Pick a profession that you might be interested in that demands some knowledge in the life sciences. From the abbreviate course outline provided below, choose the 5 units you think are most important, then explain what you must learn in detail to give you the best academic preparation for your profession. Be sure to relate to specific concepts learned within each unit of your chosen units. Must be at least 500 words.

Animal Physiology; review major animal phyla; vertebrate reproduction, embryology and hormone regulation; circulation, digestion and exchange systems; excretion and kidney nephrons; the vertebrate immune system; neurons and nervous systems

Carbon and the Macromolecules of Living Things; structure and function of carbon, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and enzyme kinetics.  

Ecology; ecosystems, biomes, cycles of materials, communities, succession, populations.  

Cell Structure, Function, and Division; cell theory, structure and function of organelles, membrane transport, cell to cell interactions, mitosis, carcinogenesis.

Respiration and Photosynthesis; ATP, fundamentals of metabolism, energy from nutrients, anaerobic and aerobic respiration, how plants convert solar energy to chemical energy.

Mendelian Genetics; meiosis, laws of heredity, punnett squares, human traits, genetic disorders, chromosomal abnormalities.

Molecular Genetics; DNA function, structure, and replication; RNA transcription and translation; gene regulation; genetic engineering.  

Classification and Evolution; taxonomy, species defined, classic darwinism, mechanisms of evolution, fossil formation and dating, the evolution of self replicating molecules through vertebrates and humans, how species evolve, and a genetic view of evolution.  

Organism Survey (primarily microorganisms); viruses, bacteria, protists, and fungi.

Botany; classification of plants, basic structure and function of tissues, and physiology.

Recently, Darren has become interested in cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. As most cryptocurrencies are subject to limited regulation, Darren believes this alternative investment is the new ‘wild west’. Before allocating wealth into cryptocurrencies, Darren asks you for a short essay to address several questions about Bitcoin.

Provide a brief introduction about how Bitcoin functions and the risks and benefits of holding and using Bitcoin. (Word limit: 500 words)

Should Bitcoin be considered as an investment or a type of money (currency)? (Word limit: 500 words)

What are governments’ attitude towards Bitcoin, such as legislation and taxation? Your dissertation should cover the considerations/perspectives of the Australian government, and at least another foreign government. (Word limit: 500 words)

Outline some of the challenges that Bitcoin has brought to financial institutions around the globe. How have financial institutions responded to this? How can the financial institutions respond to this going forward? (Word limit: 500 words)

Requirements

The marking of this section will be based on research quality and depth.

Students need to undertake comprehensive research using a number of available resources.

Each group needs to cite at least 10 scholarly references as evidence of their research. Exceeding 10 scholarly references would be more favourable. Failing to reach this minimum level will result in losing marks. Scholarly references include book chapters, articles published by mainstream media (paper press and/or their website resources), and peer- reviewed journal articles. Wikipedia or Investopedia CANNOT be used as academic reference.

Word limit: in-text citation will be counted; students can have +/- 10% leeway in the word limit of each question; failing to follow the word limit of each question will result in losing marks.

A purchasing manager for a large university is investigating which brand of LCD projector to purchase to equip "smart" classrooms. Of major concern is the longevity of the light bulbs used in the projectors. The purchasing manager has narrowed down the choice of projector to two brands, Infocus and Proxima, and wishes to determine if there is any difference between the two brands in the mean lifetime of the bulbs used.

The purchasing manager obtained thirteen projectors of each brand for testing over the last several academic terms. The number of hours the bulbs lasted on each of the thirteen machines is given in the table.

Assume that the two populations of lifetimes are normally distributed and that the population variances are equal. Can we conclude, at the

0.1

level of significance, that there is a difference in the mean lifetime of the light bulbs in the two brands?

Perform a two-tailed test. Then fill in the table below.

Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places and round your answers as specified in the table. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)

Identify a person you know who has an immune system disorder or cancer. Review content in your text for potential types of disorders.

Interview the affected person and write a 3-5 page paper identifying your findings including:

• Identify the pathophysiology of the immune system disorder
• Discuss the treatment for the immune system disorder
• Summarize the findings of the interview.
• Use at least one scholarly source to support your findings or identify therapies that may be new or different from what the affected person may be using. Examples of scholarly sources include academic journals, textbooks, reference texts, and CINAHL nursing guides. You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide: https://guides.rasmussen.edu/nursing/referenceebooks
• Cite your sources in-text and on a References page using APA format. Have questions about APA? Visit the online APA guide: https://guides.rasmussen.edu/apa

Questions you may want to use to guide your interview:

1. Which immune system disorder do you have?
2. How long have you had this disorder?
3. How has this disorder changed your life (home and work)?
4. Are you able to carry out daily activities independently?
5. What therapies are you using to manage this disorder?
6. What, if any, side effects does the treatment have?
7. What therapies are you using to manage this disorder?
8. What, if any, side effects doe the treatment have?
9. Has this disorder changed your body?
10. Does this disorder have any emotional effects on you?
11. Have alternative therapies, such as Eastern medicine (acupuncture, herbal treatment, yoga) been tried or recommended?

Question 4 – Undergraduate Degree and MBA Major (3 parts, 14 marks)

The MBA program was experiencing problems scheduling its courses. The demand for the

program’s optional courses and majors was quite variable from one year to the next. In one

year, students seem to want marketing courses; in other years, accounting or finance are the

rage. In desperation, the dean of the business school turned to a Statistics professor for

assistance. The Statistics professor believed that the problem may be the variability in the

academic background of the students and that the undergraduate degree affects the choice

of major. As a start, he took a random sample of last year’s MBA students and recorded the

undergraduate degree and the major selected in the graduate program. The undergraduate

degrees were BA (=1), BEng (=2), BBA (=3), and several others (=4). There are three possible

majors for the MBA students: Accounting (=1), Finance (=2), and Marketing (=3). Can the

Statistics professor conclude that the undergraduate degree affects the choice of major?

a) [2 Marks] Create a cross-classified (or contingency) table with undergraduate degree as

the row and MBA major as the column. The data in this table should be deemed as

observed counts.

b) [3 Marks] Create another table with the corresponding expected counts and having row

totals, column totals, and grand total. Round each cell value to two decimal places.

c) [9 Marks] Perform a chi-square test to assess the association (or independence) between

an undergraduate degree and choice of MBA major at 5% level of significance. Verify the

assumptions required for the chi-square test of independence. Make sure you follow all

the steps for hypothesis testing indicated in the Instructions section and show your

computations.

Stealing the Examination

As part of your preparation for the upcoming examination, you have the goal of stealing a copy of the examination.

*Note that this is a thought experiment that is you should not try it out in real life.

When preparing the exam, the files are stored on the IT servers in a private directory only accessible to academic and examination admin staff (e.g., Julian and Hooman). All staff use their Massey username and passwords to authenticate themselves and gain access. A physical copy of the examination is also stored in the School office in a locked file cabinet and in the Science Faculty office in a locked room. Neither Julian nor Hooman has copies of the examination stored in their offices.

If you are permitted to only use publicly available information when building your profile, describe a scenario explaining how you use the social engineering techniques, e.g., phishing, pre-texting, baiting, quid pro quo and tailgating, —as described in the lecture— to achieve your goal.

Note that you do not need to include filenames or directory name but you should be as specific as possible in your answer.

Question 2.1: Name the human target or target(s) for the scenario.

Question 2.2: Identify ONLY the information necessary for the attack, the reason why each piece of information is required and the source of the information (provide URLs where appropriate).

Question 2.3: What are the steps describing how you will carry out the attack? These should be written such that you could provide these steps plus the previous information to a third party to carry out the attack.

Question 2.4: Describe which of the concepts from the course that have been applied in your attack (you should use at least one!).

Question 1.

A review of a company’s business plan and strategies to identify weaknesses and shortcomings and enable the successful development of the company is called

Strategic Plan

Strategic Formulation

Strategic Direction

Strategic Audit

Question 2.

Estimation of capital requirement, capital composition and investment of funds are functions of which of the following

Financial Management

Fiscal Management

Strategic Management

Budget Controls

Question 3.

The abbreviation VRIO stands for which of the following

Valuable, Real, Inimitable, Organised

Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, Orderly

Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, Organised

Valuable, Rare, Imitable, Organised

Question 4.

A specific ‘manoeuvre’ intended to outwit an opponent or competitor is called

Plan

Ploy

Tactic

Strategy

Question 5.

To know more about competitors you need to analyze their sales literature, advertisement, their customer’s feedback and which of the following

Commissioned Market Research

Scientific Research

Financial Research

Academic Research

Question 6.

Assessment of core activities include premises, facilities, information technology and which of the following

Competition

Customers

Bank Deposits

People And Skills

Question 7.

The resource audit, value chain analysis and core competence analysis help to define which of the following of a business

Innovative Capabilities

Global Capabilities

Strategic Capabilities

Financial Capabilities

Question 8.

Portfolio Analysis analyses the overall ----------- of the strategic business units of a business.

Structure

Picture

Balance

Strategy

Question 9.

The products in which category of the BCG Matrix are certain values, which bring profits and supply cash for financing the products in the other categories.

Stars

Dogs

Question Marks

Cash Cows

Question 10.

One of the ways to effectively communicate and manage crises is to avoid presenting -----------Messages

Conflicting

Clear

Timely

Dominant

Please select the Case Studies presented below and provide a minimum 4-page paper (not including title and reference page) answering the eleven questions listed. This assignment must be in APA 6th ed. format. A minimum of two academic and/or professional references is required. If you are unfamiliar with how to properly format an APA paper (title page, introduction, conclusion, margins, etc.) please schedule an appointment with a Writing Coach prior to submitting your paper. The questions are as followed (100 pts):

1. What are the facts of the case?

2. Are all the elements required in a negligence suit present?

3. What standard of care is required?

4. Who would you consider to be the potential plaintiff and defendant?

5. How would you argue for the plaintiff?

6. What evidence would you present?

7. How would you defend the defendant?

8. What are your defense options?

9. If you were on the jury, what would your finding be, based on only the facts as presented?

10. If you find the defendant responsible, what damages would you award, and for what reasons?

11. What are your options if you, as plaintiff or defendant, are unhappy with the jury’s decision?

Case Study One:

A patient died after her third cerebral hemorrhage. When the patient was admitted to the hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage, her physician determined that she should be given a specific drug to reduce her blood pressure and make her condition operable, and he directed its administration. For an unexplained reason, the drug was not administered. The patient’s blood pressure rose, and after another hemorrhage the patient died.

Question – 3                                                                                                     30 Marks

Plastic Manufacturing Company:

Plastic Manufacturing Company manufactures Plastic Cartons. The Competition in the plastic industry is increasing. The production manager of the company is suggesting using standard costing system. He explains “Standard costing is a control technique where actual and standard costs and revenues are compared to obtain the variances and are used as an important tool to improve the performance”

The company has the following standard cost card to manufacture each plastic carton.

Direct material– 2.5 Kg. at OMR 5 per kg.                       12.5

Direct Labor – 3 hours at OMR 4 per hour                      12

Fixed Overheads - 3 hours at OMR 2 per hour                6

Total standard cost                                                            30.5

Selling price                                                                       45.5

Standard profit                                                                 16

Budgeted sales(units)                                                                  900

Actual cost and revenue are as follows:

Actual production for the period was 830 units

Direct material       2200 kg          costing     OMR 10500

Direct labour          2300 hours     costing   OMR 9500

Actual sales are 750 Units and sold @ OMR 55

1. Calculate:

1. Material Price Variance
2. Material Usage variance
3. Labor Rate Variance
4. Labor Efficiency Variance
5. Sales price variance
6. Sales volume Profit variance                                                              18 Marks

2. Explain possible reasons and interrelationship for labou , material and sales variances calculated in part (a) above.                                                                                              6 Marks

3. As suggested by Production manager standard costing(Variance analysis) is a tool for control. Evaluate the Advantages of Variance Analysis for the organization.     6 Marks

Note - The academic reference is required for part (C) of the above question

Task

Individual Presentation

To accomplish this CW you are required to take on a role of a consultant. The firm you are employed by has a number of both international and local clients requesting assistance and professional advice on various matters. One client request is listed below, with a description of the company background and difficulties encountered.

This is an individual assignment. The consultant has to work out solutions and suggestions to the client. All ideas, arguments and recommendations MUST BE justified and supported with references to academic sources or findings of primary research (if any). It is suggested (though NOT A MUST) that the consultant interviews one person, who they believe to be an expert in the sphere covered by the case. The results of the interviews might be shared with a client later on. On Referral/Deferral weeks all consultants will be presenting their findings in the form of a regular presentation.

Each Presentation will last for approximately 8-12 minutes and MUST be attended.

The following points summarise the information above and simplify the comprehension of the assignment:

Imagine that you are an employee of a consultancy firm.

Collect and analyse information, which will be necessary for your oral report.

Structure your speech and prepare technology (PPT slides or other) to support your speech if necessary.

Present your oral report at the meeting. You will be given the exact date and time of the meeting beforehand either BC or FoM module leader. Your speech should be no longer 8-12 min.

Participate actively in a follow up discussion with the assessors that will last 5 minutes. In this part, you can

ask clarifying questions

argue about any points

agree/disagree with any points

Anticipate possible questions from your lecturers regarding your work.