• Non-static generating electricity is the feature that we should look for when selecting a vacuum cleaner for our cleaning kit.
• we should clean the monitors and other display devices through a lint-free cloth.
• whether keeping a computer cool or want to manipulate it properly, we must clean our computer every day through a vacuum cleaner, having an air conditioner room if possible, and check every week that our CPU fans are not circulating in opposite direction.
• The copper wire brush is never used to clean our computer System.
• Software setting glitches can not be handled by anti-virus software.
• Disk full is not a type of computer virus.

Q.1 What is computer Maintenance? Why does a computer need maintenance?

Computer Maintenance is a process for maintaining your computer to enhance your computer speed, delegacy, working capacity, and keeping your computer system neat & clean internally and externally.

Q.2 Why is Computer maintenance is necessary?

Computer maintenance is necessary for the following reasons-

• Computer maintenance detects issues early before they become problems.
• Computer maintenance prevents viruses and malware.
• Computer maintenance speeds up your computer.
• Computer maintenance keeps the Operating systems and other important software like anti-virus software up-to-date.
• Computer maintenance maximizes software Efficiency.

Q.3 What different types of tasks are carried out in Computer maintenance?

Computer maintenance include-:

• Physical Cleaning-: To remove dust and debris to prevent heating issues.
• Internal Cleaning-: Keep your all software safe from anti-virus.
• Keeping backup and updated software and programs.

Q.4. Why should you use a non-static generating vacuum for computing cleaning?

It should use only a non-static vacuum cleaner because static electricity is harmful to our computer systems and their parts.

Q.5. What are things required to keep your control cool?

Vacuuming dust from the system is critical for keeping the computer cool. In addition, verify that your cooling fans are blowing air in the right direction and are not working against each other.

Q.6. What are the common tools used to physically clean the inside of a computer?

Common tools for physical cleaning of inside of the computer are-:

(1) Compressed air (2) Natural bristle brush.

Q.7. What is a Computer virus? How is it harmful?

A computer virus is a malicious program that self-replicates by copying itself to another program. A computer virus spreads by itself into other executable code or documents. The purpose of a computer virus is to infect vulnerable systems, gain admin control and steal user sensitive data.

Q.8 What is anti-virus software?

There are number of malicious software(‘malware’) programs that can cause damage to computers. These include viruses, worms, Trojan horses (Trojans), malware, spyware etc.

Anti-virus software is designed to detect and block attacks from malware. This software when loaded, resides in memory and checks every operation if it is malicious or not. If it finds any suspicious activity, it blocks the operation and saves our computer.