From ???@??? Fri Feb 18 07:32:30 2000 Received: from f04n01.cac.psu.edu (f04s01.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.31]) by istbdc.ist.psu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id DYVVCRHW; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:26:20 -0500 Received: from cmd228 (CMD228.rh.psu.edu [128.118.223.41]) by f04n01.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA101380 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:25:36 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Cathy D'Amato" To: Subject: Exam Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:24:01 -0500 Message-ID: <000001bf79d0$6142f600$29df7680@rh.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01BF79A6.792D30C0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200

Hi Frank,

I think that a good question for the exam would be something along the lines of:

Compare and contrast Fit’s Law and the keystroke model

To which the answer is, in my understanding, that they both measure the time it takes to do compute related tasks, but Fit’s Law uses exact equations while the keystroke model uses ball-park estimations.

Is this what you wanted?

~Cathy D'Amato~

cmd228@psu.edu

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Fri Feb 18 07:32:30 2000 Received: from f04n07.cac.psu.edu (f04s07.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.35]) by istbdc.ist.psu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id DYVVCRH2; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:33:43 -0500 Received: from APS148 (APS148.rh.psu.edu [128.118.223.51]) by f04n07.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA126630 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:33:00 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Andrew Shaffer" To: Subject: Possible Question for the Exam Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:31:30 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Dear Professor Ritter, As per your request in class today, here is a question that you might consider using for the exam: For what purpose is a fishbone diagram used? a.) To map the structure of a trans-national organization b.) To model the flow of information through a computer system c.) To determine the time required for a user to complete a specific task d.) To diagnose the root cause or causes of a problem e.) To optimize the performance of a local area network Sincerely, Andrew Shaffer From ???@??? 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Answer: True Thanks. Sarah Bawel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarah Bawel Assistant to the Dean of Engineering Penn State University College of Engineering 101 Hammond Building PH: 814-865-3272; FAX: 814-865-8767 email: Sarah@engr.psu.edu From ???@??? 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I think a good question for the exam would be to give some examples of common day systems.

Doug McCall

Section 2

From ???@??? Tue Feb 22 01:05:51 2000 Received: from f04n01.cac.psu.edu (f04s01.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.31]) by istbdc.ist.psu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id DYVVCTT0; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:54:58 -0500 Received: from ana123 (ANA123.rh.psu.edu [128.118.194.53]) by f04n01.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA72486; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:54:07 -0500 Message-ID: <000501bf7ce0$a9cbfda0$35c27680@rh.psu.edu> Reply-To: "Anita Ambani" From: "Anita Ambani" To: Subject: IST 110 Question Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:22:02 -0500 Organization: Penn State University MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000D_01BF7CB1.B1F767A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.3825.400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.3825.400

Professor Ritter,

Here is a question I came up with for the exam:

Who designed the computer structure that most computers built today are based upon?

Answer: John Von Neumann

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Anita Ambani
Penn State University, University Park
Email: ana123@psu.edu

From ???@??? Tue Feb 22 15:28:17 2000 Received: from f04n07.cac.psu.edu (f04s07.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.35]) by istbdc.ist.psu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id DYVVCT9N; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:14:09 -0500 Received: from Boucke111-37 (Boucke111-37.cac-labs.psu.edu [128.118.246.37]) by f04n07.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA87990 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:13:20 -0500 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000222091050.00a1f780@email.psu.edu> X-Sender: rmb203@email.psu.edu (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:13:14 -0500 To: Frank.Ritter@ist.psu.edu From: Renee Bianucci Subject: question for exam Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed What organizational resource does MIS deal with? a) Information b) People c) Information technology d) all of the above e) none of the above Answer: d From ???@??? Sat Feb 26 11:25:29 2000 Received: from f04n07.cac.psu.edu (f04s07.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.35]) by istbdc.ist.psu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id DYVVCYNP; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:54:17 -0500 Received: from ceb14 (CEB14.rh.psu.edu [128.118.211.160]) by f04n07.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA114510 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:53:23 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Colleen Boland" To: "Frank E. Ritter" Subject: exam question Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:51:09 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 A question for the midterm: Name one input device, one output device and one storage device on a computer system. Colleen Boland