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Answer each these questions in a paragraph with at least five sentences: Include the question and number your responses accordingly. Provide a citation for each answer.

1. what do each of these terms refer to: copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret?

2. Why is intellectual property entitled to legal protection? 

3. Why did copyright laws become stricter and more punishing in the late 20th century?

4. What is the Fair Use doctrine?

5. Make an argument for legalizing the copying of music or software. 

6. Do I or don’t I own the books on my Kindle? If I own them, why can’t I transfer them? If I don’t own them, what is my legal right to them?

7. What was the 1984 Sony Supreme Court case about?

8. Was Napster responsible for the actions of its users?

9. Why did the court find in favor of Diamond in the Rio case? 

10. What is Digital Rights Management?

Note : Please write Research paper in APA 7 format 

This week’s journal article was focused on how information and communication innovation drives change in educational settings. The key focus of the article was how technology-based leadership has driven the digital age.  Also, that the role of technology leadership incorporates with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).In this paper, address the following key concepts:

1. Define TAM and the components.
2. Note how TAM is impacting educational settings.
3. Give an overview of the case study presented and the findings.

Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research.  Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years.The paper should meet the following requirements:

• 3-5 pages in length (not including title page or references)
• APA guidelines must be followed.  The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.

The writing should be clear and concise.  Headings should be used to transition thoughts.  Don’t forget that the grade also includes the quality of writing. 

 A database management system is an application that provides users with the means to manipulate, analyze, and query data. Almost all DBMSs in existence today are developed to be used with relational databases.  Describe in a minimum 2-page essay (about 1,000 words, double spaced, APA format) a DBMS that you have dealt with at a company, or as a customer.  How was it used to help you access the data? 

What’s simple random sampling? Is it possible to sample data instances using a distribution different from the uniform distribution? If so, give an example of a probability distribution of the data instances that is different from uniform (i.e., equal probability).

All discussions should contain at least one reference (and matching in-text citation in APA format).

Compare Fingerprinting (The traditional methodology) with one of the new evolving method like IRS scan and so on. 

1. Open the SierraPacific-02.xlsx start file. If the workbook opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button so you can modify it. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it.
2. Set range names for the workbook.
   1. Select the Student Loan sheet, and select cells B5:C8.
   2. Click the Create from Selection button [Formulas tab, Defined Names group].
   3. Verify that the Left column box in the Create Names from Selection dialog box is selected.
   4. Deselect the Top row box if it is checked and click OK.
   5. Select cells E5:F7. Repeat steps a−d to create range names.
   6. Click the Name Manager button [Formulas tab, Defined Names group] to view the names in the Name Manager dialog box (Figure 2-90). Notice that the cell references are absolute.Figure 2-90 Name Manager dialog box
   7. Click Close.
3. Enter a PMT function.
   1. Select C8.
   2. Click the Financial button [Formulas tab, Function Library group] and select PMT.
   3. Click the Rate box and click cell C7. The range name Rate is substituted and is an absolute reference.
   4. Type /12 immediately after Rate to divide by 12 for monthly payments.
   5. Click the Nper box and click cell C6. The substituted range name is Loan_Term.
   6. Type *12 after Loan_Term to multiply by 12.
   7. Click the Pv box and type a minus sign (–) to set the argument as a negative amount.
   8. Click cell C5 (Loan_Amount) for the pv argument. A negative loan amount reflects the lender’s perspective, since the money is paid out now (Figure 2-91).Figure 2-91 Pv argument is negative in the PMT function
   9. Leave the Fv and Type boxes empty.
   10. Click OK. The payment for a loan at this rate is $186.43, shown as a positive value.
   11. Verify or format cell C8 as Accounting Number Format to match cell C5.
4. Create a total interest formula.
   1. Click cell F5 (Total_Interest). This value is calculated by multiplying the monthly payment by the total number of payments to determine total outlay. From this amount, you subtract the loan amount.
   2. Type = and click cell C8 (the Payment).
   3. Type * to multiply and click cell C6 (Loan_Term).
   4. Type *12 to multiply by 12 for monthly payments. Values typed in a formula are constants and are absolute references.
   5. Type – immediately after *12 to subtract.
   6. Click cell C5 (the Loan_Amount). The formula is Payment * Loan_Term * 12 – Loan_Amount. Parentheses are not required, because the multiplications are done from left to right, followed by the subtraction (Figure 2-92).Figure 2-92 Left-to-right operations
   7. Press Enter. The result is $1,185.81.
5. Create the total principal formula and the total loan cost.
   1. Select cell F6 (Total_Principal). This value is calculated by multiplying the monthly payment by the total number of payments. From this amount, subtract the total interest.
   2. Type = and click cell C8 (the Payment).
   3. Type * to multiply and click cell C6 (Loan_Term).
   4. Type *12 to multiply by 12 for monthly payments.
   5. Type – immediately after *12 to subtract.
   6. Click cell F5 (the Total_Interest). The formula is Payment * Loan_Term * 12 – Total_Interest.
   7. Press Enter. Total principal is the amount of the loan.
   8. Click cell F7, the Total_Cost of the loan. This is the total principal plus the total interest.
   9. Type =, click cell F5, type +, click cell F6, and then press Enter.
6. Set order of mathematical operations to build an amortization schedule.
   1. Click cell B13. The beginning balance is the loan amount.
   2. Type =, click cell C5, and press Enter.
   3. Format the value as Accounting Number Format.
   4. Select cell C13. The interest for each payment is calculated by multiplying the balance in column B by the rate divided by 12.
   5. Type = and click cell B13.
   6. Type *( and click cell C7.
   7. Type /12). Parentheses are necessary so that the division is done first (Figure 2-93).Figure 2-93 The interest formula
   8. Press Enter and format the results (37.5) as Accounting Number Format.
   9. Select cell D13. The portion of the payment that is applied to the principal is calculated by subtracting the interest portion from the payment.
   10. Type =, click cell C8 (the Payment).
   11. Type –, click cell C13, and press Enter. From the first month’s payment, $148.93 is applied to the principal and $37.50 is interest.
   12. Click cell E13. The total payment is the interest portion plus the principal portion.
   13. Type =, click cell C13, type +, click cell D13, and then press Enter. The value matches the amount in cell C8.
   14. Select cell F13. The ending balance is the beginning balance minus the principal payment. The interest is part of the cost of the loan.
   15. Type =, click cell B13, type –, click cell D13, and then press Enter. The ending balance is $9,851.07.
   16. The image includes rows 13 through 28 and then rows 60 through72 after you complete Step 7g.Formulas in cells B13_F13B13=Loan_AmountC13=B13*(Rate/12)D13=Payment-C13E13=C13+D13F13=B13-D13
7. Fill data and copy formulas.
   1. Select cells A13:A14. This is a series with an increment of 1.
   2. Drag the Fill pointer to reach cell A72. This sets 60 payments for a five-year loan term.
   3. Select cell B14. The beginning balance for the second payment is the ending balance for the first payment.
   4. Type =, click cell F13, and press Enter.
   5. Double-click the Fill pointer for cell B14 to fill the formula down to row 72. The results are zero (displayed as a hyphen in Accounting Number Format) until the rest of the schedule is complete.
   6. Select cells C13:F13.
   7. Double-click the Fill pointer at cell F13. All of the formulas are filled (copied) to row 72 (Figure 2-94).Figure 2-94 Formulas copied down columns
   8. Scroll to see the values in row 72. The loan balance reaches 0.
   9. Press Ctrl+Home.
8. Build a multiplication formula.
   1. Click the Fees & Credit sheet tab and select cell F7. Credit hours times number of sections times the fee calculates the total fees from a course.
   2. Type =, click cell C7, type *, click cell D7, type *, click cell E7, and then press Enter. No parentheses are necessary because multiplication is done in left to right order (Figure 2-95).Figure 2-95 Formula to calculate total fees per course
   3. Double-click the Fill pointer for cell F7 to copy the formula.
   4. Verify that cells F7:F18 are Currency format. Set a single bottom border for cell F18.
9. Use SUMIF to calculate fees by department.
   1. Select cell C26.
   2. Click the Math & Trig button [Formulas tab, Function Library group] and select SUMIF.
   3. Click the Range box and select cells B7:B18. This range will be matched against the criteria.
   4. Press F4 (FN+F4) to make the reference absolute.
   5. Click the Criteria box and select cell B26.
   6. Click the Sum_range box, select cells F7:F18, and press F4 (FN+F4).
   7. Click OK. Total fees for the Biology department are 13350 (Figure 2-96).Figure 2-96 Function Arguments dialog box for SUMIF
10. Copy a SUMIF function.
    1. Click cell C26 and drag its Fill pointer to copy the formula to cells C27:C29 without formatting to preserve the borders (Figure 2-97).Figure 2-97 Formula is copied without formatting
    2. Format cells C26:C29 as Currency.
11. Use SUMPRODUCT and trace an error.
    1. Select cell D26 and click the Formulas tab.
    2. Click the Math & Trig button in the Function Library group and select SUMPRODUCT.
    3. Click the Array1 box and select cells C7:C9, credit hours for courses in the Biology Department.
    4. Click the Array2 box and select cells D7:D9, the number of sections for the Biology Department.
    5. Click OK. The Biology Department offered 98 total credit hours.
    6. Click cell D26 and point to its Trace Error button. The formula omits adjacent cells in the worksheet but it is correct.
    7. Click the Trace Error button and select Ignore Error.
12. Copy and edit SUMPRODUCT.
    1. Click cell D26 and drag its Fill pointer to copy the formula to cells D27:D29 without formatting to preserve the borders.
    2. Click cell D27 and click the Insert Function button in the Formula bar.
    3. Select and highlight the range in the Array1 box and select cells C10:C12. The range you select replaces the range in the dialog box (Figure 2-98).Figure 2-98 Replace the ArrayN arguments
    4. Select the range in the Array2 box and select cells D10:D12.
    5. Click OK.
    6. Edit and complete the formulas in cells D28:D29 and ignore errors.
13. Insert the current date as a function.
    1. Select cell F20.
    2. Type =to and press Tab to select the function.
    3. Press Enter.
    4. Press Ctrl+Home.
14. Paste range names.
    1. Click the New sheet button in the sheet tab area.
    2. Name the new sheet Range Names.
    3. Press F3 (FN+F3) to open the Paste Name dialog box.
    4. Click the Paste List button.
    5. AutoFit columns A:B.
15. Save and close the workbook (Figure 2-99).

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.

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.
• 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.

Instructions

Unit 5 Graded Exercise 1 Downloadable Instructions

In this lab you will be creating a network using three routers, three  switches, one server and three PCs.  You will configure routing using  the RIP protocol.  You will set up DHCP on your server to allow the PCs  to pull dynamic addresses through the network.  Finally, you will  connect to a corporate server through the multiuser link.

Download the graded exercise instructions. Type your class number:  10.___.0.0/16 in all of the underline ___ indicators, answer the  questions as you go through the steps and add the screenshots where  indicated in the instructions document.

 Create web pages for your database using PHP. You should have one page that will return all the information from the database. You should create additional pages or however you want to handle it that will allow you to do various queries of your database. You should be able to retrieve and insert data. For extra credit, include functionality to delete data from your database. I will be looking for these features. Feel free to handle those functions however you feel is best for your project.
Create an html form that will allow you to enter in new information for the database. The information should be handled by a PHP script that will take the data and input it into the database.
The interface doesn’t have to look real pretty at this point. That will be done in the next phase. If you want to go ahead and make things look nice, feel free to do so.
If you have not yet created a home page, create a home page that contains links to each of the web pages you create to access your database. On each of the database pages create a button (link) to go back to the home page. Your project must have more than one page; your home page should have links to other pages to perform operations on the database. Some appropriate picture or image should be on the home page that relates to you project. Make your project look as professional as possible. You may want to show it during a interview. 

This is an individual assignment.Purpose: Whatever field you go into, you will likely be a part of selecting and/or purchasing computing equipment and/or software. This assignment will help you gain some insight into this process. Tasks:You are an IT consultant and you are attempting to snag your first client.  You must create specifications and a price quote for the purchase of three (3) computers from three (3) vendors. After collecting your information, you will end up with a 3×3 matrix (table), or a total of nine (9) price quotes.  You will attach the price information to the client proposal.  In the proposal, you will state the purpose of your proposal and give your recommendation to the client for one of each of the computers to include your reasoning as to why of the three computers in that category, the client should trust you to purchase and set up that particular model.Scenario:Mr & Mrs Nouveau Rich’s only daughter is heading off to CSU this fall. Mr. Rich made his money on TikTok producing videos of his wife. He sells a new line of exercise equipment and Keto-friendly drink mixes to people who have been forced to stay at home because of the coronavirus. These TikTok followers have seen their weight skyrocket due to Publix grocery stores selling buy-one-get-one free (BOGO) Oreo cookies, ice cream, doughnuts and pasta meals and now want to eat right, exercise and take the weight off.The Rich’s, being stuck at home with everyone else, need to prepare so send their daughter off to college while ramping up their work from home business.  Their side hustle has become a money train. They contacted you after viewing a YouTube video you produced for a class at CSU and liked your technical talent. They called and asked you to help them with the following:

• Their daughter, Fonda B Rich, is headed off to college and needs a laptop.  Dad is partial to Microsoft and Dell products.  You know what kind of laptop the daughter is “Fonda” of – aren’t all college students?  So dad needs some options to prove to his daughter that there is more than one type of laptop out in the world that does NOT involve standing for hours at a bar for Geniuses to learn how to use a fruit…
•  Mr. Rich (Known as Richey to his friends) is tired of creating and editing his TikTok videos on his iPhone 11.  He is getting older and his eyesight isn’t what it used to be and let’s face it, he has fat fingers. Richey Rich needs a souped up, powerful machine that he can load some sophisticated movie and music production software on and still have some power left over to play Solitaire. He also figures that his son and daughter, Ima B and Will B (nicknamed Willie), will use the desktop to play some Disney, Pokemon, and Super Mario games.
• Mrs. Shirley B. Rich is the mastermind behind the entire Rich enterprise. With a keen head for business, she started the whole empire when she videoed herself taking the Laxed Siren Beat (by Jawsh 685) Challenge Dance in her workout active wear while making a Keto Protein Shake. When she posted it, It went viral and got over 100k followers in 48 hours. Shirley needs a business computer where she can run typical Office software and financial applications to keep up the business’ financial records as well track her Instagram and TikTok videos that Richey produces for her. She needs to be able to be on the Internet researching new recipes, new activewear looks and new TikTok dances and music. Oh, and email her fans that write asking for new Keto recipes and support on their weight lose journey. She has a weight loss blog called “Losers Win in the End.”

Use one of the Report templates in Microsoft Word or word processing software that can save files as .doc or .docx (Google Docs will work for this).Part 1 – Hardware

1. Create a list of specifications for the three needed (3) computers. The computers will be used in the following scenarios:  
   1. A computer for a college student that can be used to take notes in class, do homework, complete assignments
   2. A computer to be used in an office for animated movies. This computer will be used to work on character design and animation sequences
   3. A computer for home business and personal use 
2. Build a table to compare and contrast computer offerings from three (3) different vendors (Dell, HP, Apple, Toshiba, Microsoft, etc) for each of the three use cases. (For each person, you will select three options from the different vendors. For example, you might select a Dell, a Toshiba, and an Apple for Mrs. Rich, 2 different Dells and an HP for Mr. Rich, etc.). You will want to include the technical specifications for each selected computer as well as the price. You may add any peripherals you think might be needed (for example, if the computer doesn’t have a built in webcam, you will need to find and include the price for an appropriate webcam if one is needed by the client).   
   1. Hint: use the “Business” section of the vendor site for the office workstation
   2. You can choose among different “form factors” such as desktop, small form factor, tablets, all-in-one computers, traditional desktop, laptop, tower 
3. Enter computer specs and prices into the Word document  
   1. Add hyperlinks to the vendor sites and computer specs you used
   2. specify the ““form factor” (desktop or laptop or all-in-one, etc.) you recommend and why you think this machine is a good fit for the customer

               4. Provide detail (technical description and price) for the following hardware:                           a. CPU       b. RAM       c. Hard drive (type and size)    d. Optical drive     e. Monitor     f. Operating SystemPart 2 – Software Research and recommend the appropriate productivity software that matches the computer you selected.  What software would each member of the Rich need loaded on their computer in order to do their particular tasks.  Include the software and the price – is it a one time purchase or is it a monthly or annual subscription.