Maricopa Community Colleges  BPC100AA   19962-19965 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/28/95
BPC100AA 19962-19965 LEC 0.50 Credit(s) 0.50 Period(s)
Business-Personal Computers I
Personal computer system hardware and software concepts. Basic functions and usage of business computer. Working with disks and directories. Running applications software. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
BPC100AA   19962-19965 Business-Personal Computers I
1. Describe the hardware components of a personal computer. (I)
2. Describe the main categories of computer software. (II)
3. Boot a personal computer. (III)
4. Examine disk and drive content. (IV)
5. Run application software. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
BPC100AA   19962-19965 Business-Personal Computers I
    I. Describe the hardware components of a personal computer
        A. Monitor as output device
        B. Keyboard as input device
        C. Desktop case (tower.
          1. Central processing unit
          2. Computer memory
        D. Storage Devices
          1. Hard disk drives
          2. Floppy disks
          3. CD-ROM
        E. Printers as output devices
        F. Other components, such as a mouse
      II. Categories of computer software
          A. Operating System software
            1. MS-DOS
            2. MAC Sys7
            3. Windows
            4. OS/2
          B. Application software
            1. Word processing
            2. Spreadsheet
            3. Database
            4. Graphics
            5. Communications
        III. Booting a computer
            A. Cold boot process
            B. Warm boot process
          IV. Disks and drives
              A. Default to disk drives
              B. Produce file listings
              C. Examine disk organization
            V. Application software
                A. Run command driven software
                B. Run menu driven software
                C. Run gui driven software
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