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Knowledge Element: Basic OS usage
Definition of Knowledge Element:
Understand what an operating system is, what it does and how to use and communicate with it at a PC user level.
A very brief summary of the Knowledge:
Non provided.
Select the text below for further study material:
Operating System basics covereing several operating systems
A summary of expert opinion:
The knowledge named 'Basic OS usage' is considered to be very important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be easy to replace, it is learned with a study experience balance, and Over 85% of the Group are Experts.
It is also knowledge mostly used generally, and generally stable knowledge.
See Parameter table below for more detail.
Risk:
This knowledge element has a risk value of 3.18, whilst the average risk for the whole knowledge structure is 4.862. Consult the RISK page for more details.
Knowledge linked by learning dependency:
| Installing software | Detailed PC OS |
| Basic OS usage | |
|---|---|
Postrequisite knowledge implies that Basic OS usage must be understood before for a person can gain a full understanding of the knowledge listed in the top row of the Linked Knowledge table.
Basic OS usage has no prerequisite knowledge items and is therefore known as a leaf node. A leaf node is knowledge that has not been investigated further when the map was constructed.
Parameters assigned for Basic OS usage.
| Identifier | Name | Value | Clarifier | Weight | Study Mean |
P1 |
Importance |
8.0 |
very important |
1.0 |
6.34 |
P2 |
Recovery |
0.0 |
easy to replace |
1.0 |
3.38 |
P3 |
Study-Exp |
5.0 |
learned with a study experience balance |
1.0 |
3.46 |
P4 |
Known By |
10.0 |
Over 85% of the Group are Experts |
-1.0 |
2.80 |
P6 |
Specialised |
3.0 |
knowledge mostly used generally |
1.0 |
5.05 |
P7 |
Stability |
7.0 |
generally stable knowledge |
-0.7 |
6.41 |
People Involved with Basic OS usage:
| Person | Expert | Capable | Responsible | N S Jones | --- |
Yes |
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S P Evans | --- |
Yes |
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M A Smith | --- |
Yes |
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E N Roberts | --- |
Yes |
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A A Pendragon | Yes |
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