Explain the difference between direct exchange and indirect
exchange
Cattle have been used as commodity money for a long time
historically. What makes it less than ideal as a measure of
value?
What is the difference between a fixed and a variable cost? What
is meant by the term relevant range? How is relevant range
applicable to CVP analysis? What is operating leverage and how/why
would companies use operating leverage?
What is meant by essentiality of plant nutrients? What
is the difference between an essential element and a beneficial
element? Describe the steps you would go through in order to
determine the essentiality or non-essentiality of an element for a
higher plant.
Can a plant nutritionist contribute to preventing
malnutrition in human beings? Explain this statement with
examples.
1)
a) What is the difference between accuracy and precision?
b) What is the difference in resolution between the instruments:
Dial Caliper and Micrometer caliper? In order words, what is the
lowest division in mm that we can read in each one of these
instruments?
c) How do you relate calibration and accuracy? Explain.
2) In the Experiment Newton’s Second Law, explain with your own
words, a) the relation that you found between acceleration and
mass. What did you keep...
What is the difference between a direct and indirect cost?
Variable versus fixed cost? What are the differences in accounting
for inventoriable (product) versus period costs?
a) Explain what is meant by exchange rate
overshooting/undershooting.
b) There are two (2) ways that authorities may try to
finance increased government expenditure (G):
i. By printing extra money and using the money directly
to finance its expenditure
ii. By borrowing — that is by selling bonds to economic
agents
c) In the Dornbusch model the uncovered interest rate
parity (UIP) condition is assumed to be hold continuously, that is,
if the domestic interest rate is lower than the...
2. What is the difference between the direct approach and the
indirect approach to writing? Give an example for using each. What
types of messages would work best with each approach?
a) Describe what is meant by the term the “last scattering
surface”? b) Describe the difference between the term dipole
anisotropy and intrinsic anisotropy of the cosmic background
radiation. c) What is meant by the term “horizon problem”? d) How
has modern cosmology been able to resolve the horizon problem?