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LAR-Laws & Rules

P.E.-Professional Engineers

 

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PC Fundamentals for Design Professionals

Course No. BS-1002

Credit: 1 PDH

Course Fee: $28.95 Purchase course

Subject Matter Expert: Jack Warner, P.E.

Attention Engineers Licensed in the States of: Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania

This course cannot be taken to fulfill the continuing education requirements of the states shown above since the subject matter does not fall within the state guidelines. For more information, check your State Board Requirements.

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Overview

The goal of this 1-hour online course is to provide a basic understanding of what's inside the Personal Computer that you use every day. Much of this knowledge will even apply to much larger computers. The content is geared for design professionals, but is understandable and usable by anyone. After completing this course, you should have a better understanding of your Personal Computer and how it works. More specifically, you will:

  • Have an understanding of the rapid evolution in computing that lead us to where we are today
  • Know the basic components that make up a computer
  • Understand the purpose of BIOS and the Operating System
  • Understand how the computer uses "bits" and "bytes", and how this influences the precision of calculations
  • Understand the basic differences between 8, 16, 32, and 64-bit processors
  • Understand the basic strengths of computers

I know some of this sounds complex, but we'll take it one step at a time, and explain it in English, rather than "computerese"! But, if you want to be able to converse with the "computer geek" in your office, you will find plenty of computer terms defined here to add to your vocabulary.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twelve (12) questions at the end of the course to obtain PDH credits.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • History of the personal computer
  • Basic computer components, including CPU, memory, storage, I/O devices, Bus, and operating software
  • What are bits and bytes and how are they used to perform tasks in a PC
  • "Counting" in computer binary vs. real world base-10
  • Microprocessor historic and present capabilities for performing binary calculations, including handling floating-point numbers.

Course

Click on the following link to the PDF document to review the course material before taking the quiz for credit.

PC Fundamentals for Design Professionals

 

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