5.Jack needs $6100 in 6 years from today to buy a holiday. He invests $2500 today. Find the effective annual rate of interest that Jack needs to earn on this amount (as a %, 2 decimal places) in order to reach his goal.
(Solve using excel =RATE function; Answer in percentage to two decimals without the % sign e.g. 1.88

10.You have the alternative of paying for university fees today for a payment of $15,000 or, you can select a payment plan where you pay $8,000 in 6 months from today and another $12,000 in exactly 18 months from today. If the interest rate is 9.9%p.a. compounding monthly, what is the advantage that the payment plan has over the upfront payment?

Assume there are three companies that in the past year paid exactly the same annual dividend of $1.77 a share. In​ addition, the future annual rate of growth in dividends for each of the three companies has been estimated as​ follows:

Buggies-Are-Us: g = 0 (i.e., dividends are expected to remain at $1.77/share)

Steady Freddie, Inc: g = 7% (for the foreseeable future)

Gang Buster Group:

Assume also that as the result of a strange set of​ circumstances, these three companies all have the same required rate of return ​(r = 11%).

(for all answers round to the nearest cent)

a. For​ Buggies-Are-Us, the value of the​ company's common shares is $_____.

For Steady​ Freddie, Inc., the value of the​ company's common shares is $_____.

For Gang Buster Group, the value of the company's common shares is $_____.

b. Comment briefly on the comparative values of these three companies. What is the major cause of the differences among these three​ valuations?

A. The value of​ Buggies-Are-Us is ​$16.09​, compared to ​$47.25 for Steady​ Freddie, Inc., and ​$57.22 for Gang Busters Group. The difference in values is caused by the difference in dividend growth rates. The​ Buggies-Are-Us dividends do not​ grow, resulting in the lowest value. The dividends of Steady​ Freddie, Inc., grow at a constant rate of 7% forever, whereas Gang Busters​ Group's dividends grow at approximately​ 12% for the first four years and 11% from year five to the foreseeable future. The higher growth in dividends in the earlier years causes the stock of Gang Busters Group to be worth more than Steady​ Freddie, Inc., stock.

B. The value of​ Buggies-Are-Us is ​$16.09, compared to ​$47.25 for Steady​ Freddie, Inc., and $57.22 for Gang Busters Group. The difference in values is caused by the difference in dividend growth rates. The​ Buggies-Are-Us dividends do not​ grow, resulting in the lowest value. The dividends of Steady​ Freddie, Inc., grow at a constant rate of 7% forever; whereas Gang Busters​ Group's dividends grow at approximately​ 12% for the first four years and 7% from year five to the foreseeable future. The higher growth in dividends in the earlier years causes the stock of Gang Busters Group to be worth more than the Steady​ Freddie, Inc., stock.

Kim is a 27-year-old woman who recently moved from a small

town in Texas to work in the city of Dallas as a reporter for one

of the major newspapers. She is 5’6” tall and weighs 115 lb. To

keep in shape she likes to jog, which she did regularly in her

hometown. She doesn’t know anyone in Dallas and has been

lonely for her family since arriving. But she has moved into a

small apartment in a quiet neighborhood and hopes to meet

young people soon though her work and church.

On the first Saturday morning after she moved into her new

apartment, Kim decided to get up early and go jogging. It was

still dark out, but Kim was not afraid. She had been jogging

alone in the dark many times in her hometown. She donned her

jogging clothes and headed down the quiet street toward a nearby

park. As she entered the park, an individual came out from a

dense clump of bushes, put a knife to her throat, and ordered her

to the ground. She was raped and beaten unconscious. She

remained in that condition until sunrise when she was found by

another jogger who called emergency services, and Kim was

taken to the nearest emergency department. Upon regaining

consciousness, Kim was hysterical, but a sexual assault nurse

examiner (SANE) was called to the scene, and Kim was assigned

to a quiet area of the hospital, where the post-rape examination

was initiated.

Answer the following questions related to Kim:

1. What are the initial nursing interventions for Kim?

2. What treatments must the nurse ensure that Kim is aware

are available for her?

3. What nursing diagnosis would the nurse expect to focus on

with Kim in follow-up care? 

Kim is a 27-year-old woman who recently moved from a small town in Texas to work in the city of Dallas as a reporter for one of the major newspapers. She is 5’6” tall and weighs 115 lb. To keep in shape she likes to jog, which she did regularly in her hometown. She doesn’t know anyone in Dallas and has been lonely for her family since arriving. But she has moved into a small apartment in a quiet neighborhood and hopes to meet young people soon though her work and church. On the first Saturday morning after she moved into her new apartment, Kim decided to get up early and go jogging. It was still dark out, but Kim was not afraid. She had been jogging alone in the dark many times in her hometown. She donned her jogging clothes and headed down the quiet street toward a nearby park. As she entered the park, an individual came out from a dense clump of bushes, put a knife to her throat, and ordered her to the ground. She was raped and beaten unconscious. She remained in that condition until sunrise when she was found by another jogger who called emergency services, and Kim was taken to the nearest emergency department. Upon regaining consciousness, Kim was hysterical, but a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) was called to the scene, and Kim was assigned to a quiet area of the hospital, where the post-rape examination was initiated. Answer the following questions related to Kim: 1. What are the initial nursing interventions for Kim? 2. What treatments must the nurse ensure that Kim is aware are available for her? 3. What nursing diagnosis would the nurse expect to focus on with Kim in follow-up care?

What is a project? What is the difference between Projects and Operations?

What is project management?

What are the characteristics of effective project managers?

What is involved in project scope management?

Why is good scope management so important on information technology projects?

Many projects suffer from scope creep. How can it be avoided?

Why is activity definition the first process involved in project time management?

How do you control changes to project schedules?

What role does the WBS play in time management?

“Time is money”. In what ways are time management and cost management connected and in what ways do they differ?

Software Quality Assurance (SQA) is an umbrella activity that relates to both assuring the quality of work packages, and improving the process. Why is this important?

Give an example of where Quality becomes more important than any other element of Project Management.

Risk identification precedes other risk management processes. There are many techniques for identifying potential risks. Name 3 techniques for risk identification and discuss their usefulness.

Describe the Herzeberg and the Mazlow approaches to individual and team development. What might members of a team experience in these changes? Discuss these model’s validity in terms of your experience in team work.

Who are the stakeholders in a project? Why do they need to be managed and how can this be achieved?

What kind of stakeholders are hostile towards projects? How can they be managed?

Does Agile suit long term projects? Why or Why not?

Describe how Agile works with / inside / alongside Traditional PM.

What is a Code of Ethics, how is it developed, and who benefits from it?

The ACS Code of Ethics specifies 6 values and ideals and goes on to elaborate how a member must incorporate these into their professional behaviour. What are these 6 values and ideals?

Use only the information given in a question to answer that question—assume ceteris paribus unless otherwise specified.

Answer all questions correctly.

1. Nearly all cities are non-profit organizations and elected officials are supposed to maximize the welfare of their city.[1] Part of doing this involves hiring managers to operate the various service-providing departments (e.g., trash collection, street repair, etc.).[2] Suppose cities of all sizes across your state/province/region become for-profit corporations. They will issue stock, the stock will be traded on a national exchange (e.g., NYSE), and they will have a Board of Directors which will appoint all city officials. Any economic agent (i.e., person or organization) with the means may purchase stock if legally permitted. As usual, shareholders will elect members of the Board. Furthermore, the city will no longer be permitted to levy taxes. Assume all stockholders have a share of ownership in the city.

1. Will the new system increase or decrease incidents of Moral Hazard by city managers compared to the old system? To help guide your answer, choose one department manager and one (broad) task that person directs. Consider the incentives this person faces under the two regimes and go from there. Explain your answer in under 1 page. Then compare the incentives this manager faces under the two systems.

2. List and discuss 2 externalities (positive and/or negative) which would result from having for-profit cities. Clearly state who the recipients are of the externalities as well as the source(s). Remember to choose and clearly state a primary intent.

[1] They may or may not do this according to their own scruples.

[2] Some cities (e.g., Cincinnati, Ohio) have a City Manager who runs the day-to-day operations. The elected officials appoint this individual to carry out their policies. This person has no policy-making authority.    

a. A company that makes pregnancy test claims to be at least 98% accurate A SRS of 5678 women who
used these test were contacted and it was found that 102 did not correctly indicate pregnancy. Using ∝=
0.05 determine whether the company’s claim is accurate.
b. Another company that makes pregnancy tests claims to be at least 98% accurate A SRS of 312
women who used these test were contacted and it was found that 6 did not correctly indicate pregnancy.
Using ∝= 0.05 determine whether the company’s claim is accurate.

Your W-2 form reports that your total wages were $35,539 for 2018. Your W-2 form also reports that $4,053 was withheld from your wages for federal income tax. You receive a 1099-INT from your bank that indicated interest earned of $281. You are single, under the age of 65, not blind and not claimed by any other person as a dependent.

What is the amount of your payment or refund? (Be sure to first state "refund" or "payment" and then the dollar amount as a whole number)

"You are investing $6,000 immediately in a stock that you will keep for 13 years. At the end of 13 years, the stock will be worth $16,813 with a probability of 0.48 and worth $22,785 with a probability of 0.52. When you sell the stock, you will need to pay taxes on the profit earned from selling the stock (i.e., taxes on the difference between the selling and buying prices of the stock). The tax rate will be 8% with a probability of 0.8 or 16% with a probability of 0.2. Your MARR is 4.7% What is the variance of the net present worth from investing in the stock?"