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Manage and protect data in a personal computer system
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate file
management; identify and describe common threats to data; demonstrate
knowledge of data protection measures and ethical issues in relation to the
management of data held on computer systems, for a personal computer
system.
Subfield
Computing
Domain
Generic Computing
Status
Registered
Status date
22 May 2009
Date version published
22 May 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZQA National Qualifications Services
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0226
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Demonstration of knowledge can be oral, written, practical, or a combination, as
appropriate to the assessment situation.
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Definitions
Code of ethics means the documented code of a professional body, government
agency, private enterprise or other organisation that outlines the expected
behaviours and actions of its members or employees.
Organisational requirements means the documented policies and procedures or
commonly accepted practices of a workplace, school or training provider. The
candidate must be given access to these prior to being assessed against this unit
standard.
Personal computer system for the purposes of this standard means a computer
linked to a network.
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Copyright Act 1994,
Privacy Act 1993,
Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007,
and their subsequent amendments.
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An assessment resource to support computing unit standards (levels 1 to 4) can be
found on the NZQA website at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/forproviders/resources/index.html.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate file management on a personal computer system.
Range
includes but is not limited to – opening, copying, naming, renaming, moving,
deleting, administering access rights.
Performance criteria
1.1
Searching for and locating files on the personal computer system is
demonstrated according to organisational requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – browsing through directory/tree,
accessing a Local Area Network, using a search mechanism.
1.2
The logical structuring of files and folders, the use of file names relevant to the
content, and the storage of files in a folder on a personal computer system are
demonstrated according to organisational requirements.
1.3
Files are managed in a computer system according to organisational
requirements.
Element 2
Identify and describe common threats to data stored on a personal computer system.
Performance criteria
2.1
Common threats to data stored in a personal computer system are identified
and described in terms of their impact on the data or system.
Range
threats may include but are not limited to – unauthorised access,
internet and email risks, virus/trojan attack, spyware, power failure,
natural disaster, data corruption, peer-to-peer access.
Evidence of three threats is required.
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Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of data protection measures applied to data stored on a personal
computer system.
Performance criteria
3.1
Measures to ensure the integrity of data held in a personal computer system are
explained in terms of organisational practice.
Range
3.2
measures may include but are not limited to – back-up techniques,
frequency of saving, virus protection facility, UPS or surge
protector.
Evidence of three measures is required.
Measures to secure the system from unauthorised access are explained
according to organisational practice.
Range
security measures may include but are not limited to – passwords,
log-off, shutdown, physical security (locked room, locked
keyboards, and/or locked workstations), anti-virus/trojan software,
firewalls.
Evidence of three measures is required.
Element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of ethical issues in relation to the management of data held in
personal computer systems.
Range
ethical issues may include but are not limited to – copyright, piracy, individual
privacy, organisation confidentiality.
Evidence of two issues is required.
Performance criteria
4.1
Ethical issues and principles related to managing information in the form of
computer data are described in terms of a code of ethics.
4.2
Good ethical practice related to managing information in the form of computer
data is described in terms of the identified issues.
Range
two examples of good ethical practice, of which one must be the
management of objectionable material.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
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Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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