1st year commerce M.I.S repeat exam

full forward hotshot

Hey
Was just wondering is der many repeating the exam and if u are hw ye fixed,bcos i am not looking forward to it.so i was wondering does anybody know of someone who could give help in da subject or do ye have ny useful tips for it yourselves

Thanks

Ficheall

full forward hotshot wrote: »

Hey
Was just wondering is der many repeating the exam and if u are hw ye fixed,bcos i am not looking forward to it.so i was wondering does anybody know of someone who could give help in da subject or do ye have ny useful tips for it yourselves

Thanks

Genuine tip: Don't write like that in the exam.

MindGuru

Look at the past exam papers, questions tend to repeat themselves, compare the 2011 summer paper to the autumn 2011, Summer 2010 to Autumn 2010 etc., some lecturers ask the same question again.

Also if you look at the last 3 exam papers i.e summer 2012, summer 2011 and Autumn 2011 anyone with experience of university exams (especially repeats) will tell you the question will be repeated (with one or two slight changes) from these with maybe one or two new questions thrown in.

I guarantee even though its been 4 years since I did the exam, The World is Flat or The machine that Changed the world will appear

Secret to University Exams
The questions going to appear on most university exam papers are taken from the last three exam papers on that topic.

skinny90

MindGuru wrote: »

Look at the past exam papers, questions tend to repeat themselves, compare the 2011 summer paper to the autumn 2011, Summer 2010 to Autumn 2010 etc., some lecturers ask the same question again.

Also if you look at the last 3 exam papers i.e summer 2012, summer 2011 and Autumn 2011 anyone with experience of university exams (especially repeats) will tell you the question will be repeated (with one or two slight changes) from these with maybe one or two new questions thrown in.

I guarantee even though its been 4 years since I did the exam, The World is Flat or The machine that Changed the world will appear

Secret to University Exams
The questions going to appear on most university exam papers are taken from the last three exam papers on that topic.

Few topics id recommend, porters,ebusiness,green/Eco business if covered,crm,tps and perhaps differences between IS and IT
Again look up past exam papers for certain questions

cgpg5

Number 1- don't use txt spk please!

Also tips for the exam? Turn up. No but honestly you'd have to do terrible in first year repeats for them to fail you. I did first year a couple of years ago and MIS was one of the nicer ones when you get into it. Isn't there three parts (relying on the top of my head)? You've about 4 weeks which is plenty time to get the key topics done but don't stress at all you'll do fine

Isildur1980

Four sections A,B,C,D
Two questions in each section-you must answer one from each section.
In section A: know about the Battle of Britain and how this relates to an information system. Basically what an information system should be. Also know the ten flatteners and triple convergence(the world is flat) and how this relates to IS in the world. Know a bit about how IS can help competitive advantage. The first chapter in Clockspeed might be useful here along with Competitve Advantage. Know a little about how IS helps in business processes. It is good to be able to draw and explain Porters value chain.
Section B: Understand the importance of IS in decision making. Also importance of IS in business strategy(value chain important here too).
Section C: Know Web 2.0(blogs,social media,etc) and Information Security withing a firm.
Section ERP,CRM,SCM(one question) or Agile vs Waterfall(ISD) as another question. One of these is likely to come up.

Sounds like quite a bit but it is not really.

In sections A and B when you are asked to illustrate, he wants you to draw a diagram. So know how to draw the value chain and the decision making process along with other models from section A and B.