Suppose a study reports that the average price for a gallon Suppose a study reports that the average price for a gallon Question Suppose a study reports that the average price for a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline is $3.16. You believe that the figure is higher in your area of the country. You decide to test this claim for your part of the United States by randomly calling gasoline stations. Your random survey of 25 stations produces the following prices (all in $). Assume gasoline prices for a region are normally distributed. Do the data you obtained provide enough evidence to reject the claim? Use a 1% level of significance.3.27 3.29 3.16 3.20 3.373.20 3.23 3.19 3.20 3.243.16 3.07 3.27 3.09 3.353.15 3.23 3.14 3.05 3.353.21 3.14 3.14 3.07 3.10 Where do CFOs get their money news? According to Robert Half International, 47% get their money news from newspapers, 15% get it from communication/colleagues, 12% get it from television, 11% from the Internet, 9% from magazines, 5% from radio, and 1% do not know. Suppose a researcher wants to test these results. She randomly samples 67 CFOs and finds that 40 of them get their money news from newspapers. Does the test show enough evidence to reject the findings of Robert Half International? Use a = .05.
PSY400 Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation/Altruism in Society Campaign Paper PSY400 Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation/Altruism in Society Campaign Paper Question Learning Team Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation • Altruism in Society Campaign Paper (due Week Five) (One submission per team!) o Identify a social issue (e.g., domestic violence, child abuse, homelessness, ethics in business, international human rights violations) as the basis for this assignment. Be sure to obtain instructor approval of your selected issue prior to beginning this project. o Prepare at minimum a 1,750 word paper (no maximum) persuasive campaign for an intervention strategy that addresses your selected issue. In your campaign, be sure to include the following items: ? Discuss the nature and history of your selected issue. ? Examine the impact that the issue has on society. ? (My part) Select at least two elements of persuasion to be utilized in your campaign. Justify the use of these persuasive elements by connecting them to the various motivations of altruistic behavior as identified in social exchange theory. (APPROXIMATELY 300-400 WORDS)ADD: 3 PP SLIDES WITH NOTES ON MY TOPIC ? Discuss the implications of your strategy in terms of intervention and prevention. ? In essence, the paper should address “Why should we care about this issue?” and “How can we get other people to care about this issue?” You need to advocate and use elements of social psychology to get others to care about this issue in your paper. o Any assignment that has more than 15% of the paper quoted (properly or improperly) will be subject to a point deduction or discipline action in the case of intentional plagiarism. You may run your paper through the UoPX Plagiarism Detector to ensure compliance. o The project leader will submit the final paper in his or her Assignments section by the deadline. o Be sure that you view the rubric for a more thorough discussion of paper requirements. As this is an upper division psychology class, the proper use of APA formatting will be required and will be a graded focus on all papers within this course. Please be sure to submit the certificate of originality in a SEPARATE file with every assignment. See course for more details. • Altruism in Society Campaign Presentation (due Week Five) o Have the project leader submit for the group a 10 to 12 slide (minimum) Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with presenter notes to the Assignments section. o The presenter notes should not be the paper rehashed. It should be its own individual set of writings. It should speak with a present voice and be passionate. The paper should be formal, and the presentation should be informal. o The presentation should get people to care about your topic and discuss theoretical models to get other people to care about your topic. o Be sure that you view the rubric f , Attachments (12.55 KB) (504.97 KB)
ITM501 case study 1 ITM501 case study 1 Question ITM501cs1 – (5 to 7 pages double spaced courier new 12 font and include reference page) Information overload! The phrase alone is enough to strike terror into the hardiest of managers; it presages the breakdown of society as we know it and the failure of management to cope with change. The media constantly dissect the forthcoming collapse brought on by TMI ("Too Much Information"), even as they themselves pile up larger and larger dossiers on the subject, and we are frequently informed that it is our own damn fault that we are drowning in data, since we simply can't discriminate between the important stuff and everything else. Hence, the info-tsunami warning signs posted all along what we once so naively called the "information superhighway". Of course, this is arrant nonsense -- human beings have been suffering from information overload in varying forms since about the time we hit the ground and found ourselves simultaneously running after the antelope and away from the lion. There's no question that the human mind has a limited capacity to process information, but after several million years we've gotten pretty good at figuring out how to handle a lot. The two basic tricks turn out to be distinguishing between short-term and long-term information storage, and "chunking" -- putting things in a limited number of baskets. This isn't primarily a course in the psychology of memory -- it's about information tools and systems -- but in fact the same things that make our information tools and systems work are the same things that have kept us near the antelopes and away from the lions (mostly) for the last million years or so. So we're beginning this course by thinking about information tools, what makes them like and unlike other kinds of tools, how the concept of a socio-technical system (in which social and behavioral functions shape results as much as does the technology itself) helps make sense of what we're facing, and why the technology just might win after all. Let's start with a little historical review. Amy Blair has recently done a very intriguing summary of just why information overload isn't something that we, or still less our kids, dreamed up -- people have been drowning in data for ages regardless of the tools at their disposal: Blair, A. (2010) Information Overload, Then and Now. The Chronicle of Higher Education Review. November 28. Retrieved November 15, 2010 from ? sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en We thought we had it all nailed down when the information theorists came up with their typology distinguishing between "data" (raw stuff), "information" (cooked stuff), and "knowledge" (cooked stuff that we've eaten). This rather elegant approach did have the virtue of emphasizing that information processing is a human task, even though we might delegate part of it to machinery, and that the tests of that task are the results for humans. It helps return us to the perspective outlined in the module introduction – that is, tools need to be judged by what they do, not just what they are. Here's a good brief summary of this perspective: Bellinger, G., Castro, D., & Mills, A. (2004) Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom. The Way of Systems. November 15, 2010 from http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm But just when we thought we had everything nailed down, the emerging technologies of networking seemed to be blurring things a bit. First, with so much stuff floating around, it's not at all clear just how much "cooking" is really involved in the data/information boundary; a lot of data turns out to be pretty self-interpreting, and no matter how much we cook some of the stuff, it's never going to be particularly nutritious. In addition, it turns out that information sometimes looks an awfully lot like property, so that the kind of disembodied knowledge management framework we thought was going to make things clear for us gets all tied up with personal self-interest, organizational and social politics, generational conflicts, and all of the other fun things that human beings have teamed up to make life difficult for one another over the years. Here is a useful introduction to this concern: Green, P. (2010 ) Social Media Is Challenging Notions of the Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom (DIKW) Hierarchy. CMS Wire. August 16. Retrieved November 25, 2010 from http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/social-media-is-challenging-notions-of-the-datainformation-knowledge-wisdom-dikw-hierarchy--008320.php But now let's put this all in a bit of organizational context. As we noted in the module introduction, the language of socio-technical design can be very helpful in diagnosing where systems are going wrong, particularly when there appear to be disconnects between the capacities of the technology and the ability of the company to establish the right kind of behaviorl and procedures to take advantage of the tools. Here is a very useful short introduction to socio-technical design and how it can be used: Liu, X. and Errey, C. (2006) Socio-technical systems - there's more to performance than new technology. PTG Global. Retrieved February 27, 2011, from http://www.ptgglobal.com/PDFArticles/Socio%20technical%20systems%20-%20There's%20more%20to %20performance%20than%20new%20technology%20v1.0.pdf So how does all this tie together? Well, we've got all this lovely data, information, and maybe even knowledge floating around most organizations, but we don't seem to be able to make a lot of use of it. Either there's just too much, or we can't identify relevant material on a timely basis, or things fall between the organizational cracks. In any event, we experience what amounts to "information overload" on a pretty regular basis, despite having all this understanding of information and some really good tools for managing and using it. How come? There's a lot more out there in the optional and supplemental readings as well as the wide wonderful world of the Internet to give you a feel for whether or not we’re about to be washed away by the “info-tsunami”; the more widely you can spread your own information gathering net, the more effective your analysis is likely to be. When you believe you have a reasonable feel for how information tools do (or don't) manage an info-tsunami, you'll be in a position to write an effective short paper on the topic: How taking a socio-technical perspective can be more productive in helping organizations manage information overload than either technical solutions or organizational solutions alone Case assignment expectations: Use information from as many sources as you can, as long as it’s of good quality. At the least, you are expected to show evidence of having read and understood the required readings. Please cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of your paper. LENGTH: 5-7 pages, double-spaced. The following features of your paper will be assessed in particular: ··Your ability to see what the module is all about and to structure your paper accordingly. In this case, there isn’t a single right or wrong, yes-or-no answer – either perspective can be justified. Your task is to construct a logical, well-reasoned, and persuasive argument for your conclusions. ··Your ability to consolidate ideas from reading materials and your understanding of the materials. Select your illustrative cases to prove your point; don’t just dump a bunch of illustrations onto the page just to fill space. ··Your informed commentary and analysis -- simply repeating what your sources say does not constitute an adequate paper. ··Some in-text references to your readings, with citations in proper academic format.
History- Discuss Nathanael Greene’s Southern campaign History- Discuss Nathanael Greene’s Southern campaign Question Discuss Nathanael Greene’s Southern campaign. Why do some historians view Greene as being second only to Washington in importance in winning the war? ?How were the American colonies (United States) able to defeat Great Britain in the War for Independence? How did the leadership of George Washington contribute to this victory??
Thomas Edison State BUs421 Final project Thomas Edison State BUs421 Final project Question Throughout the course you have been using the concepts and tools of strategic analysis and management to answer questions about particular case studies. For your final project you will draw on this experience to writean original analytical reportwith the intention of making recommendations to theCEO of a company. Your report and recommendations will be based one ofthe three following scenarios listed below. You can choose which one you would like to analyze. Your report will require you to do quite a bit of research on your own (primarily on the Internet), formulatepositions on particular issues, and to justify those positions in a formal document prepared for your target audience. Thus, the productionof your report will require critical thinking and your final draft should display goodcommunication (persuasive) skills. Your Report Write an analytical report with the intention of making a recommendation to the CEO of the relevant company according to which case scenario you choose to work on. For your report, you will need to: ? Identify key issues in the case scenario you choose ? Analyze and evaluate the issues you identify ? Research the company, organizations, industry, and the operating environment, etc. involved ? Recommend an action plan to management When writing your report, follow the textbook publisher's“A Guide to Case Analysis”, at:http://highered.mcgraw- hill.com/sites/0078112729/student_view0/case_support.html Course Syllabus—Appendix S-35 Also, be sure to cite all sources and to format the report according to APAguidelines (see alsoDocumentation Rules andCitation Styles). Your final Project will be assessed on the criteria listed in the following rubric: Final Project Evaluation Rubric Your report should include, in the front, a one-page executive summary. Cite references at the end of your report. The entire report must not exceed 10 pages, single-typed space. Refer to the guidelines on how to write a case analysis. Case Scenario # 1 Given the increasing regulations of the Internet and email by the Government of China, recommend to the CEO of Google whether the company should continue to operate in China, the world’s fastest and among the largest growth markets. Case Scenario #2 Given the likelihood of huge cuts in the procurement of military equipment by the U.S. government over the next 10 years, recommend to the CEO of Lockheed Martin how the company should prepare for the loss of its most important customer. Case Scenario #3 Given the damage to a nuclear power plant caused by an earthquake and tsunami and the real and potential danger of radiation leak, recommend to the CEO of an utility company whether it should continue to rely on nuclear power plants for electricity or base its electricity generation on fossil fuels instead. Submitting Your Report When you are ready to submit your report go to the Submit Assignments area of the course and use the link provided. Consult the course Calendar for due dates.
Law question data bank Law question data bank Question 1394. TF #1 A business entity is not always taxed the same way as its legal form. a. True b. False 1395. TF #2 A business organized as a C corporation will always encounter lower tax rates than a business organized as a sole proprietorship or as a partnership. a. True b. False 1396. TF #3 The check-the-box Regulations have made it easier for a business entity to be classified as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. a. True b. False 1397. TF #4 A limited liability company (LLC) is a hybrid business form that combines the corporate characteristic of limited liability for the owners with the tax characteristics of a partnership. a. True b. False 1398. TF #5 A limited liability company (LLC) can elect under the check-the-box rules to be taxed as an S corporation. a. True b. False 1399. TF #6 Depending on the election made under the check-the-box provisions, a limited liability company (LLC) with two or more owners might have to file a Form 1065 or a Form 1120. a. True b. False 1400. TF #7 Each of the following can pass profits and losses through to the owners: general partnership, limited partnership, S corporation, and limited liability company. a. True b. False 1401. TF #8 Nontax factors are less important than tax factors in making a business decision. a. True b. False 1402. TF #9 The § 465 at-risk provision and the § 469 passive activity loss provision have decreased the tax attractiveness of investments in real estate for partnerships and for limited liability companies. a. True b. False 1403. TF #10 A C corporation offers greater flexibility in terms of the types of owners and capital structure than an S corporation. a. True b. False 1404. TF #11 An S corporation has a lesser degree of limited liability than a C corporation. a. True b. False 1405. TF #12 A limited partner in a limited partnership has limited liability whereas a general partner in a limited partnership has unlimited liability unless the limited partners agree that the general partner will have limited liability. a. True b. False 1406. TF #13 A limited partnership can indirectly avoid unlimited liability of the general partner if the general partner is a corporation. a. True b. False 1407. TF #14 C corporations and their shareholders are subject to double taxation. S corporations and their shareholders typically are subject to single taxation. Therefore, for any given amount of corporate taxable income, the combined tax liability of a C corporation and its shareholders will exceed that of an S corporation and its shareholders. a. True b. False 1408. TF #15 Lime, Inc., has taxable income of $330,000. If Lime is a C corporation, its tax liability must be either $111,950 [($50,000 ´ 15%) + ($25,000 ´ 25%) + ($25,000 ´ 34%) + ($230,000 ´ 39%)] or $115,500. a. True b. False 1409. TF #16 A major benefit of the S corporation election is the general avoidance of double taxation. a. True b. False 1410. TF #17 Obtaining a deduction on payments made by a C corporation to shareholders is a technique for reducing double taxation. a. True b. False 1411. TF #18 A corporation may alternate between S corporation and C corporation status each year, depending on which results in more tax savings. a. True b. False 1412. TF #19 If a C corporation has earnings and profits at least equal to the amount of a distribution, the tax consequences to the shareholders are the same, regardless of whether the distribution is classified as a dividend or as a stock redemption. a. True b. False 1413. TF #20 When a C corporation is classified as a small corporation for AMT purposes, both the corporation and its shareholders are exempt from the AMT. a. True b. False 1414. TF #21 An S corporation is notsubject to the AMT, but its shareholders are in that the S corporation’s AMT adjustments and preferences are passed through to them. a. True b. False 1415. TF #22 The AMT statutory rate for C corporations and for S corporation shareholders on the AMT base is 20%. a. True b. False 1416. TF #23 The AMT tax rate for a C corporation is less than the regular tax rate for C corporations. a. True b. False 1417. TF #24 C corporations and S corporations can generate an AMT adjustment known as Adjusted Current Earnings (ACE). a. True b. False 1418. TF #25 The ACE adjustment associated with the C corporation AMT can only be positive. a. True b. False 1419. TF #26 An S corporation election for Federal income tax purposes also is effective for all states’ income tax purposes. a. True b. False 1420. TF #27 The tax treatment of S corporation shareholders with respect to fringe benefits is not the same as the tax treatment for C corporation shareholders but is the same as the fringe benefit treatment for partners. a. True b. False 1421. TF #28 Some fringe benefits always provide a deduction for the employer and are always excluded from the gross income of the employee. a. True b. False 1422. TF #29 Of the corporate types of entities, all are subject to double taxation on current earnings. a. True b. False 1423. TF #30 If the amounts are reasonable, salary payments to shareholder-employees can reduce or avoid the double taxation result of a C corporation. a. True b. False 1424. TF #31 If lease rental payments to a noncorporate shareholder-lessor are classified as unreasonable, the taxable income of a C corporation remains the same and the gross income of the shareholder increases. a. True b. False 1425. TF #32 If the IRS reclassifies debt as equity under § 385, the repayment of the debt by the corporation to the shareholder automatically is treated as a dividend. a. True b. False 1426. TF #33 Actual dividends paid to shareholders result in double taxation. Likewise, deemed dividends (e.g., free use of corporate assets by a shareholder) result in double taxation. a. True b. False 1427. TF #34 An effective way for all C corporations to avoid double taxation is not to make dividend distributions. a. True b. False 1428. TF #35 The accumulated earnings tax rate in 2011 is the same as the highest tax rate for a C corporation. a. True b. False 1429. TF #36 A corporation can avoid the accumulated earnings tax by demonstrating that it has plans to distribute earnings at a later date. a. True b. False 1430. TF #37 Only C corporations are subject to the accumulated earnings tax (i.e., S corporations are not). a. True b. False 1431. TF #38 Roger owns 40% of the stock of Silver, Inc. (adjusted basis of $500,000). Silver redeems 75% of his shares for $650,000. If the stock redemption qualifies for return of capital treatment, Roger’s recognized gain is $150,000. a. True b. False 1432. TF #39 In its first year of operations, a corporation projects losses of $200,000. Since losses are involved, the corporation definitely should elect S corporation status. a. True b. False 1433. TF #40 Dave contributes land (adjusted basis of $30,000; fair market value of $100,000) to Tan, Inc., in exchange for all of its stock. The land is encumbered by a mortgage of $27,000 which Tan assumes. Since the transaction qualifies for nonrecognition treatment under § 351, Tan’s adjusted basis for the land is $73,000 ($100,000 – $27,000) and Dave’s adjusted basis for the stock is $3,000 ($30,000 – $27,000). a. True b. False 1434. TF #41 Amos contributes land with an adjusted basis of $70,000 and a fair market value of $100,000 to White, Inc., an S corporation, in exchange for 50% of the stock of White, Inc. Carol contributes cash of $100,000 for the other 50% of the stock. If White later sells the land for $110,000, $35,000 [$30,000 + 50%($10,000)] is allocated to Amos and $5,000 ($10,000 ´ 50%) is allocated to Carol. a. True b. False 1435. TF #42 To the extent of built-in gain or built-in loss at the time of contribution, partnerships may choose to allocate or not allocate this built-in gain or loss to the contributing partner on the sale of the contributed property by the partnership. a. True b. False 1436. TF #43 If an individual contributes an appreciated personal use asset to a C corporation in a transaction which qualifies for nonrecognition treatment under § 351, the corporation’s basis in the asset is the same as was the shareholder’s adjusted basis. a. True b. False 1437. TF #44 Wally contributes land (adjusted basis of $30,000; fair market value of $100,000) to an S corporation in a transaction which qualifies under § 351. The corporation subsequently sells the land for $120,000, recognizing a gain of $90,000 ($120,000 – $30,000). If Wally owns 30% of the stock, $76,000 [$70,000 + 30%($20,000)] of the $90,000 recognized gain is allocated to Wally. a. True b. False 1438. TF #45 It is easier to satisfy the § 721 requirements for the nonrecognition of gain or loss on partner contributions than it is to satisfy the § 351 requirements for the nonrecognition of gain or loss on shareholder contributions. a. True b. False 1439. TF #46 The profits of a business owned by Taylor (60%) and Maggie (40%) for the current tax year are $100,000. If the business is a C corporation or an S corporation, there is no effect on Taylor’s basis in her stock. If the business is a partnership or an LLC, Taylor’s basis in her partnership interest or basis in her stock is increased by $60,000. a. True b. False 1440. TF #47 Carol is a 60% owner of a business entity and has an adjusted basis in such interest of $60,000. For the current tax year, the entity has profits of $50,000. If the entity is a C corporation, the corporate profits have no effect on Carol’s basis in her stock. However, if the entity is an S corporation, Carol’s basis increases to $90,000 [$60,000 + (60% ´ $50,000)]. a. True b. False 1441. TF #48 A benefit of an S corporation when compared with a C corporation is that it is subject to Federal income tax only in limited circumstances. a. True b. False 1442. TF #49 If an S corporation distributes appreciated property as a dividend, it must recognize gain as to the appreciation. a. True b. False 1443. TF #50 Samantha’s basis for her partnership interest is $85,000. If she receives a cash distribution of $95,000, her recognized gain is $10,000 and her basis for her partnership interest is reduced to $0. Samantha is still a partner after the distribution. a. True b. False 1444. TF #51 Personal service corporations can offset passive activity losses against active income, but not against portfolio income. a. True b. False 1445. TF #52 The special allocation opportunities that are available to partnerships are available to S corporations only if a majority of the corporate shareholders elect to do so. a. True b. False 1446. TF #53 From the perspective of the seller of a C corporation business whose assets have appreciated, the seller prefers to sell the assets. a. True b. False 1447. TF #54 Mercedes owns a 40% interest in Teal Partnership (basis of $35,000) which she sells to Eric for $60,000. Mercedes’ recognized gain of $25,000 will be classified as capital gain. a. True b. False 1448. TF #55 Section 1244 ordinary loss treatment is available to shareholders in a C corporation but not to those in an S corporation. a. True b. False
Paper – Effects of Fiscal Policy Paper – Effects of Fiscal Policy Question Effects of Fiscal Policy Think about how fiscal policy can effect your firm (Microsoft Corporation). Please address the following questions in a 3 page essay: 1. Suppose the government imposes tax cuts for 95% of all households. How does this affect your firm? 2. In the past few years, the government has had an important role in "bailing out" certain industries. This is a type of government spending. How was your firm affected by the government bail out (it can be direct or indirect)? 3. In general, discuss some advantages and disadvantages of a government bail out by doing some of your own research.3 pages;
Need 4 Environment Questions Answered Need 4 Environment Questions Answered Question Directions: I need 250-300 words of original help for each of the 4 questions below. Please do not copy and paste from the Internet. Thank you. 1. Please explain, in your own words, why poverty in developing countries can be attributed to the practices of wealthy industrialized nations. 2. Please describe desertification in your own words. 3. Please describe, in your own words, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). 4. Please explain, in your own words, The Kyoto Protocol. , Attachments (66.58 KB)
4. (18) Veeblefester Company manufactures 4. (18) Veeblefester Company manufactures Question 4. (18) Veeblefester Company manufactures two types of gizmo (Model A and Model B) in its Longmont plant. Product information: 4. (18) Veeblefester Company manufactures two types of gizmo (Model A and Model B) in its Longmont plant.Product information:Model AModel BDirect material/unit$40$55Direct labor/unit$32$47Budgeted volume (units)8,00010,000Setups5030Machine hours16,00024,000Shipments230170Budgeted overhead for the year is $3,200,000a) Compute the unit cost of each model if overhead is allocated on the basis of machine hours.b) Overhead costs are driven 55% by machining, 25% by setups, and 20% by shipments. Compute the unit cost of each model if overhead is allocated with an ABC system, using these three cost drivers.c) Model A currently sells for $300/unit. In order to meet budgeted sales volume, themarketing department is advocating a 15% price cut. Is this advisable? Explain.
Network Security DQ 2 Network Security DQ 2 Question Research new network observation tools that use enhanced techniques, such as virtual machine-based code execution, to detect unwanted network traffic (e.g., botnet activity or malware activity that is not detectable by traditional Anti-virus techniques). Are these tools as good as they seem? Do they do the job well enough? Are they filling in the gaps of detection that seem to appear as hackers get better at what they do?