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Active Directory is not proprietary to Microsoft and is an open standard.

Which port does HTTPS use for communication?

The acronym AAA stands for which of the following? (Select 3)

Which of the following AAA concepts is involved with “what the user is allowed to perform”?

Using the data below, with a smoothing constant of 0.1 for the base and 0.6 for the trend, compute a trend-adjusted exponential smoothing forecast for period 2. (You are now at the end of period 1.)  Period     At         Ft        Tt   1          640      510       80   2

For the next 2 questions, suppose the following had been computed for a set of past forecasts. If the “one-number forecast for next period was 1000, what are the lowest and highest demands that we can possibly expect for next period, using a 99.7% confidence level? MSE = 126               MAPE = 21              Tracking Signal = +5                  MAD = 8

Generally speaking and unless we have evidence otherwise, fairly high values of the smoothing constant are good to use with exponential smoothing.

Suppose you have the following information from a forecasting software package. There are three seasons (terms) each year, and the demand data shown below are for the last 2 academic years (Fall, Spring, and Summer of each year).  You are now sitting at the end of period 9, which is the last term of the third year.  (Note:  The best-fit line equation shown below was made up by me; it may not actually be the true equation if you were to do an analysis of this data.) Demand = 310 + 10 (time)   What would be the forecast for the Spring term of 2024, if you didn’t care about adjusting for any seasonality?

Suppose the following had been computed for a set of past forecasts. If the “one-number forecast” for next period was 1000, what are the lowest and highest demands that we can possibly expect for next period, using a 99.7% confidence level? MSE = 126               MAPE = 21              Tracking Signal = +5                  MAD = 8 Which of the following would be true about the forecasting method being used?    I.  the method tends to over-forecast   II.  the method misses by 126 units on average  III.  the method has been missing by an average of 8%

Using the data shown below, what would be the naïve approach forecast for period 3?       Period         At         Ft         1              300      310         2