Demonstrate understanding of the common components of basic digital infrastructures
This standard asks you to show you understand the main parts of a computer system and how they work together. You need to describe what different hardware components (like the motherboard, memory, and storage), peripherals (like keyboard and monitor), and software (like the operating system) do, how they connect to each other, and what limits their ability to work with other components. You also need to know the proper steps for installing or replacing these parts.
You describe what different computer components do, how they connect, what their key characteristics are, and the steps to install or replace them.
You explain how a component's purpose determines how it connects to others and how data moves through the system, and you explain why certain technical characteristics limit which components can work together.
You discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the connections between components and explain how different technical specifications affect whether components can work together, considering cost, efficiency, and the situation where they'll be used.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.