ISM 6215 - Business Database Systems I Fall 2013 Home Work – 1 (Marks 100) Question 1 - Contrast the following terms. Give one example of each 1. Degree versus cardinality of relationship 2. Required versus optional attributes 3. Data dependence versus data independence 4. Structured versus unstructured data (4*2.5 =10 marks) Answer 1 - Degree; cardinality. The degree (of a relationship) is the number of entity types that participate in that relationship‚ while cardinality is a
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entitled to a rental car after you have been in an accident is very important and can save you a lot of headaches and money while you are waiting for your car to be repaired. Who Pays for a Rental? When You Aren’t At-Fault If you are in an accident‚ the
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PROBLEM 1 SUSQUEHANNA EQUIPMENT RENTALS Susquehanna Equipment Rentals A mini-practice set illustrating the complete accounting cycle for a service-type business. Includes computation of income taxes expense (as a percentage of income before taxes) and an evaluation of solvency. Can be done as a group assignment. 5 to 6 hours Strong © The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 2010 CP1-Desc. 5 to 6 hours‚ Strong COMPREHENSIVE PROBLEM 1 SUSQUEHANNA EQUIPMENT RENTALS General Journal December Daily
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5-310-507 SUNIL CHOPRA Movie Rental Business: Blockbuster‚ Netflix‚ and Redbox Jim Keyes‚ CEO of Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc.‚ was facing the biggest challenge of his career. In March 2010 Keyes was meeting with Hollywood studios in an effort to negotiate better terms for the $1 billion worth of merchandise Blockbuster had purchased the year before. In recent years‚ Blockbuster’s share of the video rental market had been sharply decreasing in the face of competitors such as the low-cost‚ convenient
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attention is that the DVD player is the most successful consumer electronic product of all time; more than 85% of U.S households have a DVD player. This gives a clear indication the market size that Netflix and Blockbuster battle for market leadership. According to AMR (Adams media research) Movie DVD sales and rentals amounted to $24.9billion market in the U.S in 2007 that was up from $22Billion in 2002. Movie rentals were the most popular means of obtaining movies and the movie rental industry consisted
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method for the dinosaur‚ however home wellness zeal is still perfectly healthy. Home wellness DVDs are a reasonable alternative for the individuals who don’t have an exercise center enrollment. Because of a plenty of home DVDs‚ taking care of your troublesome spots has never been less demanding. Accessibility The normal light sleeper can undoubtedly shake off the names of the famous home wellness DVD programs seen jumbling the wireless transmissions in late-night infomercials. These projects make
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The DVD Groups in Action‚ provide great educational insight about the initial stage of a group. It was interesting to see how in the first stage the participants talk about their uncertainties and the anxiety level they struggle with before attending a group session. The first stage entails the orientation and exploration phases. These two phases are only going to be successful pending on the leader’s ability to establish trust within the group. The leaders are responsible to establish structure
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Margin (Revenues - Variable Costs) to CRU in 1996. Ignore Labor and Facility Costs in This Calculation. We Assume That They Are Fixed. How Does the Contribution Margin Compare with The Weekly Depreciation? Weekly Revenue=Number of units on Rent × Rental Price=8‚000 × $30 = $240‚000 Weekly Variable Costs = Throughput × Cost=1‚000 × $25 + 1‚000 × $25 + 595 × $4 + 405 × $150 = $113‚130 Weekly Contribution Margin = $240‚000-$113‚130=$126‚870 Weekly Depreciation=(Total Inventory(unit) × Purchase
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Introduction and some History The chosen subject for my report is Writable DVD formats‚ which are fast becoming the very latest in backup/copying media hardware. Not so long ago‚ there was a paradigm shift from WORM CD to WORM DVD devices‚ all the technology from CD was used in a side step‚ then moved forward‚ advancing the hardware beyond the original aims and life expectancy of the intended product. The shift from CD to DVD writing is taking a similar shape‚ taking the technology from an old format
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What is a database? * A database is a structured collection of data. The data is typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality (for example‚ the availability of rooms in hotels)‚ in a way that supports processes requiring this information (for example‚ finding a hotel with vacancies). * The term database is correctly applied to the data and their supporting data structures‚ and not to the database management system (DBMS). The database data collection
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