Fairview High School
Inventing Quality Work For Students

Essential Outcomes
 

1^st Trimester Essential Outcomes

1. Exhibit positive leadership skills.
2. Participate in SkillsUSA-VICA as an integral part of classroom instruction.
3. Assess situations and apply problem-solving and decision-making skills to particular client relations in the community and workplace.
4. Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional setting.
5. Define the relationship given by Ohm’s Law.
6. Describe the significant differences between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).
7. Define the relationship given by the formula for electric power.
8. Define the relationship between the individual resistances in a circuit and the total resistance.
9. Measure voltages, current, and resistance using a digital multi-meter (DMM
10. Demonstrate proper soldering techniques.
11. Make, verify, and troubleshoot connections of a computer power supply.
12. Make, verify, and troubleshoot connections of multimedia components in a computer system.
13. Make, verify, and troubleshoot connections of data cables in a computer system (e.g. drives, network, USB, serial, printer).

14. Make, verify, and troubleshoot connections of video cables in a compute system.
15. Comprehend terms, concepts, and functions of system modules.
16. Demonstrate basic procedures for adding and removing field replaceable modules for both desktop and portable systems.
17. Identify available IRQ, Direct Memory Access (DMA), and I/O addresses and procedures for device installation and configuration.
18. Evaluate common peripheral ports, associated cabling, and connectors.
19. Analyze proper procedures for installing and configuring IDE/EIDE devices.
20. Evaluate procedures for installing and configuring peripheral devices.
21. Explore hardware methods of upgrading system performance, procedures for replacing basic subsystem components, unique components and when to use them.
22. Research common symptoms and problems associated with each module.
23. Evaluate troubleshooting procedures.
24. Elicit problem symptoms from customers.
25. Research the purpose of various types of preventive maintenance products and procedures
26. Research issues, procedures and devices for protection within the computing environment, including people, hardware and the surrounding workspace.
27. Evaluate potential hazards to personnel and equipment when working with lasers, high voltage equipment, ESD, and items that require special disposal procedures.
28. Distinguish between the popular CPU chips in terms of their basic characteristics.
29. Evaluate the categories of RAM (Random Access Memory) terminology, their locations, and physical characteristics.
30. Analyze the most popular type of motherboards, their components, and their architecture bus structures and power supplies.
31. Evaluate the purpose of CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor), what it contains, and how to change basic parameters.
32. Research basic concepts, printer operations, and printer components.
33. Analyze care and service techniques for primary printer types.
34. Evaluate common problems associated with primary printer types.
35. Build a PC from parts

2nd Trimester Essential Outcomes

36. Evaluate proper procedures for installing and configuring small computer system interface (SCSI) devices.
37. Identify basic networking concepts, including how a network works and the ramifications of repairs on the network.
38. Compare the following operating system’s functions, structure, and major system files to navigate the operating system and get to needed technical information: Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Command Prompt Procedures (Command syntax)
39. Analyze basic concepts and procedures for creating, viewing and managing files, directories and disks. This includes procedures for changing file attributes and the ramifications of those changes (for example, security issues).
40. Demonstrate procedures for installing Windows 9x, and Windows 2000 for bringing the software to a basic operational level
41. Demonstrate steps to perform an operating system upgrade
42. Perform basic system boot sequences and boot methods, including the steps to create an emergency boot disk with utilities installed for Windows 9x, Windows 2000, and Windows NT.
43. Demonstrate procedures for loading/adding and configuring application device drivers, and necessary software for certain devices.
44. Recognize and interpret the meaning of common error codes and startup messages from the boot sequence, and identify steps to correct the problems.
45. Analyze common problems and determine how to resolve them.
46. Identify the networking capabilities of Windows including procedures for connecting to the network
47. Identify concepts and capabilities relating to the Internet and basic procedures for setting up a system for Internet access.

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