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The BUSN 370 exam will cover chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Bidgoli text plus the
HTML and Access assignments and readings.
The exam may consist of 50 to 100 multiple choice questions and several short answer
questions.
You will need an optical exam answer sheet available from the bookstore, at least
one number 2 pencil and a good eraser.
Any material covered in class, in the assigned readings or related to the homework
assignment(s) is fair game.
For each chapter you should know all of the terms that are listed in bold type in the text,
the terms listed in the sidebars, and/or terms indicated as Key Terms at the end of the
chapter.
It is always a good idea to answer the Problems, Activities, and Discussions section at
the end of each chapter. In the past I have been known to include some of these
questions on the exam.
Some specific things that you should know from the readings and lecture are given
below.
Chapter 1
Review the Key Terms and Problem, Activities, and Discussions at the end of each
chapter. Know the key terms and concepts that are bolded in each section.
This chapter is an overview of the text and most of the topics mentioned in this chapter
will be covered in more detail in later chapters. For this chapter you should specifically
know:
- The major components of an information system.
- The importance of information systems.
- How information technologies can provide a competitive advantage
- Porter’s Five Forces Model
- The roles of the different IT jobs discussed in section 7
Chapter 2
Review the Key Terms and Problem, Activities, and Discussions at the end of each
chapter. Know the key terms and concepts that are bolded in each section.
Know the basic hardware components of a computer system.
Know the types of memory storage (registers, primary or main, secondary storage).
Understand the concept of cache memory and know where it is used in a computer.
Know the components of the CPU and the functions of each component.
Know the types of processors, processing, and computing.
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Know the different types of access methods.
Know the various Input/output (I/O) devices mentioned in the text.
Know the different generations of computer hardware.
Know the differences between system and application software.
Know the differences between a command-line interface and a graphical user interface
(GUI).
Know the different types of software and the purpose of each.
Know the major features of the OSs mentioned in the text.
Know the generations of computer languages and their characteristics.
Chapter 3
Review the Key Terms and Problem, Activities, and Discussions at the end of each
chapter. Know the key terms and concepts that are bolded in each section.
Know the data hierarchy.
Understand the relationships between data entities, attributes, and keys.
Understand the difference between the traditional and database approaches to data
management.
Understand what a DBMS is and what the benefits or using a DBMS are.
Know what data modeling is.
Know the fundamentals characteristics of each of the database models (hierarchical,
network and relational) and know the relative advantages and dis advantages of each.
Know the components of a DBMS and how they are implemented in Access.
Know the database applications discussed in the text.
Know the characteristics of distributed databases.
Know what characteristics of a data warehouse.
Chapter 4
Review the Key Terms and Problem, Activities, and Discussions at the end of each
chapter. Know the key terms and concepts that are bolded in each section.
Know the risks associated with IT in particular understand cookies, spyware, phishing,
keyloggers, sniffing and spoofing.
Know the types and effects of computer crime.
Know what a virus, worm, trojan horse, and spyware (malware) are.
Understand the issues of privacy.
Know the principles and limits of and individual’s right to privacy.
Know the effects of computers on the work environment.
Know the ethical issues of information technology.
Know what green computing is.
Chapter 5
Review the Key Terms and Problem, Activities, and Discussions at the end of each
chapter. Know the key terms and concepts that are bolded in each section.
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Understand the McCumber cube and each of its dimensions.
Have a basic understanding of each type of security threat and know how to distinguish
between them.
Know what measures can be taken to secure a system, the basic components of each
measure.
Know how to develop a comprehensive security system.
Understand the elements of business continuity planning.
HTML
Know how to create a form and a table.
Know the basic form and use of each of the input tags used in the html1 assignment.
You will not be required to write HTML code from memory but you will be expected to
read HTML code, understand how HTML code will display, and recognize correct from
incorrect HTML code.
Access Database
Be ready to create Access objects, and understand how to use the features and techniques
that were covered in the tutorials and/or required in the Access homework assignments.
If you completed the tutorials and actively participated in developing each the homework
assignments you should have no trouble with the questions that I will ask. If you
“watched” someone else complete the assignments and/or you limited your participation
to a narrow section of the assignments you should review the assignments prior to the
exam.
Review the Access appendix (pages AC A1 to AC A31 in your spiral bound applications
text). Know what entity integrity and referential integrity are and how they are
implemented in Access.
Be sure that you understand how each of the queries in the database assignments are
created, what each of these queries does, and the differences between each of the queries.
Be sure that you understand how to implement the 1-to-1, 1-to-n and n-to-n relationships
and what they would look like in the Access Relationship Window. Be sure you
understand the steps necessary to create a form with a subform and how to have subform
total appear on the main form.
Understand the basic concepts of SQL queries. You will not be required to write an
SQL query from memory but you should be able to describe the output that an SQL query
will generate.