Preface Students with a strong background in microcomputers may test out of MINF2201 by passing a departmental examination.  Students must not have attempted MINF2201 before (even to withdraw) and have one opportunity to meet this requirement by exam. Should the examiners conclude that the student's exam does not demonstrate sufficient capability, the requirement can only be met through course work.  Success in the exam will appear as a "requirement completed" grade and not contribute to GPA (keep this in mind if a relatively easy A or B in MINF2201 would be helpful to you).

Students interested in meeting this requirement by examination should contact Todd Schultz (leave an online comment or call 706-667-4534) to arrange an examination time.  Further, they will need to have an Application for Departmental Examination form with items 1 through 3 completed before taking the examination.

Skill Areas for Examination The examination will require students to demonstrate the capabilities to:

Word Processing

• Enter/change text using various styles and fonts
• Format text, e.g., indenting, double-indenting, bulleting
• Insert, place, and size graphics
• Develop simple tables
• Work with text boxes
• Develop running headers and footers
• Display pagination

Spreadsheets

• Enter text, numbers, formulas, and functions into cells;
• Develop formulas and apply functions to satisfy specific requirements;
• Use relative, absolute, and mixed addressing in formulas;
• Enter and copy formulas productively;
• Format spreadsheets, e.g., justification within and across cells, adjusting fonts and styles, adjusting numeric formats, drawing lines, shading and coloring text, protecting cells;
• Apply block sorts to tables of data;
• Develop graphical displays of spreadsheet data;
• Design and implement effective spreadsheet layouts;
• Work comfortably with worksheet tabs, filenames, and saving workbooks.

Database

• Create file structures and populate them with data;
• Add, change, delete database records;
• Sort or index database records;
• Perform queries on data, create simple queries, and interpret the results;
• Create and print simple reports from data.