What are the different types of damage your computer can sustain?  E.g. liquid, handling, heating, etc.

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Equipment damage

What are the different types of damage your computer can sustain?  E.g. liquid, handling, heating, etc.

Why do these cause damage to your components?  Explain your answers.

How do you prevent these from happening? 

What regulations are in place to prevent these incidents from happening?  Can you prove this?  Which Health & Safety act are these from?

What tools should be used when installing hardware?  What happens if you use incorrect tools?  Can you give examples of tools and their purpose? 

 

Electrostatic Discharge

What is this?

Why does it happen?

How can you prevent it? 

What types of equipment are available to help prevent this?  Can you explain these? 

 

Risk to data

How might you lose data when installing new hardware? 

Why does this happen? 

How can you prevent it?

How could you back up your files?  Are there different ways of doing this?  What are they?  How do you protect and secure your backups?  (E.g., how do you prevent other users from accessing them?

 

Loss of Service

What is this?

What effect can this have on your work/productivity? 

Does this have any financial implications?

When can you install hardware to ensure the users work is least disrupted? 

 

Conclusion

Summary of the points you have made

Suggestions of other reading (i.e. resources, websites, etc.) that might help further the readers understanding. 

 

 

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