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BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 All iLabs + Course Project 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) BIS 155 Lab 3 of 7: Alice Barr Realty Analysis BIS 155 iLab 3: Luke Liberty Realty (New) BIS 155 Lab 4 of 7: Create Address Labels BIS 155 iLab 4 Student Education Trust Create Address Labels (New) BIS 155 Lab 5 of 7: Bruno's Pizza Analysis BIS 155 iLab 5: Carina's Pizza Analysis (New)

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Final Exam Guide (Cool Clocks, Inc.) 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.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Final Exam Guide (Music on Demand) 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. You have 4 hours to complete this exam. Note: Be sure to spell check on every worksheet and correct all spelling errors. Getting started Open Excel (either on your desktop or in Citrix) If you are using Citrix, you need to upload the spreadsheet to your virtual drive before you can open it in Excel

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 1 Upper Saddle River Marching Band (New) 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.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 2: First National Bank (New) 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.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 3: Luke Liberty Realty (New) 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. STEP 1: Open, Save, and Document the Workbook You must open a workbook that lists home sales for 3 months. A. Download the workbook Week3_iLab_LibertyRealty_Student.xlsx

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 4 Student Education Trust Create Address Labels (New) 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. • Full name and address • First name • Donated item

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 5: Carina's Pizza Analysis (New) 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. You have already prepared a template and distributed it to each restaurant manager, who has entered the sales data for last year.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 6 (Week 5) Day Care Center (New) 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.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 7 (Week 6) Analysis of a business Scenario 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. This is different than prior iLab assignments, in that there are no specific instructions as to what type of analysis (i.e., Sales/Units/discounts by Country/Rep/Product/Date/Category, etc.) is to be performed. The general requirement is for you to prepare a minimum of three discrete analyses and perform a write-up to management, using the memo format provided.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 iLab 8 (Week 7) Descriptive statistics, formatting, graphs, and regression analysis 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. As discussed in the lesson, the value of statistics lies in the ability to analyze data more effectively for the purpose of improving decision making. You might have heard the expression that "statistics never lie, and only liars use statistics". There is an obvious truth in this statement, in that, depending on the questions being asked and the data collected, the statistics can skew reality.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Lab 1 of 7: Saddle River Marching Band (Devry) 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 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.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Lab 2 of 7: Excel's Advanced Formulas & Functions (Devry) BIS 155 Lab 2 of 7: Excel’s 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. The summary area includes the loan statistics as labeled data in the data file. The format of the report is appropriate for the Board of Directors for the First National Bank.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Lab 3 of 7: Alice Barr Realty Analysis (Devry) 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 homesold and analyze the sales data to determine the true track record of thecompany in selling homes for the asking price.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Lab 4 of 7: Create Address Labels (Devry) 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. Download the Lab 4, Step 3 Instructions. A. Createa new file for printing labels. B. Merge data from your Excel spreadsheet into the new labeldocument.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Lab 5 of 7: Bruno's Pizza Analysis (Devry) 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. You have already prepared a template and distributed it to each restaurant manager, who has entered the sales data for last year.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Lab 6 of 7: Day Care Center (Devry) 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. You have agreed to help her complete her Income Statement and to perform What-If analysis to help her look at her potential profitability.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Lab 7 of 7: Access Database (Devry) 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. Turn in one database named Lab7_yourlastname.accdb to the DropBox. When submitting the database, provide a comment in the Dropbox comments area explaining what you learned from completing this lab activity.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 1 DQ Getting Familiar With Excel • 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 today’s job market and why. Be specific.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 1 Quiz (Excel Fundamentals and Charting) (Devry) Week 1 Quiz (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) (TCO 1) In Excel a Formula is _______. (Points : 2)

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 1 Quiz (New) 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 Question 2. Question : (TCO 1) In Excel 2013, a cell is best described by which of the following? Must have formulas entered into it Cannot be used for labels or headings Must have text entered into it

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 1-7 All DQs 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 BIS 155 Week 6 DQ Bringing It All Together BIS 155 Week 7 DQ Uses and Applications of Statistics

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 2 DQ Formulas and Functions 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.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 2 Quiz (Excel s Advanced Formulas & Functions) (Devry) • 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-G$4 contains examples of _____ cell references. (Points: 2)

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 2 Quiz (New) 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. occurs when a formula directly or indirectly refers to the cell containing the formula.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 3 DQ Data Analysis Tools • 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.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 3 Quiz (Data Analysis Functions) (Devry) • 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. (Points:2) • (TCO 4) In Excel, the print area is defined as _____. (Points : 2) • (TCO 4) When sorting in Excel, it arranges records in a table _____. (Points : 2)

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 3 Quiz (New) 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. hide delete freeze format

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 4 DQ Excel Data Exchange • 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. • How can you exchange data with other applications that are not part of the Microsoft Office Suite? Discuss how you would exchange data with external data sources, such as websites. (Be certain to include your references from your research.)

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 4 Quiz (New) Question 1. Question : (TCO 8) Which of the following is one of the most common file types imported into Excel? Text PowerPoint Web Word Question 2. Question : (TCO 8) To create a connection between the original data source and the imported data in Excel, use the _____ on the Data tab.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 4 Quiz (Office Integration and Mail Merge) (Devry) • 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) • (TCO 8) Which of the following is NOT a method for refreshing data? (Points : 2)

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 5 DQ Data Consolidation and What-If Analysis • 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. • Please include your research references in APA format.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 5 Quiz (Consolidating Data and What-If Analysis) (Devry) • Week 5 Quiz • (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.... (Points:2) • (TCO 5) After saving the arrangement of windows, a workbook can be opened by opening __file. (Points:2) • (TCO 5)Which of the following functions do NOT work with 3D formulas? (Points : 2)

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 5 Quiz (New) Question 1. Question : (TCO 5) The tabs of grouped worksheets are displayed with a _____ background. gray yellow blue white Question 2. Question : (TCO 5) If several worksheets are grouped and you enter a formula in cell A10 in one of the grouped sheets: the same formula is entered into all grouped worksheets. the formula changes by one row in each grouped worksheet.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 6 Course Project Excel Project (Devry) 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 Organize the Data Data imported from SalesData.csv text file located in Course Project Materials in DocSharing. Professional formatting follows the formatting guidelines we studied during the first week of class.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 6 DQ Bringing It All Together 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?

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 7 DQ Uses and Applications of Statistics 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. Provide a detailed application for the use of some of the many forms of statistics in business. As you perform this analysis, be sure to describe the scenario in detail, why you will need the use of statistics, and explain which type of statistics you will use to solve your scenario question. Two-hundred-word minimum, well formatted and referenced.

BIS 155 Slingshot Academy / bis155.com BIS 155 Week 8 Final Exam (Devry) • (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) • (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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