Course Overview
This course builds on the fundamentals taught in CISA 1110. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of both the logical and physical movement of data through computer hardware. This instruction will be delivered through both lecture and hands-on lab exercises. The student will study the logical movement of data through the stages of creation, transmission, receipt and action. The interaction of hardware and software in the control of data flow will be examined. The student will study physical technologies used for interfacing or connecting external devices to individual computers to expand functionality. The course also examines the physical technologies used to interface individual computers to each other to form networks. The topics covered in this area will include serial ports, Universal Serial Bus (USB), Biometrics, Ethernet (802.3 standards and revisions), Wireless (802.11 standards and revisions), Structured Cabling standards, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA).
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
6.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe both the basic logical and physical movement of data through computer hardware.
- Demonstrate the flow of data through computer hardware.
- Discuss industry standard codes governing structured cabling.
- Identify and describe the types of network cabling and their usage.
- Identify the connector types used with network cabling.
- Configure, terminate and test standard cable types.
- Use industry standard test instruments to confirm the operation of a cabling plant and diagnose connectivity problems.
- Describe the documentation required for a cabling installation.
- Describe physical interface technologies such as serial ports, USB, SAS, SATA and wireless.
- Demonstrate the proper installation and configuration of physical interface technologies.
Effective as of Fall 2011
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