The transportation ageney of a California county unilaterally created a voluntary affirmative action plan for the hiring and promotion of employees. One provision of the plan provided that, in making promotions to positions within a traditionally segregated job classification in which women have been significantly underrepresented, the agency was authorized to consider as one factor the sex of a qualified applicant. The agency noted in its affirmative action plan that women were represented in numbers far lower than their proportion of the county labor force in five of seven job categories. The stated goal of the affirmative action plan was to achieve a statistically measurable yearly improvement in the hiring, training, and promotion of minorities and women in all major job classifications where they were underrepresented. The long-term goal was to attain a work force whose composition reflected the proportion of minorities and women in the area relevant labor market. When a vacancy arose in the agency for promotion to road dispatcher, twelve county employees applied, and nine of them were deemed qualified and were interviewed. At the conclusion of the interviews, seven employees were certified as eligible for selection by the appointing authority. Two of the seven scored 75 and were tied for second, and a female applicant scored 73 and was ranked third. The director of the ageney, who was authorized to choose any of the seven candidates, chose not to follow a second interviewing board's recommendation to promote one of the second-ranked applicants, a male, but instead opted to select the only female candidate, who was the third-ranked applicant. In doing so, the director had taken into account the candidates' qualifications, their test seores, their expertise, and their backgrounds, as well as the affirmative action goal. Upon hearing that the female candidate had been selected over him, the male applicant who had been recommended by the board filed a complaint with the EEOC, claiming that he had been denied promotion in violation of Title VII on the basis of his sex.

a. Under Title VII was the county impermissibly using sex in its selection procedure? Why or why not?

b. Under the Fourteenth Amendment was the county impermissibly using sex in its selection procedure? Why or why not?

1. Thirty years ago, the mean number of rides that were disabled (broken) for more than two

hours at Disneyland was 10.2 per month. The current CEO, Bob Iger, believes that number has

gone down and randomly selects 11 months from the past three years and checks on the number

of disabled rides. If the mean has decreased, he will give the members of the maintenance staff a

$50K bonus this year. If not, they will all be immediately fired.

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a. At the 10% significance level, do the data provide evidence that the mean number of disabled

rides per month has decreased?

b. In the context of this problem, describe Type I and Type II errors and their consequences.

Which one, in your opinion, is more severe?

Type I:

Type II:

Please match the following terms with their description.

1- Cash Budget   

2- Capital Budget   

3- Operating Budget

4- Debt Principal   

5- Interest Expense   

6- Dividends Paid   

7- Net Income   

8- Treasury Stock Purchases   

9- Debt Service   

10- Depreciation Expense

The options

[ Choose ]        

1- A financing activity representing the distribution of earnings to shareholders.-

2-The combined cash flow from interest and principal activity related to debt financing.     

3- A financing activity representing the repurchase of stock from shareholders.     

4- A financial plan covering all of the inflows and outflows of cash.           

5- The primary cash received or paid on company debt financing.           

6- The net effect of revenues and expenses for the year, which can be cash or non-cash activity.           

7- The non-cash cost of writing off capital over a period of years.           

8- A financial plan for the year's operations, which represents the statement of earnings.           

9- The financing cost paid on outstanding notes and bonds.           

10- A financial plan for the purchase and sale of property, plant, and equipment.      

Match the following.

1.All the labor surrounding food in the family: planning, shopping, cooking, cleaning up.

2.The people, processes and institutions that carry out the production, processing, distribution, consumption and wast management of food.

3.Deliberately growing plants and raising animals to be more plentiful for human consumption.

4.Selectively growing plants and breeding animals to emphasize traits that make them more useful to humans.

5.Any activity through which we define for ourselves and others who we are socially and culturally.

6.The institutional and cultural arrangements and spaces around us that influence our relationship to food.

7.Paying others to do feeding or house work for you

8.The what, where, when, how and why of eating.

9.The tastes, habits and knowledge that have currency in society or convey higher social status.

Part 1: Select a blog topic from the list provided below. Consider your own knowledge and interest in the topic. Consider your ability to craft a worthwhile blog post using the three-step process for successful blogging outlined in Chapter 8. Blog topics Review a current business book Compare two TED Talks on the topic of business Provide editorial commentary on a current, debatable business issue Provide biographical information on an influential business leader Reflect on a previous business course Explain a business process Recount an engaging team-building activity Describe a workplace conflict that ended with a positive outcome Part 2: Develop a three-to-five-paragraph blog post based on the blog topic that you selected. Review the Writing Strategies for Social Media (seven key points) outlined in Chapter 8 to analyze your blog post. The email should adhere to the following criteria: Include a compelling headline. Provide original and well-developed content. Do not copy another author blog post. Give credit to the original source when providing supporting information. Demonstrate an understanding of content curation by effectively sharing one useful link to an article or video. Provide insight into your character and associations. Make the purpose of your post clear to the reader. Proofread for grammar, spelling, punctuation and content errors.

(1) Convert negative fractional decimal number to 8-bit binary number: – 6.625

Hint: –7 + 0.375

Given the hint above, the fractional number will be divided into two parts,
- Whole number,
- Fractional part, must be positive

(2) Use 2's complement binary format to convert negative fractional decimal number to 8-bit binary number: – 6.625

(3) Proof to check that your representation calculation for (1) & (2) is correct

1) Which of the following is/are true?

- C++ programs can run on different platforms, like Windows and macOS, without being recompiled.

- The source code for a program can include code from the C++ standard library.

- The machine language that results from compiling a program is easy for a human to read.

- All of the above

2) What feature of an IDE can help you identify and fix syntax errors?

-the code completion feature

-the automatic compilation feature

-the syntax integration feature

-the error detection feature

3) As you develop a C++ program, you can use an IDE to

-enter and edit the source code

-compile the source code

-run the application

-all of the above

-both b and c

4) You can use a console application to

-get data from the user

-display data to the user

-use a graphical user interface to interact with the user

-all of the above

-a and b only

5) An IDE typically stores all of the files for a program in a

-chapter

-library

-project

-header

6) Which of the following is used to convert the source code for a program to object code?

-linker

-preprocessor

-compiler

-none of the above

7) Which of the following is not a benefit of a typical IDE for C++?

-The syntax of your code is checked as you enter it.

-The debugging features make it easier for you to find bugs in your applications.

-The IDE helps you complete code as you type.

-Your code compiles and runs faster.

8) In an IDE, what tool do you use to enter and edit source code?

-debugger

-program builder

-compiler

-code editor

9) Which of the following is not a reason for learning C++?

Its syntax is easier to learn than the syntax of other languages like C# and Java.

It’s one of the fastest and most efficient languages available.

It’s an object-oriented language.

It’s designed to work with many operating systems and devices.

10) A syntax error occurs when

the C++ compiler can’t be located

the machine language can’t be interpreted properly

there’s a syntax error in a C++ statement

the program doesn’t contain a main() function

The cash flows of a firm next year will be either $250 or $1,750 in two equally probable scenarios. The firm dissolves at the end of the year and discount rates are zero. The firm has debt with face value $500 and maturity one year (no coupon).

1. What is the value of the firm? What is the value for shareholders? What is the value of bondholders?

2.. Suppose that the firm decides to invest in a safer asset that transforms its payoffs to 500$ and 1, 500$. What is the change in the wealth of shareholders and bondholders?

3. Suppose that the firm decides to invest in a riskier asset that transforms its payoffs to 0$ and 2, 000$. What is the change in the wealth of shareholders and bondholders?

Lost with this, please explain how to come to answers!

Design and implement a relational database application of your choice using MS Workbench on

MySQL

a) Declare two relations (tables) using the SQL DDL. To each relation name, add the last 4 digits

of your Student-ID. Each relation (table) should have at least 4 attributes. Insert data to both

relations (tables); (15%)

b) Based on your expected use of the database, choose some of the attributes of each relation as

your primary keys (indexes). To each Primary Key name, add the last 4 digits of your Student-

ID by using Alter command. Explain why you choose them as the primary keys; (10%)

c) Specify one Update, one Delete, one Select, one Join, and one View in SQL that are needed by

your database application