Isas600: Mid-Term Exam Paper
ISAS600 Mid-Term Exam: Due by 11:59 PM, Sunday, 3/4/2012 - Post your answers in the Assignments Section of the Classroom. Prepare your answers in a Microsoft Word document in APA Format which included the Title Page, Paragraph Formats, Cites and References. Abstract and Table of Content are not required for Exans. • Be sure that your answers directly answer the questions asked and that they are "keyed" to the specific part of the question. • Your answers should be concise while covering all applicable points/issues. • Be sure to incorporate the topics covered to date in your answers and cite references. Textbook cites must contain the Page Number. • Spell, Grammar and virus check your document before submitting it.
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For one of the reports listed, define the report, in terms of selection criteria, sort order, data elements and use of the report.
Question 2
Describe the advantages afforded by a user-friendly, "intelligent", data-entry screen as opposed to the default screen generated by a Database Management System for a particular application.
Question 3
A mathematics professor at a well-known university teaches three classes each semester, with an average of 40 students per class. Much of his/her class preparation time is taken up by preparing (composing) lecture notes, overheads and other supplemental class material. He/she also spends a great deal of time conducting research for the papers he/she has to write (this involves a lot of travel to the library). He/she does not have a computer, but he/she has heard that they can be a real time-saver.
3.a What steps should be taken in the development of a recommendation?
3.b What kinds of hardware and software would you recommend, why would you recommend it?
3.c What other recommendations would you make to our professor?
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For one of the reports listed, define the report, in terms of selection criteria, sort order, data elements and use of the report.
Question 2
Describe the advantages afforded by a user-friendly, "intelligent", data-entry screen as opposed to the default screen generated by a Database Management System for a particular application.
Question 3
A mathematics professor at a well-known university teaches three classes each semester, with an average of 40 students per class. Much of his/her class preparation time is taken up by preparing (composing) lecture notes, overheads and other supplemental class material. He/she also spends a great deal of time conducting research for the papers he/she has to write (this involves a lot of travel to the library). He/she does not have a computer, but he/she has heard that they can be a real time-saver.
3.a What steps should be taken in the development of a recommendation?
3.b What kinds of hardware and software would you recommend, why would you recommend it?
3.c What other recommendations would you make to our professor?
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