1. An important principle of change management is:

   		Make sure that DEV, QA, and PRD are set up technically correct
   		Have a data collection, standardization, and harmonization plan in place
   		Involve only top management
   		Educate users during planning for ERP on the system's benefits

1. All of the following are benefits of activity-based costing except:

   		Objectively assign overhead costs based on the cause and effect of a relevant cost driver to activities
   		Help businesses better analyze the cost of making and delivering items
   		Show the profitability by segment of the company
   		Allow for more accurate product overhead costing

Suppose that we have a process that produces two types of an item: Blue Item and Orange Item. Both of the items require the same pure sequential operations: O1, O2, O3. O1 and O3 are manual operations. O2 is the main and an automated operation which differentiates the items (e.g. gives different colors). Operation 1 takes 1 minutes per item. It is a manual operation that is common to both types. Operation 2 takes 4 minutes per item. It is an automated operation. Operation 3 takes 1 minute per item. It is a manual operation that is common to both types. Draw the GANTT Chart, calculate the flow time, cycle time, throughput, value added time and waste when the setup time for machine 2 where the Operation 2 occurs is 3 minutes and the batch size is 3 items per batch.

How do we separate end-users security policies from the infrastructure security policies on the windows server?

You are a business consultant who has just been hired by a young entrepreneur who is beginning a new business. The entrepreneur plans to start a privately owned business (i.e. grocery, clothing, hairdresser, auto repair, cleaning service, etc.). Your client is uncertain where to locate the business and is looking for your professional advice. Your client's initial thoughts are to establish sales of $200,000 the first year and grow the business at an average annual rate of 20% each year after. As his consultant, you are requested to prepare a report analyzing and answering the following questions:

1. What is the best small business option given today's economy?
2. What are the characteristics of the target market?
3. Who is the competition and what are their strengths and weaknesses?
4. What are your client's strengths?
5. How should the business operate?
6. How should the business be advertised and promoted?
7. How should the business be financed?
8. What are the restrictive laws and regulations affecting this type of business and how should the client comply with these laws?
9. What strategies and plans should be put in place to grow the business by 20% per year?

Toyota used to sit on top of the world. It basked in the reputation of building high-quality cars efficiently. It enjoyed unprecedented growth, even surpassing General Motors as the largest car manufacturer in the world. But all of that came tumbling down with reports that cars were accelerating out of control, careening down highways, and putting everyone’s lives in danger. There was even a recording of a 911 call from an off-duty policeman who lost control of his car and died in the ensuing crash. Toyota responded with a recall of historic proportions—nearly 8 million cars in the United States and 1.8 million in Europe. It even suspended sales of brand new models, including the best-selling Camry and Corolla, until the vehicles could be repaired. But still, there was confusion about what was causing the problems—was it the floor mats, the braking system, the software controlling the engine, or something else? Conspiracy theorists argued that Toyota had no clue what was causing the sudden acceleration and that their recall was basically worthless. By early 2009, your company was in a situation it had not faced for decades—its sales had dropped by 16 percent. Even General Motors, the bankrupt General Motors, which looked like it could do nothing right for many years, grew 8 percent during the same time. According to some journalists, the recall cost Toyota more than $2 billion. But by March 2010, things seemed to be on the rebound. Sales picked up dramatically, 35 percent from the previous year, and 88 percent from the previous month. Customers were once again buying Toyotas and putting their confidence in its ability to produce reliable cars. But just as things seemed to be rosy again, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced plans to levy a fine of $16.4 million against your company. The money itself isn’t necessarily a problem. Even with losses, Toyota still made $1.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009. The fine would be less than 1 percent of what you earned in just three months. So why not just “take the medicine” as it were, pay the fine, and move on from the whole mess? Because the fine comes attached with a statement that Toyota “knowingly hid” safety problems in order to avoid a costly recall. According to LaHood, “We now have proof that Toyota failed to live up to its legal obligations. Worse yet, they knowingly hid a dangerous defect for months from U.S. officials and did not take action to protect millions of drivers and their families.” So what will you choose to do? You could just pay the fine and admit fault, but if you do, the company’s reputation for quality will take a perhaps fatal blow. You wouldn’t just be admitting that you made a mistake, but that you deliberately lied about it in order to keep making money. What’s more, an admission of covering up would give great support to the hundreds of lawsuits that claim Toyota committed consumer fraud. How much money would those settlements cost? You could, of course, just contest the fine and the admission. But, your company’s reputation is already fragile, and fighting the government (and potentially losing) may make things even worse. Form a group with three or four other students and discuss what decision you would make as a Toyota management team by answering the following questions. 1. What is your recommendation for how Toyota should approach this situation? 2. What are the decision criteria that should be used in this situation, and how should they be weighted? 3. Under what conditions do you think it is acceptable for Toyota to settle for a “good enough” decision?

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A hydrocarbon with the general formula C_xH_y is 92.26% carbon. Experiment shows that 0.311 g hydrocarbon fills a 185 mL flask at 88.7 °C with a pressure of 486 mm Hg.

Calculate the molecular formula for this compound.

Computer Architecture:

Write a MIPS program to compute f = g - (f + 5)
Assume registers $to, $s1 hold values for g and f respectively.
The program should display the following prompts and read value entered by the user “Enter a value for f:"
“Enter a value for g:"
The program the prints: "Answer for f = g - (f + 5):"
The program should repeat the above steps 3 times for each input pair, f and g

Make certain that your assembly code is properly organized (indented, commented, contains your name at the top of the code). Comment any assumptions at the top and include results showing the working code via screen prints

Isuzu Company provided the following data as of January 1, 2028:
• 6% Preference share-10,000 shares, par 200 2,000,000
• Ordinary share-50,000 shares, par P100 5,000,000
• Share Premium-Preferred 400,000
• Share Premium-Ordinary 1,000,000
• Accumulated Profits/Retained Earnings 4,000,000

Transactions during 2028 were as follows:
• Issued 10,000 ordinary shares at P100 per share for cash considerations
• Purchased 2,500 treasury shares (Ordinary) at P110 per share
• Declared share split ordinary share, 2 for 1
• Reissued 1,500 treasury shares (Ordinary) for P90 per share
• Shareholders donated 5,000 corporation’s owned ordinary shares to the corporation.
• Subsequently 3,000 donated shares were reissued at P40 per share.
• Net income for the year was P 1,600,000. (Close to Accumulated Profits/ Retained Earnings)
• Appropriated Accumulated Profits equal to the cost of treasury shares.

Required:
1. Prepare the journal entries
2. Present the total shareholder’s equity on December 31,2028

A University's food services produces 'square meals' (SM) using only one input,

'unmentionable' (U), and a remarkable production process. The production function is:

SM = U²

Part 1. This production function exhibits Increasing, Decreasing/Diminishing or Constant returns to scale?     IncreasingConstantDecreasing/DiminishingIncreasing  

Part 2. How many Units does it take to produce 225 square meals?    

Part 3. How many square meals can be produced with 15 units of unmentionable?    

Part 4. If the input costs 5 per unit, what is the average cost (AC) of producing 25 square meals?    

Part 5. If the input costs 5 per unit, what is the average cost (AC) of producing 125 square meals?    

Part 6. The total cost function is rising at an Increasing, Decreasing/Diminishing or Constant rate?   

1. The community college you work for would like to get a security test performed, explain the different test types and the advantages and disadvantages of them

.2. The community college now wants to have a security company come in and perform security tests. Explain what they should expect before, during, and after the testing.

People concerned about the psychology of women have emphasized that the discipline should include more multicultural research. What are some problems that can arise when researchers use traditional approaches to study people of color?

Why do women of color face special challenges in identifying with the feminist movement? Why would men of color oppose women from their ethnic group who want to be active feminists?

Describe the three basic strands within the men’s movement. Which would be likely to support the growth of the women’s movement? Which would oppose it? Which might consider it irrelevant? Do you see evidence of the men’s movement in your community or in your academic institution?

1. An explanation of the McCumber's Cube model and how the elements of this framework interact
2. A discussion the role that the McCumber's Cube Framework plays in helping organizations form suitable policy
3. A discussion of how these cases illustrate a failure to implement the framework effectively
4. A discussion of the role management plays in information security as demonstrated by the Principles of Information Security *
5. Identify Principles of Information Security that seemed to be ignored (this may be a couple, many, or all)

You have been hired by a home security company to design and implement a home alarm system. The logic of the system is as follows: once the alarm system has been armed, it is to sound if the front door is opened, the back door is opened or either of two windows is opened (you can assume there are only two windows).

Design the necessary circuit to implement the situation described above. Your circuit should have five inputs (A = alarm, F = front door, B = back door, W1 = window 1 and W2 = window 2). A = 1 means the system is armed; A = 0 means it is disarmed. F = 1 means the front door is open; F = 0 means it is closed. (Similarly for the back door and the windows.) There should be one output, S. When S = 1 the alarm should sound; S = 0 means the alarm is silent. Please use these letters to indicate the inputs and the output so all projects are consistent.

Be CAREFUL to get the correct function for your five inputs before simplifying and designing the circuit. You should minimize the circuit. Your inputs and output should be labeled. You should submit a Microsoft Word document including the following items while ensuring that everything is laid out in a manner that is easy to follow (portrait or landscape is acceptable):

• Your name in the top left

• Drawing of your completed circuit including all appropriate labels.

You will need to practice your MS Word drawing, layering, and object management skills.

See below for common logic gate objects that can be reused in your document.

• Truth tables for the circuit (use Word table feature)

• Kmap for the circuit (use Word table feature)

• Details (show your work) on what was done to simplify the circuit

• A brief written summary (250 to 500 words) of the process you followed, decisions made in laying out the circuit, etc..