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AGS 3360: Topics for Final Exam

The Final Exam for AGS 3360 will be Thursday, April 27 at the normal class time (6 - 10 PM) in the normal location (Room 128, University Center at Macomb). Also, it will be cumulative from the beginning of the semester.

There are numerous opportunities for practice, and Q&A, as follows:

1. Thursday, April 6, 4 - 6 PM (office hours before class)
2. Thursday, April 13, 4 - 9:40 PM (If no one is in the lab at 9PM, I will leave then, but if anyone is there I will stay.)
3. Thursday, April 20, 4 - 6 PM (office hours before last regular class)
4. Thursday, April 27, 4 - 6 PM (office hours the day of the Final).
5. Phone, email, appointments, computer conference -- it's all available for the asking.

If you are unfamiliar with Access, you should find an opportunity to practice before the Final.

Topics for Final Exam:

1. All topics from Quiz 1 and Quiz 2 are included.
   1. This includes the forms of computer information - see Topics for Quiz 2
2. Internet Applications. For each application listed below, be able to diagram and/or describe the application, including what information is sent both ways between the server and client
   1. World Wide Web
      1. Describe Cascading Style Sheets
      2. Describe the Extensible Markup Language (XML) - making the web smarter
   2. Email
   3. FTP
   4. Ping
   5. Tracert
3. Describe or explain the progression from word processing to spreadsheets to databases in terms of
   1. How information is stored or organized
   2. The amount or degree of structure in the information
   3. The ability of a computer to sort the information, transform the information, and display the information in different ways
   4. Describe which of these types of information currently predominates on the world wide web
   5. Describe the significance of XML
4. Describe or explain
   1. What is meant by "convergence" with respect to the Internet, and give examples
   2. How the Internet could give end users more control than they have had with previous communications technologies
   3. The significance of previous changes in communications technologies
5. Databases
   1. Create databases and tables, enter information into tables, edit tables
   2. Sort records, and create filters, queries and forms
      1. Sort a Table (simple sort using one field only)
      2. Create a select Filter (including or excluding a selection)
      3. Convert a Filter to a Query
      4. Create a Relationship Query with a Join
      5. Create a Form using the Form Wizard
   3. Describe or define tables, relationship, join, fields, records, filters, queries, forms and reports, including what they are useful for
6. Release 2.1, Chapters 3 to end
   1. How does the author feel that the Net will change looking for work, looking for employees, and working?
   2. What is necessary for schools to get connected to the Net, and using the Net effectively in courses?  How could the Net change and improve education? Are there dangers?
   3. Why dangers does the author see in regulating the Net through laws? How would self-regulation work?
   4. How is a Net community diffferent than a country? How are they similar?
   5. The author suggests that four questions are important for the development of intellectual property. What are those four questions, and what answers does the author suggest?
   6. What dangers does the author see for Net content? How does she feel these dangers can be dealt with?
   7. For online privacy,
      1. Give some examples, including some different from those in the book, of cases where a person might want to have different information allowed or revealed in different cases
      2. Does the author feel that different people will want different online privacy levels? What do you think, and why?
      3. What are the roles that the author sees in dealing with privacy concerns for (a) government, (b) individuals, (c) technology and (d) third parties such as banks and other companies?
   8. What is the difference between privacy and anonymity? How are they similar? Does the author feel that different people will want different levels of anonymity? Can anonymity become a problem?
   9. What does the author mean by information security? What level of computer technology is available for security? What types of computer information security will be needed?
   10. What guidelines does the author offer for designing your life online? Give an example of how you might apply each one. Are there any additional guidelines that are important to you now?