Janie graduates from high school




Janie graduates from high school in 2015 and enrolls in college in the fall. Her parents (who file a joint return) pay $4,000 for her tuition and fees.

a. Assuming Janie's parents have AGI of $170,000, what is the American Opportunity tax credit they can claim for Janie?

Abbee




TCO B) Use the following current year financial statements for Abbee Aviation to perform ratio analysis. Abbee

Aviation Income Statement Revenue $4,400,000 Cost of goods sold 2,300,000 Gross profit 2,100,000 Operating expenses 750,000 Operating income (EBIT) 1,350,000 Interest expense 270,000 Earnings before taxes 1,080,000 Taxes (at 40%) 432,000 Net income 648,000

Abbee Aviation Balance Sheet Current assets Cash $2,780,000 Accounts receivable 670,000 Inventory 750,000 Total current assets 4,200,000 Non-current assets Fixed assets 5,200,000 Accumulated depreciation (2,400,000) Net fixed assets 2,800,000 Total assets $7,000,000 Current liabilities Accounts payable 890,000 Accrued liabilities 560,000 Total current liabilities 1,450,000 Non-current liabilities Bonds payable 3,000,000 Total liabilities 4,450,000 Shareholders' equity Common stock 550,000 Retained earnings 2,000,000 Total shareholders' equity 2,550,000 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $7,000,000 (a) Calculate the firm’s operating return on assets. Assume that the firm’s year-end total assets balance for the prior year was $6 million. (b) Calculate the firm’s net working capital (c) What is the number of “accounts receivable days” for Abbee Aviation? Assume that the firm’s year-end accounts receivable balance for the prior year was $650,000. (d) What is the firm’s return on assets at the end of this year? Assume that the firm’s year-end total assets balance for the prior year was $6 million

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Q What is the market value of the following bond?



Coupon 8%

Maturity date 2038

Interest paid semiannually

Par Value $1000

Market interest rate 10%

Explain the data retrieval command select as used in relational algebra. Give





Explain the data retrieval command select as used in relational algebra. 

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Question 1 

The origin of what is now called __________ dates back to a book written by Dr. Walter Shewhart in 1931.

A. quality engineering 

B. compliance management 

C. statistical process control 

D. QFD 

Question 2 of 20

The Six Sigma __________ is significantly trained in Six Sigma and engaged in leading Six Sigma project execution under Master Black Belts.

A. Champion 

B. Black Belt 

C. Green Belt 

D. Executive

Question 3 

One of the roles of management in benchmarking is:

A. establishing relationships. 

B. disclosure. 

C. data collection. 

D. action planning. 

Question 4 

__________ is founded on the premise that an organization’s performance against its goal can be determined and managed.

A. Kaizen 

B. JIT/Lean 

C. The Theory of Constraints 

D. Six Sigma 

Question 5 

The first step in the SPC execution phase is:

A. to develop control charts. 

B. flowcharting or characterizing the process to which SPC will be applied. 

C. eliminate the special causes of variation. 

D. collect and plot SPC data. 

Question 6 

The __________ phase of DMAIC focuses on why defects, errors, or excessive variation occurs.

A. Define 

B. Measure 

C. Analyze 

D. Control 

Question 7 

Re-engineering is an appropriate replacement for benchmarking when:

A. tour process is fairly strong relative to best-in-class. 

B. the best-in-class is not in your industry. 

C. your process is not in statistical control, i.e., is unstable. 

D. best-in-class is unwilling to cooperate. 

Question 8 

Lean is based on the manufacturing system that was developed by:

A. Motorola. 

B. Toyota. 

C. Goldratt. 

D. IBM. 

Question 9 

The most common inhibitor of SPC is:

A. inadequate training. 

B. lack of resources resulting from the absence of management commitment. 

C. failure to have processes under control. 

D. low production rates. 

Question 10 

As part of its __________ responsibility, management in an organization that practices __________ must be personally involved in continual improvement.

A. leadership; fiscal responsibility 

B. financial; leadership 

C. leadership; total quality 

D. fiscal; total quality 

Question 11 

To continually improve a process, all people involved in its operation must be using the same:

A. documentation methods. 

B. analysis techniques. 

C. problem-solving tools. 

D. procedures. 

Question 12 

The rationale for western manufacturers to embrace SPC is to:

A. improve product quality and simultaneously reduce costs. 

B. be able to compete better with Japan and the world’s markets. 

C. improve their product image. 

D. All of the above 

Question 13 

The minimum management involvement relative to SPC training involves:

A. providing sufficient funding. 

B. teaching classes. 

C. commitment. 

D. None of the above 

Question 14 

Six Sigma can only be achieved through:

A. hiring new staff. 

B. process improvement. 

C. creating a new mission statement. 

D. cutting costs. 

Question 15 

Which of the following individuals is identified as the developer of JIT/LEAN/Lean?

A. Eiji Toyoda 

B. W. Edwards Deming 

C. Taiichi Ohno 

D. Henry Ford 

Question 16 

The JIT/LEAN/Lean “pull” system ensures that:

A. costs are minimized through “economy of scale.” 

B. the production line will never stop because of a problem. 

C. buffer stocks are on hand to prevent line stoppage when a critical machine fails. 

D. the internal supplier process does not build product unless told to do so by the internal customer process. 

Question 17 

Mass production is a(n) __________ system.

A. integrated 

B. push 

C. pull 

D. breakthrough 

Question 18 

One of the three phases of benchmarking is:

A. conclusion. 

B. postexecution. 

C. reporting. 

D. None of the above 

Question 19 

Which of the following behaviors best describe the concept of benchmarking?

A. Unethical 

B. Illegal 

C. Industrial espionage 

D. None of the above 

Question 20 

The Five-Step Plan is the Japanese approach to implementing:

A. BCG matrix. 

B. House of Quality. 

C. Six Sigma. 

D. Kaizen

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A certain culture of the bacterium Streptococcus A initially has 10 bacteria and is observed to double every 1.5 hours.

(a) Find an exponential model

(b) Estimate the number of bacteria after 34 hours. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

 (c) After how many hours will the bacteria count reach 10,000? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)


The fox population in a certain region has a relative growth rate of 8% per year. It is estimated that the population in 2013 was 16,000.

(a) Find a function

(b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2019. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

(c) After how many years will the fox population reach 24,000? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)


The population of a country has a relative growth rate of 2% per year. The government is trying to reduce the growth rate to 1%. The population in 2011 was approximately 120 million. Find the projected population for the year 2040 for the following conditions. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

(a) The relative growth rate remains at 2% per year.

(b) The relative growth rate is reduced to 1% per year.


The count in a culture of bacteria was 200 after 2 hours and 12,800 after 6 hours.

(a) What is the relative rate of growth of the bacteria population? Express your answer as a percentage. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

(b) What was the initial size of the culture? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

(c) Find a function that models the number of bacteria n(t) after t hours. (Enter your answer in the form

n0e^rt.

Round your n0 value to the nearest whole number. Round your r value to two decimal places.)

n(t) = _______

(d) Find the number of bacteria after 4.5 hours. (Round your answer to the nearest hundred.)

e) After how many hours will the number of bacteria reach 25,000? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)


The half-life of radium-226 is 1600 years. Suppose we have a 24-mg sample.

(a) Find a function

m(t) = m02^−t/h

that models the mass remaining after t years.

m(t) = ____________

(b) Find a function

(c) How much of the sample will remain after 3500 years? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)


(d) After how many years will only 17 mg of the sample remain? (Round your answer to one decimal place.) 

To complete the assignment, use the saved version of the VirginiaHospitals




To complete the assignment, use the saved version of the VirginiaHospitals_2001-2005 database to create a new worksheet by copying and pasting the variables listed below.   
   
Next, run a multiple regression model using 2005 data that has Total operating expense_05 as the dependent variable and the following variables as independent predictors:   
   
Staffed beds_05   
Medicare Days_05   
Medicaid Days_05   
Total Surgeries_05   
RN FTE_05   
Occupancy   
Ownership   
System Membership   
Rural/Urban   
Teaching Affiliation   
Age 65+   
Crime Rate   
Uninsured   
Then, write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you:   
   
Specify the model in terms of a regression equation.   
For each predictor variable, state a hypothesis based on your understanding of the expected relationship of that variable to the dependent variable and provide your rationale for the stated hypothesis.   
Report summary descriptive statistics for each of the variables in your model (mean or percentage, and standard deviation).   
Report the coefficient and the sign (plus [+] or minus [–]) for each variable and the statistical significance of each variable (level of significance or nonsignificance), as well as the R-square for the model.   
Interpret the findings and explain what they would mean to a health care professional working in a hospital setting.   
Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week's Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style to ensure your in-text citations and reference list are correct   

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Consider that you work in the human resources management department of a local business and that many of your friends work there. Although you don’t personally generate payroll checks, you still have the ability to look up anyone’s salary. Would you check on your friends’ records to see if they’re earning more money than you? For that matter, would you look up their salary just out of simple curiosity, knowing that you would never do anything with the information or share it with anyone else? Why or why not? People working at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were caught just curiously looking up the reported incomes of movie stars and other high-profile public figures. Is this acceptable? Why or why not?

Family Dental has two offices in the same city




IT 540

Instructions:

Note: All written assignments should be completed using APA format, unless otherwise noted in the instructions.

Read the following information about a typical dental practice:

  ·Family Dental has two offices in the same city — the North office and the South office. These offices offer the same dental services to patients. Patients can make appointments to either office at their convenience to see the dentist of their choice. Both offices are similarly equipped.

  ·The professional staff includes the dentists, hygienists, dental mechanics, and administrative staff (receptionist, billing clerk, and office manager).

  ·Each Family Dental office has a waiting area served by a receptionist who uses a computer to check in patients, schedule one of the examination rooms, and answer the phone. The waiting room has a door opening to the outside. A second door admits patients into the rest of the facility. Background music plays inside the waiting area. There is also a large aquarium on display.

  ·Each examination area is partitioned off from the adjacent ones. Each has a computer and LCD screen used to pull up patient information and record new dental data such as x-ray interpretations, examination and test results, and procedures done for the patient. A low level sound masking system is installed in this area.

  ·After their treatment the patient visits the billing clerk’s desk, which of course has a computer and a printer. Here patients pay (cash co-pay, credit card, or check), insurance information is verified, and an appointment is made. This clerk also mails out postcard appointment reminders, and answers the phone.

  ·The Family Dental dentists share a private office that has a computer and a printer. Here they can review patient data, access the Internet, and exchange email with their patients, colleagues, and acquaintances.

  ·A database server containing patient data sits in a closet, next to a small tape library used for backup. Next to it sits a VPN server, firewall/router, and DSL modem connected to the Internet. The VPN server

accepts incoming connections from the dentist’s home computers. It also provides a permanent VPN connection between the North and South Offices. In this way, all patient data is available at all times at either office.

  ·Most patient data is stored electronically on the database server, but some data such as x-rays and third party labs results are still in physical form. Family Dental also depends on third party service providers to build crowns, braces, false teeth, soft dental protectors, and such. Information is exchanged with service providers using telephone, fax, letter, and email.

  ·The network infrastructure’s management and maintenance is outsourced.

  Family Dental also maintains an informative web site to advertise its practice. The site is remotely·

hosted.

Answer the following questions in essay style. Make any sensible assumptions necessary in order to continue your analysis. Feel free to use the Discussion board to share your assumptions with others in the class:

Q1 What is all the electronic and non-electronic private health information (ePHI) that is stored, processed, and transmitted at the Family Dentals two offices?

Q2 Assess the practice’s organization. Where is it most likely HIPAAcompliant? What changes should be made to move the practice closer to compliance?

Q3 Assess the practice’s physical and technical safeguards. Where is it most likely HIPAA compliant? What changes should be made to move the practice closer to compliance?

Q4 Family Dental exchanges data with service providers and uses a third party to manage its IT infrastructure. What administrative and organizational safeguards should the practice expect these providers to adhere to?

You are a census officer in a newly democratic nation and you have been charged with using the census




Assignment 1: The Apportionment Problem
You are a census officer in a newly democratic nation and you have been charged with using the census data from the table below to determine how 100 congressional seats should be divided among the 10 states of the union.

            State    Population
            1          15475
            2          35644
            3          98756
            4          88346
            5          369
            6          85663
            7          43427
            8          84311
            9          54730
            10        25467

Being a fan of United States history, you are familiar with the many methods of apportionment applied to this problem to achieve fair representation in the US House of Representative. You decide that apportionment (chapter 11, sections 1-4 in your textbook) is the best approach to solving this problem, but need to compare several methods and then determine which is actually fair.

Using the Hamilton method of apportionment, determine the number of seats each state should receive.

Using the numbers you just calculated from applying the Hamilton method, determine the average constituency for each state. Explain your decision making process for allocating the remaining seats.

Calculate the absolute and relative unfairness of this apportionment.

Explain how changes in state boundaries or populations could affect the balance of representation in this congress. Provide an example using the results above.

How and why could an Alabama Paradox occur?

Explain how applying the Huntington-Hill apportionment method helps to avoid an Alabama Paradox.

Based upon your experience in solving this problem, do you feel apportionment is the best way to achieve fair representation? Be sure to support your answer.

Suggest another strategy that could be applied to achieve fair representation either using apportionment methods or a method of your choosing

Mexican peso




Examine any foreign currency of your choice (preferably Ecuador), and provide an analysis of that currency against the U.S. dollar over the 5-year period ending with 2010. To complete this assignment, examine an exchange-traded fund (ETF) for that currency, perform any additional research you need to do in order to understand the topic, and then write a 750-word paper that summarizes the results of your macroeconomic analysis.





To find an ETF fund for a country that you’re interested in, go to an Internet search engine such as Google, and enter the keywords “exchange-traded fund for X,” and replace the “X” with the name of the country of your choice. You can see the history of your chosen ETF, in terms of U.S. dollars, by checking or entering the ETF call letters or ticker symbol in a financial search engine such as Yahoo! Finance (the web address for this site is http://finance.yahoo.com/).



PROJECT SUBMISSION



INSTRUCTIONS



Project Objective



To complete the project, you’ll need to research a foreign currency and an ETF for an emerging market that you find interesting, perform a macroeconomic analysis of the currency, and write a paper that summarizes your analysis.



Instructions

Step 1: Select a foreign currency as described above



Step 2: Perform your research. Your paper should include at least four independent and reliable sources. Use general Internet search engines and financial search engines to perform your research.



Step 3: Perform your macroeconomic analysis on the material. Remember that you need to provide an analysis of your chosen currency against the U.S. dollar over the 5-year period ending with 2010.



Step 4: Write a first draft of your paper. Your paper should be written using a word-processing program, such as Microsoft Word or a Word-compatible program.



Your essay should include a separate title page, and between three and five pages on your topic.



The essay should include a brief introduction, several paragraphs that cover the required information, and a conclusion. The last page after the main body of the essay should provide a list of your reference sources.



Step 5: Complete your final draft. Review your written essay, correct any errors, and submit your final draft to your instructor. Use the following Writing Guidelines to complete and submit your

essay.



Writing Guidelines

1. Type your submission, double-spaced, in a standard print font, size 12. Use a standard document format with 1-inch margins.



2. Read the assignment carefully, and follow the instructions.



3. Include the following information at the top of your paper

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Your essay must focus on your personal definition of family and proving what the significance or effect of your definition is.



 More specifically, you have two major goals for this essay
First, you must establish your own definition of the word “family” by comparing and contrasting your definition to the word’s etymology, modern definitions for this word, or other definitions (religious, cultural, etc.).
Second, once you establish what your definition of “family” is and show how it borrows or differs from other existing definitions (and why), then you must explain why your definition is significant and/or how your definition impacts society.
To help start your paper, you must have an introduction that leads into your topic. Your introduction MUST end with your clear thesis statement that
1) names the definition sources to which you will compare your own definition;
2) clearly states your definition
3) indicates the social impact or importance of your definition.


After your thesis statement you should begin by having several paragraphs that each compare your own definition to another definition (one per paragraph), explaining what parts of that definition you kept or discarded and WHY.

Then, after you have compared / contrasted all definitions you will use to your own definition, include one or more paragraphs that discuss the societal significance / impact of your definition.

All works cited/citations must be in MLA format.
Be sure there are inline citations where necessary.
Write a 1,500–1,700 word extended definition essay
Purpose: To make a point about how the meaning of the word has evolved to follow historical, social, and cultural changes over time.
Methods: To use at least three secondary sources to support your extended definition of the term you choose, including 1. An etymological dictionary 2. A standard or traditional dictionary