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IM1011 Sem241 Topic 08 Course Review

The document outlines the course assessment for 'Computers in Business,' detailing the grading structure including group assignments, quizzes, and a final exam. It covers essential topics such as the importance of IT in business, components of computer systems, software, networking, and database management. Additionally, it highlights practical skills learned through software applications like MS Word, Excel, and Power BI, along with e-commerce and supply chain management concepts.

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IM1011 Sem241 Topic 08 Course Review

The document outlines the course assessment for 'Computers in Business,' detailing the grading structure including group assignments, quizzes, and a final exam. It covers essential topics such as the importance of IT in business, components of computer systems, software, networking, and database management. Additionally, it highlights practical skills learned through software applications like MS Word, Excel, and Power BI, along with e-commerce and supply chain management concepts.

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Course review

COMPUTERS IN BUSINESS
Course assessment (reminded)
Group Assignment (20%)
Homework-group (10%) – Homework #1; Homework #2; Homework #3
Quizzes (10%) – average of 14 quizzes (selected from 16 quizzes)

Final Exam (60%) – multiple choice, short-answer/essay questions


(50 MC (70%) + 3 writing questions (30%))

Final exam: 80 minutes (27 Dec 2024)


1. Explain why we need to know about
the computers/IT/IS
 How computer literacy is useful in your study, your future study, your future
job, your personal development?

 The role of IT in business (for business process, for decision making, for
collaboration, for strategy,…)

 Difference between IT and IS

 Technological issues today for business


1. Identify elements of computer-based
information systems
5 elements: Hardware, software, data, procedures, people
Which element is most important, why?
How to assess the complexity of an IS based on these elements (i.e.
how to say an IS is high-tech or low-tech)?
Explain the relationship between data and information
2. Identify the components of a
computer system - Hardware
 Brief history of computers (mainframe, minicomputer, PC, client/server, cloud computing,…)
 Moore’s law
 The trend of computer hardware, in terms of processing speed, capacity, size, price,…
 Input devices, output devices, storage devices (SSD, HDD, cloud)
 System unit (CPU, RAM, Cache memory, bus)
 Communication devices (modem, router, networking lines,...)
 bit and byte; storage measures (Mb, Gb, Tb, …); CPU speed (GHz); Internet speed (Mbps)
 what factors determine the price and quality of input devices, output devices, system unit
 Implication for a business?
2. Identify the components of a
computer system - Software
 Machine language, Assembly language
 Higher level language, Why we need compiler and interpreter?
 Operating system (functions), common OS nowadays (MS Windows, Mac OS, Unix, Linux, Chrome
OS)
 Types of application software (business, graphics & media, personal interest, communication,
utility,…)
 How to obtain software? (retail, custom, web app, opensourse, shareware)
 implication for a business?
3. Network, Internet, Web
 Brief history of computer network
 Interpret the term network and identify benefits of sharing resources on a
network
 How to connect to the Internet?
 Explain the purpose of an IP address and its relationship to a domain name
 Digital contents
 Identify Internet services: World Wide Web (HTML), e-mail, …
 The trend of internet-based technology: Social networking, VoIP, Wikis, Video
sharing, Peer-to-peer, mobile business application, …
4-5. MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerBI
Key features learnt from doing MS Word homework
 Section breaks  Numbering  Insert Caption  Table of contents
 Headings  Header/Footer  Insert Citation  Mailings
 Page  Landscape page

 Key features learnt from doing MS Excel homework


 Solver  Excel Functions  Freeze/Split  Pivot table
 Goal Seek  Macro  Data sort  Pivot chart
 Scenario Manager  Command button  Data filter/  Contional format
 Data table  Sheet protection advanced filter  Vlookup
 Subtotal
Key features learnt from MS Power BI homework
 Transfoming  View modes  Column  Measure (DAX)
 Visuals  Import Data calculation
6. Database management
 Difference b/w data, information, and database
 Hierarchy of data (bytes or characters -> fields or columns -> records or rows -> table or file)
 What are problems in the file processing approach (or file environment)?
Advantages of DBMS
 What is a database, components of a database?
 What is metadata? Primary key, Foreign key?
 What is Query, SQL?
 Names and features of popular DBMS (personal & enterprise) on the market?
 Describe the components of a database application system (user, database application, DBMS, and
Database)
 Steps in DB design/ ERD/ Example of Nortwind dabase
7. E-commerce, Supply Chain, Web 2.0
 What is E-commerce?
 Marketing processes involved in E-commerce
 Categories of E-commerce, E-commerce success factors
 Typical business models
 Technologies for E-commerce
 What is web 2.0 and its benefits to businesses? Can you imagine web 3.0, web 4.0?
 What are the processes of a Supply Chain Management system? How IS support SCM?
 List and explain common ways of message and data exchange for business
 Trends driving e-commerce
8. Selected group presentation topics (for
writing questions)
 Chat GPT: Warnings, Ethics, and Responsible
 Working with ChatGPT in Education
 Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience
 Big data and Augmented analytics in business
Quiz (without quiz 15, quiz 16- dealine this afternoon)

Average of 14
quizzes
Presentation slide submission
Homework submission
Good Luck

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