Technology & Res. Methods – BUS23 2024

class Activity

Week 1 In-class Activity

The main project deliverable in BUS 230 is a team presentation.
Answer: True False

Abdullah arrived to the class 10 minutes after the class has started. He will be counted as absent.

Answer: True False

Find out your instructor’s previous university, where he worked as an assistant professor, using Google.
Choose one answer. a. University of Texas at Dallas
b. University of Alberta
c. University of Calgary
d. Bilkent University

If a student uses his/her computer for activities that are not related to the class. What grade will she get from class participation for that session?
Choose one answer. a. 2
b. 1
c. 0
d. 3

Marks: 1 What is the percentage of points for participation towards the final grade?

Choose one answer. a. 10%
b. 1%
c. 30%
d. 5
Marks: 1 How many late arrivals count for one absence?
Choose one answer. a. 1
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2

What grade penalty will a student get if s/he cheats in an exam or use plagiarized content in an assignment?
Choose one answer. a. 0% penalty — full grade
b. 100% penalty — 0 grade
c. 90% penalty
d. 50% penalty

Marks: 1 When a student arrives very late or leaves early before the class is dismissed, what participation grade will s/he get?
Choose one answer. a. 3
b. 2
c. 0
d. 1
When will a student be dismissed from BUS 230?
Choose one answer. a. Upon the 6th absence
b. Upon the 9th absence
c. Upon the 3rd absence
d. Upon the 2nd absence

Week 3 In-class Activity

The following question is researchable: Why do people’s moods change?
Answer: True False

The following question is researchable: Does MacDonald’s or Burger King make a better burger?
Answer: True False

Marks: 1 The following question is researchable: Do the economies that result from a trash burning plant outweigh or not outweigh its environmental impact?
Answer: True False

Select what you think is the best research question.
Choose one answer. a. What is the Coca-Cola company’s future marketing plan?
b. What marketing strategies has the Coca-Cola company used in the past?
c. What marketing strategies does the Coca-Cola company currently apply?

A good research question is very broad so that there are many available information resources about the question.
Answer: True False

Select what you think is the best research question.
Choose one answer. a. What impact has deregulation had on the airline industry?
b. What impact has deregulation had on commercial airline safety?
c. What percentage of commercial airline crashes were traced to negligent maintenance during the 10 years immediately preceding and following deregulation?

Week7 Online Activity

Using a search engine, find out whether the following statement is true or false.

As of August 19, 2024, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor in Kuwait is Hilal Musaid al-SAYER.

Answer: True False

Using the search tool at www.medterms.com, find the generic name for the drug Zyrtec?
Choose one answer. a. Allegra
b. Cetirizine
c. Ceterizine
d. Synthroid

In order for Google to return definitions only for the term ‘opportunity cost,’ which one of the following search queries should we use?
Choose one answer. a. definepportunity cost
b. meanspportunity cost
c. what ispportunity cost
d. describepportunity cost

Using the www.acronymslist.com search tool, find the acronym that stands for the following term?

Certificate of Deposit

Choose one answer. a. CD
b. CEOD
c. CoD
d. CEDE

Using a search engine, answer the following question.

Who is the Minister of Oil in Kuwait as of August 19, 2024?

Choose one answer. a. Fadhil Safar Ali SAFAR
b. Badr Shabib al-SHURAIAAN al-Azmi
c. AHMAD AL-ABDALLAH al-Ahmad al-Sabah
d. Rashid abd al-Muhsin al-HAMMAD

In groups.google.com, what kind of results will the following query produce?

"how to do proof" group:sci.*

Choose one answer. a. Find the exact phrase in Google Groups sci.*
b. Find all the terms in the Google Groups sci.*
c. Find the exact phrase in the Usenet hiearchy sci.*
d. Find all the terms in the Usenet hiearchy sci

What is the title of the blog with the highest Technorati Authority rating at www.technorati.com?
Choose one answer. a. Gawker
b. The Huffington Post
c. Deadline.com
d. Boing Boing

What kind of results will the following search query produce in Google?

best effort -site:com

Choose one answer. a. Google will find any of the words and exclude results from commercial websites.
b. Google will find all the words and only include results from commercial websites.
c. Google will find all the words and exclude results from commercial websites.
d. Google will find any of the words and only include results from commercial websites.

Using a search engine, answer the following question.

Who is the governor of the Central Bank in Kuwait as of August 19, 2024?

Choose one answer. a. Mansur Ayad al-UTAYBI
b. AHMAD AL-ABDALLAH al-Ahmad al-Sabah
c. SALIM al-Abd al-Aziz al-Saud al-Sabah
d. Mustafa al-Jassim al-SHAMALI

Wk10 Online Activity

Go to https://www.allexperts.com/ . Click on the categories in the following order: Business | Electronic Commerce | Electronic Payment. Click on View Profile for Thomas Waters. Which one of the following statements is FALSE about Thomas Waters?

Choose one answer. a. He can answer questions related to setting up any form of electronic payment with the least amount of risk and the lowest fees.
b. He has 15 years of experience.
c. He graduated from SUNY at Albany.
d. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology Management and Marketing.
e. He has 80 prestige points.

The following query in Google

library books intitle:new inurl:lib site:edu

produces results, which include both the words libray and books, include new in the title of the page, include lib in the body of the page, and which are from the educational domain.

Answer: True False

Marks: 1 Principle of Every Scrap. Perform a Google search with the following phrase

opportunity cost

By only looking at the summaries of the results on the first page, answer the following question. Which one of the following statements is TRUE about opportunity cost?

Choose one answer. a. It is the cost of pursuing a certain action.
b. It is the cost of passing up the next best choice when making a decision.
c. Opportunity cost is the cost related to the worst choice available to someone who has picked among several mutually exclusive choices.
d. When economists refer to the “opportunity cost” of a resource, they mean the value of the lowest alternative use of that resource.

Principle of Every Scrap. Perform a Google search with the following phrase

moral hazard

By only looking at the summaries of the results on the first page, answer the following question. Which one of the following statements is TRUE about moral hazard?

Choose one answer. a. Moral Hazard occurs when bad choices are subsidized.
b. Moral hazard means that people with insurance may take smaller risks than they would do without it.
c. Moral hazard is the idea that insurance in any form makes people less riskier.
d. Moral hazard occurs when a party insulated from risk behaves in the same as it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk

Enter the following query into Google.

" * of highly effective people"

Which one of the following phrases will NOT appear in the results? (Note: In the final exam, you should be able to answer this question without entering it into Google.)

Choose one answer. a. The 8 Blogging Habits of Highly Effective People
b. Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People
c. 7 Habits of Effective People
d. 8 Habits of Highly Effective People

Go to https://www.allexperts.com/ . Click on the categories in the following order: Business | Electronic Commerce | Electronic Payment. Click on View Profile for Thomas Waters. Scroll down to find his Recent Answers. Find the question on 2024-09-30 about Online Payment. Click on Online Payment.

Identify whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE about the question and the answer.
The Payment Gateway collects a customer’s information and send them to the Merchant Service network which then approves or declines the transaction.
Answer: True False

Go to https://labs.google.com/sets. Enter the following terms in separate text boxes:

courage, confidence, passion

Click the Small Set (15 items or fewer) button. Which one of the following terms is NOT in the resulting list?

Choose one answer. a. persistence
b. leadership
c. perseverance
d. brave

Marks: 1 Enter the following query into Google.

"there are * characteristics of good"

Which one of the following phrases will NOT appear in the results?

Choose one answer. a. there are a few characteristics of good stock photos
b. there are certain characteristics of good orders
c. there are several properties of good orders
d. there are a few characteristics of good metrics
e. there are four basic characteristics of good mission statements

Principle of Every Scrap. Perform a Google search with the following phrase

social contract definition

By only looking at the summaries of the results on the first page, answer the following question. Which one of the following statements is FALSE about social contract?

Choose one answer. a. It refers to the belief that government should be a contract between the people and the governing body.
b. Individual surrenders liberty in return for protection.
c. It is an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society.
d. It is a written and open agreement said to exist among the members of a community

Go to https://labs.google.com/sets. Enter the following terms in separate text boxes:

trustworthy, honest, responsible

Click the Small Set (15 items or fewer) button. Which one of the following terms is NOT in the resulting list?

Choose one answer. a. reliable
b. literate
c. committed
d. dependent
e. dependable

Wk11 Online Activity

Identify TRUE or FALSE. The purpose of the website https://blog.studygrandmaster.com/ is to sell study books by promising student excellent performance in their exams.
Answer: True False

Using the WhoIS utility ( https://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp). Identify which one of the following statements is WRONG about ibm.com ?
Choose one answer. a. The IP address is 129.42.61.216 .
b. The owner’s title is International Business Machines Corporation.
c. The owner is located in Armonk, NY, USA.
d. The registration record was created

The default search option in EBSCO search tool is "find all my search terms."
Answer: True False

Marks: 1 Go to https://blog.studygrandmaster.com/ . Which one of the following is TRUE about the credibility of this website? Choose the best answer.
Choose one answer. a. It is not credible because there is no recent activity on the website.
b. It is not credible because the identity of the author is unknown.
c. It is credible because it is a blog.
d. It is credible because users left positive comments about the website.

Find the Kuwait Country Report by Economist Intelligence Unit dated April 2024 from EBSCO. Answer the following question.

Find the section Annual trends charts. Which one of the following is FALSE regarding Consumer price inflation (%)?

Choose one answer. a. It rised sharply from 2024 to 2024.
b. It dropped slightly from 2024 to 2024.
c. It increased significantly from 2024 to 2024.
d. It decreased slightly from 2024 to 2024

Marks: 1 Find the Kuwait Country Report by Economist Intelligence Unit dated April 2024 from EBSCO. Answer the following question.

Find the Data & Charts section, what is the real GDP growth (%) in 2024?

Choose one answer. a. 4.7
b. 8.5
c. 11.4
d. 6.3

Marks: 1 Find out the owner of the website studygrandmaster.com using the WhoIS utility ( https://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp).
Choose one answer. a. ENOM, INC.
b. Jimmy Ling
c. Hostgator.com
d. ARIN & RIPE IP search

Wk14 Online Activity

Go to https://www.whitepages.com/ . Click on Reverse Address. Enter 1520 Pennsylvania Avenue in the first box and Washington, DC in the second box. Indicate whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE about the result. One of the results belong to Jadia Namai.

Answer: True False

Go to https://www.monstergulf.com/ . Click Kuwait under Jobs by Location. Which one of the following is not a Top Employer? (Hint: look at the left-hand side of the page.)
Choose one answer. a. Kharafi National
b. Alghanim Industries
c. Morgan McKinley
d. NBK

Go to https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat…world-factbook . Choose Kuwait. Which one of the following is CORRECT regarding people in Kuwait according to this website?
Choose one answer. a. Population growth rate is 2.501%.
b. Median male age is 22.9 years.
c. Population is 2,789,132.
d. Death rate is 21.64 deaths/1,000 population

+"IT governance" inurl:gov

If we enter the query above into Google, which one of the following URLs will NOT appear in the results?

Choose one answer. a. https://www.cio.noaa.gov/Policy_Progr…e_Calendar.pdf
b. www.itgi.org
c. https://wiki.state.ma.us/…/IT+Gov+…+Alignment.pdf
d. www.directory.gov.au › … › Information Technology

Go to https://www.bbb.org/canada/ . Click Check out a Business or Charity next to BBB for Consumers. Search for Research In Motion Limited. Click on the link or View Report. Click Customer Complaint History. How many complaints have been closed with Resolved status?
Choose one answer. a. 46
b. 3
c. 54
d. 10
e. 17

Marks: 1 Go to www.findarticles.com . Find the Business article titled "7 tips for effective listening." Which one of the following is not a tip mentioned in this article?
Choose one answer. a. ASK QUESTIONS
b. AVOID GETTING DEFENSIVE
c. CONCENTRATE ON YOUR FEELINGS
d. AVOID EARLY EVALUATIONS

Go to https://www.gettyimages.com/ . Click into the search box. Which one of the following is NOT a media type provided by this website?
Choose one answer. a. Editorial footage
b. Creative footage
c. Artistic images
d. Rights-managed creative stock images

Go to https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr…callsearch.cfm . Search for recalls with the following information:

Search Type: VEHICLE
Make: TOYOTA
Model: CAMRY
Model Year: 2024