UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2012 question paper for the guidance of teachers 9713 APPLIED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 9713/12 Paper 1 (Written A)‚ maximum raw mark 80 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate
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Problem Solution: Global Communications Global Communications has recently felt the pressures of competitors in the telecommunications industry. With new competitors entering the field constantly and cable and satellite companies reaching out to new adventures‚ it makes it increasingly difficult for them to survive. Cable companies have been able to offer complete packages to consumers including telephone‚ computer and television services with success. The technological edge and financial abilities
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Problem Solution Essay Drug abuse is widespread throughout the world. Every society‚ age‚ social class‚ and family has been affected by drug addiction. The government spends billions of dollars trying to regulate drug use‚ treat addicts‚ and battle drug-related crime. Drugs affect nearly everyone and need to be fought better. Drug abuse causes many struggles for families and communities. Addicts are often too sick‚ to function as normal‚ liable members of a family or of society ("Addiction
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Relational Dialectics was originally proposed by Leslie A. Baxter and W.K. Rawlins but Leslie edited the theory with Barbara M. Montgomery. It is an interpersonal communication theory about close personal ties and relationships that highlights the tensions‚ struggles‚ and interaction between opposing tendencies (Baxter and Montgomery‚ 1998). Baxter and Montgomery elaborated on Mikhail Bakhtin’s idea that life is an open monologue and that individuals experience discourse between opposing desires
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Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Problem Solution: Global Communications Jesse Neubert University of Phoenix 10/30/2007 Problem Solution: Global Communications Gap Analysis: Global Communications Years ago Global Communications was at the forefront of the telecommunication industry. Profits and market share continued to rise as the demand for traditional land line phone services grew. Now demand for such traditional services has decreased dramatically. Telecommunication
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Current Events in Business Research Jennifer Howse Res/351 May 11‚ 2015 Tracy Sipma Current Events in Business Research Phlebotomist and nurses has been around for years and the article I am writing about will describe the business research process that came about to help prevent needles sticks. How needle sticks occur The main reason health care workers are stuck by needles are from negligence. They are not taking the proper precautions and not following proper protocol when it comes to properly
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Knapp’s Relational Stages‚ as found in the class notes‚ can be defined as the following. “A model of relational stages that breaks the rise and fall of relationships into ten stages comprising two broad phases of ‘coming together’ and ‘coming apart’ which are overlapped by a third phase called ‘relational maintenance’; the ten stages are initiating‚ experimenting‚ intensifying‚ integrating‚ bonding‚ differentiation‚ circumscribing‚ stagnating‚ avoiding‚ and terminating.” Topic in the story: Knapp’s
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Can business ethics be taught? Business Ethics can be defined as the study and evaluation of decision making by businesses according to moral concepts and judgments. Ethical issues range from a company’s obligation to be honest with its customers to a company’s responsibility to preserve the environment and protect employee rights. Ethics includes the need to produce a reasonable profit for the company’s shareholders with honesty in business practices‚ safety in the workplace‚ and larger environmental
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What Is the Current Status of Minorities in Business Organizations? To find the current status of minorities in business organizations I first had to define minorities. I found minorities to be best described as a person who is a citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States and who is either one or a combination of: African American‚ Alaskan Native and/or American Indian‚ Asian American‚ Hispanic or Women. Statistics showed growth in the number of minorities in corporate management
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During the years of the use of main frame systems data was stored and processed by large systems. As time progressed‚ similar data is being stored in a minuscule chip that can be carried with no effort. From the period of radios to the period of mobiles‚ from the dial up connections to Wi-Fi‚ technology provided many sophisticated solutions to problems. Telephone and internet eliminated the barriers to communication which were existent in the 20th century. Internet changed the world by providing
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