2007 FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION PAPER BN1160 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS

ASTON UNIVERSITY BSc with Honours in Accounting for Management BSc with Honours in Business and Management BSc with Honours in Business Computing and IT BSc with Honours in Economics and Management BSc with Honours in Human Resource Management BSc with Honours in International Business and Management BSc with Honours in International Business and Economics BSc International Business and Modern Languages BSc with Honours in Marketing BSc with Honours in Managerial and Administrative Studies BSc Combined Honours Business Administration

2007 FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION BN1160 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS Date Friday 18th May 2007 Time 09.30

2 HOURS CLOSED BOOK There are three sections to this paper:Section A (20 marks) Answer ALL multiple choice questions in your answer booklets. Please ensure that you enter your CANDIDATE number at the top of the sheet. Section B (30 marks) Answer ALL questions in this section Section C (50 marks) Answer TWO questions from a choice of three. Each question is equally weighted.

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SECTION A - Multiple Choice Attempt all questions. Each Question carries 1 mark (Each question has only one correct answer, a,b,c,d or e) 1. The use of a computer in engineering or product design is known by the initials: a. CAD b. CD-ROM c. CPU d. CRT e. ERP 2. RAD is a form of: a. Formal method b. Prototyping c. Structured method d. Systems development life cycle e. Spreadsheet tool 3. Who is most likely to use an EIS? a. A shop floor worker b. A clerk c. A computer programmer d. A senior manager e. A sales representative 4. When text is linked non-sequentially, it is referred to as a. serial b. hypertext c. random d. disjointed e. a file 5. Software programs designed to allow several networked users to work on the same document at the same time are a. electronic mail b. groupware c. video conferencing d. bulletin boards e. shareware

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6. A cookie is a. a piece of information about a web session b. an image in an HTML document c. another name for a web page d. a plug-in added to a browser e. a program for remote access to email 7. The illegal duplication of software is software _______ a. piracy b. plagiarism c. patent infringement d. hacking e. copying 8. A program that performs a useful task and, at the same time, carries out some secret destructive act, is known as a a. virus b. Trojan horse c. Worm d. Logic bomb e. Macro virus 9. With direct changeover from an old system to a new one: a. On a given date, the old system ceases to be operational and the new one is put into use b. The old system and the new system operate simultaneously, and the results are compared c. Only minor changes are made to the system that is already in use d. The new system is tested using real operating data, and when the outputs have been checked against those of the old system, the new one is put into use e. The new system is installed and running while the old system is still working. 10. The result of the systems analysis stage of computer system development is: a. The requirements document b. The suite of programs and files c. The specification d. The feasibility study e. The user guide

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11. The main difficulty preventing the complete separation of logical and physical design is that: a. Some people cant think logically b. Physical design is easier than logical design c. The capabilities of computer hardware are constantly improving d. Many business systems have to be developed to run on existing hardware and software e. They are the same thing 12. Any system of two or more computers that are linked together is a a. distributed system b. telecommunications system c. teleconferencing system d. computer network e. none of the above is correct 13. To communicate with each other, two machines must follow the same a. protocol b. bit map c. instruction set d. model e. rule set 14. Which of the following statements is TRUE a. The WWW is the internet b. The WWW existed before the Internet c. Important Internet applications existed long before the World Wide Web was invented d. Important Web applications existed long before the Internet was invented e. None of the above is true 15. The following is NOT a form of broadband connection a. ISDN b. FTP c. DSL d. Cable modem e. Satellite dish 16. Which of the following travels independently over computer networks, seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy? a. worm b. logic bomb c. Trojan horse d. Virus e. Macro virus

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17. Which terms currently refers to a person who breaks into computer systems without authorisation? a. cyber criminal b. cracker c. hacker d. electronic burglar e. software wizard 18. A secret numerical code that is applied so a message can be transmitted or stored as an indecipherable garble of characters is a(n) a. electronic combination b. digitised key c. encryption key d. encoded key e. password 19. The low-cost, low maintenance machines that allow workers to access critical network information without the overhead of a PC or workstation are called a. enterprise computing b. networks c. thin clients d. distributed computing e. information systems 20. Electronic commerce includes a. sales b. support c. customer service d. All of the above e. B and C only

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SECTION B Answer all parts of the following question. The question carries 30 marks

a) Write out a lookup formula that you would use to find the total value for 1997. However, before you would write this formula into the above Excel spreadsheet you would need to perform an action to ensure the lookup facility would work properly. What action would this be, and why would you need to perform it? (5 marks) b) Write a formula to calculate the number of years in which the Fishing department has achieved sales over 10,000. Your formula should use appropriate addressing to ensure that it can be copied and pasted into any other cell but still perform this calculation. (5 marks) c) Write two different formulas that you could use to calculate how many different values have (across all the departments and all the years) contributed to the total of 772. Note: The formula should return the value 72. (5 marks) d) The autofilter facility in Excel can help you to view different arrangements of the data. Discuss five different ways in which you can usefully use autofilter to filter data. Illustrate your answers using the above spreadsheet. (5 marks)

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e) Explain, providing examples from the above spreadsheet, how you might use the Formula Auditing toolbar facility in Excel and what it will help you to do. (5 marks) f) The graph below effectively communicates the data it represents. Identify five ways in which this graph can be further improved for a UK audience and fully explain your reason for making the improvement. (Note: Do not mention changes to the graph which are simply personal preferences only mention changes which actually improve the readability of the graph or the communication of the data it represents.) (5 marks)
Sporting goods sales for period 1990-2007

25 Value of sales (000's) 20 15 10 5 0

07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 90
Football Fishing Judo Hockey Department

SECTION C Answer 2 questions only Each question carries 25 marks 1. Distinguish between buy-side and sell-side e-commerce and give an example of the application of each. (25 marks) 2. Discuss three advantages of the use of prototyping. (25 marks) 3. Identify and compare alternative changeover methods for the system implementation phase of the systems development lifecycle. (25 marks)

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