Midterm Examination Instructions

DP 102 – Introduction to Computers in Dentistry
Midterm Examination Instructions
August 14, 2006
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Student Name:
Student ID Number
The purpose of this examination is to allow you to demonstrate your competence in several basic
skills involving computer tasks and software applications that you need to master as a part of
your dental education.
Please turn off your cell phone. You are expected to complete the tasks in this examination
independently. This means that you must not talk to anyone during the examination or send
any emails except for the one email that is part of the examination or in any other way
communicate with your classmates or anyone else during the examination. If there are
terms or concepts in these instructions that you do not understand or tasks that you do not know
how to complete, just try to do the best you can with what you do know.
This document contains directions for completing a series of tasks which constitute this
examination. Please read and follow the directions below very carefully.
1. Using your notebook computer, log on to the Pacific network.
2. Use the Groupwise client to access your email and retrieve the email you were just sent with
the subject line “DP 102 Midterm”.
3. Download the two attached files to a place on your notebook computer that you can
remember. You will use these files for parts of this examination.
4. Open the network folder \\sffiler\dds09\dp102exam. (Hint: copy this file path into the
address bar of the Windows Explorer) Copy a file in that folder to a place on your notebook
computer that you can remember. You will use this file for parts of this examination. The
file you want is the one with your name in the file name.
5. Open your network user folder. That is the folder you were provided where you can store
files on the network for storage or backup. Inside your network user folder create a new
folder (sometimes referred to as a sub-directory) called “DP102MidtermExam” (don’t use
any quotation marks). You will be told to place files in this folder later in these instructions.
6. Open the PDF file that you downloaded from the email in instruction #2 above. You will
follow the instructions in that file to complete the next step.

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7. The file that you downloaded from the network folder is your picture (somewhat altered).
Use an application program on your computer to manipulate the picture by following the
instructions in the file called “DP102_MidTermExamination_SupplementalInstructions.pdf”.
Save the two files you create on your notebook computer by following those instructions
using these file names:
a. YourNameFull.jpg (where YourName is replaced by your actual personal name)
b. YourNameSmall.jpg (where YourName is replaced by your actual personal name)
8. Copy the two files you created in step 7 above to the DP102MidtermExam folder that you
created in step 5 above.
9. Create a Powerpoint presentation by following the instructions in the file called
“DP102_MidTermExamination_SupplementalInstructions.pdf” which you downloaded in
step 3 above. Save the Powerpoint file you create on your notebook computer with the name
YourName.ppt (where YourName is replaced by your actual personal name).
10. Open the Microsoft Word file that you downloaded in step 2 in these instructions. Answer
the questions in that file by following the instruction in step # 10 below and the instructions
on the Word document itself.
11. Open the envelope that you were provided with your user name and password for the PCMS
system. Use this information to log onto the PCMS system.
12. Save the Microsoft Word file that you opened in step 10 in these instructions with the file
name YourName.doc (where YourName is replaced by your actual personal name).
13. Prepare an email to Hilda Anderson on the Computing Services Staff here in the Dental
School. The subject line is “DP102 Midterm: Your Name” (no quotes, but where YourName
is replaced by your actual personal name).
a. Attach two files to the email The two files are:
i. YourName.ppt (where YourName has been replaced by your actual personal
name) that you created in step # 9 in these instructions.
ii. YourName.doc (where YourName has been replaced by your actual personal
name) that you created in step # 12 in these instructions.
b. Send the email.
14. Sign the statement below and then turn in this sheet. The examination is then over.
I certify that I have completed this examination independently during the examination period and
have not communicated with my classmates or other individuals during the examination time.
Signature:
Print Name: