1. Homebase is a specialist manufacturer of different types of wall tiles; ceramic and stone. Homebase excavates blocks of granite from its quarry from its joint processes of quarry and cutting. Two joint products (ceramic and stone) are produced along with a by-product called Mutter.

Ceramic tiles are cut, polished, and engraved in a variety of standard shapes, sizes, and patterns and distributed to their different stores located throughout the UK for sale. The ceramic tiles are cut and polished to meet specifications of contractors who each year are ordered by contractors for office buildings. The small pieces of ceramic tiles resulting from the cutting and shaping process are crushed and sold to farm-supply outlets as poultry grit.

Homebase has provided the following costs and output information:

Quarry and Cutting are joint processes. A local farm-supply distributor purchases all of the grit that is produced at £40 per ton. Assume that Homebase uses the physical units method to allocate joint costs.

Required:

a) What would be the cost per ton of Ceramic and Stone slabs, assuming that the grit is accounted for as “other income”?

b What would be the cost per ton of Ceramic and Stone slabs assuming that the grit is accounted for as by-product revenue deducted from the main product cost?

Question 2

(a) Explain the meaning of the following terms in the context of cellular telephony networks:

(i) Frequency reuse

(ii) Trunking

(iii) Micro and macro cells

(iv) Umbrella cells Describe the trade-off that must be made when selecting the number of cells which should be clustered together to form a location area in a cellular network. [6 marks]

(b) A number of techniques are used on both the base station and mobile station (i) to manage power consumption, and (ii) to minimise the effects of network interference. For each of the following terms, describe how the feature works and comment on whether, and how, it is used to address (i) and\or (ii).

(i) Time Division Duplexing

(ii) Adaptive Power Control

(iii) Discontinuous Transmission [4.5 marks]

(c) Subscriber A is a subscriber of an Irish mobile network who is roaming on a French mobile network. Subscriber B is a subscriber of UK mobile network who is currently an inbound roamer on subscriber A’s home network. Subscriber A initiates a voice call to subscriber B.

(i) Describe, with the aid of a diagram, the steps involved in the routing of this call to the point where subscriber B’s handset is paged.

(ii) Using this example, clearly explain the difference between late and early call forwarding.

(iii) Explain the meaning of the term call tromboning in the context of one of these call forwarding scenarios and outline how this is typically resolved when it occurs. [9.5 marks]

TOPIC: Importance of ethical behavior for senior management

Objectives : To recognize the role of chair, CEO, executive directors and non-executive directors.

ASSIGNMENT DIRECTION & REQUIREMENT/S (Identify the ILOs to be assessed at the end of each requirement. Include the rubric or marking scheme for each item/requirement.) :

You are the Company Secretary of a large UK multinational company operating in the energy sector. Your company has operations in 25 different countries, some of which are developing economies, and it has raised debt finance, as well as equity finance, in 15 of these countries. You are aware that there have been protests from environmental lobby groups in several areas regarding oil pipelines. There have also been demonstrations about the impact of operations on local communities. Your company has an internal audit committee, an audit committee, and a reasonably well-developed system of internal control loosely structured around the Turnbull Report's recommendations. However, the board has decided that perhaps it should form a new committee, a 'risk committee', which will deal with risk management and internal control specifically. Accordingly, the board has asked you to prepare a briefing paper which summarizes the main risks facing the business at present,

1. Examine the faults which were not considered while arranging the pipelines?

2. Analyze the internal and external risk as those are important to the business, and highlight where the primary exposures are likely to be?

This is all information available

Purpose of Assignment

Starting a new, international business venture requires creativity, planning, financing and marketing among the key ingredients for a successful undertaking. Additionally, the different risk analyses that are obligatory of a start-up are equally important for a flourishing company. By putting all of these success factors in motion, the student should have all of the information considered necessary for a winning venture.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Suggested but not required: Abbott, Riley J. (2015). PESTEL Analysis for Students. London, UK: Science and Management Press of London.

Search the Internet for vendors who sell this book or inquire about it with a local library.

Select a product and a country for a global business venture.

Conduct a regional, country risk, and organization and product or service analyses of your new global venture.

Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis to address the following:

Region Analysis

Regional alliances and economic integration

Physical environment and its effect on trade

Political stability

Economic conditions

Finance options available

Social, health, and environmental conditions

Terrorism threats

Country Risk Analysis

Political and legal stability

Economic conditions

Finance options available

Physical environment and distribution channels

Social, health, and environmental conditions

Cultural and ethical considerations

Organization and Product or Service Analysis

Description of your organization

Legal structure of organization

Market analysis

Description of product to meet the need   

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Mentcare: A mental health support system

This case study focuses on the requirements for a system called the Mentcare system, which is a real system (although that is not its real name) which was used in a number of UK hospitals, including hospitals in Scotland. The system is designed for use in clinics attended by patients suffering from mental health problems and records details of their consultations and conditions. It is separate from a more general patient records system as more detailed information has to be maintained and the system has to be set up to generate letters and reports of different types and to help ensure that the laws pertaining to mental health are maintained by staff treating patients.

This is a secondary safety-critical system as system failure can lead to decisions that compromise the safety of the patient or the medical staff caring for the patient. There are also significant security and privacy considerations that have to be taken into account in the Mentcare system.

Use this case study to :-

• Identify general issues of around the requirements for information systems where the system dependability is important and security is a significant concern.

• Highlight requirements conflicts as there is a clear conflict between requirements for patient privacy and safety requirements for maintaining the safety of the patient and their carers.

• Identify the software principles that would be needed to make sure the system would be a success.

• Illustrate how requirements documents may be organized and can be used as a basis for discussing the issues and problems in developing requirements documents.

A population mean is to be estimated from the sample described. Round your answer to one decimal place if necessary. Assume that all confidence intervals use a 95% confidence level.

Sample size = 100, sample mean = 48, sample standard deviation = 14

What is the margin of error?

Select the sample most representative of the population of interest.

A researcher wants to determine the status of the electorate one month before the presidential election.

State whether the actual data are discrete or continuous and explain why.

The temperatures in Manhattan at noon for each New Year's Day

Apply the Empirical Rule to answer the question.

A bank's loan officer rates applicants for credit. The ratings are normally distributed with a mean of 200 and a standard deviation of 50. What percentage of the ratings will be between 200 and 300?

A study conducted at a certain college shows that 63% of the school's graduates find a job in their chosen field within a year after graduation. Find the probability that among 4 randomly selected graduates, at least one finds a job in his or her chosen field within a year of graduating.

population mean is to be estimated from the sample described. Round your answer to one decimal place if necessary. Assume that all confidence intervals use a 95% confidence level.

Sample size = 100, sample mean = 48, sample standard deviation = 14

What is the margin of error?

Select the sample most representative of the population of interest.

A researcher wants to determine the status of the electorate one month before the presidential election.

State whether the actual data are discrete or continuous and explain why.

The temperatures in Manhattan at noon for each New Year's Day

Apply the Empirical Rule to answer the question.

A bank's loan officer rates applicants for credit. The ratings are normally distributed with a mean of 200 and a standard deviation of 50. What percentage of the ratings will be between 200 and 300?

A study conducted at a certain college shows that 63% of the school's graduates find a job in their chosen field within a year after graduation. Find the probability that among 4 randomly selected graduates, at least one finds a job in his or her chosen field within a year of graduating.

Japenese Case Study #1

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This case study is a composite of actual situations. Marianne, who is American, and Ken Shimizu, who is Japanese, have worked in Tokyo for over 30 years as Methodist missionaries. They have annual furloughs and occasional sabbaticals, during which they visit relatives and sponsoring organizations and engage in continuing education in the United States. They met as college students in the United States, and their three grown children have established their own careers in the United States.

Ken’s 98-year-old mother resides with Marianne and Ken. She is not Christian but has always been extremely supportive of Ken and Marianne’s work. Ken teaches at a large Christian university, whereas Marianne has served in various church-related positions over the years. As missionaries, they live in subsidized post–World War II housing near Ken’s university. Marianne has been a frugal housewife, preparing local foods in the Japanese style for her family.

Ken, who is nearly 60, recently learned that he has glaucoma. By the time it was discovered, he had lost a significant amount of peripheral vision. Although Marianne delivered all three children at a Christian hospital in Tokyo, she gets her annual physical examination when visiting relatives in the United States. She has never believed that the Japanese health system is as proactive as that in the United States. On her most recent visit to the United States, Marianne learned that she has hypertension. Her physician prescribed a medication that is readily available in Japan, but the physician was concerned about the level of stress in Marianne’s life. Mother Shimizu is quite confused and requires considerable care, but it is unthinkable for Ken, the only child, to put his mother in a long-term-care facility. Even if he would, the

quality of facilities in Japan leaves much to be desired. Most of the responsibility for Mother Shimizu falls on Marianne, in addition to her work. Marianne’s relatives are urging her to consider placing Mother Shimizu in a church-related life-care community near Marianne’s family in the United States, where Marianne and Ken would like to retire. Marianne’s own parents lived in this facility at the end of their lives. She is considering these issues as she returns to Tokyo.

1. Identify some of the cultural issues that may lead to conflict in this international family.

2. What are the family resources for this international family?

3. What factors within the Japanese health system may account for the late diagnosis of Ken’s glaucoma?

4. What practical issues might arise for the Shimizus if Mother Shimizu were placed in a long-term-care facility in the United States?

5. What dietary factors may contribute to Marianne’s hypertension?

6.In what ways might you consider Ken to be countercultural as a Japanese man? 7.What social pressures might Marianne have faced, given some of her choices, as a housewife in Japan? 8.What pressures will Ken likely experience as he considers how to meet the needs of both his mother and his wife? 9. Compare and contrast the fertility and mortality rates of Japan and the United States. 10.Do the traditional Japanese maintain sustained eye contact with strangers? Why or why not? 11.To which drugs might Japanese people have greater sensitivity than that of white ethnic populations? 12.How do most Japanese people meet their need for calcium?

Logan B. Taylor is a widower whose wife, Sara, died on June 6, 2017. He lives at 4680 Dogwood Lane, Springfield, MO 65801. He is employed as a paralegal by a local law firm. During 2019, he had the following receipts:

Logan inherited securities worth $60,000 from his uncle, Daniel, who died in 2019. Logan also was the designated beneficiary of an insurance policy on Daniel's life with a maturity value of $200,000. The lot in St. Louis was purchased on May 2, 2014, for $85,000 and held as an investment. Because the neighborhood has deteriorated, Logan decided to cut his losses and sold the lot on January 5, 2019, for $80,000. The estate sale consisted largely of items belonging to Sara and Daniel (e.g., camper, boat, furniture, and fishing and hunting equipment). Logan estimates that the property sold originally cost at least twice the $9,000 he received and has declined or stayed the same in value since Sara and Daniel died.

Logan's expenditures for 2019 include the following:

While Logan and his dependents are covered by his employer's health insurance policy, he is subject to a deductible, and dental care is not included. The $10,500 dental charge was for Helen's implants. Helen is Logan's widowed mother, who lives with him (see below). Logan normally pledges $2,400 ($200 per month) each year to his church. On December 5, 2019, upon the advice of his pastor, he prepaid his pledge for 2020.

Logan's household, all of whom he supports, includes the following:

Helen receives a modest Social Security benefit. Asher, a son, is a full-time student in dental school and earns $4,500 as a part-time dental assistant. Mia, a daughter, does not work and is engaged to be married.

Federal income tax of $4,500 was withheld from his wages.

Required:

Compute Logan's income tax for 2019. If Logan has any overpayment on his income tax, he wants the refund sent to him. Assume that the proper amounts of Social Security and Medicare taxes were withheld. Logan does not own and did not use any virtual currency during the year, and he does not want to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

Please complete a schedule A with answers on the actual form please.

Logan B. Taylor is a widower whose wife, Sara, died on June 6, 2017. He lives at 4680 Dogwood Lane, Springfield, MO 65801. He is employed as a paralegal by a local law firm. During 2019, he had the following receipts:

Logan inherited securities worth $60,000 from his uncle, Daniel, who died in 2019. Logan also was the designated beneficiary of an insurance policy on Daniel's life with a maturity value of $200,000. The lot in St. Louis was purchased on May 2, 2014, for $85,000 and held as an investment. Because the neighborhood has deteriorated, Logan decided to cut his losses and sold the lot on January 5, 2019, for $80,000. The estate sale consisted largely of items belonging to Sara and Daniel (e.g., camper, boat, furniture, and fishing and hunting equipment). Logan estimates that the property sold originally cost at least twice the $9,000 he received and has declined or stayed the same in value since Sara and Daniel died.

Logan's expenditures for 2019 include the following:

While Logan and his dependents are covered by his employer's health insurance policy, he is subject to a deductible, and dental care is not included. The $10,500 dental charge was for Helen's implants. Helen is Logan's widowed mother, who lives with him (see below). Logan normally pledges $2,400 ($200 per month) each year to his church. On December 5, 2019, upon the advice of his pastor, he prepaid his pledge for 2020.

Logan's household, all of whom he supports, includes the following:

Helen receives a modest Social Security benefit. Asher, a son, is a full-time student in dental school and earns $4,500 as a part-time dental assistant. Mia, a daughter, does not work and is engaged to be married.

Federal income tax of $4,500 was withheld from his wages.

Required:

Compute Logan's income tax for 2019. If Logan has any overpayment on his income tax, he wants the refund sent to him. Assume that the proper amounts of Social Security and Medicare taxes were withheld. Logan does not own and did not use any virtual currency during the year, and he does not want to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

Please Complete a 2019 1040 Form for this problem.

Logan B. Taylor is a widower whose wife, Sara, died on June 6, 2017. He lives at 4680 Dogwood Lane, Springfield, MO 65801. He is employed as a paralegal by a local law firm. During 2019, he had the following receipts:

Logan inherited securities worth $60,000 from his uncle, Daniel, who died in 2019. Logan also was the designated beneficiary of an insurance policy on Daniel's life with a maturity value of $200,000. The lot in St. Louis was purchased on May 2, 2014, for $85,000 and held as an investment. Because the neighborhood has deteriorated, Logan decided to cut his losses and sold the lot on January 5, 2019, for $80,000. The estate sale consisted largely of items belonging to Sara and Daniel (e.g., camper, boat, furniture, and fishing and hunting equipment). Logan estimates that the property sold originally cost at least twice the $9,000 he received and has declined or stayed the same in value since Sara and Daniel died.

Logan's expenditures for 2019 include the following:

While Logan and his dependents are covered by his employer's health insurance policy, he is subject to a deductible, and dental care is not included. The $10,500 dental charge was for Helen's implants. Helen is Logan's widowed mother, who lives with him (see below). Logan normally pledges $2,400 ($200 per month) each year to his church. On December 5, 2019, upon the advice of his pastor, he prepaid his pledge for 2020.

Logan's household, all of whom he supports, includes the following:

Helen receives a modest Social Security benefit. Asher, a son, is a full-time student in dental school and earns $4,500 as a part-time dental assistant. Mia, a daughter, does not work and is engaged to be married.

Federal income tax of $4,500 was withheld from his wages.

Required:

Compute Logan's income tax for 2019. If Logan has any overpayment on his income tax, he wants the refund sent to him. Assume that the proper amounts of Social Security and Medicare taxes were withheld. Logan does not own and did not use any virtual currency during the year, and he does not want to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

Please complete Form 8949 for this problem.