Norms A norm is a form of behavior‚ a common form of behavior which most people in a society follow. Norms have generally been established over time‚ passed on from generation to generation and adapted to fit the changing social climate. Although norms are based on consensus‚ they are not fixed and unchangeable. Examples of norms in the UK include wearing a seatbelt‚ forming queues in an orderly fashion and being quiet when waiting in a doctor’s surgery. Of course‚ not everyone follows these norms
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Chapter 1 Self-Assessment Test 1.An information system is a set of interrelated components that collect‚ manipulate and disseminate data and information and provide a feedback mechanism to meet an objective. 2.Data consists of raw facts‚ such as an employee number. 3.Knowledge workers are usually professionals in science‚ engineering‚ business and other areas. True 4.A system is a set of elements or components that interact to accomplish a goal 5.A measure of what is produced
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OUR COUNTRYS GOOD 1.Summary Our country’s good is a play about convicts and royal marines send to Australia in the late 1780’s as part of the first penal colony there. The play sees Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark’s attempt to put on a production of ‘The Recruiting officer’ with the convicts. The play shows the class system and shows themes such as sexuality‚ social class and punishment. 2. When was our country’s good written? 1998 3. When did Weternbaker write this play? 1998 4. What did
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Topic 1- CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS Fundamental Concepts Land defined in Bernstein v Skyview – doesn’t extend to airspace as well. Defeats traditional view that land is everything up to the heavens etc. Land includes corporeal hereditaments- the land and what is attached to it‚ as well as incorporeal hereditaments- Rights over land including easements and rights of way. Sellers usually write a list of what they see as fixtures and what they see as chattels Botham v TSB Bank plc [1996]
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Scanner Input Devices Camera Microphone Printer Backups are normally stored on a storage device e.g. DVD‚ External Hard disk‚ etc... Dual computers run at the same time. If one computer breaks‚ the other takes over Output Devices Input / Output / Storage Speaker Digital camera memory cards Dual Computers Storage Backups should be completed once a day if the data is important Hard disk Backups CD / DVD Backups should be stored off site in a safe place
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Revision questions 1. Define the term “consumer rationality” and outline the conditions that must be fulfilled for consumer rationality 2. Using indifference curves derive the demand curve for a normal good. 3. With the help of a diagram distinguish between the income effect and substitution effect of change in the price of a normal good. 4. Using an illustration‚ explain the concept of market equilibrium
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Unit 5 Biology notes Contents Section 9.1 – Sensory Reception 3 Section 9.2 – Nervous Control 4 Section 9.3 – Control of heart rate 5 Section 9.4 – Role of receptors 6 Section 10.1 – Coordination 8 Section 10.2 – Neurons 10 Section 10.3 – The nerve impulse 11 Section 10.5 – The speed of a nerve impulse 12 Section 10.6/10.7 – Structure and function of the synapse / Transmission across
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Rivers‚ Flood and Management The draining basin hydrological cycle: The drainage basin is the area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries. Also; the catchment area from which a river system obtains its water. Drainage basin largely ‘closed’ system- watershed – boundary of a water basin- generally follows a ridge of high land. Movement of water in a drainage basin-Drainage Basin Hydrological Cycle- open system with inputs and outputs LOOK AT PAGE 9 IN NEW TEXTBOOK FOR DIAGRAM
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www.cppforschool.com COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH C++ FOR CBSE CLASS 12 Revision Notes Part -I [Structure‚ Class and Object‚ Constructor and Destructor‚ Inheritance‚ File Handling‚ Pointer‚ Array‚ Data Structure and class 11th revision tour] (Question 1‚2‚3‚4 of Board Exam Paper) CONTENTS Structure ................................................................................................................ 3 Typedef .......................................................................
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GCSE History – Medicine Through Time Revision Notes TOPIC 1 – PREHISTORY Prehistory is the time before written records! Background Information Prehistoric man lived in nomadic lives They were hunter-gathers‚ they didn’t grow crops They left no written records‚ historians rely on archaeological evidence which may be hard to interpret One way round the problem of evidence for prehistoric medicine is to study people who‚ until very recently‚ lived in a similar way to prehistoric man. For
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