Airbnb, a popular home-sharing website founded in San Francisco in 2008, offers millions of homes for
short-term rental in more than 190 countries. This company has revolutionized the sharing economy in
the same way that ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft have, and according to the company, the
site’s drive to connect hosts and potential renters has been able to contribute to the quality of life of
both homeowners and travelers. According to Airbnb’s press releases and information campaigns, their
services can reduce housing costs for travelers on a budget and can provide unique experiences for
adventurous travelers who wish to have the flexibility to experience a city like a local. The organization
also claims that most of its users are homeowners looking to supplement their incomes by renting out
rooms in their homes or by occasionally renting out their whole homes. According to a statement, most
of the listings on the site are rented out fewer than 50 nights per year.

Despite the carefully crafted messages Airbnb has presented to the public, in 2016 the company came
under intense scrutiny when independent analyses by researchers and journalists revealed something
startling: While some Airbnb hosts did in fact use the services only occasionally, a significant number of
hosts were using the services as though they were hotels. These hosts purchased a large number of
properties and continuously rented them, a practice that affected the availability of affordable housing in
cities and, because these hosts were not officially registered as hoteliers, made it possible for Airbnb
hosts to avoid paying the taxes and abiding by the laws that hotels are subject to.

Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandates that hotels and other public accommodations must not
discriminate based on race, national origin, sex, or religion, and Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
(also known as the Fair Housing Act [FHA]) prohibits discrimination specifically in housing. However,
Airbnb’s unique structure allows it to circumvent those laws. The company also claims that while it
encourages hosts to comply with local and federal laws, it is absolved from responsibility if any of its
hosts break these laws. In 2017, researcher Ben Edelman conducted a field experiment and found that
Airbnb users looking to rent homes were 16% less likely to have their requests to book accepted if they
had traditionally African American sounding names like Tamika, Darnell, and Rasheed.

These findings, coupled with a viral social media campaign, #AirbnbWhileBlack, in which users claimed
they were denied housing requests based on their race, prompted the state of California’s Department
of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to file a complaint against the company. In an effort to resolve the complaint, Airbnb reported banning any hosts who were found to have engaged in discriminatory
practices, and they hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and former ACLU official Laura
Murphy to investigate any claims of discrimination within the company.31 In 2016, Airbnb released a
statement outlining changes to company practices and policies to combat discrimination, and while they
initially resisted demands by the DFEH to conduct an audit of their practices, the company eventually
agreed to an audit of roughly 6,000 of the hosts in California who have the highest volume of properties
listed on the site.

Sources: AirBnB Press Room, accessed December 24, 2018, https://press.atairbnb.com/about-us/;
“Airbnb's data shows that Airbnb helps the middle class. But does it?”, The Guardian, accessed December
23, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/27/airbnb-panel-democratic-nationalconvention-
survey ; and Quittner, Jeremy, “Airbnb and Discrimination: Why It’s All So Confusing”,
Fortune, June 23, 2016, http://fortune.com/2016/06/23/airbnb-discrimination-laws/ (Links to an external site.).

Discussion Questions
1. What are some efforts companies in the sharing economy can take before problems of
discrimination threaten to disrupt operations?
2. Should Airbnb be held responsible for discriminatory actions of its hosts?

The company is now beginning to realize their long-term dream: selling costuming.

Johnny believes that “every artist is unique” and would like to track the company’s inventory using a job costing technique. Moira, on the other hand, believes that “all the world’s a stage” and that a process costing technique should work fine. They’ve come to you for help. They’d like to know what their inventory accounts and cost of goods sold would look like under each method. They’ve done their best to compile all of the cost information they believe you’ll need; however, as they are not accountants, it may not be organized ideally. You pick up their file and see the following information:

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Calculate the value of the End of Year WIP and Finished Goods using Johnny’s preferred job-costing technique.
2. Journalize all necessary journal entries for this job-costing technique in the job-costing tab of the project template. Johnny prefers any over/under-allocation be closed to COGS.

5. Amy, who is thirty seven years old, is a single mother with two children. Amy is employed as a

laboratory chemist with a national company. She is in good health. Her son Jimmy, age five, is

an active and healthy boy. Lane, her daughter, is an inquisitive and healthy eight-year-old girl.

Amy has come to you for advice about choosing the most appropriate health insurance plan for

her family, as well as preparing for future health insurance issues.

a. If Amy decides to join an HDHP at her work, what must she also contribute to at that time?

b. What factors should Amy consider when deciding to use an HDHP with an HSA?

c. Amy is wondering which of the following events will allow her to change her employersponsored

FSA election: (a) She gets married, (b) she adopts a baby, (c) her son is admitted

to a hospital for surgery, or if she is married and her spouse is fired from his job.

d. If Amy uses an HDHP plan, with an HSA, may she contribute to a health care FSA? May she

contribute to a dependent care FSA?

e. Although Amy is too young to purchase a Medigap or Medicare SELECT plan, she would

like to learn more about these policies for when she retires. If she were to purchase a

Medigap policy, she would want the policy to cover very large, unexpected, and catastrophic

expenses. She is also interested in a lower price plan. What plan would be appropriate for

Amy (select from one of the standard plans)?

f. When would it make sense for Amy to purchase a specified disease policy?

g. What health factors should be monitored as an element of the comprehensive financial

planning process?

h. At which age will Amy trigger a qualifying event under COBRA?

i. Health care coverage is a primary concern for many single mothers. The idea of being

without adequate insurance to cover health expenses for children is a worry for many. What

options are available to Amy should she accept a position at another firm and be without

coverage for a short period of time?

U2 is a famous band with studio albums that span the 1980’s, 1990’s, and 2000’s.  Suppose you have a friend who has not heard of this band but wants to become familiar with their music. Here is a summary of their studio album recordings:

Year Released            Album Name                                                                   Number of Songs

1980                            Boy                                                                                    11

1981                            October                                                                             11

1983                            War                                                                                   10

1984                            Unforgettable Fire                                                             10

1987                            The Joshua Tree                                                                11

1988                            Rattle and Hum                                                                 17

1991                            Achtung Baby                                                                   12

1993                            Zooropa                                                                             10

1997                            Pop                                                                                    12

2000                            All That You Can't Leave Behind                                     11

2004                            How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb                                11

2009                            No Line on the Horizon                                                    11

2014                            Songs of Innocence                                                           11

                                    TOTAL                                                                            148

Suppose your friend does not have time to listen to every track on their albums, and instead wants to take a sample of their songs to listen to in order to familiarize himself with the music.

Your friend decides he has time to listen to about 40 songs (give or take a few as needed) and wants those songs to be representative of the group’s music.

1. Suppose your friend created an online poll and asked people to name their favorite U2 song, and he listened to the 40 songs that got the most votes.  What do you think of this approach in this situation?  Explain.

2. Explain briefly how your friend could choose a simple random sample of 40 songs from U2.

3. Suppose your friend is concerned with the possibility of the simple random sample choosing too many songs from one era of the band (and therefore not giving a good representation of their music overall).   What sampling approach would you recommend for him now?  Explain briefly.

4. Suppose your friend believes strongly that you have to listen to an entire album to really get the sense of the band’s music, because “each album is like its own story”.  What sampling method would you suggest to your friend now?   Explain a few specifics of how your friend could conduct this approach.

5. Which approach in parts (a) through (d) would you recommend overall?  Explain your choice.

You are a new graduate registered nurse working in the paediatric ward of your local hospital.

Sam Nicolaides is a nine-year-old boy who until recently has been in good health. Sam lives with his mother and father and two siblings. Following a respiratory virus a few weeks ago he has been slow to recover, lacking in his usual energy. He has been hungry and thirsty all the time, and has recently begun wetting the bed, which he has not done for many years.

Sam presented to the Accident and Emergency department two day ago with nausea, abdominal pain and feeling generally unwell. His observations taken on admission were:

Blood pressure 80/50mmHG, pulse 140, respiratory rate 28 deep and sighing with an unusual sweet smell to the breath, oxygen saturation 100%, temperature 37.2 degrees Celsius. Urinalysis SG1025, pH 5, sugar++++ ketones+++ no other abnormalities. BGL 28mmol/L.

A medical diagnosis of Diabetes type 1 with keto-acidosis was made.

Question 6. Maximum word limit 120 words (approximately 30 words per section)

Briefly explain the pathophysiology causing the following symptoms Sam was experiencing on admission:

1. Glycosuria
2. Thirst
3. Ketonuria
4. Kussmaul breathing

Question 7. Maximum word limit 50 words.

List four (4) ongoing nursing assessments, other than vital signs, that will be required to monitor Sam’s fluid status and ensure safe fluid replacement therapy over the next 48 hours.

Question 8. Maximum word limit 150 words.

Explain the concept of family centred care and why this is important to the physical and psychological care for Sam.

Question 9. Maximum word limit 150.

For the ongoing management of type 1 diabetes, current best practice recommends an intensive insulin therapy regime called multiple dose insulin (MDI) or basal/bolus regime. Explain:

1. What this insulin regime involves and
2. Discuss why this is considered best practice management for type 1 diabetes.

Question 10. Maximum word limit 150 words

Explain what the HbA1c test is and why it is important in the management of patients with diabetes.

Question 1:

Part a) A game consists of drawing 1 card from a standard deck of 52 cards. If you draw an Ace you win $50. If you draw a Jack, Queen, or King you win $20. If you draw a 10, 9 or 8 you win $15. If you draw anything lower than an 8, you don’t win anything. If it costs $10 to play, what is your expected value?

Part b) It costs $180/yr to buy insurance for your bike. The probability that your bike will be stolen in your neighborhood 13% each year. If your bike is stolen, your insurance company will pay $1,000 to replace your bike. Based on expected value, should you buy insurance? Show work and support your answer.

Part c) You are a school nurse and you order band-aides from a local company. The band-aides are packaged in boxes of 50. Quality control studies have shown that 3% of the band-aides are defective. As a nurse, what is the maximum number of band-aides you should plan on throwing out of each box? Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

Part d) A recent study found that 76% of public school teachers are female. Eight teachers are randomly selected. Find the probability that at least 7 of them are women. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

Question

Part a) A recent survey found that 55% of young adults claim it’s easy to text while driving. You take a random sample of 5 young adults and ask if they feel it is easy to text and drive. Set up the table for the binomial distribution. Round your answers to 4 decimal places.

Part b) A family is planning on having 5 children. A baby food company told the family that they would award them $10,000 if they have exactly 1 boy, exactly 1 girl, all boys or all girls. In all other cases the baby food company would award them $2,000. What is the expected value for the family?

Please answer all parts to the question, I will give thumbs up to anyone who answers them right away.

1.Which is true about sickle-cell anemia? Choose all that are true.

The allele that causes the disease is recessive.

Natural selection favors the heterozygote in areas with malaria.

The mutation that causes it is a SNP.

People homozygous for the sickling allele experience episodes of severe pain that may permanently damage their vital organs.

2.What was probably a selective pressure against dark skin in the our earliest ancestors to leave Africa?

Spina bifida from excessive ultraviolet light.

Rickets from a Vitamin D deficiency.

Lactose intolerance.

A combination of sickle-cell anemia and malaria.

3.What must have been the original cause of lighter skin color in our ancestors?

Skin cancer

Mutation

Natural selection

Rickets

4.The major differences among human populations today are in

anatomy (such as facial structure).

culture (no consistent biological differences).

cephalic index (measurements of the skull).

skin color (measured as reflectance).

5.There are many ways to classify humans. Which of the following is WRONG?

As strepsirhines.

As catarrhines.

As primates.

As apes.

6.The differences between strepsirhines and haplorhines include nose structures.

False

True

7.Which of the following is true about non-human ape material culture?

They use tools, but they don't make them.

They make and use tools, but only in captivity.

They don't use tools.

Chimpanzees make and use tools, but not the other non-human apes.

All the Great Apes make and use tools in the wild.

8.Which of the following is true about non-human primate communication? Choose all that are right.

They don't communicate.

They have languages.

Some monkeys have specific alarm calls for different predators.

Haplorhines communicate with facial expressions.

Lemurs and lorises communicate with scent.

9.Using a relative dating technique, we could determine:

if a fossil qualified as a relative of the primates

the exact age of a given fossil relative

whether one fossil is younger or older than another fossil

10.What can you date with radiocarbon dating?

Fossil bones of Turkana Boy.

Anything that was once alive within the last 50,000 years.

Layers (strata) between 50 and 100 kya.

Volcanic materials older than 100,000 years.

B. E. is a 68-year-old man who presents to the outpatient office with continuing visual pain and joint pain in his left knee. As you begin taking his history, you notice he is wearing a hearing aid. You decide to do a functional assessment.

He states that he can bathe himself as long as he sits down to bathe but cannot climb into the bathtub. His wife has placed a chair in the bathroom for him to use during bathing. He has not difficulty with toileting, dressing, or eating but “gets tired and sore” if he walks more than a block. He dreads going to stores because he can’t “walk that much” and relies on his wife for grocery shopping, housekeeping, cooking, and doing the laundry. He hires a neighborhood boy to mow the lawn. He is able to drive without difficulty; his car has automatic transmission. He lives in a two-story house and says that once he is downstairs for the day, he tries not to go upstairs until bedtime. His home has one bathroom on the lower level. He is a retired postal worker and enjoys spending time with his wife in the flower garden. Lately the knee pain has kept him from doing his gardening chores. He is active in his church and local civic clubs. He and his wife have been looking forward to a seniors’ cruise that is scheduled in 2 months.

1)     What are three additional questions you might ask regarding his history?

2)     What is your assessment of B. E.’s self-care ability? Are there other questions that may be included in a functional assessment?

3)     What can you do to enhance your communication with B. E. during the interview and examination?

4)     When assessing his hearing, B. E. states he has worn his hearing aids for 2 years. He says that in the last few months it seems to be less effective although he replaced the battery. What could be causing this hearing loss?

5)     On the basis of the above assessment, what are expected findings in the aging person?

Assume that, on January 1, 2019, P Company acquired a 70% interest in its subsidiary, S Company. The aggregate fair value of the controlling and noncontrolling interest was $400,000 in excess of S Company’s Stockholders’ Equity on the acquisition date. The parent uses the equity method to account for its investment in S company. The parent assigned the acquisition accounting premium (AAP) as follows:

P Company and S Company report the following financial statements at December 31, 2023:

15.       Based on the given financial statements, the computation of the pre-consolidation income (loss) from subsidiary of $74,000 reported by the parent includes a deduction for:

a.   $25,000 for excess attributable to depreciation and amortization

b.   $34,000 for excess attributable to depreciation and amortization

c.   $13,125 for 70% of dividends declared and paid by S Company

d.   $75,600 for 70% of the net income of subsidiary

16.       The December 31, 2023 pre-consolidation balance of the equity investment accounting equals $1,331,475 (i.e., 5 years subsequent to the acquisition).

On this date, the equity investment balance implicitly includes:

a.   Dividends, $121,290

b.   Goodwill, $60,000

c.   Goodwill, $48,000

d.   Unamortized AAP excluding Goodwill, $204,000