Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
Jubail University College
Business Administration Department
Exam Type: Midterm (Practical)
FX-ACA-002
Issue 0 Rev. 1
January 2, 2014
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Semester: 422
Course Code
MIS 305
Course Title
Intelligent Support System in Business
Exam Date
3/3/2021
Exam Duration
1 Hour and 30 Minutes
Exam Session
-
Version
A
Students are requested to comply with all JUC examination rules and regulations strictly.
PART
I
TO BE FILLED BY THE STUDENT
STUDENT’S
NAME
Seat No.
ID. No.
-
Course Section
201
TO BE FILLED BY THE CONCERNED DEPARTMENT
PART
1st Marker
II
Question Max
No.
Marks
1
12
Total
12
%
6
Actual
Marks
Comments/Remarks
2nd Marker
Actual
Marks
Name: Ms. Dhoha AlOtaibi
Name:
Signature:
Signature:
Comments/Remarks
Instructions:
1. Open Brightness_Termination_Data.xlsx
2. Change the name of the excel file and exam paper (word document) to your name and ID.
3. Place your answer anywhere within the workbook. Make sure to indicate the question number
above your answer in the excel file. You can add the cell reference to your answer in the exam
paper (word document).
4. Fill the cover page and write your answers to the questions in the exam paper (word document).
Use a BLUE font color when writing your answers.
5. Make sure you save both your excel file and exam paper (word document) and submit BOTH
before the end of the session
Question1:
(12 Marks)
You are hired by Brightness, a hypermarket chain company, as a data analyst. Your first task is to project
the number of employee termination based on 2020 termination records
A) What was the total number of terminations in 2020?
(0.5 mark)
_____________________________________________
B) Calculate the 2021 projected sales knowing that termination rate has grown around the world at an
average of 7%
(0.5 mark)
Supportive formula: Projection termination of 2021 = Terminations of 2020 + (Terminations of
2020*7%)
_____________________________________________
C) After you perform the calculation, create a table to study the effect of the rate on the projection of
terminations 2021 (starting from 4% until 10% with 0.5% increments)?
D) What would be the projected terminations if it is expected to grow by 4.5%?
(2 mark)
(0.5 mark)
______________________________________________
E) Create a summary table to show the total termination for each termination reason (Retirement,
Resignation, Layoff),

(2 mark)
Which one is the highest?
_________________________________________
(0.5 mark)
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F) Brightness is thinking of introducing a categorization of contract terminations, if the termination was
a retirement or a resignation then it is a “Voluntary” termination, if it was a layoff then it is an
“Involuntary” termination.
a. Based on the above description Fill out the termtype_desc column.
b. What percentage of total terminations were voluntary?
(2 marks)
(1 mark)
______________________________________________
G) You are to study the experience level of terminated employees based on the following rough
classification.
(2 marks)

If the employee has served for 5 years or less then he/she is a “Newcomer”

If the employee has served between 6 to 10 years, then he/she is a “Proficient”

If the employee has served for more than 10 years, the he/she is an “Expert’
Fill out the Emp_PrevSTATUS accordingly
H) Create a look up table for employees’ ids, hire date, termination date, length of service and employee
previous status, where you can look up the employee through a drop down list of employee ids. (1
marks)
-END OF EXAM PAPER-
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