For a nation largely built on immigration what explains the strong nativist streak throughout American history? (In your own words)

How was the AppleWatch team built? What skills were needed and what were the main tasks assigned to team members?

Clarify the differences between the types of location sensors built-in to the mobile device. And how the Location information is accessed within an app?

At a local dog park, there are 9 dogs in the area of large dogs and 11 in the area for small dogs. A group of six dogs is selected to receive a treat. LEAVING YOUR ANSWERS IN COMBINATORICS FORMAT, what is the probability that:

A) At least one dog is selected?

B) The same number from each area is chosen?

C) Either all selected dogs are small, or all selected dogs are large?

D) At most two large dogs are selected?

A researcher believes that the proportion of a community’s population in favor of a new park is greater than the countywide proportion of 0.65. A survey of 67 people in the community reveals that the estimated proportion of the community in favor of it is equal to 0.76. Use alpha = 0.05. State the null and alternative hypotheses, find the test statistic, compare it with the critical value, make a decision, and find the p-value. (4)

There is a new amusement park under construction in town and the manager of the project has hired
you to design a "Zero-Gravity" room.
(a) Based on your knowledge of nature of electric charge and electric forces, how will you design
such a facility? Comment on components of the room, and explain how it will work for walk in
customers? What would be the safety concerns and measures?
(b) Assume that your design has been approved and facility has been constructed. Your manager has
asked you to demonstrate the operation of the room. You decided to show him weightlessness
using your own body. In your design of part (a), what parameters will you set for this demon-
stration? (You should choose the parameters to counter the value of your weight, for simplicity
you can approximate your body as a point like particle).

An unconscious woman was found partially clothed in a city park that was not illuminated by lighting. The ambulance brings her to your ED. She has no purse and no identification. She is bleeding profusely from a head laceration and the ED physician calls for two units of blood. While this order is being made, a ward clerk whispers to a nurse that the patient looks familiar and may a member of the city’s Jehovah’s Witness group, but the ward clerk is not sure. The nurse immediately calls for a “Time Out” and relays this information to the team. What are the legal and ethical issues for consideration? What should happen?

A 300kg roller coaster at an amusement park is at rest on top of a 30m hill (Point A). The car starts to roll down the hill and reaches point B, which is 10m above the ground, and then rolls up the track to point C, which is 20m above the ground.

a) Assuming no energy is lost and using energy arguments, how fast is the cart moving at point C?

b) What is the total mechanical energy of the roller coaster at point B (Use the ground as the locaiton where potential energy=0)

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If the final speed at point C is actually measured to be 12 m/s,

a) How much energy is lost?

b) Where did this energy go?

The Upper Midwest of the United States has lagged behind the economic recovery enjoyed by much of the rest of the nation. With an economy built largely on the steel, lumber, agriculture, and manufacturing industries, local businesses were hit by the triple challenges of declining commodity prices, globalization, and automation. Countries such as China and Canada offer cheaper steel or lumber, crop prices have been falling, and many manufacturing jobs either were replaced by robots or moved to China, Southeast Asia, or Mexico. Finding thriving businesses in this region can be difficult, and one of the few standouts has been in the gaming industry.

A small group of Native American tribal leaders opened the Brown Bear casino about 30 years ago. The facility was built on tribal land. Initially started as a relatively small stand-alone casino, the complex has grown to include 2,000 slot machines, 25 blackjack tables, a bingo ball for 600 players, a convention center, a 400+ room hotel, three restaurants, and a golf course. Over the years it has become a destination location for those wanting to play golf, see shows, enjoy good meals, and gamble without having to travel all the way to Las Vegas to make it happen.

The Brown Bear casino complex is now a $50 million business headed up by a general manager, who in turn oversees 11 different department heads, such as the chief financial officer, head of security, director of gaming operations, and so on. These 11 leaders manage the 1,200 employees working at the casino, hotel, convention center, and golf course. Although the casino enjoyed strong growth during its first 20 years of existence, it has not recovered fully from the economic recession of 2007-2009. Many of the good-paying jobs in the area disappeared, and as a result the local population has become considerably smaller and older. Compounding this problem is the fact that the gaming industry is facing increasing competition for customers' entertainment dollars. The chief marketing officer has implemented a number of campaigns to bring more and younger customers into the casino and increase their average spend per visit, but so far these efforts have yielded negligible results.

Although the casino is the largest employer in the area, staffing and employee engagement have been chronic problems. Many long-term employees appear to be completely checked out at work, biding their time until retirement, and they go out of their way to disparage those who put in an honest day's work. Despite paying a competitive wage and the relative scarcity of good-paying jobs in the region, the casino averages 30 percent annual turnover, with some positions reporting turnover rates over 100 percent. Turnover is not only taking a toll on the employees who remain (as they often have to pick up the slack for those who leave), but it also has an impact on the casino s customer satisfaction and financial results. Newer and less experienced staff do not know how to handle more complex customer issues, and it costs the casino $1,000-$5,000 in recruiting fees for each new person hired. With 400 new staff being hired each year, these staffing fees are having a material impact on the company's bottom line.

The general manager has asked you to help reduce staff turnover, create a more engaged staff, in the hope that this will improve the casino's customer satisfaction ratings, and have a positive impact on revenues and profitability.

QUESTIONS

1. How could you use the following motivation approaches to reduce turnover and improve employee motivation? Be as detailed and specific as possible and demonstrate that you understand how to apply the theory to the situation.

1. Goal setting theory
2. Organizational Justice
3. Herzberg’s two factor theory
4. Expectancy Theory

Julius Berger is the junior portfolio manager of the global equities portfolio at BSC Asset Management based in the City. Akinbowale, a recently hired equity analyst, has been assigned to Julius to assist him with the portfolio.

Julius provided the betas estimated by using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) for MSFT (MSFT), Lloyds (LLoyd), and CHevron (CVF) are 1.28, 1.63, and 1.03, respectively. The risk-free rate of return is 2.42 percent and the equity risk premium is 7.15 percent. Julius also considers an equal-weighted portfolio from the three stocks.

A private friend of Julius asked him to educate him about alternative asset pricing models to the CAPM. Julius considers the Fama-French 3-factor model. Akinbowale collated the following information to evaluate the price of 106 and park by using the Fama-French model. Treasury bill rate is 2.42 percent.

Exhibit 1: TerraNova Data

Required:

Calculate the individual required rates of return for the three stocks using the CAPM.

Calculate the required rate of return and beta of the portfolio consists of the stocks.

Compare the Fama-French 3-factor model to the CAPM and explain the differences.

Based on the data in Exhibit 1, calculate and compare the required return for 106 and park ltd      using the CAPM and the Fama–French model.

Describe the expected style characteristics of 106 and park based on its factor sensitivities.