2007/2008 Competency-Based Task/Competency List

Tasks/competencies designated by bullets in the left-hand column are considered essential statewide and are required of all students. In some courses, all tasks/competencies have been identified as essential. Tasks/competencies without bullets are considered optional; they and/or additional tasks/competencies may be taught at the discretion of the school division. Tasks/competencies marked with an asterisk (*) are considered sensitive, and teachers should obtain approval by the school division before teaching them.

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36 weeks		 Electronics Systems I
TASKS/COMPETENCIES
  Implementing Virginia's CTE Course Requirements
• 001 Demonstrate Virginia's Workplace Readiness Skills in course activities.
• 002 Apply Virginia's All Aspects of Industry elements in course activities.
• 003 Identify Internet safety issues and procedures for complying with acceptable use standards.
  Participating in the Student Organization
• 004 Identify the purposes and goals of the student organization.
• 005 Explain the benefits and responsibilities of membership in the student organization as a student and in professional/civic organizations as an adult.
• 006 Demonstrate leadership skills through participation in student organization activities, such as meetings, programs, and projects.
  Electronics Systems I
• 007 Explain occupational opportunities in electronics.
• 008 Demonstrate safe and proper use of electronic lab machines.
• 009 Identify and describe atomic structure and the law of charges.
• 010 Define and describe basic electrical terms.
• 011 Determine the direction of current flow in DC circuits.
• 012 Determine the direction of current flow in AC circuits.
• 013 Explain methods of generating electricity.
• 014 Identify and draw electronic symbols and circuit diagrams.
• 015 Construct simple electronic circuits from a schematic.
• 016 Identify resistors by type and value.
• 017 Explain how circuits are protected.
• 018 Describe types of sensing and control devices.
• 019 Describe the characteristics of and determine current, voltage, and resistance in series-parallel circuits.
• 020 Measure circuit values with a multimeter.
• 021 Verify Ohm's Law.
• 022 Compute electrical power.
• 023 Compare DC and AC waveforms, using the oscilloscope.
• 024 Explain the operation of electromagnetic devices.
• 025 Analyze and measure values in AC circuits (including inductance, capacitance, reactance, and LRC circuits).
• 026 Explain transformer operation.
• 027 Explain the operation of basic solid-state devices.
• 028 Explain the operation of basic logic circuits.
• 029 Construct a working combinational logic circuit using logic gates.
• 030 Compare types of signal transmission media.
• 031 Operate a computer parallel interface.