2. Use the article titled “From Conceptualizing to Measuring HIV Stigma: A Review of HIV Stigma Mechanism Measures” to answer these questions. Use your knowledge to interpret the information according to what is asked:
Link to article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-009-9593-3
a) Is this article biased? Give reason for your answer. [3]
b) When was the article published and by who? [2]
c) The above article is protected against reuse of its’ contents. What measure is in place? [1]
d) How many articles have cited the above article? [1]
e) Assume you have cited work from this article, add this source (write it out) to your reference list using the APA referencing style. [2]
Section B: (Articles/Information Evaluation) [15 Marks]
When you possess the necessary skills required to search for information, evaluate it, use it, and Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base, you are a regarded as an information competent individual. In this section, you are required and to be best at evaluating sources and articulating evaluation criteria.
1. Listed below are two URLs of articles on COVID19 vaccine. Thoroughly scrutinize and analyze the sources, and answer the questions below:
URL 1: https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/568/eabe0948
URL 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine
a) Which article would you consider as a credible source in an academic writing? Why? [3]
b) Which article would you not consider using in an academic paper? Why? [3]
2. Today, people are leaning towards technological advances in societies. Some of these advances are in the digital world. People are creating content without realizing that it is in fact intellectual property; only that is digital. Digital assets can be stored on computers, on remote hard drives, CDs, DVDs, tapes, portable storage media such as flash drives, and internet servers. A few of these capacity media are intrinsically unreliable, and since computerized resources can be of impressive worth to a business, we need to find ways to shield them from unauthorised use.
a) State what type of action is required to protect digital IP. Motivate your answer. [3]
b) In the case that you would like to use someone’s digital asset for personal gain, what steps are you required to take to accomplish this? And why? [2]
Section A: (Structured questions) [10 Marks]
1. A manager at Lux architects, Mrs. Chikuta, has an upcoming project on digital transformation and is required to recruit a lead architect for the project. Only two applicants satisfied the criteria set for the position; they are aged 35 and 51. Management opted to appoint the applicant aged 35 years just because he is younger, however the 51-year-old did better in the interview.
a) In your own words, define the term bias. [1]
b) As a digitally literate individual, identify whether the above scenario is biased or not and provide reasoning for your selection. If the scenario above is biased, suggest ways to combat the bias if you were the manager. [4]
In the case of the Philippines, how much do you think are we involved in the modern world-system? What do you think are the advantages
. Futuristic was a newly setup firm in 2019. It is in the business of providing artwork. However, being in the business of standard art objects (non-essential items), it did not do well once it was hit by COVID-19. It has a selling price of ₹2,500 per piece and a variable cost of ₹1,000 per piece. It incurs an annual fixed cost of ₹30,00,000. The manager of the business wishes to know- the number of art pieces they must sell to be at the break-even point the contribution margin whether the firm is earning a profit or incurring a loss by selling 2,100 art pieces b. To combat the current difficult situation, the manager plans to curb the variable expenses and bring them to ₹500 per piece. Compute the new break-even point and contribution margin. Analyze and explain the movement in contribution margin to the manager
b) Using AIT (Lecturers, Students, Administrators and the President) as an example, explain
Unicast, Broadcast, Multicast and Anycast transmissions. In addition, use well labelled diagrams to
further depict your explanation