MIS 220 Equivalency Exam

Students who have not taken MIS 220 at WWU or an equivalent course at another college but feel that they have sufficient background in Windows XP, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel may take an exam to establish this equivalency.

This exam will generally be administered during registration, and a student may take the exam only once per quarter.

The dates for the Fall 2008 MIS 220 testout sessions are:

Tuesday, September 9, 2008               1:00 PM
Wednesday, September 10, 2008     10:00 AM
Thursday, September 11, 2008            1:00 PM

Monday, September 15, 2008            10:00 AM
Wednesday, September 17, 2008       1:00 PM
Friday, September 19, 2008               10:00 AM

Tuesday, September 23, 2008           10:00 AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2008     10:00 AM
Friday, September 26, 2008               10:00 AM

The MIS 220 testout requires a hands-on exam to be completed with 80% proficiency in the Excel component (70-80% of the exam) and 80% overall proficiency (combined score). The following areas may be tested. You will have one hour to complete the exam.

Format, copy, backup and manage files and folders in Windows Explorer.
Conduct simple searches on the Internet.
Enter and edit text, change fonts, run the spell and grammar check, copy, paste and insert objects, add headers and footers, add footnotes and endnotes, format paragraphs and documents, and work with multiple documents in Microsoft Word.
Enter and edit constants, format cells, work with absolute, mixed and relative cell references, use formulas and functions, sort data, and create and edit graphs, using Microsoft Excel.

The exam will be given in the Parks Hall computer lab in Parks Hall 210.

Students must sign up with the DSCI TA administering the test before the exam. Contact the DSCI TA at schoena@cc.wwu.edu.

Any questions about this process should be directed to the department manager in Parks Hall 343, or by calling the office at 650-3902.