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Reviewer for 3rd Long Test Grade 8

Maintaining tools, equipment and peripherals

Environment, weather, and duration and frequency of use are several factors that can lead to the
wear and tear of hardware components and affect their performance.
Hardware Maintenance is a major factor in delivering an excellent product such as great animation
production for animators.
Optimize the operating system can maintain your operating system.
Optimizing your operating system, it improves the performance and makes its speed in
processing information faster.
Malware destroys files and other important program and operating system components.
Anti-Virus checks and scans your computer system.
Defragmentation is the process of collecting all the scattered files to repair and reorganize them so they
can open quickly.
Fragmentation makes the file slow to open and modify.
The benefit of updating your software is you can able to benefit from the solutions that were made
by the developers for the improvement of the overall performance of the computer.
Appropriate cleaning tools and materials are the essentials for cleaning the physical parts of a
computer.
"AVR" stand for Automatic Voltage Regulator.
Food particles causes the keyboard malfunction.
We need to keep computers away from magnets because magnets may damage the hard drive.
Defragment, scan, and back up data improves the performance of the hard drive and help the
operating system load faster.
Dust, grime, and other types of contaminants could enter the internal components of a computer and
cause it to malfunction.
Gloves and Mask are personal protective equipment.
Degreaser use for easy removal and installation of screws and bolts in computer components.
Cotton Swab is cleaning material used for cleaning hard-to-reach parts of computer components.
Proper selection of cleaning materials is the first thing that should be considered before cleaning the
computer parts.
Soft Cotton Cloth is the common cleaning material for wiping, external parts and surface of a computer.
Brush - is used to clean hard to reach areas that cloth cannot reach.
For cleaning computer components with rubbing alcohol always apply a small and gently rubbing it
onto the surface of the component makes the surface clean and free from grime and other
contaminants.
Keyboard - is the most exposed to different elements.
Shut down the computer properly is a step in cleaning the keyboard.
Spray compressed air between the keys and gently wipe the top of keys with a soft cloth
moistened with rubbing alcohol or water.
Types of mice - Mechanical, Optical, Wireless
Mouse - is used for selecting specific programs or commands on a computer by means of dragging a
cursor.
Optical and Wireless does it not require internal cleaning
Connect the cable of the mouse from the computer.
Turn off the Bluetooth connection.
Using a moistened cloth, wipe the surface gently until the dirt elements are gone.
Using a soft cloth is the most efficient way to clean a monitor.
Wipe the monitor with a soft and moistened cloth gently until other elements are gone.
Drawing Tablet is one of the most essential devices an animator uses.
Allows the animator to create better designs is the effect of a cleaned drawing tablet and pen on
the animator.
Mechanical mouse is prone to gathering dust and dirt.
May cause problems to its output is the effect of dust and dirt on the performance of the monitor.
Date of the submission of the form is included in report form.
Inspect the wiring and cables that are attached to the computer for cuts, breaches, and cracks on a
regular basis.
Maintain a clean monitor.

Prepared by: Recomar Y. Ebrado

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