RE: Business Modelling with Spreadsheets Final Exam Thanks, Tony.  Only question:  Is the attached spreadsheet for Hibiscus
Coast Books in the file as well?  Since you attached it here, I was not
certain but have put it on the student-shared drive just in case.

Thanks again,  Elaine

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Meyer [mailto:user2.1@gvc.ceas-challenge.cc] 
Sent: Sunday, 30 March 2008 5:21 p.m.
To: Elaine Steel
Subject: Business Modelling with Spreadsheets Final Exam

Hi Elaine,

Attached is the final examination I have prepared for the Business  
Modelling with Spreadsheets module.  It's fairly similar to the exams  
in 2005 and 2006, except that the simulation model has been replaced  
with an additional integer programming model.  My apologies for not  
getting this to you sooner - I hadn't noticed that the exam was on  
Wednesday.

The setup is basically the same as the test - they'll need to both use  
Excel and have written answers, and shouldn't have access to any  
additional material (unless anyone wants a dictionary or calculator,  
although a calculator seems rather pointless with Excel available).

Also attached is the starting spreadsheet they should use for the exam  
(there would definitely not be enough time to create all five models  
from scratch), as in 2005/2006.  It might be easier for them to  
download it rather than for you to distribute it, so it's also here:

http://lifeway.tangomu.com/2008Exam.xls

(The filename is case sensitive, so make sure they use an uppercase  
"E").

Please let me know if there are any queries or adjustments necessary  
and I'll do those as soon as I get home from teaching on Monday (or  
during the day if it's something I can do there).

Everything has gone very smoothly with the module, as expected (there  
haven't even been any absences other than Tony going over to see his  
mother).  As when I've had these students in the past, they seem quite  
willing to put in plenty of work, and since they're all pretty good  
with computers, have picked up the material quite well I think.

My address hasn't changed, but to save you looking it up: 2 Apsley  
Rise, Henderson, Waitakere, Auckland.  Their case studies are due on  
Friday, so I should be able to have all of the marks back to you by  
Monday or Tuesday next week.

Thanks,
Tony



