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MIS 505 Chapter 4: Making Decisions SHORT ANSWER PART 5


	1.	Describe a Boolean expression.


	2.	Who was George Boole and what did he do?


	3.	List the three types of comparisons that enable the making of any decision.


	4.	When would you use a negative comparison?


	5.	How can you improve the efficiency of a nested decision?


	6.	Explain the purpose and use of the AND operator.


	7.	In an OR decision, why is it more efficient to first ask the question that is more likely to be true?


	8.	Explain what a range check is and provide an example.


	9.	When you combine AND and OR operators within the same statement, which takes precedence?

	10.	List three techniques to avoid confusion when mixing AND and OR operators.