Question

Consider the following scenario:

Jenny has almost five hundred total games for her various video game systems. She also frequently buys, sells, and trades games. She wants to keep track of which games she has, which system they go with, and how much she likes them.

Write a two-paragraph report that identifies how a computer program could solve Jenny's problem. In the two paragraphs, you should address the items listed below.

• Describe the problem in your own words.

• Identify a computer-based solution.

• List at least three reasons that computers and programming are applicable to this situation.

Answer 1

In order to keep track of the games , the best solution that Jenny can have is to use a computer based solution that is a software that will keep the track of the games. This simple computer based program will need to store all the games that she has and then she is simply need to update whenever she buys or sells again so that the data remains consistent and there is is no integrity loss. The reason that the computer based application is applicable 1. because management of large number of games is difficult for human to handle and computer based program can handle it effectively and without any error and 2. It will reduce the Jenny's work in order to keep track of the games and she will be able to to keep track of the games easily and in an effective way. 3. Third reason is that as she is frequently selling buying and trading the games it is quite a difficult task for her to manage all the games and there data using a simple log book so if she starts using the program she can simply use all the data in a database and maintain the data.