INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2008 Past Paper I Duration 1 hour 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS This paper consists of SIXTY multiple choice questions to be completed by students. Answers should be marked on the answer sheet provided. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A)‚ (B)‚ (C)‚ (D). Read each item carefully then choose the best answer. Sample Item Which of the following pairs represents general-purpose software tools? Sample Answer
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IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GHANA AUDIENCE: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION THESIS: THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THIS ERA OF GROWING BUSINESS‚ EDUCATION AND THE MEDICAL FIELD IN GHANA The term ’information technology’ (IT) evolved in the 1970s and if we consider a medium or large company providing goods or services‚ its IT department will be responsible for storing‚ protecting‚ processing‚ retrieving and transmitting the information. The Information
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sophisticated‚ and informed‚ high quality of services are expected from the consumers nowadays. Information technology has made a great change to the world for the past decades‚ according to Bharati‚ P. and D. Berg (2003)‚ information system(IS) has made major contribution to the service sector by improving the quality of service. Consequently‚ one of the primary reasons organizations are investing in information system as IS has substantially improved service sector performance. Investment in automation
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delivered to the consumers. 1. Internet data is sent in bits and not in atoms – all the data and information are being stored and sent to the consumers in digital form. The digital form cannot be touch‚ tasted or smelled. In contrast to other types of marketing‚ the seller do not need to deliver the items itself for inspection by the consumer before it is being purchased. 2. Internet is a mediating technology – anywhere in the world‚ music and other data is being passed on and shared. This encourages
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organization‚ and technology. A key component to the any business is the people who work within it. Having well trained employees who do the job needed in a timely manner is always a challenge to provide. Companies may even have to go through several employees before finding one that fits. Organization within a company can be a huge challenge in some cases. Making sure policies stay up to date and also making sure employees are aware of any changes can be a big job. In my opinion‚ technology is one of the
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Your University wants to recruit high-quality high school students from your state. Provide examples of (a) the data that your recruiters would gather in this process‚ (b) the information that your recruiters would process from these data‚ and (c) the types of knowledge that your recruiters would infer from this information. The data these recruiters would gather are numbers and characters from the schools database. (a) An example of this data is that these numbers can be from through the grading
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Ethics and Information Technology In today’s information age‚ the issue of ethics has risen to the forefront of the business agenda. Constant innovation and advancement of Information technology‚ and the widespread use of information systems‚ has posed many challenges to the business world‚ and raised many ethical issues that also affect society as a whole. Ethics is a fundamental concern of every human being‚ and everyone should have the freedom of choice‚ but when this choice is taken out
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Ethics in Information Technology The major issues concerning ethics with Information technology are: Privacy and Confidentiality‚ Freedom of Speech‚ Security‚ and Computer. When it comes to communicating on the web ones conversation are subject to another person listening or seeing the transmitted message. “Browsers track activities in history files‚ while Cookies dumped by web sites into information about a person and the things they look at. With the information collected by cookies
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Information Technology Acts As information technology continues to advance so does the need to protect consumers from the new ethical issues that arises. Congress tries to protect consumers from numerous ethical issues through developing and passing of laws. These advances happen so rapidly that it becomes difficult to foresee ethical issues. One of many ethical issues related to information technology is the ease of access to consumers’ personal information. Telemarketing companies’ acquire
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INFORMATION TE C H N O L O G Y FO R MANAGERS This page intentionally left blank INFORMATION TE C H N O L O G Y FO R MANAGERS George W. Reynolds University of Cincinnati Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Information Technology for Managers © 2010 Course Technology‚ Cengage Learning George W. Reynolds ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced‚ transmitted
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