3 Claremont School

Situation: The Claremont School course catalog reads as follows: “To enroll in CIS 288, which is an advanced
course, a student must complete two prerequisites — CIS 110 and CIS 286. A student who completes either one
of these prerequisites and obtains the instructor’s permission, however, will be allowed to take CIS 288.”

1. Create a decision table that describes the Claremont School course catalog regarding eligibility for CIS
288. Show all possible rules.
Remind students to follow the four steps outlined next to Figure 4-38 on page 177. The initial version of the
decision table, which contains all possible rules, should look something like the following:

RULES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CIS 110 Y Y Y Y N N N N
CIS 286 Y Y N N Y Y N N
WAIVER Y N Y N Y N Y N
ELIGIBLE X X X X
INELIGIBLE X X X X

2. Simplify the table you just created. Describe the results.

After simplification:

RULES 1 2 3 4 5 6
CIS 110 Y N N Y Y N
CIS 286 Y Y Y N N N
WAIVER - Y N Y N -
ELIGIBLE X X X
INELIGIBLE X X X
1. Draw a simplified decision tree to represent the Claremont School catalog. Describe the results.

Eligible
CIS 286
Eligible
Waiver
No CIS 286
CIS 110
No Waiver
Not Eligible
Eligible
No CIS 110 Waiver

CIS 286
No Waiver Not Eligible

No CIS 286
Not Eligible