POS 355 Apprentice tutors / snaptutorial.com

1
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com
For More Tutorials
www.snaptutorial.com
2
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Entire Course

• POS 355 Week 1 DQ 1

• POS 355 Week 1 DQ 1
• POS 355 Week 1 DQ 2
• POS 355 Week 2 Individual Assignment Huffman
  Trucking Paper
• POS 355 Week 2 Team Assignment Complete Outline
  (Windows XP Features)
• POS 355 Week 2 DQ 1
• POS 355 Week 2 DQ 2

• Is service-oriented architecture (SOA) a new
  solution to information technology, or is it a
  new name for the rehash of providing the user
  with what the user wants? Explain.

3
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 1 DQ 2

• POS 355 Week 2 DQ 1

• Based on the article by Pronk, et al. (2007),
  especially Figure 1, what are the general
  functions of processors, software, and networks?
  What is the classical (von Neumann) architecture
  of a computer system?

• What security issues must be resolved now which
  cannot wait for the next version of Windows to
  arrive? Are we looking at a patch or a workaround
  to solve the present issues?

4
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 2 DQ 2

• POS 355 Week 2 Individual Assignment

• Based on Ornes (2009) article, what are the
  improvements that a memristor might have over
  current physical and electronic storage devices?
  Is a memristor a green technology?

• Write a 1-2 page paper describing the operating
  systems used by Huffman Trucking. APA format
  required
• Address the following questions in your paper
• Why do you think these operating systems were
  chosen?

5
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 2 Team Assignment Complete

• POS 355 Week 3 DQ 1

• Begin work on the Operating System Analysis. APA
  format required
• Complete the important features of Windows XP
  section.

•  Based on Eleraths (2009) article, what are the
  two main categories of hard disk drive failure?
  How does SMART technology work, and what does it
  mean when limits are exceeded?

6
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 3 DQ 2

• POS 355 Week 3 Individual Assignment PC

• Based on Thibodeaus (2008) article, what are the
  advantages and disadvantages of the use of
  mainframes?

• Write a 2-3 page paper comparing and contrasting
  PCs and mainframes. It will be necessary to
  research this topic outside your course readings.
  APA format required

7
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 4 DQ 1

• POS 355 Week 4 DQ 2

• Does a new software product always provide a
  fundamental improvement to the system where we
  install the new software product? What could some
  of the gains include?

• Based on the article by Jason Brooks (2009), what
  capability will XP Mode in the Windows 7
  operating system add to PCs? What computer system
  hardware resource(s) may need to be enhanced to
  use this capability?

8
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 4 Individual Assignment

• POS 355 Week 4 Team Assignment

• Write a 2-4 page paper describing operating
  systems that are common on the Internet. It is
  necessary to research this topic outside your
  course readings. APA format required.

•  Continue work on the Operating System Analysis.
• Outline and complete the important features of
  Linux section.
• Begin work on the Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation.

9
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 5 DQ 1

• POS 355 Week 5 DQ 2

• Based on Stallmans (2009) article, what is the
  difference between the terms freeware and
  open-source software? Which of these two terms
  will you use in the future? Explain your
  preference for the term.

• Based on the article by Robert Strohmeyer (2008),
  is malware a threat in an online Linux OS
  environment? What factor might influence the
  threat of malware to Linux systems that run web
  servers?

10
POS 355 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 355 Week 5 Team Assignment Operation

• Complete work on the Operating System Analysis.
  APA format required
• Complete and submit the 8-12 page paper that
  compares and contrasts Windows XP, Windows
  2003, and Linux.
• Complete and submit the Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation.