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Assignment 4: Term Paper
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

You were talking to members of your favorite local band after a recent show. The topic of software came up, and the leader said she has a love-hate relationship with it. She loves the recording software they use and is okay with QuickBooks for the band’s financial records. But, she does not like the available options to track bookings and create set lists that draw from their entire repertoire.

In addition to their regular weekly gigs, the band performs for many school assemblies and community events. They have to pick music that’s appropriate for the audience and the theme without being repetitive. They are constantly adding new songs to their catalog, and putting others on hiatus. The band likes to take requests, so they frequently update the set list after a gig. The band does not want to bother entering chords or lyrics because they don’t use computers or phones on stage.

You offer to put together a system design to address the band’s needs. It’s okay to collect ideas by looking at off-the-shelf solutions, but the design must be your own for this assignment. Include the following in your design:

1. A list and short explanation of each function to manage:

1. the band’s song catalog,
2. bookings,
3. set lists, and
4. any other category you believe is important for this application.

2. A logical data design that supports all of these functions. Use either an entity-relationship or a UML class diagram, which should be in third normal form. Indicate all primary keys, relationships, and cardinalities.

3. Recommend a system architecture that identifies the hardware and software components and how they interact. Include a short (not more than 500 words) description and rationale. Illustrate using your choice of a static functional decomposition or object-oriented diagram.

4. Identify security concerns and other nonfunctional requirements for this system.

5. Propose at least three distinct and measurable criteria to evaluate the quality of the finished software.

Important Note: The required attached template must be used for this assignment and is not optional. It has been designed so that papers are logically organized and includes prompts for all required information for the assignment. Assignments submitted not using this template will be returned ungraded and must be resubmitted using the template. Late penalties on improperly submitted papers will apply in accordance with the published late policy.

As outlined within this weeks topic, there are several benefits as well as challenges associated with the use of Big Data Analytics in the e-Healthcare industry. Pick one of the four concepts below and then identify the benefits and challenges associated with that concept. Do not simply list the benefits and challenges but detail them in a substantive, thorough post as it relates to that concept in the e-healthcare industry.

• Data Gathering
• Storage and Integration
• Data Analysis
• Knowledge Discovery and Information Interpretation

 VBA has played a special and notorious role in the cyber security world for several years.  Conduct research into VBA and its role in malware, and identify some techniques for using VBA in a secure manner.

• Prepare a quality, substantive journal post that addresses the objectives of the assignment and the expectations set forth in the grading rubric. 
• 300 words minimum is required. 
• Use APA format
• Use at least two credible sources.

Need to 20 slides on Face book inc 

Mission statement.

Company strategy

Implementation projects

External industry environmental factors

External scanning (political and economic issues)

recent investment in India 5.6 billion dollars

At UC, it is a priority that students are provided with strong educational programs and courses that allow them to be servant-leaders in their disciplines and communities, linking research with practice and knowledge with ethical decision-making. This assignment is a written assignment where students will demonstrate how this course research has connected and put into practice within their own career. 

Assignment:
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study. 

Requirements:

• Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.
• Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.
• Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.
• Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment.
• You should not, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.

Contingency planning is a risk mitigation process for developing back-up plans in anticipation of events (scenarios) that might disrupt ‘business as usual’. Business continuity planning is an expanded version of contingency planning that typically encompasses a more comprehensive and extended response plan for getting back to ‘business as usual’. In a well-formatted, highly-detailed research paper, address the need to contingency planning, ensuring to address the following items:(1) Benefits of scenario events/planning.
(2) Questions to consider when implementing scenario planning.
(3) The common types of scenario planning.Your paper should meet these requirements:

• Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

1.  A starter solution has been provided to you as zip file. When submitting your own unit test methods, zip the contents of the src directory into a single zipped file. Make sure the zipped file has a .zip extension (not .tar, .rar, .7z, etc.).

ObstaclesWarrior.zip

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Obstacle Warrior

Objectives: Create a Java program using programming fundamentals (file I/O, loops, conditional statements, arrays, functions)

Problem: In an effort to win a coding competition, you decided to create an awesome Obstacle Warrior game. The game is played on a 2-dimensional board similar to a Chess board, but the dimensions may be different. The minimum size of the board is 2×2. The board will have a Start square and an Exit square that are not stored on the board. Start and Exit squares cannot be the same. Other board squares may contain obstacles in the form of an integer that will define how the warrior position and score will be affected. The obstacle squares can have values from 0 to -10 only. The Start square is always a clear square. All clear squares are marked with # on the board. The Exit square may contain an obstacle that is not a zero. The size of the board, number of obstacles, and Start and Exit squares are all unknow to your code prior to running. This information is stored in a file that your code will read at the beginning of the game. The board.dat file must be read into a 2-D array.

A warrior must start at the Start square and find their way to the Exit square. The warrior can move on the board in any direction including diagonally, one square at a time. A warrior has a running score (integer) maintained from the start of the game until the warrior exits the board. If the warrior lands on an obstacle square with a value of zero, the warrior is sent back to the starting position and the obstacle square will become a normal square (obstacle removed). If the obstacle square has a negative number, that number will reduce the warrior’s score by the value of the obstacle, and the obstacle square will become a clear square (obstacle removed). Each VALID move that the warrior makes without landing on an obstacle will earn the warrior one point. The moves for the warrior are randomly generated by your code in the form of a direction (0-UP, 1-DOWN, 2-LEFT, 3-RIGHT, 4-UPRIGHT, 5-DOWNRIGHT, 6-UPLEFT, 7-DOWNLEFT). If the warrior is at the boundary of the board and your code generates an invalid move, that move will be ignored. Your code will keep generating moves until the warrior exits at the Exit square. Once the warrior exits, your program will store the updated board information to a new file ResultBoard.dat as single-space separated data. The program will also display the total number of valid moves, the total time elapsed in milliseconds since the first move until the warrior exited the board, the final score of the warrior and the formatted board information (right aligned columns with total of 5 spaces).

Output Format:

• Each column in the final board display must be of total width of 5 spaces
• Data in each column must be right aligned

Enter the board data file path: C:board.dat //Repeat prompt until valid file OR show error and exit.

Type “Start” to start the game or “Exit” to exit the game: exit //Your program must exit

Enter the board file path: C:board.dat

Type “Start” to start the game or “Exit” to exit the game: start //You may display the moves and the running score after each move but it is not required

The warrior made 270 valid moves in 503 milliseconds. The final score is 175 points.

 #  #  #  #  #

 #  #  #  0  #

 #  #  #  #  #

 #  -3  #  #  -4

 #  #  #  #  #

Press any key to exit!

Program Structure: Your code should be modular and easy to understand. In addition to the main method, the following methods are required to be in your code. These methods will be used by the unit testing to test the accuracy of your code.

public static String[][] ReadBoardFromFile(String fileName, Position startPosition, Position exitPosition)

public static boolean WriteBoardToFile(String fileName, String[][] boardArray)

public static int GenerateDirection()

public static boolean MoveWarrior(int direction, String[][] boardArray, Position currentPosition)

public static int CalculateWarriorScore(int currentScore, Position currentPosition, String[][] boardArray)

public static String DisplayResults(int currentScore, int numberOfMoves, int timeElapsed, String[][] boardArray)

Program Flow:

• Program starts in main() method
• Prompt user for Board.dat file path
• Read board from file
• Generate a direction
• Move the warrior
• Calculate new score
• Check conditions and clear square if needed
• Repeat until the warrior is at the exit square
• Display the results
• Prompt user to exit game

Board.dat file format:

• The data in the file will be separated by one space
• Assume that all data in the file is valid
• Clear and Start squares (no obstacles) will be marked with # in the file
• The first line of the file contains the dimensions of the board (rows and columns) e.g. 3 7
• The second line contains the Start square indexes (rowIndex, columnIndex)
• The third line contains the Exit square indexes (rowIndex, columnIndex)
• The rest of the lines represent the contents, including obstacles, of a row on the board
• Example of a Board size 5×5 data file:

5 5

2 2

4 3

# -5 # # #

# # # 0 #

# # # # #

# -3 # # -4

-10 # # # #

**ResultBoard.dat file format: **

• Data must be separated by a single space

# # # # #

# # # 0 #

# # # # #

# -3 # # -4

# # # # #

Grading:

• Coding standards, style and comments (10 Points)
• Unit testing methods x6, one for each of the methods mentioned above (10 Points)
• ReadBoardFromFile (10 Points)
• WriteBoardToFile (10 Points)
• GenerateDirection (10 Points)
• MoveWarrior (20 Points)
• CalculateWarriorScore (20 Points)
• DisplayResults (10 Points)

Notes:

• The “Position” class has been provided to you. You may add new methods/constructors to this class, but don’t change existing methods
• Part 1 deliverables: Unit Test methods only – Submit on eLearning
• Part 2 deliverables: Functioning program – Submit on zyBooks (You may resubmit your Unit Test method on eLearning)

Cloud Computing Advantages and Disadvantages

Instructions:

the paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages.

Use the Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style website to learn more about APA style.

• References should be 2016 or later.
• Each source should be cited in the body of the paper to give credit where due. Per APA, the paper should use a 12-point Time New Roman font, should be double spaced throughout, and the first sentence of each paragraph should be indented .5 inches.
• The body of the paper should be 2 Pages in length.
• The Title and Reference pages do not count towards the page count requirements.

1. How did Filecoin conduct its ICO?

2. How is Filecoin’s ICO similar to and different from:    a) an equity IPO?    b) a crowdfunding initiative on, for example, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe?

3. What are the pros and cons of Filecoin conducting a fundraising through an ICO?

4. Why should investors be attracted to Filecoin?

5. Why should be wary of Filecoin?

6. Why are regulators encouraging or opposing ICOs?7. What have some regulators done in response to ICOs?

Compose your essay in APA format, including the introduction and conclusion, and in-text citations for all sources used. In addition to your 3 page (minimum) essay, you must include an APA-style title page and reference page.