Herefordshire College of Technology

Centre 24150

BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Information Technology

BTEC National Assessment Front Sheet

Student:
Candidate Number:
Assessor: Terry Prosser
Course: BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Information Technology
Unit: 8 Installing computer Software
Title: Assignment 1 – Software licensing
Internal Verification of assignment: Len Shand
Date: 07/01/2011
Issue Date: 15/12/2011
Outcome and Principal Objective(s):
P1: Describe types of software licenses and legal requirements of their use
P2: Describe the processes involved in installing software
M1: Explain the benefits of software registration
M2: Explain the potential benefits and implications of installing software
Overall Achievement (Fail/Pass/Merit/Distinction):
Task / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Outcome / P1 / P2 / M1 / M2
Grade
Due Date / Submitted date / Date met / Assessor
1 17/01/2012 / Yes / No / T Prosser
2 / Yes / No
3 / Yes / No
I certify that this is all my own work:

HCT Computing BTEC Level 2 Unit 1, assignment 1 page 5

Task1

Create a table that lists the different types of licenses for software. In a second column mention what the legal requirement is for the specific license. In a third column give one example of the mentioned software.

Task 2

You have been tasked with the removal of all non-company purchased software from the machines and installing and upgrading legitimate software.

In not more than 250 words describe the processes involved in installing a major piece of software such as an Operating System.

Task 3

Create an A3 colour poster that will explain what legal software is and the dangers of using illegal software. You can choose any software application to produce your poster, but remember that you will need to save the final work into Word or as a pdf along with the other parts of the assignment. In a box on your poster explain the benefits of software registration.

Task 4

In order to try to prevent staff installing illegal software in the future, prepare a short memo (around 250 words) to go to all staff to explain the benefits and implications of installing software. You should mention benefits of correct installation and registration as well as the possible negative effects of installing unauthorised software which is either illegal or incompatible with existing company software and hardware.

HCT Computing BTEC Level 2 Unit 1, assignment 1 page 5