Case Study

You have been in your position as Head of Support Services in the Brussels for 4 months and have built a good understanding of the succession plan, key suppliers and contractors.

You are meeting with the UAE Ambassador when you notice a leak coming from the ceiling in the middle of his VIP majilis. To ensure minimal damage to the expensive carpet below, you quickly place a bucket under the leak and call Bjork, a handyman who helped you set up your own villa a few weeks before.

Bjork immediately responds and senses the urgency in your voice, and says he can be at the Embassy with his plumbers in one hour. He fixes the leak and hands you a bill for 5,000 Euros. Upon inspecting the bill, you see that the emergency response was 3,500 Euros alone.

This is outside your budget and, anticipating questioning from the Finance Committee at MOFAIC, you send the Committee a long email explaining this was an emergency and you were worried about the leak spreading and causing more damage to valuable assets in the Embassy.

The Finance Committee responds with questions as to why you didn’t follow normal protocol and get three quotes. They remind you that you have gone over your budget and you have only been there for 4 months.

Case Study Questions

1. What could you have done to avoid this expense?

2. How could you have better managed the relationship, communication and reaction with the Finance Committee?

Here we are going to test a couple of hypotheses about the Old Faithful data in R. Remember, this is the faithful data frame that is built in to R. You can use data(faithful) to load data set. First split faithful into two separate data frames: (1) those entries with eruption times less than 3 minutes (eruptions < 3) and (2) those entries with eruption times greater than or equal to 3 minutes (eruptions >= 3). Answer the following about the entry wait time (waiting):

(a) For the entries with short eruption times, you want to test the hypothesis that the associated waiting last on average less than 60 minutes. What is the null hypothesis? What is the alternative hypothesis? (Write your own code) (10 pt)

(b) Give R commands to compute the statistic that you used in (a) and the resulting p-value. What values did you get? Would you reject the null hypothesis at the α = 0.05 level? (15 pt)

(c) For the entries with long eruption times, you want to test the hypothesis that the associated waiting time last on average shorter than 80 minutes. What is the null hypothesis? What is the alternative hypothesis? (Write your own code) (10 pt)

(d) Give R commands to compute the statistic you used in (c) and the resulting p-value to test the hypothesis you came up with in part (c). What values did you get? Would you reject the null hypothesis at the α = 0.05 level? (15 pt)

/*
calculating area of a circle, calculating area of a rectangle, calculating area of a triangle, and quit.
*/

import java.util.Scanner;
public class GeoCalculator
{
  
public static void main(String arg[])
{

int geoCalc; //number selection of user
Scanner get = new Scanner(System.in);


//display section.
System.out.println("Geometry Calculator");
System.out.println("Please select from the following menu:");
System.out.println("1. Calculate the Area of a Cirlce.");
System.out.println("2. Calculate the Area of a Rectangle.");
System.out.println("3. Calculate the Area of a Triangle.");
System.out.println("4. QUIT");
System.out.println("Please make a selection: ");
geoCalc = get.nextInt();
  

//having the user's option
switch (geoCalc)
{
case '1':
System.out.println("Please enter the circle's radius: ");
double r = get.nextDouble();

double areac = 3.14159 * r * r;

System.out.println("Area of Circle is : " + areac);
break;


case'2':
System.out.println("Please enter the length: ");
double l = get.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Please enter the width: ");
double w = get.nextDouble();
  
double arear = l * w;
  
System.out.println("Area of Rectangle is: " + arear);
break;
  
  
case '3':
System.out.println("Please enter the base: ");
double b = get.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Please enter height: ");
double h = get.nextDouble();
  
double areat = b * h * 0.5;
  
System.out.println("Area of Triangle is: ");
break;
  
  
case '4':
System.out.println("QUIT");
break;
  
}
  
  
}   
  
}

I tried running my code and I input 1 but it gives me back 1 and says built successful. Need help on what I'm doing wrong. Thanks!

HYPOTHESIS TESTING SUMMARY ACTIVITY

Part 1: Overview of the Hypothesis Test for the Population Proportion Answer the following questions:

1) The general form of the test statistic for the hypothesis test for a population proportion is shown below. Label the different components of the test statistic.

2) For the following situations, state the null and alternative hypothesis. Then determine whether the alternative hypothesis is one-sided or two-sided.

a) A toy manufacturer claims that 23% of the 14-year-old residents of a certain city own a skateboard. A sample of fifty 14-year-olds shows that nine own a skateboard. Is there enough evidence to show that the percentage has changed?

b) At a large university, a study found that 25% of the students who commute travel more than 14 miles to campus. Recently, the university built more housing closer to campus so they believe that the proportion has decreased.

c) For students who first enrolled in two-year public institutions in fall 2007, the proportion who earned a bachelor’s degree within 6 years was 0.399. The president of Joliet Junior College believes that the proportion of students who enroll in her institution have a higher completion rate.

3) Use the information in question 2a (toy manufacturer) to answer the following questions.

a) Calculate the test statistic and draw a diagram with a normal curve to represent the sampling distribution of ??� in the context of this situation.

b) If the sample size of the survey was increased, would the test statistic increase or decrease? Would it give us more or less evidence against H0 ?

Obligation Debt Amount Min Monthly Amount Annual Interest Rate Student loans $40,000.00 $500.00 6.00% Car loan $11,500.00 $375.00 9.50% Chase credit card $2,100.00 $84.00 18.00% Amazon credit card $1,050.00 $42.00 15.00% TJ Maxx credit card $380.00 $15.00 24.00% You recently graduated with a reasonably well paying job and after reviewing your budget you have an extra $200 a month to put towards paying off your debts as you have built up an appropriate savings. In exactly 12 months, you have been promised a raise that will allow you to put a total of $400 a month towards paying down debts (original $200 plus another $200). How many months will it take to pay off the chase card if you pay the minimum monthly amount listed above on the Chase card? Hint: the first month the interest rate is 18%/12 = 1.5%. The interest owed is 1.5% of $2,100 = $31.50. So you will pay down your debt by $42-$31.50 = $10.50. This means you owe $2,100 - $10.50 = $2,089.50 the next month. (Use a spreadsheet!!). Your answer is between 90 and 100 months!! Use this technique later down below.Discuss two approaches a) paying the highest interest rate debts first or b) paying of the smallest first. Which is theoretically best and which is emotionally best for people. Do appropriate research and reference.

List five disadvantages of making an S election. ​(Select all that​ apply.)

A. An S corporation is subject to the personal holding company tax or the accumulated earnings tax if they elect to have a​ year-end that is not a calendar year end.

B. Allocation of ordinary income or loss and the separately stated items is based on the stock owned on each day of the tax year. Special allocations of particular items are not​ permitted, as they are in a partnership.

C. Dividends received by the S corporation are not eligible for the​ dividends-received deduction, as is the case for a C corporation.

D. A C corporation is treated as a separate tax entity from its​ shareholders, thereby permitting its first​ $50,000 of income to be taxed at a​ 15% marginal rate instead of the​ shareholder's marginal rate.

E. S corporations are subject to an excess net passive income tax and a​ built-in gains tax. Partnerships are not subject to either of these taxes.

F. The S​ corporation's earnings are taxed to the shareholders even though they are not distributed. This treatment may require the corporation to make distributions or salary payments so the shareholder can pay taxes owed on the S​ corporation's earnings.

G. The S​ corporation's earnings are taxed to the shareholders when they are distributed. This treatment means the S corporation might not distribute enough cash and then become subject to the accumulated earnings tax

H. An S corporation is not restricted in the number of shareholders it can have and the capital structure it can​ use, except at least one shareholder must be an individual. Partnerships and C corporations are not so restricted.

Please choose only five correct answers

MidWest Amusements is in the process of reviewing 10 proposals for new rides at its theme parks in cities scattered throughout the American heartland. The company’s only experienced safety engineer must carefully review plans and monitor the construction of all new rides. However, she is only available to work on new rides for 1,479 hours during the year. The net present values and the amount of safety engineer time required for the proposed rides are listed below:

Required:

1. Which of the proposed rides should the company build this year? (Note: The incremental profit of a long-term project such as constructing a new ride is its net present value.) (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with a check mark for correct answers and double click to empty the box for the wrong answers.)

2. What would be the total net present value of the rides built under your plan?

A larger and more modern main post office is to be constructed at a new location in​ Davis, California. Growing suburbs caused a shift in the population density from where it was 40 years​ ago, when the current facility was built. Annette​ Werk, the​ postmaster, asked her assistants to draw a grid map of the seven points where mail is picked up and delivered in bulk. The coordinates and trips per day to and from the seven mail source points and the current main post​ office, M, are shown in the following table. M will continue to act as a mail source point after relocation.  

a. Calculate the center of gravity as a possible location for the new facility. ​(Enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole​ number.)

The center of gravity​ "X" coordinate​ =

The center of gravity​ "Y" coordinate​ =

b. Compare the​ load-distance scores for the location in part​ (a) and the current​ location, using rectilinear distance. ​(Round all intermediate calculations to the nearest whole​ number.)

The​ load-distance score to​ "M" is

​ (Enter your response as an​ integer.)

The​ load-distance score to the center of gravity is

​(Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole​ number.)

Q1) Discuss the top-down and the bottom-up digital design methodologies?

Q2) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of FPGAs compared to ASICs?

Q3) Explain the benefits of hierarchical design methodology in Verilog HDL?

Q4) Discuss the tradeoffs between PLDs and FPGAs devices?

Q5) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of HDL modeling using built-in primitives and User Defined Primitives (UDPs)?

Q6) Discuss the tradeoffs between schematic-based design and HDL-based design?

Q7) Discuss the tradeoffs between PLDs and ASIC devices?

Q8) Discuss the advantages of using Electronic Design Automation tools in the hardware design flow?

Q9) Explain why UDPs are not always the appropriate method to design a block and sometimes it is easier to design blocks as a module?

Q10) List Five Verilog Gate Primitives?

Q11) Write a 6-inputs “NOR” gate using Verilog primitives?

Q12) Why it is important to decide whether a functional block should be described as a UDP or as a module?

Q13) Explain why it is important that the table of a UDP cover all input combinations?

Q14) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of FPGAs compared to Standard cells?

Q15) What are the advantages of HDL-based design methodologies over traditional methodologies such as schematic-based design for hardware design?

Q16) What is the effect of the delay on the output and how to deal with it?

Q17) Verilog is able to model a design at different levels of abstraction, explain the benefits of using behavior modeling to model a circuit compared to other modeling approaches such as switch level modeling or structural modeling using primitives?

A2_1 Function and modular

a) Write a module fun_math.py that contains three functions:

cal_factorial(x) – receives a positive integer “x” and returns the factorial of that number.

list_multiples(number, length) – takes a non-negative integer “number” and a positive integer “length”, and returns a list of multiples of “number” up to “length”. For instance (2,3) should return [2,4,6], and (7,5) should return [7,14,21,28,35].

find_max(a_list) – takes a list of integers and returns the largest number.

Note that no built-in functions can be used in this module (len( ), print(), and range( ) are exceptions).

b) Write a program A2.py that contains a main() function and one instruction that calls the main() function in the execution section of the program.

Upon execution, this program prints the following options on the screen:

  Please choose your task:

1 – calculate factorial

2 – generate a list of multiples

3 – find max number in a list

Once the user enters their choice of task, the program will prompt a message that asks them to input the argument(s) for each function. For instance, if the user option is 2, the program will print “Please enter a non-negative number and a length: ”. The program then computes the task by calling a function in the fun_math.py module and prints the result on the screen.

Your program should also catch exceptions on unexpected inputs. When an unexpected input is entered, prompt the ask-for-input message again.

A2_2 Testing and tracing

Write the testing code in the fun_math.py module. Provide five testing cases for each function. Debug your code using tracing before you submit.