CIS 145 Computer Hardware

1. Review the relevance of the CompTIA A+ Certification Exam and the location of study materials pertinent to preparing for this exam; understand basic hardware components and how they are managed by various operating systems.  
2. Identify the primary tools and skills a PC Technician requires to represent themselves as both as an expert and a professional; demonstrate the ability to work through industry standard troubleshooting processes while maintaining and repairing computing devices. 
3. Identify, install, and troubleshoot standard computing components across various computing devices. 
4. Identify, install, and troubleshoot standard computing peripherals including but not limited to USB, FireWire, Display Devices, printers, KVM switches and the management of these components through operating system embedded tools.  
5. Identify, install and troubleshoot various storage solutions including but not limited to SATA, CDs, DVDs, RAID, and the embedded file systems used to create and manage them. 
6. Demonstrate the need for various network LAN and WAN topologies; Network hardware used to define those topologies; the TCP/IP mathematics used to secure them and the utilities used to manage typical network models. 
7. Demonstrate the ability to identify, troubleshoot, and manage various mobile devices 
8. Identify, install, manage, and troubleshoot the correct Operating System for the correct computing device. 
9. Create, share, and secure stored data within a defined operating system. 
10. Understand and be able to describe how to implement best practices as they pertain to desktop and mobile computing including but not limited to File Encryption, Malware mitigation and firewall configuration.  

• A+ Certification and Computing Overview 
• PC Technician Basics 
• System Components 
• Peripheral Devices 
• Storage Solutions 
• Networking Fundamentals 
• Mobile Devices 
• Systems Implementation and Management 
• File Shares and Management 
• Security Solutions