecessary programs from
your computer. it must be uninstalled from the programs list.
5. Use External Hard Drives for Back up and Extra File Storage
Huge files will affect your systems and by and large execution so in the event that the
computer is full you must utilize external device to back up and exchange your
important records.
6. Run a Full Malware Scan
Enter the system Malware scan.
7. Get Anti Malware Scan Software
An anti-malware program is the best tool to keep computer and information secured. It
would be a program that secures the computer from malware such as spyware, adware,
and worms.
8. Back Up Your Data
Backing up essentially implies making an excess duplicate of information so that in
case anything happens to the initial information you have got a save duplicate.
9. Malware maintenance
Refers to sorts of noxious codes, objects or substance that invade your computer
resulting in harm and causing your system act in undesirable way.
10. Disk Maintenance
Disk Cleanup could be a computer support utility included in Microsoft Windows
outlined to free up disk space on a computer's hard drive.

Keeping Secured with Windows Security

Windows 10 incorporates Windows Security, which gives the most recent antivirus assurance.
Your device will be effectively secured from the minute you begin Windows 10. Windows
Security ceaselessly checks for malware (malicious program), infections, and security dangers.
In expansion to this real-time security, upgrades are downloaded consequently to assist keep
your device secure and ensure it from dangers.
 Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/stay-protected-with-windows-security-2ae0363d-0ada-c064-8b56-6a39afb6a963

Run a quick scan in Windows Security

1. Select Begin > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security and after that
Infection & risk protection. Open Windows Security settings
2. Under Current threats, select Quick Scan (or in past adaptations of Windows 10,
beneath Danger history, select Check now). If the scan doesn't discover any issues, but you're
still concerned, you'll need to check your device more thoroughly.

Run an advanced scan in Windows Security

1. Select Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security and after that
Infection & risk protection.
2. Under Current threats, select Quick scan (or in past adaptations of Windows 10,
beneath Risk history, select run a new advanced scan).
3. Select one of the scan options:
 Full check (check records and programs as of now running on your device)
 Custom scan (check particular records or folders)
 Microsoft Defender Offline scan (run this check on the off chance that your device
has been, or seem possibly be, contaminated by a infection or malware).
4. Select scan

Enabling Windows Vista and Windows 7 firewall

Caution
Only one program firewall ought to be empowered at a time. In the event that you've got an
antivirus or other security program introduced with its claim firewall, make beyond any doubt
it is disabled first.
1. Click Start and within the Search for Programs and Files content box, sort firewall, and
press Enter.
 2. Within the look results, press Windows Firewall.
3. In case the Windows Firewall is disabled, the Windows Firewall state will be off. If it is off,
click Change settings or Turn Windows Firewall on or off within the cleared out column.
4. Within the Firewall Settings window, Select On and press Ok.

LEARNING COMPETENCY
1. Implement procedures for ensuring security of data, including regular backups and virus
checks in accordance with standard operating procedures
2. Implement basic file maintenance procedures in line with the standards operating
procedures.

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1
Directions: Match Column A with Column B in order to identify the word / term being
described.
Column A Column B
1. Your screen might appear sufficient, but a. Always Have Firewall
it’s helpless to dust and dirt as your keyboard Running
and ports.
2. Cable easily gotten to be tangled, b. Run a Full Malware
making them troublesome to work with a few Scan
of the time coming almost contraptions
unexpectedly getting to be unplugged as one
endeavors to move a cable.
3. Keep your keyboard free from dirt and c. Backup your data
dust which can anticipate it from working
appropriate.
4. Beware of unsecured Wi-Fi networks it d. Don’t overcharge your
prone to hackers and cyber criminals who feels batteries
sending a malware packages on your way.
5. The casing of the batteries can ended e. Gently clean your
up hot to touch and start to soften or swell. monitor
6. Like people your computer need f. Organized Cords
adequate ventilation and reasonable climate
control to prevent overheating.
7. Fluid may spill and can cause an g. Be careful with
electrical daze or computer not operate Unfamiliar Wi-Fi
properly. Networks
 8. Your working system is your device to h. Keep Keyboard, mouse
begin with line of defense against malware and opening clean
with uncommon exemptions it ought to
continuously up and running.
9. Enter the system Malware scan i. Keep Food and
Beverages off from your
desktop and laptop
10. Backing up essentially implies making j. Don’t block the vents in
an access duplicate of information so that in your computer
case anything happens to be the initial
information you have got a save duplicate.

ACTIVITY 2
Directions: Fill in the blanks.
1. System support _______________start early within the procurement handle with
advancement and support concept.
2. Windows 10 incorporates _____________________, which gives the most recent
antivirus assurance.
3. Security ceaselessly checks for _________________ (malicious program) infections,
and dangers.
4. Preventive ___________________ can be the key to keep computer system from
encountering genuine issues such as loss of information and requirement failures and
it makes differences systems have longer life span.
5. Programmers and ___________________ are consistent source of concern when it
comes to keeping the information put away on your computer secure.

ACTIVITY 3
Directions: List 4 Occupational Health and Safety Hazard
1. _______________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________

REFLECTION
Write an essay about the importance of data Backup. Relate your
statement to the most leaned you acquired in the lesson.
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Gonzales, Grayzon. “Computer Hardware Servicing Practice Occupational Health and
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Labrecque, Shelley. “Computer Safety Tips.” LoveToKnow. LoveToKnow Corp. Accessed

November 4, 2020. https://safety.lovetoknow.com/Computer_Safety_Tips.

“How to Enable or Disable the Microsoft Windows Firewall.” Computer Hope, August 31,
2020. https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000551.htm.

Stay protected with Windows Security. Accessed November 4, 2020.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/stay-protected-with-windows-security-
2ae0363d-0ada-c064-8b56-6a39afb6a963.

Prepared by: JESUCRISTINA A. NIMENZO

ELEANOR P. POLICARPIO

Noted: LABERNE A. LADIGNON, JR.

Division ICT Coordinator/ OIC EPS
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