1. As the frequency goes to zero, to what value does the phase constant approach? What is expected?

2. To what value should the phase constant approach at very high (compared to the resonant frequency)?

3. Does the current lead or lag the applied voltage at very high frequency?

4. For driving frequencies below the resonant frequency, which is larger, the capacitive reactance or the inductive reactance?

5. Can any of the amplitudes VR, VL, or Vc be larger than the amplitude of the source emf E? Why or why not? One might consider an RLC phasor diagram to answer this question.

Write a C++ program to generate two random numbers (Rnd1 and Rnd2). These two numbers should be within a range [100, 500]. If Rnd1 greater than or equals to Rnd2, print out the result of (Rnd1-Rnd2). Otherwise, print out the result of (Rnd2-Rnd1). In all cases, print Rnd1, Rnd2, and the results of subtractions in suitable messages.

Question 1: IT Governance [50 marks]

According to a variety of studies, IT governance is usually implemented so as to ensure that IT operations and investments deliver more value to the business.

a) Discuss the activities that are required to setup IT governance in an organization. [25 marks]

b) With the aid of examples, discuss the factors that could affect IT governance. [25 marks]

1. Which sorting algorithms is most efficient to sort string consisting of ASCII characters? Heap sort, Merge sort, insertion sort, bubble sort, selection sort or quick sort?

must have a minimum of 5-7 sentences per question and evidence in each response...

Visiting Angels

Connie Hill, whose father was at home sick, became sensitive to the needs and struggles of senior citizens who wish to remain at home. After losing her hospital job a few years after her father’s death, she purchased the franchise of Visiting Angels, a national network of nonmedical, senior home care agencies providing service to help elderly and older adults who continue to live in their homes.

Hill reasoned that, from a business standpoint, a well-developed strategy focused on improving the welfare of senior citizens has a good opportunity to succeed. As people are living longer, there are more seniors who wish to remain in their own homes while needing assistance in daily living. She felt that starting her own business created a greater potential for good income while controlling her own fate.

“Management experience is the essential skill that individuals interested in my job field need,” states Hill. The experience she gained managing staff at the hospital in her previous job proved to be invaluable in coaching employees and building effective teams.

“I personally meet with every client before their care begins. It makes them feel comfortable. I want people to say ‘Call Connie’ when they need care for a loved one. I want my name to be synonymous with Visiting Angels.”

When screening potential employees to administer this care, Hill states that it’s vital to establish the right fit between caregivers and clients. When she hires, even if the person’s credentials and skills are top-notch, she asks herself, “Is this someone I would want to take care of my mother?”

She feels that the most important thing to fulfill the needs of seniors is finding individuals with a “heart for serving.” Hill says they are available 24 hours a day. “We want to make Visiting Angels available whenever our clients need us. My first priority is meeting the needs of my clients.”

She states that even after 12 to 13 hours of work, this kind of business makes you feel good because you know you’ve helped someone. As her business continues to grow, she says she never wants to stop her hands-on involvement with the seniors they care for, their families, and her team. “To be in this field and to succeed in it you should have both the heart and the passion for assisting in and easing the life of senior citizens.”

Questions

1. Do you think that Hill’s method of screening potential employees has a positive effect on her relationship with them?
2. Do you agree with her hiring techniques?
3. Do you think she should have a different approach hiring potential employees to work with the elderly?
4. Does Hill’s hands-on approach to her business help to break some of the barriers to effective communication?

Should students with learning disabilities be entitled to academic accommodations? If so, what accommodations should students with learning disabilities have right to? Should such accommodations be made at all levels of education (i.e., elementary school, secondary school, college and university)? Would granting accommodations to students with learning disabilities be unfair to students without learning disabilities?

C Programming Language

Problem Title : Museum Heist

Jojo loves art. In his free time, he usually goes to the museum and admires the artwork there. since Jojo loves are so much, he is planning a heist at the museum. Jojo knows the price of every piece of art and doesn't want to raise suspicion, so he decided to steal the second most expensive art piece. It is guaranteed that there are at least two art pieces with different prices.

Format Input

A line with integer N followed by another line of N numbers denoting the value of Ai.

Format Output

A single line of integer denoting the price of the second most expensive art piece.

Constraints

¶ 2 ≤ N ≤ 10^5

¶ 1 ≤ Ai ≤ 10^9

Sample Input 1

5

1 7 2 5 3

Sample Output 1

5

Sample Input 2

4

1 7 9 9

Sample Output 2

7

Sample Input 3

7

11 11 13 13 13 12 11

Sample Output 3

11

Your former director of business development contracted John Smith, an American consultant, to manage the development and marketing of one of the newer projects of the company.This project appeared very promising but is in fact bringing much lower revenues than originally anticipated. Mr. Smith just presented his expenses for his first class airfare tickets, five star hotel rooms and gourmet restaurant bills (with expensive French wines) of the last three months. Such expenses are a serious concern to your director of finances who finds them out of line. Your financial reports for the second half of this year would be improved if you negotiated an eight-month earlier termination of his 20-months consulting contract. That would help you wind down this project quicker. However, there is no good cause to base Mr. Smith’s termination on the lack of his contractual performance. In fact, some within your organization appreciate Mr. Smith’s work and believe he might turn things around, given additional time and manpower. You also have a suspicion about a potential conflict of interest. Indirectly, through an employee of HR, you have been told that Mr.Smith was seen in a night club entertaining Ms. Hodge, a project manager of your main competitor. Mr. Toba, a member of the Board of your company has been suggesting to your President that he might be more sympathetic to the under-performance of this project if you managed to contract his nephew George,a fresh MBA graduate from Northwest University, instead of John Smith. To review the contractual arrangements with Mr. Smith, you asked your contract department earlier today for a copy of his consulting contract. Unfortunately, they have been unable to locate their signed copy at this time.

Considerations for your Blackboard debate of this case:

1) How would you approach your consultant about various issues?

•Directly or indirectly

•Discussing all or just some issue; Why?

2) Would you try to work out issues with the consultant or terminate his contract?

3) Explain how such case would be handled if contracting company was residing in a certain country that you are familiar with.

Question 2: Strategic Management of IT [50 marks]

The strategic management of IT can be achieved through the use of various resources.

a) With the aid of examples, discuss the role played by policies and procedures in the strategic management of IT. [25 marks]

b) Propose and discuss the aspects that should be considered during the drafting of an Information Security policy document [25 marks]

Customer pet peeves about customer service. What are yours? Food not prepared properly at a restaurant? You need to return clothing or something else? A purchase you made didn’t work properly, or you couldn’t figure out how to make it work from the directions given? You need help in a store and can’t find anyone? Or, you may choose a pet-peeve specific to you. Tell us why it bothers you; and how you handle the situation with the person you need to talk with about your complaint? You are encouraged to share an experience with us.

Question 3: Risk Management [50 marks]

Risk management was identified in the NamCode as being an important activity during governance.

a) Outline how you would develop a risk management program in IT [25 marks]

b) Critically evaluate the strengths and weakness of the various risk analysis methods in IT. [25 marks]

Discuss the physical principles behind lasers.

The Crown Bottling Company has just installed a new bottling process that will fill 16-ounce bottles of the popular Crown Classic Cola soft drink. Both overfilling and underfilling bottles are undesirable: Underfilling leads to customer complaints and overfilling costs the company considerable money. In order to verify that the filler is set up correctly, the company wishes to see whether the mean bottle fill, μ, is close to the target fill of 16 ounces. To this end, a random sample of 31 filled bottles is selected from the output of a test filler run. If the sample results cast a substantial amount of doubt on the hypothesis that the mean bottle fill is the desired 16 ounces, then the filler’s initial setup will be readjusted. (a) The bottling company wants to set up a hypothesis test so that the filler will be readjusted if the null hypothesis is rejected. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses for this hypothesis test. H0 : μ 16 versus Ha : μ 16 (b) Suppose that Crown Bottling Company decides to use a level of significance of α = 0.01, and suppose a random sample of 31 bottle fills is obtained from a test run of the filler. For each of the following four sample means— x⎯⎯ = 16.05, x⎯⎯ = 15.98, x⎯⎯ = 16.03, and x⎯⎯ = 15.90 — determine whether the filler’s initial setup should be readjusted. In each case, use a critical value, a p-value, and a confidence interval. Assume that σ equals .1. (Round your z to 2 decimal places and p-value to 4 decimal places and CI to 3 decimal places.) x⎯⎯ = 16.05 z p-value CI [ , ] x⎯⎯ = 15.98 z p-value CI [ , ] x⎯⎯ = 16.03 z p-value CI [ , ] x⎯⎯ = 15.90 z p-value CI [ , ]

Define networking and discuss the importance of networking in achieving one's personal and professional objectives.