ICTICT302 System Software Assignment 1

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ICTICT302 System software Assignment 1 Student Declaration This section is your declaration that the work is your own and has not been plagiarised or completed by someone else, you have retained a copy and understand the return of and retention time of assignments. 1. Instructions Upload your assessment to MyLearning 2. Details Qualification Code ICT30115 Title Certificate III in Information, Media and Technology Unit Code ICTICT302 Title Install and optimise operating system software Student(s) ID(s) Student name(s) Assessment Assessment task title Assignment 1 Assessor’s name Robert Softley Dates Due date Click here to enter text. Date submitted 3. Declaration Submission 1 st Submission  2 nd Submission ☐ 3 rd Submission ☐ 1. I/We certify that the content of this assignment is my/our own original work. 2. I/We have retained a copy, of this assignment as proof of its completion. 3. I/We have received and understood information about the return of and retention time of assignments. Signature Student signature Date DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 1 of 8

Determine function of operating system 1. Diagram of Operating System Relationships created in Visio using a basic network diagram(insert below) - 2. Working independently, and using your favourite search engine, answer the following questions in your own words. What are the two main functions of an operating system? A. 3. Why might a computer operated device not need an operating system? A. 4. What is an example of an electronic device with a computer that doesn’t need an operating system? A. 5. Real-time systems process as input is received. Batch systems store input and process at a convenient (non-busy) time. Give two examples of batch processing that would be used in the Finance industry. A. 6. The operating system allows applications to run, suspending execution only long enough to deal with interrupts and user input. What is an interrupt? A. 7. What are the two main classes of interrupts which may occur? This is a simple answer. A. 8. Give two typical examples of each class of interrupts. A. 9. What keyboard interrupt do you use when the screen freezes on your PC? A. 10.Real-time operating systems are typically used in industry to control machinery like making cars. They have a very limited interface and no other end-user utilities. What would be one of the most important aspects of their resource management? This is a simple answer based on the previous few questions. A. 11.Multitasking is carrying out two or more processes at once. Describe pre-emptive multitasking by CPU’s. PCMag has the best description. A. 12.Windows 10 uses the NTFS file system. What do the letters NTFS stand for? A. 13.What are the advantages of the NTFS file system over the former FAT 32 file system? A. 14.To wipe a disk clean you can format it. What procedures are carried out when you format a disk? DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 2 of 8

A. 15.Describe the easiest way to format a USB memory stick? A. 16.Windows files have extensions to their filenames (which are usually hidden from you) to distinguish their types and allow the operating system to associate them with programs (apps). What are the extensions for the following files – Excel spreadsheet – Photoshop file – PowerPoint presentation – Disk image file – Flash video file – Backup file – Outlook personal address book file - 17.Describe each of the following Microsoft Word document files to show the differences – .doc (pre-Word 2007) - .docx (introduced in Word 2007) - .docm (introduced in Word 2007) - 18.Briefly describe how is memory managed by Windows 10? A. 19.For the following tasks you may need to go to the hardware lab to a Windows 10 PC. Use the snipping tool to copy the screenshots to a USB, for pasting into your assignment. To ensure that Windows is configured to give the best performance for your needs, press the Windows key with the Pause key. Make note of the installed memory (RAM). In the left pane, click on Advanced system settings, and then click on the Advanced tab. Click on the Settings button in the Performance section. In the Visual effects tab what happens when you choose – Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer A. 20.Adjust for best appearance A. 21.Adjust for best performance A. 22.Click on the Advanced tab. What adjustments can you make to virtual (hard disk) memory? A. 23.To get a rough picture of what’s happening in memory and the page file press Control-Alt-Delete and open the Task Manager. Click on the Performance tab and you should be able to see the CPU usage and Page File usage. This is expressed as amount/amount available, where amount is a number. It will vary slightly as you look at it, and a by lot if you start doing things. What is the current Page File usage? A. 24.Open a couple of programs (the Task Manager should remain on top). What affect did this have on the Page File (it should have increased as Windows busily frees up more RAM)? A. DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 3 of 8

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25.Click on the Processes tab to see everything that is loaded in RAM. Choose View, Select Columns, and tick Memory – Working Set, and Memory – Paged Pool and click OK. You may have to widen the Task Manager window to see the additional column. Memory – Working Set shows how much memory each process is taking up in RAM, and Memory – Paged Pool shows how much is parked in the Page File on the hard disk. Click on the Memory – Working Set heading to sort the column until you can see which process is taking up the most memory. Which is it, and how many Kb is it taking up? A. 26.Sort the Paged Pool column. Which process is taking up the most virtual memory, and how many Kb is it taking up? A. 27.The processor processes in time slices. If you have three programs running it does some processing for program A, then processes for program B, and then for program C. It repeats this cycle, giving each program a chance with the CPU. Some of these processes may be carried out in the background, such as printing etc. You can change the emphasis between programs you are currently working in, and background processes by pressing Windows key-Pause, Advanced system settings, Advanced tab, and clicking on Settings in the Performance section. On the Advanced tab you will find processor scheduling. Use Google to find out how to give high priority to a process (say you were rendering an image in Photoshop). A. Obtain operating system 28.Complete the following table for a single business user (using recommended system requirements) – Windows 10 Professional Ubuntu Linux 18.10 Desktop Cost System requirements - processor System requirements - RAM System requirements – disk space System requirements – graphics card Product support For the following questions, the “Guide to Linux” and “What is Ubuntu” files on the X: drive will be of help. 29.List at least three advantages for a business to run Linux instead of Windows. A. List at least three disadvantages of running Linux instead of Windows. A. 30.What are the names of four different distributors of Linux? A. 31.Name the two most popular operating systems for mobile phones listing who they are developed by and their current version numbers. DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 4 of 8

A. 32.What hardware might a mobile phone operating system manage? A. 33.What software might a mobile phone operating system manage? A. 34.What do you have to do in order to have two different operating systems on a hard disk? A. 35. With a dual-boot disk, how do you choose the operating system when you start the PC? A. 36. What are the most important differences between the Windows 10 editions (Home, Pro and Enterprise) for a small business? You can find the answers at https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/WindowsForBusiness/Compare Features in Pro that are not in Home - Features in Enterprise that are not in Pro - 37. Open VMWare Workstation 12 Player Choose to Create a new virtual machine Chose to use an iso file from the X: drive Enter your name, make up a username, and use the password Bendigo@1 Keep all the defaults and click Finish Cancel the software updates and click OK to use the removable devices Watch as Linux loads If this doesn’t work within say 15 minutes, then Go to the hardware lab and run Ubuntu Linux from the DVD provided. Directions: 1. Insert the Linux DVD in the drive. Restart the PC and press F2 to enter the Setup. Choose Boot Sequence to change the Boot order of the PC to look at the DVD first. 2. Start the PC and choose to boot from the CD/DVD and continue 3. Note the choices (eventually)– Try Ubuntu or Install Ubuntu. We choose to Try so that Windows 10 remains unaffected on the computer 4. Note that the administrator of the computer is called a superuser in Linux. When operating in Linux you will do so as an ordinary user, but can change to the superuser when required by typing the word “sudo” without the quotes When Linux has loaded, investigate the desktop to see what everything does and where it is located. As with Windows there are two ways of operating – the graphical interface and the command line. We will explore files and folders using the command line. 5. Click the Search button in the top left-hand corner of the Desktop. Type Terminal and open the command line. Use the pwd command (print working directory) to display the full path to the current directory which should be something like /home/yourname 6. Use the cd .. command to move up one directory to /home 7. Use the ls command (list) to display the list of files and subdirectories in the /home directory DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 5 of 8

8. Use the ls -l command (long format) to display the results using the long format. This will tell you the attributes (read/write etc. permissions), links (like Windows shortcuts), owners and size, date, and name 9. Use the cd .. command again to move up to the root directory which is indicated by a forward slash. The ls –l command lists everything in the root directory 10. The vi editor (visual editor) is a text editor that works in command mode to create text files or scripts. Let us create a text file called mymemo 11. If you are not already in your home directory, use the cd command to go there by typing cd /home/ 12. To open the vi editor and create a new file, enter the command vi mymemo 13. Type in a couple of lines of text and press: wq to save the file after first pressing Escape. Note that you will be unable to save if you are running Linux from the DVD 14. Exit the Terminal by clicking the Close button in the top left corner of the program Now we will use the graphical interface – 15. Create a desktop icon for the Terminal program usually by dragging the icon onto the Desktop 16. Open the file manager and add a new folder called Downloads under the Music folder 17. Open the word processor and type the heading Weekly Roster for Cleaning. Insert a 5 column, 5 row table. Type the days of the week for headings and write six different names in the table so that four employees are rostered on for each day. Save the document as Weekly Roster in the latest Word file format in the Documents folder 18. Open the Spreadsheet and create a spreadsheet to show the following data – Sales Figures Outback Coast Cities Total Jan 10 32 20 Feb 79 4 34 Mar 34 56 67 Apr 4 1 93 May 81 23 10 Jun 40 50 79 Jul 98 45 67 Aug 67 50 70 Sep 54 56 73 Oct 29 62 76 Nov 25 68 80 Dec 22 74 83 Totals Average Maximum Minimum Enter formulas to calculate the totals, average, max, min etc Save the spreadsheet as Sales Figures in the latest Excel file format in the Documents directory 19. Open the Presentations program and create a five slide show on any topic of your choice. Apply a theme to all your slides by choosing a Master Page from the button on the right of the screen. DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 6 of 8

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There are the usual menus at the top of the window if you move your cursor up there. Save the file with a suitable name in the latest PowerPoint file format in the Documents folder 20. Change the permissions for the Word, Spreadsheet, and Presentation files so that other users can read and write to them 21. Add a new folder called Drawings under the Pictures folder 22. Show David how to access the help to look up how to find what hardware is connected to the system When you have installed a new operating system, it is important to know how to run tests to ensure that everything is working OK. Listed below are some of the standard tests that are included with Linux. 23. If you are running Linux from a DVD you will not be able to run these tests, but it is useful to know that they are available. A few Ubuntu Linux Tests Memory Check ( Memtest86+) This is an inbuilt memory checking tool for Ubuntu Linux. To start the Memtest86+: 1. Restart your machine. During the restart process, press and hold the SHIFT key at the boot screen. 2. You end up on the Grub screen, where you’ll see memtest86+. 3. Navigate using the arrow keys to memtest86+ and press Enter . The serial console option is for Remote Access. 4. The RAM test process will take a few minutes to complete. Hard Drive Check Ubuntu has an inbuilt S.M.A.R.T. utility to deliver the hard drive information to you. To access the utility: 1. Click the Ubuntu button and type Disk . 2. In the Disk utility, select your hard drive in the left pane. 3. Click the button (having 3 horizontal lines) in the top right corner of the Disk utility. Click SMART Data & Self-Tests . You can also press CTRL+S to access the same (you need to be on the Disk Utility). Checkbox If you have Ubuntu installed on your machine, then an inbuilt tool Checkbox does the job of finding hardware errors in different components of your machine.  Linux installed correctly  Mymemo text file created and stored in user’s directory  Icons created on Desktop for Terminal and Mahjongg  Weekly Roster, Sales Figures and the presentation created and stored in Documents  Permissions changed to allow read/write for all users  New folder created for Drawings under Pictures  Help accessed and used to search  Diagnostic test run to check installation of new operating system DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 7 of 8

ICTICT302 Unit Result Record Assessment Feedback With competency based assessment all assessment requirements for each assessment task must be deemed satisfactory (S) for a competent (CA) result to be recorded. If an assessment result for any task is deemed not satisfactory (NS) a resubmission will be required for the outstanding (NS) assessment task. Assessment task S NS ICTICT302 Assignment 1 ☐ ☐ Result for unit of competency A Competency Not Achieved result (CNA) means there is one or more tasks which have been assessed as Not Satisfactory (NS). This means, there was some component(s) of the task(s) that were either not addressed or did not meet the criteria set. If you would like to discuss this assessment outcome please contact the assessor. CA / CNA Overall feedback comments for assessment/unit of competency Signature Assessor’s signature Date DHewitt Last saved 7/10/2020 Page 8 of 8

ICTICT302 System Software Assignment 1

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