CLEP Information Systems case studies
CLEP Information Systems · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The CLEP Information Systems exam is a College Board credit-by-examination test built around the material usually taught in an introductory college-level business information systems course. It is aimed at candidates who already understand business software, networks, and data concepts, and who want to demonstrate that knowledge to earn college credit rather than sit through an entry-level course. The CLEP Information Systems case studies are 5 cases and about 3,971 words.
1The Recall Letters That All Say the Same Name
Riverton Community Clinic has six staff and 1,200 active patients. For the annual recall letters, the office manager keeps the patient list in an Excel workbook (one row per patient, column headers in row 1, no blank rows) and merges it into a Word document containing the letter body plus the AddressBlock and GreetingLine merge fields.
802 words, about 4 min2Half the Customers See Last Month's Homepage
Harborline Books runs a small online store on a shared host. Last Friday the web team moved the site to a new server and changed the domain's A record from the old IP address to the new one at 4:00 p.m.
799 words, about 4 min3Two Clicks on a QR Code at a Tax Firm
Cornerstone Tax Partners is a 45-person accounting firm. Partners hold local administrator rights on their laptops and reuse the same password across the client portal, the VPN, and personal shopping sites.
799 words, about 4 min4Forty-Second File Opens on the Design Floor
Baxter and Loft Architecture has 14 design workstations, each about four years old: a quad-core i5, 16 GB of RAM, a 1 TB 7200 rpm hard disk, and Intel integrated graphics. Designers work with BIM models and 2 to 3 GB assemblies and report 40-second file opens, the pointer freezing for several seconds when switching between a model and a drawing, and near-constant disk activity.
786 words, about 4 min5The Donor Spreadsheet That Counts Gifts Twice
Loaves and Fishes is a regional food bank. Donor and donation records live in a single spreadsheet with 12,400 rows, and each row repeats the donor's name, mailing address, phone, and pledge amount.
785 words, about 4 min