Assume that an investment security has a mean return of 14% and standard deviation of 6%. What is the probability of making a loss (to the closest percent)?

A.2%; B.10%; C.1%; D.3%; E.5%

I want to create a seating chart that I can assign an 'X' to if a seat is purchased. I want to use a numpy array, but am having trouble figuring out how to write it the way I want it. I want it 4 X 15, but with string values instead of all the same value or a range. i would like this. can I do it with numpy? also I want the columns lined up when i do a test print, or write to a text file if possible.

['A1', 'B1','C1','D1'
  'A2', 'B2','C2','D2'
  'A3', 'B3','C3','D3'
  'A4', 'B4','C4','D4'
  'A5', 'B5','C5','D5'
  'A6', 'B6','C6','D6'
  'A7', 'B7','C7','D7'
  'A8', 'B8','C8','D8'
  'A9', 'B9','C9','D9'
  'A10', 'B10','C10','D10'
  'A11', 'B11','C11','D11'
  'A12', 'B12','C12','D12'
  'A13', 'B13','C13','D13'
  'A14', 'B14','C14','D14'
  'A15', 'B15','C15','D15']

Both Bond Bill and Bond Ted have 5.8 percent coupons, make semiannual payments, and are priced at par value. Bond Bill has 5 years to maturity, whereas Bond Ted has 25 years to maturity.
a. If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage change in the price of these bonds? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

b. If rates were to suddenly fall by 2 percent instead, what would be the percentage change in the price of these bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Consider the following nonfunctional requirements and determine which of them can be verified and which cannot. Write acceptance tests for each requirement or explain why it is not testable.

1. “The user interface must be user-friendly and easy to use.”
2. “The number of mouse clicks the user needs to perform when navigating to any window of the system’s user interface must be less than 10.”
3. “The user interface of the new system must be simple enough so that any user can use it with a minimum training.”
4. “The maximum latency from the moment the user clicks a hyperlink in a web page until the rendering of the new web page starts is 1 second over a broadband connection.”
5. “In case of failure, the system must be easy to recover and must suffer minimum loss of important data.”

Consider a public good with only two consumers, A and B. The demand function by Customer A is Q = 10 - 0.5P, while the demand function by Customer B is Q = Q = 10 - 0.25P, where Q is quantity demanded and P is price. Construct the market demand curve for the public good. If a company can produce the public good at a constant marginal cost of $30, what is the market equilibrium price and quantity of the public good?

Assess the FASB website. Examine 2014, 2015 and 2016 ASU's. Identify and list the PCC ASU's.

you will read and discuss Chapter 2 of Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature. How Flexible is My Moral Code?

Summarize the general themes or summary of the chapter.

What are 6 to 8 discussion questions which address core issues of the chapter? (With each discussion question, you should provide an answer with page numbers cited.)

What are practical applications or "take-aways" from the chapter?

Question 3

Why does a global sales forces cause special compensation problems? Suggest some alternative solutions.

Question 16

Why do companies include an evaluation of an employee’s family among selection criteria for an expatriate assignment?

Which of the following statements regarding the predictive value of historical returns is true?

A. Historical returns can be useful in predicting the general direction of a market over a long period.

B. Macroeconomic forces can be predicted from past market performance.

C. All of these answers.

D. Systemic risk, which diminishes the predictive value of historic returns, is the risk of company failure.

Discuss the risks, benefits, and audit issues related to IT outsourcing

Case Management book (Fundementals of Case Management Practice, skills for the human services - 5th ed by Nancy Summers).

Exercise - Chapter 18

Fill in the blanks for each of these questions. This exercise is simply to acquaint you with words you might encounter in the course of your work.

1. The chart on Mr. Kling reads that he has conceptual disorganization. What was the psychologist referring to? _____________________________________________________________________ .
2. In a staff meeting, the psychologist and the case manager discuss the fact that Mrs. Purdy seems to have racing thoughts. They are talking about what? ______________________________________ .
3. The neurologist’s report comes for Mr. Engler. The diagnosis is Broca’s aphasia. What does that mean? _________________________________________________________________________ .
4. When the psychiatrist saw Mrs. Nguyen, he said her mood was euthymic. He meant _____________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
5. Mr. Kissel’s speech is described as impoverished. That means his speech is ___________________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
6. When Dr. McCoy said Mr. Perkins used neologisms, Dr. McCoy was referring to ________________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
7. Mrs. Dell has been on antipsychotic mediation for some time, and now she shows signs of tardive dyskinesia. That means she ________________________________________________________ .
8. When Mrs. Jones was described by the psychologist as seductive, he meant that Mrs. Jones was __   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
9. The chart says that during the interview with Mr. Landon at the prison, where he was being held after being arrested for drug possession, Mr. Landon’s speech was guarded. That means his speech was _______________________________________________________________________________ .
10. When the ambulance crew called in about 93-year-old Mr. Keller, they said they were bringing him into the hospital, but he was oriented ×3. They meant ____________________________________ . 11. Mrs. Harris complained of trouble falling asleep. In the chart, this was written as ________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ .
12. When Alice stops taking her medication, she tends to believe she can fly. We call this ___________   _______________________________________________________________________________ .
13. The psychologist is describing his interview with Mrs. Carter. “She tends to perseverate,” he noted. He means that Mrs. Carter _________________________________________________________ .

Using any source of your choosing, research the .NET Framework and in your own words, in about one paragraph, describe your understanding of it.

Question 1

(a) How is Inventory Turnover Ratio calculated ? What might a sharp drop in inventory turnover tell us ?

(b) How do we calculate Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) ? What might a sharp increase in DSO tell us ?

(c) How do we calculate Operating Profit Margin? How might it be a better measurement of profitability than Net Profit Margin ?

(d) How do we calculate Current Ratio? What does it tell us?

2. Run the following C program, and submit the screenshot of the result. Also briefly explain the result.

#include <sys/types.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h>

#define SIZE 5

int nums[SIZE] = {0,1,2,3,4};

int main() { int i; pid_t pid; pid = fork();

if (pid == 0) { for (i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) { nums[i] *= -i; printf("CHILD: %d ",nums[i]); /* LINE X */ } } else if (pid > 0) { wait(NULL);

for (i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) printf("PARENT: %d ",nums[i]); /* LINE Y */
}

return 0;
}














3. Run the following program and take a screenshot of the result. Explain the relationship between the created processes. (Hint: if we draw an arrow that points from a process to its child process, what shape can we get?)


#include <sys/types.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { pid_t childpid = 0; int i, nbrOfProcesses; if (argc != 2) { /* Check for valid number of command-line arguments */ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <processes>\n", argv[0]); return 1; }

/* Convert character string to integer */ nbrOfProcesses = atoi(argv[1]); for (i = 1; i < nbrOfProcesses; i++) { childpid = fork(); if (childpid == -1) { printf("Fork failed"); exit(1); } else if (childpid != 0) // True for a parent break; } // End for

// Each parent prints this line fprintf(stderr, "i: %d process ID: %4ld parent ID: %4ld child ID: %4ld\n", i, (long)getpid(), (long)getppid(), (long)childpid);

sleep(5); // Sleep five seconds

return 0;

} // End main

Resource: Impact of Online Crowdsourcing on Marketing Strategy Grading Guide Evaluate an online crowdsourcing site. Examples include, Dell's Idea storm, and Starbucks. Write a paper in which you review a crowdsourcing site. Marketing has evolved in its relationship to customers. Marketing to consumers has shifted to marketing for consumers. Marketing for consumers has the power to choose whether they want to create a dialogue. • How has the organization leading the crowdsourcing utilized consumers to help build its organization? • How does this option of crowdsourcing influence marketing strategy? • What is the impact of mobile and social media campaigns on marketing strategy for this organization?