TECHNOLOGY AND

LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION
Module 4: Performing Computer Operations 8
Electronic Products Assembly and Servicing

TLE (EPAS) – Grade 8

Quarter 2 – Module 4: Performing Computer Operations
First Edition, 2020

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 TLE 8
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 4
Performing Computer
Operations (PCO)

LO1. Plan and prepare for task to be undertaken

1.1 Determine requirements to task in accordance with job
specifications.
1.2 Select appropriate hardware and software in accordance with
task assigned and required outcome.
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TLE Grade 8 Module on Electronic Products Assembly and

Servicing (EPAS)!

This Self- Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-In-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin in partnership with the Local Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the learner:

Welcome to the TLE Grade 8 Module on Electronic Products Assembly &

Servicing (EPAS)!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectation - These are what you will be able to know after

completing the lessons in the module

Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the

concepts to be mastered throughout the lesson.

Recap - This section will measure what learnings and skills

that you understand from the previous lesson.

Lesson- This section will discuss the topic for this module.

Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform.

Wrap Up- This section summarizes the concepts and

applications of the lessons.
Valuing-this part will check the integration of values in the
learning competency.

Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from
the entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS
In this lesson, the students shall be able to perform the following:
1. Differentiate hardware and software system.
2. Classify the different components of a computer system.
3. Identify the devices according to its classification.
4. Answer a short assessment.

PRETEST
Direction: Classify the list of devices as to hardware or software. Rewrite the name
of the device on the table provided.
mouse MS Word System Unit Photoshop Database monitor
MS Excel speaker Google Chrome Keyboard PowerPoint printer

HARDWARE COMPONENTS SOFTWARE COMPONENTS

1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6

RECAP

Direction: Identify the basic electronic component by writing its name on the space
provided and choose its function by writing the corresponding letter.
No. Image Name Function
1
 2

A. It allows current to flow in one direction while opposing it on the other direction.
B. It controls the voltage applied to one terminal and controls the current flow
through two terminals. It regulates current.
C. It stores electrical energy in the form of an electric field.
D. It can function as amplifier, oscillator, timer, microprocessor, or even computer
memory.
E. It opposes or limits the current.

LESSON
A computer system is made up of hardware and software components. These
are the devices that makes up the whole process of using a computer from data
encoding, processing, to releasing an information. The two main components are
hardware devices and software devices:
Hardware refers to the physical components of a computer. It is any part that
we can touch. Primary electronic devices that build up the computer.
Examples: system unit, monitor, printer, keyboard, mouse, speaker, etc.
Software is a collection of instructions, procedures, documentation that
performs different tasks on a computer system. It is a programming code executed
on a computer processor. These are applications in an operating system.
Examples: MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, Google chrome, Photoshop, Database,
etc.
Read the table for further comparison of hardware and software:
HARDWARE SOFTWARE
Physical parts of a computer that Set of instruction that tells a
cause processing of data. computer exactly what to do.
Manufactured. Developed and engineered.
Cannot perform any task without Cannot be executed without
software. hardware.
Physical electronic devices we can We can see but can’t actually
see and touch. touch.
It has 4 main categories: It is mainly divided into:
 Input device  System Software
 Output device  Programming Software
 Storage device  Application Software
 Internal components
Not affected by computer viruses. Affected by computer viruses.

BASIC HARDWARE COMPONENTS:

“Computer,” Computer Hope, December 12, 2019

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/computer.htm

Basic components of a computer include system unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse,

and a speaker. Technicians shall be able to process planning, task preparations,
and on the job process using these hardware devices.

1) SU (System Unit) – is the main part of a desktop computer. It is also known

as the “tower” or “chassis”. It includes the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and other
internal components.
 2) Monitor – a hardware device that displays the video and graphics information
generated in a computer. Similar to a TV but usually display information at a
much higher resolution.

3) Keyboard – a primary input device composed of buttons that create letters,

numbers, and symbols, as well as other functions.

4) Mouse – a handheld hardware input device that controls a cursor in a GUI

(graphical user interface) and can move and select text, icons, files, and folders
in the computer.

5) Speaker – a hardware device that connect to a computer to generate sound.

The signal used to produce the sound that comes from a computer speaker is
created by the computer’s sound card.

ACTIVITIES

Part I: Write the letter “H” if it is a hardware, and “S” if it is a software.

1. MS Word 7. MS Excel
2. monitor 8. speaker
3. mouse 9. keyboard
4. Database 10. Power Point
5. system unit 11. printer
6. Photoshop 12. Google Chrome

Part II: Write “T” if the statement is TRUE and “F” if the statement is FALSE.
____ 13. Hardware is a physical part of a computer that cause processing of data.
____ 14. Software is a set of instruction that tells a computer exactly what to do.
____ 15. Software is being manufactured.
____ 16. We can see and touch hardware devices.
____ 17. A hardware component can either be a system, a program, or an application.
____ 18. Hardware is not affected by computer viruses.
____ 19. Input, output, and storage devices are main categories of hardware
components.
____20. Software is developed and engineered.
 WRAP-UP

Direction: Complete the statements. Write your answers on the space provided.
Hardware refers to ________________________________________________.
Software refers to _________________________________________________.

Hardware components is categorized While software components are mainly

into four: divided into three:
1. _______________________________ 1. _______________________________
2. _______________________________ 2. _______________________________
3. _______________________________ 3. _______________________________
4.

VALUING
Direction: Answer the following questions based on your own understanding.
1. Why should technicians have basic skills in computer operation?
___________________________________________________________________________
2. How will these skills be of use in an electronic shop? Give at least two (2) specific
task.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Where else these skills can be used? (Site at least two other job titles)

POSTTEST

Directions: Choose the letter of the best correct answer. Write it on your notebook.

1. What are the two components of a computer system?

A. hardware and program C. program and applications
B. hardware and software D. storage and input devices
2. Which of the following refers to the physical components of a computer?
A. data ware C. people ware
B. hardware D. software

3. What are set of instructions procedures, documentations that performs tasks

on a computer system??
A. data ware C. people ware
B. hardware D. software

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about hardware components?

A. It is manufactured.
B. It is developed and engineered.
C. Part of the computer that we can touch.
D. These are primary electronic devices used to build up the computer.

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about software components?

A. It is manufactured.
B. It is developed and engineered.
C. These are programs on a computer processor.
D. Part of the computer that we cannot touch.

6. Which of the following is a hardware device?

A. Database C. Photoshop
B. Google Chrome D. System Unit

7. Which of the following is NOT a hardware device?

A. keyboard C. printer
B. mouse D. Power Point

8. Which of the following is a software device?

A. Database C. projector
B. printer D. speaker

9. Which of the following is NOT a software device?

A. Google Chrome C. Photoshop
B. MS Excel D. System Unit

10. Which of the following pair falls on the same category?

A. MS Word and System Unit C. printer and Photoshop
B. MS Excel and printer D. projector and keyboard
 References
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Computer Hope. “Computer mouse,” Accessed June 15, 2020.

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Computer Hope. “Keyboard,” Accessed June 15, 2020.

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/k/keyboard.htm

Computer Hope. “Speaker,” Accessed June 15, 2020.

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