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Topics for IST 3715 Quiz 2

Description

Quiz 2 will be 60 minutes in class at the beginning of class on November 15. 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 tasks. You should use the computer conference to discuss content and skills questions that you want to go over.

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 standard terms and definitions.

You will write the answers for Quiz 2 using Microsoft Word on a floppy diskette supplied by the Instructor. Use light pencil to write your three initials on the diskette as identification, in addition to the label on the test paper.

Quiz 2 Topics

  1. Carried over from Quiz 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. Word processing topics as listed below
    1. Be able to format text, paragraphs and tabs in Microsoft Word
    2. Be able to create bulleted lists, numbered lists and tables using Microsoft Word
    3. Describe the word processing function at a general level, not specific to Microsoft Word. For example, describe formatting as changing the appearance of text, such as font, font size, etc.
  3. Excel topics as listed below
    1. Open an existing Excel sheet (worksheet or chart) or create a new sheet, edit it, and save it
    2. Locate cells identified in the standard manner (e.g. B5)
    3. Enter text, numbers and/or formulae into cells
      1. Formulae using + - * / sum and average
    4. Format text as with Word (e.g. Bold, Underlined, Right Aligned, etc.)
    5. In addition to the above formatting options, format numbers as currency, date, percentage
    6. Create an Excel chart based on data in a worksheet
      1. As new sheet or on worksheet
      2. Column, pie or line charts
  4. Prepare and save a simple PowerPoint slide, using text, text formatting (font face, size, color, and the attributes bold, italics and underlined, a bulleted or numbered list, and clip art (if installed on Macomb classroom computers)
  5. Describe and give examples of how combining separate databases can lead to privacy abuse
  6. List and describe four expected Internet developments.
  7. 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
  8. Describe and diagram the Internet applications Email and World Wide Web
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Release 2.1 through Chapter 7. Your answers should focus on the contents of the book. Items A through G are included in Quiz 1; the later items are here for those who want to read ahead.
    1. Describe the author's general approach to the Internet. Comment on this in view of the recent history of the Internet, such as spam, viruses and worms.
    2. What do markets do differently in real life than in Business School?
    3. Why does the market work better in the US than it does in Russia?
    4. What do communities need in order to thrive? How can an online system help create a community?
    5. How does the author feel that the Net will change looking for work, looking for employees, and working?
    6. 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?
    7. What dangers does the author see in regulating the Net through laws? How would self-regulation work?
    8. How is a Net community different than a country? How are they similar?
    9. 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?
    10. What dangers does the author see for Net content? How does she feel these dangers can be dealt with?
    11. 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?
    12. 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?
    13. 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?
    14. 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?