U14-MCH

L2-U14-A3

Salford City College

BTEC First Extended Certificate In Information & Creative Technology
U14-A3

Table of Contents
Test plan.................................................................................................................................................. 2
User experience survey ........................................................................................................................... 4
Evidence .................................................................................................................................................. 5

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U14-A3

Test plan
Logo Date Name

Time Location PC

# Test Method Expectation Actual Action taken

1 RAM is To check if it has been successful right The RAM shows When checking None
installed click the start menu button and click on the correct the properties needed.
system; then you can see the amount of amount that has you can see 4
RAM that is in your computer. You can been installed. GB of RAM,
also do the power on self-test (P.O.S.T) which is correct.
where the computer tells you the
properties when it boots up.
2 The To test if the optical drive works, test if A CD is able to When a CD is None
optical it can read a CD. be read and inserted the required.
drive works perfectly. optical drive can
read it.

3 The You should check that the hard drive is There is enough When checking None
hard the correct size. storage space in the properties needed.
drive the clients you can see that
computer. the system has
enough storage
space.
4 The You should check that the pc has The pc should The computer None
power powered up. be able to booted up needed.
supply complete the correctly and
boot up process the RAM only
and not have bleeped once
any notified signifying that it
faults. was working
properly.
5 Ethernet Check if the connection is wired and is When checking The pc has None
card coming through the Ethernet cable. the system internet access required.
there should be through the
a cabled cable.
internet
connection.
6 Anti- To check if the anti-virus software is The anti-virus The software None
virus installed correctly you should check software should works fine, it needed.
softwar your documents to see if the software be able to scans when
e has been saved. detect viruses prompted to
and should scan and gives clear
for them when notification if
the user there is an
activates one. issue.

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7 De- To check if the de-fragmentation was There should be The files are all None
fragmen successful you should check that the no loose files on nicely grouped required
tation files are grouped together. the pc, up and are
everything stored neatly.
should be
stored neatly.
8 Disc To check that the disc clean-up has No disc clean- The pc cannot None
clean-up worked, make sure there are no up required do a disc clean- required.
temporary files stored on your pc. should appear up as there are
when prompted no temporary
to attempt one. files that are
filling pointless
space up on the
hard drive.

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User experience survey

Name

Date

Location

Pc name

(1-4) 1 being satisfactory, 4 being unsatisfactory.

Questions 1 2 3 4
Did the computer complete the boot-up process? X
How fast was the boot-up process? X
Did the optical drive read data? X
Is the hard drive the correct size? X
Are all files grouped up? X
Is the connection coming through the Ethernet cable? X
Was the disc clean-up successful? X
Is the hardware clean? X
Is there an anti-virus software installed on the pc? X
Did the restore process work? X
Did the backup work? X
How quickly did the computer work during use? X
Is there the correct amount of RAM? X
Overall opinion? X

Any other comments?

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Evidence

Here is some video evidence of some of the work I have completed.

KIZOA-Movie-Maker-0ajsp0bc.mp4

KIZOA-Movie-Maker-0fcx4w6e.mp4

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