Howard Gardner (1999) proposed the concept of multiple intelligences (see Table 9.1) which presents eight different forms of intelligence each independent from the others. Pick one of the 8 that most strongly appeals to you and share your reasons why. Briefly identify one difficulty associated with measuring your choice. Remember to substantiate your DQ with a ‘peer reviewed’ academic journal and to ensure you read, and understand, the criterion of the evaluation rubric.
In: Psychology
Western State University (WSU) is preparing its master budget for the upcoming academic year. Currently, 14,000 students are enrolled on campus; however, the admissions office is forecasting a 8 percent growth in the student body despite a tuition hike to $80 per credit hour. The following additional information has been gathered from an examination of university records and conversations with university officials:
•WSU is planning to award 150 tuition-free scholarships.
•The average class has 35 students, and the typical student takes 20 credit hours each semester. Each class is four credit hours.
•WSU’s faculty members are evaluated on the basis of teaching, research, and university and community service. Each faculty member teaches five classes during the academic year.
Required:
1.Prepare a tuition revenue budget for the upcoming academic year.
2.Determine the number of faculty members needed to cover classes.
3.Assume there is a shortage of full-time faculty members. Select at least five actions that WSU might take to accommodate the growing student body by selecting an "X" next to the action.
4.You have been requested by the university’s administrative vice president (AVP) to construct budgets for other areas of operation (e.g., the library, grounds, dormitories, and maintenance). The AVP noted: “The most important resource of the university is its faculty. Now that you know the number of faculty needed, you can prepare the other budgets. Faculty members are indeed the key driver—without them we don’t operate.” Are faculty members a key driver in preparing budgets?
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In: Accounting
Western State University (WSU) is preparing its master budget for the upcoming academic year. Currently, 12,000 students are enrolled on campus; however, the admissions office is forecasting a 5 percent growth in the student body despite a tuition hike to $70 per credit hour. The following additional information has been gathered from an examination of university records and conversations with university officials:
WSU is planning to award 140 tuition-free scholarships.
The average class has 20 students, and the typical student takes 10 credit hours each semester. Each class is two credit hours.
WSU’s faculty members are evaluated on the basis of teaching, research, and university and community service. Each faculty member teaches five classes during the academic year.
Required:
Prepare a tuition revenue budget for the upcoming academic year.
Determine the number of faculty members needed to cover classes.
Assume there is a shortage of full-time faculty members. Select at least five actions that WSU might take to accommodate the growing student body by selecting an "X" next to the action.
You have been requested by the university’s administrative vice president (AVP) to construct budgets for other areas of operation (e.g., the library, grounds, dormitories, and maintenance). The AVP noted: “The most important resource of the university is its faculty. Now that you know the number of faculty needed, you can prepare the other budgets. Faculty members are indeed the key driver—without them we don’t operate.” Are faculty members a key driver in preparing budgets?
repare a tuition revenue budget for the upcoming academic year.
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Assume there is a shortage of full-time faculty members. Select at least five actions that WSU might take to accommodate the growing student body by selecting an "X" next to the action.
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Determine the number of faculty members needed to cover classes.
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You have been requested by the university’s administrative vice president (AVP) to construct budgets for other areas of operation (e.g., the library, grounds, dormitories, and maintenance). The AVP noted: “The most important resource of the university is its faculty. Now that you know the number of faculty needed, you can prepare the other budgets. Faculty members are indeed the key driver—without them we don’t operate.” Are faculty members a key driver in preparing budgets?
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In: Accounting
Kevin is 25 years old. He is intelligent; however, he has very limited oral language skills and displays many characteristics expected of an adult with severe autism. When Kevin was 3 years old he was diagnosed with autism. He was immediately enrolled in a pre-school program for children with disabilities under Part H (now Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. At the age of 6, Kevin transitioned to kindergarten. He was in a self-contained special education classroom for children with severe disabilities for the first three years. Beginning in the third grade, Kevin was included in a regular classroom for a small portion of each day. Surprisingly to his parents and many teachers, he did better in his new placement than the special education placement. His behavior improved; his oral language improved; and his general academic performance improved. As a result of his success, Kevin's time in the inclusive setting was increased over the next several years until he was included for approximately 80% of the school day by the sixth grade. Kevin continued to progress. When he went to junior high school, Kevin's time in a special education setting was again increased; he was placed in some regular classes, mostly those with a lower academic expectations. In high school Kevin's placement in special education settings increased again, primarily because of his difficulty with higher academic tasks. His IEP focused more on functional classes and pre-vocational activities.
Since Kevin completed his high school program at the age of 22, he has been attending an adult day service program. He recently moved to a group home for individuals with moderate to severe disabilities. Kevin's educational program provided him with many benefits. Had he been born 20 years earlier, he would have been school age before the passage of Public Law 94-142. This likely would have meant that Kevin would not have had access to public education; his parents could have easily placed him in an institutional setting because there would have been no other programming options. While Kevin would have likely benefited from more inclusion in middle and secondary schools, his earlier inclusion improved his social skills and enabled him to learn some basic academic skills that he still uses and enables him to live semi-independently.
1. How would Kevin’s life be different had he been born in 1950 rather than in the 1980s? How?
2. Would more inclusion in secondary schools have had a positive or negative impact on Kevin’s future success?. How so?
3 Has IDEA been a success or failure for Kevin and many other individuals with disabilities? Explain your response.
In: Economics
List three specific things that would cause the demand for ride-share services (i.e., Uber or Lyft) to shift. Use three different categories (all 5 listed below) of demand-shifters in your answer.
In: Economics
Bayside Inc. 2005 Income Statement ($ in thousands)
Net sales $5,680
Less: Cost of goods sold 4,060
Less: Depreciation 420
Earnings before interest and taxes 1,200
Less: Interest paid 30
Taxable Income $1,170
Less: Taxes 410
Net income $ 760
Bayside, Inc. 2004 and 2005 Balance Sheets ($ in thousands)
2004 2005 2004 2005
Cash $ 70 $ 180 Accounts payable $1,350 $1,170
Accounts rec. 980 840 Long-term debt 720 500
Inventory 1,560 1,990 Common stock 3,200 3,500
Total $2,610 $3,010 Retained earnings 940 1,200
Net fixed assets 3,600 3,360
Total assets $6,210 $6,370 Total liabilities & equity $6,210 $6,370
Calculate the following: for 2005 only (You will show your work ). Additional Information at the end of 2005:
Fair Market Value of the Stock $190 per share
Number of Common Shares Outstanding 100,000
Dividends paid during 2005 - $4 per share
Calculate the Current Ratio for 2005.
A current ratio of 2.2 would appear to show that the company has a healthy current ratio.Is this statement true or false.
What is the Quick Ratio for this company for 2005?
Calculate the Inventory Turnover in days for 2005.
If a seller of fresh fruit had an Inventory Turnover Ratio of 125 days, would this be a good ratio?
Calculate the Average Days Sales for Collecting Receivables.
If this companies terms are Net 15 on items it sells and its Average Days Sales for collecting those receivables is 39 days, should the company be concerned?
Calculate the Debt to Equity Ratio.
The ratio reflects that the company has used more debt than equity to finance the growth of the company.
Calculate the Profit Margin for the company.
Explain this Profit Margin Percentage. What does it mean?
Calculate the Earnings Per Share for the company. (Net Income/Oustanding Shares)
Calculate the Price to Earnings Ratio.
If the industry Price to Earnings ratio is at 15, what could account for the difference from the industry average?
CAlculate
Beginning Retained Earnings $100,000
Dividends Paid for the Year $20,000
Net Loss for the Year $30,000
Based on the information above, the Ending Retained Earnings Balance will be?
In: Finance
Business Ethics, book Velasquez 7th edition, pg.113
People in West African countries, among the poorest in the
world, survive on $ 1 a day and have a life expectancy of 46 years.
But in 2004, Equatorial Guinea had a GDP ( Gross Domestic Product)
of $ 4,472 per person, the highest in West Africa. In 1995,
Equatorial Guinea found oil off its coast, and by 2004 ExxonMobil,
Amerada Hess, and Marathon Oil all U. S. oil companies were helping
that West African country produce $ 4 billion of oil revenues a
year. Equatorial Guineas inexperienced government agreed to give 80
percent of these revenues to the oil companies that drilled the oil
for them, although oil companies in developing nations usually take
about 50 percent of revenues from oil projects. The oil companies
channel through Riggs Bank, a 2004 Senate report revealed hundreds
of millions of dollars to Equatorial Guineas president, T. Nguema,
and his family for land purchases, security services, and office
leases. A Department of Energy report says that because Nguema and
his family run the government, the 20 percent of oil revenues that
go to the government are spent on lavish personal expenditures, and
so most oil money is concentrated in the hands of top government
officials while the majority of the population remains poor. If
Nguema had not been paid, of course, the Equatorial Guinea
government would never have approved the oil project. ExxonMobil
says it has spent $ 4 million and Marathon Oil and Amerado Hess
claim to have invested millions of dollars on schools, libraries,
programs for malaria, polio, and AIDS, health clinics, bridges,
waterways, and electricity. A U. S. human rights report says
Equatorial Guineas government violates citizens rights of free
speech, of the press, of assembly, of due process, of association,
of religion, and of movement and uses torture, beatings, and other
physical abuse against political opponents.
1. What would utilitarianism, rights theory, and justice say about
ExxonMobil, Amerada Hess, and Marathon Oil activities in Equatorial
Guinea?
What would utilitarianism, rights theory, and justice say about these activities of Exxon Mobile, Amerada Hess, and Marathon Oil in Equatorial Guinea?
In: Economics
In: Finance
Some Accounting for Inventories questions I have:
1.
CAISCO Sales Inc. had a beginning inventory of May comprising of
700 units that had a cost of $80/unit. A summary of purchases and
sales during the month of May are as follows:
| Date | Unit Cost | Units Purchased | Units sold |
| May 2 | 400 | ||
| May 6 | $83 | 1,200 | |
| May 10 | 900 | ||
| May 19 | $85 | 800 | |
| May 23 | 500 | ||
| May 30 | $88 | 300 |
If CAISCO Sales Inc. uses a periodic inventory system, which of the
following statements is true?
CAISCO Sales Inc. must use the weighted average cost flow assumption since a perpetual inventory system is used.
CAISCO Sales Inc. must use the FIFO cost flow assumption since a periodic inventory system is used.
None of the other alternatives are correct
CAISCO Sales Inc.'s ending inventory will be higher if FIFO is used than if LIFO is used.
CAISCO Sales Inc.'s ending inventory consists of 1,200 units only if FIFO cost flow method IS assumed.
2.
Chime Inc. counted and valued its inventory using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost flow assumption at both December 31, 2004 and 2005 and reported these amounts on its financial statements. While there was no consignment inventory on hand at December 31, 2005, there was at December 31, 2004. If consignment inventory (inventory not belonging to Chime, but stored on its premises), had been inadvertently counted and included in the 2004 inventory valuation, the
inventory would have been understated at December 31, 2005
inventory would have been overstated at December 31, 2005
net income would have been understated in 2004
None of the other alternatives are correct
net income would have been understated in 2005
3.
| Date | Transaction | # Units | Unit cost/sales price |
| December 4 | Opening inventory | 300 | $15 |
| December 10 | Purchase inventory | 100 | $18 |
| December 15 | Sell inventory | 320 | $27 |
| December 20 | Purchase inventory | 150 | $20 |
| December 29 | Sell inventory | 100 | $30 |
| Date of Transaction | Quantity Received | Unit Cost |
| November 7 | 200 | $4.20 |
| November 11 | 200 | $4.40 |
| November 22 | 250 | $4.80 |
In: Accounting
You are a PM consultant who has been brought in by several small churches who wish to donate items for Hurricane victims in Houston. The group wants you to provide them a listing of the work they need to complete (the scope).
Directions
Work Breakdown Structure.
Your Work Breakdown Structure has to meet the following criteria:
It has to tell the person doing the work what a good job is before they start, create a clear performance expectation.
It has to be unambiguously measurable. You don’t want to require a meeting to decide whether the task is done. You and the church executives need hard-edged measures of project progress that are not open to interpretation or word games.
Break the project down into large to smallest task to be completed
In: Economics