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• BIS 155 All iLabs Course Project
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• BIS 155 Course Project Excel Project
• BIS 155 Lab 1 of 7 Saddle River Marching Band
• BIS 155 iLab 1 Upper Saddle River Marching Band
  (New)
• BIS 155 Lab 2 of 7 Excel's Advanced Formulas
  Functions
• BIS 155 iLab 2 First National Bank (New)

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• BIS 155 Final Exam Guide (Cool Clocks, Inc.)
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• BIS155 Practical Final Exam Instructions 1 for
  Cool Clocks, Inc. (v2)
• Complete the tasks below using Microsoft Excel.  
  You may refer to your notes, the textbook, or
  other resources (for example, you may search the
  Web for information).  You may not get
  interactive help from any other person (either in
  person or via email, text messaging, IM, or other
  communications channels). I strongly recommend
  that you save your work frequently.

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• BIS 155 Final Exam Guide (Music on Demand)
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• Complete the tasks below using Microsoft Excel.
  You may refer to your notes, the textbook, or
  other resources such as the Web You may not get
  interactive help from any other person, either in
  person or via email, text messaging, instant
  messaging, or other communications channels. I
  strongly recommend that you save your work
  frequently.

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• BIS 155 iLab 1 Upper Saddle River Marching Band
  (New)
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• Scenario/Summary
• You are the assistant to the band director for
  the Upper Saddle River Marching Band, and you
  must prepare a report showing the status of the
  marching band fundraising event for presentation
  to the board of trustees. The report will
  summarize all sales of all items and include the
  total profit-to-date with the amount remaining to
  reach the profit goal. You will open the
  partially completed workbook, create formulas,
  format for presentation to the board, and add
  charts to graphically depict the sales over time
  and by product.

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• BIS 155 iLab 2 First National Bank (New)
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• Scenario/Summary
• You are an intern at First National Bank working
  in the loan department, and your boss has asked
  you to prepare the monthly "New Loan Report" for
  the Board of Directors. This analysis report will
  clearly list and summarize all new loans for
  residential housing in the past month. The
  summary area includes the loan statistics as
  labeled data in the data file. The format of the
  report should be appropriate for the Board of
  Directors for the First National Bank.

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• BIS 155 iLab 3 Luke Liberty Realty (New)
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• You are an intern with the Regional Realty
  Association and are analyzing the claim made by
  Luke Liberty Realty that "we get your price." You
  have prepared a spreadsheet that shows data
  relating to 3 months' sales by Luke Liberty
  Realty. You are going to determine the percent of
  asking price for each home sold and analyze the
  sales data to determine the true track record of
  the company in selling homes for the asking price.

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• BIS 155 iLab 4 Student Education Trust Create
  Address Labels (New)
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• You work with the Student Education Trust, which
  allows you to demonstrate your expertise with
  Excel. The trust is sponsoring an auction, and
  you have received a list of all donors who have
  contributed to this auction. The list was pulled
  from their database as a comma-separated text
  file. You have been asked to create a letter that
  will go out to each of the contributors that will
  accept their donation. Tickets to the event will
  be enclosed. The letter requires that you provide
  the following pieces of information.

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• BIS 155 iLab 5 Carina's Pizza Analysis (New)
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• The owner of Carina's Pizza, wants to evaluate
  the profitability of the three restaurants before
  expanding further. They are particularly
  interested in the comparative results of three
  dining categories, dine-in, pickup, and delivery.
  Carina has asked for your help in doing this
  analysis in return for a small stipend and all
  the pizza you can eat.

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• BIS 155 iLab 6 (Week 5) Day Care Center (New)
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• Senario/Summary
• Your friend, Adair Deske, is considering opening
  a day care center. She has started compiling her
  assumptions and putting together an Income
  Statement. She has determined that she must make
  at least 75,000 profit per year in order to
  start the business. She has asked you to analyze
  her Income Statement and help her determine
  whether it is viable for her to start this
  business. You have agreed to help her complete
  her Income Statement and to perform What-If
  analysis to help her look at her potential
  profitability.

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• BIS 155 iLab 7 (Week 6) Analysis of a business
  Scenario
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• Scenario/Summary
• The purpose of this exercise is to use the Excel
  skills you have acquired thus far, and apply them
  to an analysis of a business scenario, of your
  choice. This will consist of preparing the
  groundwork in Excel (importing data, preparing
  the analysis using tables, charts, graphs, pivot
  tables, etc.) and preparing a memo to your
  management, explaining your three separate
  analysis.

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• BIS 155 iLab 8 (Week 7) Descriptive statistics,
  formatting, graphs, and regression analysis
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• Scenario/Summary
• Hopefully you will find this week's iLab activity
  fun and useful. We'll be exploring the world of
  statistics from a business perspective this week,
  allowing you to practice your skills with
  descriptive statistics, formatting, graphs, and
  regression analysis.

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• BIS 155 Lab 1 of 7 Saddle River Marching Band
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• WE HAVE A NEW WEEK 1 LAB (UPDATED JUNE 2016)
  WHICH COULD BE FOUND ON THIS LINK
• Lab 1 of 7 Saddle River Marching Band (50
  Points)
• Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on
  the silver tab at the top of this page.
• L A B O V E R V I E W
• Scenario/Summary

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• BIS 155 Lab 2 of 7 Excels Advanced Formulas And
  Functions
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• WE HAVE A NEW WEEK 2 LAB (UPDATED JUNE 2016)
  WHICH COULD BE FOUND ON THIS LINK
• BIS 155 Lab 2 of 7 Excels Advanced Formulas
  Functions
• You are an intern at First National Bank working
  in the loan department, and your boss has asked
  you to prepare the monthly "New Loan Report" for
  the Board of Directors. This analysis report will
  clearly list and summarize all new loans for
  residential housing in the past month.

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• BIS 155 Lab 3 of 7 Alice Barr Realty Analysis
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• WE HAVE A NEW WEEK 3 LAB (UPDATED JUNE 2016)
  WHICH COULD BE FOUND ON THIS LINK
• Lab 3 of 7 Alice Barr Realty Analysis
• You are an intern with the Regional Realty
  Association and areanalyzing the claim made by
  Alice Barr Realty that "we get your price." You
  haveprepared a spreadsheet that shows data
  relating to 3 months' sales by Alice BarrRealty.
  You are going to determine the percent of asking
  price for each home

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• BIS 155 Lab 4 of 7 Create Address Labels
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• WE HAVE A NEW WEEK 4 LAB (UPDATED JUNE 2016)
  WHICH COULD BE FOUND ON THIS LINK
• Create labels for the letters. The XYZ
  Corporation wishes to usemailing labels to
  address the envelopes. They own 8 1/2 x 11"
  sheets of labelpaper with 1" by 4" labels, which
  they purchased from OfficeDepot.

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• BIS 155 Lab 5 of 7 Bruno's Pizza Analysis
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• WE HAVE A NEW WEEK 5 LAB (UPDATED JUNE 2016)
  WHICH COULD BE FOUND ON THIS LINK
• The owner of Bruno's Pizza, Joe Bruno, wants to
  evaluate the profitability of his three
  restaurants before he expands further. He is
  particularly interested in the comparative
  results of three dining categories, dine-in,
  pickup, and delivery. Joe has asked for your help
  in doing this analysis in return for a small
  stipend and all the pizza you can eat.

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• BIS 155 Lab 6 of 7 Day Care Center
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• WE HAVE A NEW WEEK 5 iLAB 6 (UPDATED JUNE 2016)
  WHICH COULD BE FOUND ON THIS LINK
• Your friend, Jane Morales, is considering opening
  a Day Care Center. She has started compiling her
  assumptions and putting together an Income
  Statement. She has determined that she must make
  at least 75,000 profit per year in order to
  start the business. She has asked you to analyze
  her Income Statement and help her determine
  whether it is viable for her to start this
  business.

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• BIS 155 Lab 7 of 7 Access Database
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• WE HAVE A NEW WEEK 5 LAB (UPDATED JUNE 2016)
  WHICH COULD BE FOUND ON THIS LINK
• Hopefully you will find this week's lab activity
  fun and useful. If you have never created a
  database, you will be able to tell all of your
  friends and family that you are now a database
  designer. You will walk through the steps of
  creating and populating an Access database to
  keep a record of items in your home. The database
  will have a table, a form, a query, and a report.

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• BIS 155 Week 1 DQ Getting Familiar With Excel
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• Excel was introduced in 1985. Since then, it has
  become a standard business tool.
• Discuss and explain at least six different
  (unique) features of Excel that make it a
  valuable business tool.
• Discuss what type of Excel skills would be
  important in todays job market and why. Be
  specific.

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• BIS 155 Week 1 Quiz (Excel Fundamentals and
  Charting)
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• Week 1 Quiz
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•     (TCO 1) Which of the following describes the
  function of the Formula Bar (as it applies to
  Excel 2010)? (Points 2)
•     (TCO 1) Which of the following best describes
  a cell address? (Points 2)
•     (TCO 1) If you wanted to insert the current
  date into an active cell, which of the following
  would you use? (Points 2)

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• BIS 155 Week 1 Quiz (New)
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• Question 1.      Question         (TCO 1) An
  Input Area (as it applies to Excel 2013) is
  defined as_____.
•   a range of cells containing results based on
  the output area
•  displays the name of a worksheet within a
  workbook
•    a range of cells containing values for
  variables used in formulas

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• BIS 155 Week 1-7 All DQs
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• BIS 155 Week 1 DQ Getting Familiar With Excel
• BIS 155 Week 2 DQ Formulas and Functions
• BIS 155 Week 3 DQ Data Analysis Tools
• BIS 155 Week 4 DQ Excel Data Exchange
• BIS 155 Week 5 DQ Data Consolidation and What-If
  Analysis

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• BIS 155 Week 2 DQ Formulas and Functions
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• One of the benefits of Excel is the ability to
  use formulas and functions.
• Discuss the differences between formulas and
  functions. Pick a function in Excel and discuss
  how that function is used to calculate results in
  your worksheets. Review your classmates posts to
  make sure that you're not duplicating
  formulas/functions already discussed. Using the
  following scenarios, discuss how you would apply
  the Excel functions or create a formula to solve
  the scenario. Be specific!

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• BIS 155 Week 2 Quiz (Excel s Advanced Formulas
  Functions)
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• Week 2 Quiz
• (TCO 2) An absolute cell reference (Points 2)
• (TCO 2) Which of the following best describes a
  circular reference? (Points 2)
• (TCO 2) E2-G4 contains examples of _____ cell
  references. (Points 2)
• (TCO 2) In Excel, an Argument would be best
  described by which of the following statements?
  (Points 2)
• (TCO 2) The MEDIAN function would identify the
  ____. (Points 2)

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• BIS 155 Week 2 Quiz (New)
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• Question 1.      Question         (TCO 2) In
  Excel, a relative cell reference
• indicates a cell's specific location and the
  reference does not change when you copy the
  formula.
• contains both an absolute and a relative cell
  reference.
• indicates a cell's relative location from the
  cell containing the formula the reference
  changes when you copy the formula.

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• BIS 155 Week 3 DQ Data Analysis Tools
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• Excel provides many different ways in which to
  analyze data. Discuss the different methods by
  which you can analyze data in your spreadsheet.
  That is, try an Internet search for "data
  analysis with excel" or use some of the methods
  you learned in this week's lesson. P.S. Please
  don't use the same methods. Show your research
  and creativity skills.

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• BIS 155 Week 3 Quiz (Data Analysis Functions)
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• Week 3 Quiz
• (TCO 4) If there are certain columns of
  information that are not needed at a particular
  time but might be needed later,_ the unneeded
  columns to allow users to focus on only the
  essential information. (Points2)
• (TCO 4) In Excel, the print area is defined as
  _____. (Points 2)

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• BIS 155 Week 3 Quiz (New)
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• Question 1.      Question         (TCO 4) If
  there are certain columns of information that are
  not needed at a particular time but might be
  needed later, _____ the unneeded columns to allow
  users to focus on only the essential information.

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• BIS 155 Week 4 DQ Excel Data Exchange
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• Excel 2013 provides the capability to exchange
  data with other applications. Discuss the
  different types of ways to exchange data between
  Excel and other Microsoft applications.
• Are there limitations to the exchange process?
  Think of some specific examples.

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• Question 1.      Question         (TCO 8) Which
  of the following is one of the most common file
  types imported into Excel?
• Text
• PowerPoint
• Web
• Word
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• BIS 155 Week 4 Quiz (Office Integration and Mail
  Merge)
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• Week 4 Quiz
• (TCO 8) Which of the following is one of the most
  common file types imported into Excel? (Points
  2)
• (TCO 8) Which of the following is NOT a text
  file? (Points 2)

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• BIS 155 Week 5 DQ Data Consolidation and What-If
  Analysis
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• Discuss and compare the group summations and
  What-If analysis (Consolidation) Excel tools. You
  may need to look up (research) the group
  summations.
• Under what circumstances would you use each of
  these features? Do they both serve the same
  purpose, or is each one used under different
  scenarios? Give examples of how each can be used.

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• BIS 155 Week 5 Quiz (Consolidating Data and
  What-If Analysis)
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• (TCO 5) When multiple worksheets are selected,
  the word ________ appears in the title bar.
  (Points 2)
• (TCO 5) In Excel, which of the following would
  you perform to group adjacent worksheets? (Points
  2)
• (TCO 5) When two windows of the same workbook are
  opened, Excel adds ________ to the.... (Points2)

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• BIS 155 Week 5 Quiz (New)
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• Question 1.      Question         (TCO 5) The
  tabs of grouped worksheets are displayed with a
  _____ background.
• gray
• yellow
• blue

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• BIS 155 Week 6 Course Project Excel Project
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• Objective
• The general instructions for this project can be
  found in the Week 6 Lecture material. The Week 6
  Lecture describes the assignment and provides an
  overview of the project as a whole. There are no
  step-by-steps for the course project. The
  following are grading criteria for this project.
• Guidelines

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• BIS 155 Week 6 DQ Bringing It All Together
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• This week will be an opportunity to share ideas
  and approaches to the Excel course project due
  this week.
• What are some spreadsheet features you will use
  to make your spreadsheet professional, readable,
  reliable, and repeatable? This is an
  opportunity to show your creativity and depth of
  understanding of what you have learned up to this
  point.

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• BIS 155 Week 7 DQ Uses and Applications of
  Statistics
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• More than 100 years ago, H.G. Wells commented
  that "statistical thinking will one day be as
  necessary as the ability to read and write." If
  you were to google "statistics for managers", you
  will see a list of all sorts of books on this
  topic, followed by thousands of articles and
  resources.

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• BIS 155 Week 8 Final Exam
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• (TCO 1) You work for a local construction firm,
  "DeVry Engineering Group" and your supervisor
  wants to test your knowledge and skills with
  Microsoft Excel and has instructed you to develop
  a spreadsheet to calculate weekly payroll for
  15 employees with the following
  assumptions....... (Points 40) 2. (TCO 3) You
  currently work for an automotive parts supply
  store. Your company is growing and is considering
  expansion. The company currently has three
  locations (North, South, and Central) in one
  state.

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