PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Subject: TRADE TECH 3: PC INTERFACING AND NETWORKING Term: MIDTERM EXAMINATION
No. of Positioning of the Test Items
Total No. of
Topic Hours Evaluat %
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Items
Taught ion
COURSE ORIENTATION
A. University Vision and
Mission
B. College Goals and
Program Objectives 15
C. Course Content Hours

D. Course Policies and

Requirements
E. ISO Standards
F. 7s
CHAPTER 1:
Taking a Computer Apart
and Putting It Back Together
15 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
A. Exploring a Desktop Hours 9,10,
10
Computer
B. First Look at Laptop
Components
CHAPTER 2: All About 15 11,12,13,14, 36
Hours 15,
Motherboards 85,86,87,88,89,90,
A. Motherboard Types and 91,92,
Features 94,95,96,97,98,99,
100,101,102,103,1
B. Using BIOS/UEFI Setup 04,105,106,107,10
to Configure a 8,109,110,111,112,
Motherboard 113,114,115,116
C. Updating Motherboard
 Drivers and BIOS/UEFI
D. Installing or Replacing a
Motherboard
CHAPTER 3: Supporting
Processors and Upgrading
Memory
A. Types and
Characteristics of 21,22,23,24,25,26,
15
Processors Hours
39,40,41, 12
42,43,44
B. Selecting and Installing
a Processor
C. Memory Technologies
D. How to Upgrade
Memory
CHAPTER 4: Supporting the
Power System
and Troubleshooting Computers
A. Cooling Methods and
Devices
B. Selecting a Power
Supply 27,28,29,30,31,32,
15 33,34,35,36,37,38,
C. Strategies to Hours 117,118,119,120,1
20
Troubleshoot Any 21,122,123,124,
Computer Problem
D. Troubleshooting the
Electrical System
E. Troubleshooting the
Motherboard, Processor
and RAM
CHAPTER 5: Supporting Hard 15 93 1
Hours
Drives and Other Storage
Devices
A. Hard Drive
Technologies and
Interface Standards
B. How to Select and
Install Hard Drives
C. Supporting Other Types
of Storage Devices
 D. Troubleshooting Hard
Drives
CHAPTER 6:
Supporting I/O Devices
A. Basic Principles for
Supporting Devices
B. Identifying and Installing 45,46,47,48,49,50,
I/O Peripheral Devices 51,52,53,54,55,56,
C. Installing and 57,58,59,60,61,62,
15 63,64,65,66,67,68,
Configuring Adapter Hours 69,70,
40
Cards 71,72,73,74,75,76,
D. Supporting the Video 77,78,79,80,81,82,
83,84
Subsystem
E. Troubleshooting I/O
Devices
F. Customizing Computer
Systems
135 71 46 0 0 4 0 71 100%
PREPARED BY: NOTED BY: REVIEWED BY: APPROVED BY:

ENGR. PETER PAUL Q. PADIOS ENGR. FRANCO D. NERO Prof. ALICA R. LOON, MAEd. ATANACIO M. NACANA, Ph.D
Instructor 1 Department Head, Computer Technology Program Chair, BSIT Program College Dean, CIT
 PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Subject: TRADE TECH 1: BASIC COMPUTER OPERATION AND BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING Term: FINAL EXAMINATION (PRACTICAL EXAMINATION/LAB)
No. of Positioning of the Test Items
Total No. of
Topic Hours %
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Items
Taught
Windows File Systems
a. FAT (File Allocation Table)
b. NTFS (New Technology File
System)
c. Types of File Systems (FAT16, 0
FAT32, VFAT, NTFS4, NTFS5 &
HPFS)
d. File System Care
e. Checking the drive for errors
Hard Disk Management &
Configurations
a. Hard disk configurations
b. Hard disk partition
c. Preparing a brand new hard
drive
d. Partitioning a Hard Drive
e. Formatting a Hard Drive 5, 38 2 4%
f. Deleting Hard Disk partitions
g. Hard Disk Diagnostic test
h. Repairing the Master Boot
Record
i. Fixing a damaged partition table
j. Repairing Hard Disk with Bad
Sectors
4, 8, 9, 18, 23, 28,
Operating System Installations and 20, 34, 37, 45
10 20%
upgrades
a. Hardware requirements
b. Hardware compatibility
c. Common errors during
installation
d. Installing Windows 7
e. Installing Windows 8
f. Installing Windows 10
g. Upgrading your Operating
System
h. Dual Boot Installation
Hardware Device Driver Installation
a. What is a Device driver?
b. Function of a device driver
c. Determining hardware model &
manufacturer
d. Where to find Hardware drivers
e. Searching for drivers in the
internet
f. Installing device drivers (Video
card, LAN card, Modem,
printers etc.)
g. Post-install operations
Software Installation
a. Software compatibility
b. Hardware requirements
c. Dealing with failed installation
d. Installation methods (Control
Panel, Installer)
e. Installing Software (MS-Office,
1,2,3, 13,14, 17, 19,
Anti-Virus, Network games 10 20%
24, 33, 42
programs etc.)
f. Software updates and Service
packs
g. Uninstalling Software
h. Dealing with failed uninstallation
i. Manual Removal of installed
Software
Virus Management: Detecting and
Removing
a. What is a virus?
b. Types of virus
c. Spyware, Adware, malware
viruses
d. Preventing Virus infections
e. Protecting Key System files
f. Checking for Macro viruses
missed by anti-virus programs
g. Protecting against script based 16, 25, 26, 35 4 8%
virus
h. Symptoms of an infected
computer
i. Deciding what anti-virus
program to install
j. Installing Anti-Virus programs
k. Installing Anti-Spyware,
Malware and Adware program.
l. Diagnosing, Treating and
Removing Virus infections
Data Recovery Concept 6, 20, 36, 43, 4 8%
a. How disk drives work
b. Understanding Tracks, Sectors,
Cylinders and Clusters
c. Master Boot Record
d. Partition table
e. Troubleshooting strategy
concepts
f. Running Scandisk to check for
disk errors
g. Correcting errors reported by
scandisk
h. Causes and symptoms of a
corrupted FAT
i. Repairing lost and cross-linked
files
j. Surviving Disk Disasters
k. Understanding Disk error
 messages
l. Creating emergency rescue disk
m. Using Disk repair tools
n. Recovering Files and
Directories
o. Recovering erased Files
p. Transferring recovered files to
backup disk
q. Editing Disk sectors
r. Reviving non-bootable disk
s. Repairing the Master Boot
Record
t. Fixing a damaged partition table
u. Dealing with accidental
Reformatting
v. Formatting a drive
w. Removing Disk Fragmentation
x. Using Backup utility program
y. Fixing common disk problems
z. Solving ?Invalid drive
specification
Configuring and Troubleshooting 7,8, 10,11, 12, 21, 11 22%
27, 29, 31, 33, 39
WINDOWS
a. General Troubleshooting
Methodology
b. What to do when Windows
failed to start
c. Windows Plug n Play
Architecture
d. Windows boot files • Windows
Start-up process
e. Troubleshooting Windows Start-
up problems
f. Dual booting Windows 7 with
Windows 8/10
g. Creating a bootable USB
installer
h. Solving common Windows
 errors
i. Windows 7/10 Administrative
Tools
j. Computer Management
Console (Adding, Editing and
deleting partitions)
k. System Tools, Services and
applications
Disk Partitioning/Cloning
a. Disk Partitioning Concept
b. Disk Cloning Concept
c. Advantages of Disk Cloning
d. Issues to consider before
cloning a drive
e. Disk Cloning Software
(XXclone)
f. Disk Cloning using HIRENS
g. Dealing with accidental or
mistakenly cloned drive
(Uncloning a drive)
h. Common disk cloning errors
i. Solving Disk Cloning failures
HIRENS Utility
a. Mini OS (XP / 7 Portable)
b. Offline Password Changer
c. Testing tools
Virtual Machines 15,22,40, 41, 44, 46, 10 20%
47, 48, 49, 50
a. Virtual Machine Concept
b. Creating a virtual machine
c. Troubleshooting a virtual
machine
d. Rules and guidelines in creating
a virtual machine
System Tools
a. Computer Registry
b. Using Diagnostic Tools
c. Local Group Policy Editor
d. System Configuration
e. Computer Shortcuts
105 50 0 0 0 4 0 4 100%
PREPARED BY: NOTED BY: REVIEWED BY: APPROVED BY:

ENGR. PETER PAUL Q. PADIOS ENGR. FRANCO D. NERO Prof. ALICA R. LOON, MAEd. ATANACIO M. NACANA, Ph.D
Instructor 1 Department Head, Computer Technology Program Chair, BSIT Program College Dean, CIT