Monday, January 28, 2013

Computer Applications Final Exam

Choose ONE of the following tasks for your exam:

Choice One:

You just started a wedding designing business.  You are looking for clients.

"Suzy Jackson" is a 28 year old who is getting married for the first time.  She wants to get married at the beach here in Connecticut.  You want her business.  She has told you she can spend up to $20,000 on her wedding.  There will be 100 guests.

Your exam must include the following:

  • formal business letter written to Suzy outlining the main points of what you hope to create and why she should hire you. 
  • A spreadsheet with properly formatted formulas outlining the projected costs of the wedding.  This may involve some research and some creative writing.  You can make stuff up if you aren't sure.
  • A sample printable wedding invitation.
Choice Two:

You just started a party business.  You are looking for clients.

"Jimmy Jones" is a 45 year old who wants to have a great super bowl party for 40 of his friends here in Seymour.  It will be a family affair.  There will be about 15-20 kids there.  He wants to spend about $1000.  He has a TV and a big living room but he wants everything else prepared.  This will be a "dry" party.  No alcohol.

Your exam must include the following:
  • formal business letter written to Jimmy outlining the main points of what you hope to create and why he should hire you.  
  • A spreadsheet with properly formatted formulas outlining the projected costs of the party.  This may involve some research and some creative writing.  Make sure you have something for the kids to do! You can make stuff up if you aren't sure.
  • A sample printable party invitation.
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Exam hints:
  • Make stuff up if needed (like addresses).
  • Include extra stuff if time (like your business logo?)
  • You will save this in your google shared folder.  Create a folder within that folder called "EXAM".  If printer is working we will print this exam out.
  • Make sure everything is EXACTLY right.  

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