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Topics for AGS 3360 Quiz 2

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Quiz 2 will be 60 minutes (strict limit) in class at the beginning of class on March 23. There will be three or four questions from the list below. This means that you will have to have studied the content and practiced the word processing and spreadsheet tasks. You should use the computer conference to discuss content and skills questions that you want to go over. The quiz will cover material since Quiz 1 as follows:

• Classes from February 17 through March 2, including the items included on Topics for Quiz 1 but removed during class
• Microsoft Office95 Introductory Concepts and Techniques, assigned projects E1 through E3 and WIN2 (end of work in Microsoft Excel)
• Internet Issues web page
• How the Internet Works, assigned sections from chapter 16 through chapter 32
• The Lexus and the Olive Tree chapters 13 to end
• Release 2.1 through chapter 2.

The quiz will be open book, but if you have to check the books for everything, you will probably not have time. Open book and open web browser, but your own words, except for brief answers such as definitions.

The following directions for file naming and file header will also be on the Quiz paper; I am not asking you to memorize these. You will write the answers for Quiz 2 using Microsoft Word 95 on a floppy diskette supplied by the Instructor. Make up the names for your Quiz 2 answers with the following parts, in order:

• Your three initials. (If you do not have a middle initial, use the understroke character -- _ or Shift-dash -- instead).
• "1" for Quiz 1 computer work
• "cf9" to indicate Computers, the Internet and Society, Fall 1999
• Normal extension for the word processor (doc, in this case)

So for example, since I use Microsoft Word, the file name for my Quiz 1 would be drb1cf9.doc

When I grade the assignments, I will add a "g" to the end of the filename and return it.

Also, as backup file ID, include the following lines at the beginning of each file:

1. Your full name
2. Course (AGS 3340) and course name (Computers, the Internet, and Society)
3. Semester (Fall 1999)
4. Assignment (not just the code, write it out, e.g. "Quiz 1"
5. Word processor and version number (this is in case I have trouble reading it).
   (In Windows, to find the name and version number of any program, including a word processor, open the program, click on its "Help" menu item, and then on the "About" item on the drop-down menu list.)

For example, for my Essay A I would include the following lines at the beginning of the file:

David R. Bowen
AGS 3340, Computers, the Internet, and Society
Fall 1999
Quiz 1
Microsoft Word 7.0

The Quiz answers would start after this header. There is no need to copy down the Quiz questions into your file. Just the question numbers will be fine. I have already read the questions.

Also, there will an Excel file, either one that you create, or an existing one that you edit. This file should also go on the floppy diskette, with the same name as the word file, but the default Excel extension .xls.

NOTE: While Quiz 2 will not be cumulative, the final will be.

Quiz 2 Topics For items I through X, anything not covered in class by Thursday February 3 will not appear on Quiz 1.

1. General Windows skills - under test conditions,
   1. Open a file from the A: drive
   2. Save a file to the A: drive
   3. Using Save As..., change the name of a file
2. Items left over from Quiz 1
   1. For the action of selection,
      1. List at least three different types of elements that can be selected
      2. Describe at least three different methods of selection (not all may be applicable in a given situation)
      3. Describe how to tell whether or not an element is selected
      4. Describe the significance of selection
   2. Describe the items under common menu items such as File, Edit, Format and View
      1. For the File menu, describe the differences between Save and Save As...
      2. Describe the four pieces of information you need to determine for saving your file
      3. Describe the difference between the view of the file structure given by Save As... and Windows Explorer
   3. For the forms of computer information
      1. Describe the forms, and how they are represented in a computer, including the two forms of graphics information
      2. Describe what aspects of each form influence the file size
   4. Describe or define the following terms, with respect to the World Wide Web
      1. Link
      2. HTML
   5. Describe the origins of the Internet, including
      1. What is a computer communication protocol?
      2. What is the difference between the IP and the TCP protocols?
      3. What is the relationship of content providers such as Microsoft Network and AOL to the Internet?
      4. What changes in the Internet can we look for?
      5. What laws apply to the Internet? What handicaps do governments have in regulating the Internet?
      6. What expectations do Internet users have with respect to online information about themselves?
3. For the Internet Issues web page, given a choice of two issues, write a brief half-page essay about one of the issues that:
   1. Names and describes the issue
   2. Describes at least two opinions about the issue
   3. Describes your own position, along with why you support that position
4. Spreadsheet topics as listed in the "Excel: Direct Cell Contents, Formulae and Charts" handout. The Quiz will include copying and pasting from Excel into Word as described in the handout, even though this is not listed as one of the topics in the title. The Quiz will cover this on the first and third levels described below:
   1. Carrying out the word processing functions using Microsoft Excel. I will call this the "operational" level. Typically, you would be given a file on the test diskette and asked to make changes in it according to a list of directions.
   2. Describing in words how to carry out a certain operation in Microsoft Excel 95. (This level will NOT be covered on the Quiz.)
   3. Describing the spreadsheet function at a general level, not specific to Microsoft Excel 95. For example, describe charting as presenting data in a graphical form.
5. From the Lexus and the Olive Tree.  Your answers should focus on the contents of the book.
   1. Globalization has damaged many economies around the world
      1. Describe three examples
      2. Why does the author feel that this has not resulted in a sustained backlash against globalization?
      3. How does Friedman suggest that globalization could destroy itself?
   2. What advantages does Friedman feel that the US has in being able to benefit from globalization?
   3. Describe the importance that Friedman attaches to a fictional Rapid Change Opportunity Act
      1. What would be in such an act
      2. Why would such an act be important for the US?
      3. Why does Friedman feel that a strong and activist US is important for the rest of the world?
6. Release 2.1 through Chapter 2. Your answers should focus on the contents of the book.
   1. What do markets do differently in real life than in Business School?
   2. Why does the market work better in the US than it does in Russia?
   3. What do communities need in order to thrive? How can an online system help create a community?