Explain why economists say that voters are rationally ignorant about politics.

How are rational ignorance, special interest groups, and economic inefficiency related?

Explain why candidates with extreme views do not tend to get elected.

Explain how politicians can use the concept of rational ignorance to their benefit.

Q1/Calculate the expected return for a stock, given the following information about its returns in different states of the economy.

Enter return in percents, not in decimals.

Q2/Given the following information about the returns of stocks A, B, and C, what is the expected return of a portfolio invested 30% in stock A, 40% in stock B, and 30% in stock C?

Enter answer in percents.

Q3/

Given the following information about a stock's return in the various states of the economy, calculate the standard deviation of its return.

Enter answer in percents, accurate to two decimal places.

A student hasn’t studied at all and therefore guesses each answer uniformly at random, independently of all the other answers. Define the following random variables:

• R: the number of answers the student gets right

• W: the number of answers the student does not get right

• S: the student’s score on the test

Q1a:

What is the distribution of R? Either state the possible values and provide a formula for the probabilities, or provide the name and parameters of the appropriate distribution. Explain your answer.

Q1b:

Find E(R) and SD(R).

Q1c:

True or False: SD(R) = SD(W). Explain your answer

Q1d:

Find E(S).

Q1e:

Find SD(S).

What specific concepts from below do you find the most interesting and/or impactful to Cybersecurity? Explain the concept thoroughly, explain your position (e.g. why is it impactful to the field of Cybersecurity and/or so interesting to you) and provide several examples that support your argument.

Threats and Adversaries (threat actors, malware, natural phenomena)

Common Attacks

Malicious activity detection / forms of attack

Appropriate Countermeasures

Legal issues

Attack Timing (within x minutes of being attached to the net)

Covert Channels

Social Engineering

State, US and international standards / jurisdictions

Understand the interaction between security and system usability and the importance for minimizing the effects of security mechanisms.

What specific concepts from below do you find the most interesting and/or impactful to Cybersecurity? Explain the concept thoroughly, explain your position (e.g. why is it impactful to the field of Cybersecurity and/or so interesting to you) and provide several examples that support your argument.

Threats and Adversaries (threat actors, malware, natural phenomena)

Common Attacks

Malicious activity detection / forms of attack

Appropriate Countermeasures

Legal issues

Attack Timing (within x minutes of being attached to the net)

Covert Channels

Social Engineering

State, US and international standards / jurisdictions

Understand the interaction between security and system usability and the importance for minimizing the effects of security mechanisms.

Box 1 contains 3 red balls, 5 green balls and 2 white balls. Box 2 contains 5 red balls, 3 green balls and 1 white ball. One ball of unknown color is transferred from Box 1 to Box 2. (a) What is the probability that a ball drawn at random from Box 2 is green? (b) What is the probability that a ball drawn from Box 1 is not white?

Now that you have completed your decision matrix, you will discuss your decision-making process and how you have used the matrix. For this discussion, you should NOT post your matrix but rather use it as a tool to evaluate your business. In your initial post, address the following: Explain how you could use the matrix in a different business/technology scenario. Give an example. What was the most challenging part of applying this matrix to the final project? What recommendations would you make to change your project, given some of the challenges you faced?Now that you have completed your decision matrix, you will discuss your decision-making process and how you have used the matrix. For this discussion, you should NOT post your matrix but rather use it as a tool to evaluate your business. In your initial post, address the following: Explain how you could use the matrix in a different business/technology scenario. Give an example. What was the most challenging part of applying this matrix to the final project? What recommendations would you make to change your project, given some of the challenges you faced?

How does Hobbes perceive the "state of nature" as contributing to his work? How does Rousseau see it? Which of these thinkers do you agree with most? Explain your position using course materials.