1. A shortcoming of return on investment (ROI) is that it may not lead managers to accept good investment opportunities if

   2.   Which of the following statements is true concerning economic value added (EVA)?

   3.   Which of the following defines Economic value added (EVA)?

NPVs and IRRs for Mutually Exclusive Projects

Davis Industries must choose between a gas-powered and an electric-powered forklift truck for moving materials in its factory. Because both forklifts perform the same function, the firm will choose only one. (They are mutually exclusive investments.) The electric-powered truck will cost more, but it will be less expensive to operate; it will cost $23,000, whereas the gas-powered truck will cost $17,100. The cost of capital that applies to both investments is 11%. The life for both types of truck is estimated to be 6 years, during which time the net cash flows for the electric-powered truck will be $6,500 per year, and those for the gas-powered truck will be $4,750 per year. Annual net cash flows include depreciation expenses. Calculate the NPV and IRR for each type of truck, and decide which to recommend. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the monetary values to the nearest dollar and percentage values to two decimal places.

Environmentalists concerned about the impact of high-frequency radio transmissions on birds found that there was no evidence of a higher mortality rate among hatchlings in nests near cell towers. They based this conclusion on a test using alpha=0.05. Would they have made the same decision at alpha=0.10? How about alpha=0.01? Explain. (Hint: It would help if you write the null and alternative hypotheses).

Please show all work. Typed work only. no handwritten.

1.Describe the two different ways in which an ADI may be exposed to interest rate risk.  What would it do – in respect of the two different aspects of interest rate risk – if it thought interest rates were going to increase in the near future and wanted to take advantage of this prediction?  Explain how these actions will be of benefit if interest rates do increase as predicted?

2.Describe how a bank could use derivatives to hedge an exposure to decreasing interest rates.

Explain why each of the following actions would negatively impact the results of a recrystallization procedure. Answer each in two sentences or less.

i) After achieving proper dissolution, immediately cooling the solution in an ice bath.

ii) Dissolving all of the material at room temperature, then heating to near the solvent boiling point, followed by cooling to 0 °C.

iii) Upon collection of the recrystallized material on a filter, rinsing with 1-2 mL of room temperature solvent.

Let us say that you work for Starbucks!

Since college campuses are traditionally very attractive locations for Coffee-shops, your District manager is proposing to set up a coffee shop near at the junction of Broadway and 35th   .

As a statistical consultant how would you explore this option?

Discuss what would be your population and variables, type of variables and how many?

Do you think some kind of secondary data would suffice in this case?

Corporate management and the Board of Directors fulfil a vital role to ensure good corporate governance within a company. Which of the reasons, listed below, has been a major contributing factor to corporate governance scandals?

Question 23 options:

1. Spending at All Levels of Government
   1. How much is spent, (not double counting the transfers from the federal government to state and local governments), by ALL levels of US government right now (2019 FY or 2018 full-year OK to report)?
2. 2. On a per capita basis, how much is this? Compare this amount of spending per person with the overall GDP per person of countries with GDP per person near those levels.
      
   3. As a share of GDP, how much is this?

Exercise 5: Let's Build a Moon Base

Prompt: One day in the future we will decide to establish a colony on the Moon. Where should we put it?

Analysis Directions: Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of locating such a human habitat on poles. Should it be in a crater the near side, the far side, or at the? Highland? Maria?

Also, what site would be best for doing visible-light and radio astronomy from observatories on the Moon? Comment on each other’s lists.