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For all questions, assume no other transactions or activities have taken place during the period except as noted.   Answer all questions!

Prepare and present calculations for partial credits for questions with calculations and presentations.
Question 1:
During March, the following transactions were completed by Bree Inc., a new business started on March 1, 2015.
March   1   Sold 20,000 shares of $10 par value stock for $200,000 cash.
1  Purchased equipment for $36,000, paying $6,000 cash, charging the balance on account.
3  Purchased office supplies for $5,000 on account.
5  Paid $3,600 cash for 1-year insurance policy effective March 1. Use the account Prepaid Insurance to record this asset.
12  Billed customers $8,000  for professional services.
18  Paid $12,000 cash on amount owed on equipment and $3,000 on amount owed on office supplies.
20  Paid $7,000 cash for employee salaries.
21  Collected $4,000 cash from customers billed on March 12.
25  Billed customers $10,000 for professional services.
31  Paid $1,200 for the monthly utilities for the office.
31  Paid cash dividend of $.80 per share to shareholders


Journalize the Transactions, omitting explanations
Create T Accounts on a paper you will not submit to accumulate information for the remaining requirements of this problem
The following additional information is provided for your use before preparing the income statement:
Unbilled and uncollected revenue for services performed as of March 31 is $12,000.
Depreciation on equipment for the month was $600.

An inventory count shows $1,000 of office supplies on hand at March 31.
Accrued but unpaid employee salaries were $4,000 (the salaries have not yet been recorded).

Prepare any necessary journal entries to record the above adjustments
Prepare any additional journal entries to properly record expenses, assuring the balance sheet accounts will be properly presented.
Prepare the appropriate closing entries for the month of March, 2015.
Update your T Accounts on the paper you will not submit
Prepare the Income Statement, for the month ending March 31, 2015.
Prepare the Statement of Owners Equity for the month ending March 31, 2015
Prepare the Classified Balance Sheet for March 31, 2015.

 Question 2:

Explain the order for pepraring financial statements. That is, what financial statement do you complete first and what ‘value’ do you use from this financial statement to complete the next financial statement. Do not consider the statement of cash flows.  You can create a list and use bullet points or create a paragraph.

Question 3:

Using as few words as possible, explain the terms relevance, reliability, and materiality in terms of accounting and financial reporting.  Separately, use at least one sentence for each of the three terms.

Question 4:

Who are the ‘users’ or stakeholders who may access and read financial statements? Create one sentence or bullet point for each user (stakeholder) and explain why they may have an interest in the financial statements.

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Question 1 of 25          

Numerical variables can be subdivided into which two types?


A.Diverse and categorical        

B.Cross-sectional and discrete 

C.Discrete and continuous       

D.Nominal and progressive      

Question 2 of 25          

If a menu has a choice of 4 appetizers, 4 main courses, and 3 desserts, then the sample space for all possible dinners has how many outcomes?


A.48    

B.16    

C.28    

D.3      
 

Question 3 of 25          

If A and B are any two events with P(A) = .8 and P(B|A) = .4, then the joint probability of A and B is


A.1.20 

B.0.80 

C.0.32 

D.0.40 
 

Question 4 of 25          
A pet supplier has a stock of parakeets of which 10% are blue parakeets. A pet store orders 3 parakeets from this supplier. If the supplier selects the parakeets at random, what is the chance that the pet store gets exactly one blue parakeet?


A.0.081

B.0.243

C.0.027

D.0.003
 

Question 5 of 25          

The following data were obtained from a survey of college students. The variable X represents the number of non-assigned books read during the past six months.

x          0          1          2          3          4          5

P (X=x) 0.20      0.25      0.20      0.15      0.10      0.10

What is the variance of X?


A.2.50 

B.2.34 

C.4.32 

D.3.42 
 

Question 6 of 25          

Suppose that 50 identical batteries are being tested. After 8 hours of continuous use, assume that a given battery is still operating with a probability of 0.70 and has failed with a probability of 0.30.

What is the probability that greater than 30 batteries will last at least 8 hours?


A.0.0848          

B.0.8594          

C.0.9152          

D.0.9522          
 

Question 7 of 25          

The standard normal distribution has a mean of ___ and standard deviation of ___, respectively.


A.1 and 1         

B.1 and 0         

C.0 and 1         

D.0 and 0         
 

Question 8 of 25          

If the value of the standard normal random variable Z is positive, then the original score is where in relationship to the mean?


A.one standard deviation higher than the mean 

B.to the right of the mean         

C.to the left of the mean           

D.equal to the mean     
 

Question 9 of 25          

The theorem that states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean is approximately normal when the sample size n is reasonably large is known as the:


A.point estimate theorem          

B.central limit theorem 

C.simple random sample theorem         

D.central tendency theorem      
 

Question 10 of 25        

Given that the random variable X is normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 10, P(85 < X < 90) is


A.0.5328          

B.0.1498          

C.0.3413          

D.0.1915          
 

Question 11 of 25        

In a normal distribution, changing the standard deviation:


A.makes the curve more or less spread out      

B.splits the distribution to two curves    

C.shifts the curve left or right   

D.makes the curve more robust
 

Question 12 of 25        
Find the probability, P(Z < 0.17), using the standard normal distribution.


A..8300            

B..4325

C..5675

D..0675
 

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Question 13 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

The following data are the base salaries, in thousands of dollars, of 50 chief executive officers for a sample of companies doing business with the state of Connecticut. That is, the first entry in the table below corresponds to a salary of $125,000. A copy of this data set can be found in the Excel Workbook called CEOSalaries.xls.

125       157       113       127       201

165       145       119       148       158

148       168       117       105       136

136       125       148       108       178

179       191       225       204       104

205       197       119       209       157

209       205       221       178       247

235       217       222       224       187

265       148       165       228       239

245       152       148       115       150

        Find the interquartile range of the CEO salaries, in thousands of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places. Do not use a dollar sign. Note: $177,760 should be recorded as 177.76.
CEOSalaries.xls

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Question 14 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.
Suppose that the probability that a new medication will cause a bad side effect is 0.03. If this medication is given to 150 people, what is the probability that more than three of them will experience a bad side effect? Place your answer, rounded to 4 decimal places, in the blank. For example, 0.1776 would be a legitimate answer.  

Question 15 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

Find the mean of the following probability distribution?



1          0.20

2          0.10

3          0.35

4          0.05

5          0.30

    
Place your answer, rounded to two decimal places, in the blank. When entering your answer do not use any labels or symbols other than a decimal point. Simply provide the numerical value. For example, 1.23 would be a legitimate entry.

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Question 16 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

An ice cream vendor sells three flavors: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. Forty five percent of the sales are chocolate, while 30% are strawberry, with the rest vanilla flavored. Sales are by the cone or the cup. The percentages of cones sales for chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla, are 75%, 60%, and 40%, respectively. For a randomly selected sale, define the following events:

= chocolate chosen

= strawberry chosen

= vanilla chosen

= ice cream on a cone

ice cream in a cup

Find the probability that the ice cream was chocolate flavor, given that it was sold on a cone. Place your answer, rounded to 4 decimal places, in the blank. For exampe, 0.3456 would be a legitimate entry.

Question 17 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

If a set of six books is to be placed on a shelf, in how many ways can the six books be arranged? Place your answer in the blank. Do not use any decimal places or commas. For example, 45 would be a legitimate entry.

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Question 18 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

A set of final exam scores in an organic chemistry course was found to be normally distributed, with a mean of 73 and a standard deviation of 8.

What is the probability of getting a score of 68 or less on this exam? Place your answer, rounded to 4 decimal places in the blank. For example, 0.3456 would be a legitimate entry.

Question 19 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

A Wendy’s fast-food restaurant sells hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. On a typical weekday, the demand for hamburgers is normally distributed with a mean of 450 and standard deviation of 80 and the demand for chicken sandwiches is normally distributed with a mean of 120 and standard deviation of 30.

How many hamburgers must the restaurant stock to be 99% sure of not running out on a given day? Place you answer, rounded to the nearest whole number in the blank. For example, 345 would be a legitimate entry.

Question 20 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

A Wendy’s fast-food restaurant sells hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. On a typical weekday, the demand for hamburgers is normally distributed with a mean of 450 and standard deviation of 80 and the demand for chicken sandwiches is normally distributed with a mean of 120 and standard deviation of 30.

How many chicken sandwiches must the restaurant stock to be 99% sure of not running out on a given day? Place you answer, rounded to the nearest whole number in the blank. For example, 345 would be a legitimate entry.

Question 21 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

The manufacturer of a new compact car claims the miles per gallon (mpg) for the gasoline consumption is mound shaped and symmetric with a mean of 25.9 mpg and a standard deviation of 9.5 mpg. If 30 such cars are tested, what is the probability the average mpg achieved by these 30 cars will be greater than 28? Place your answer, rounded to 4 decimal places, in the blank.

Question 22 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

A popular retail store knows that the purchase amounts by its customers is a random variable that follows a normal distribution with a mean of $30 and a standard deviation of $9.

What are the two dollar amounts, equidistant from the mean of $30, such that 98% of all customer purchases are between these values? Place your answers in the blanks provided. Do not include a dollar sign. For example, 14.25 would be a legitimate entry.

Lower value

Upper value

Question 23 of 25        




Accepted characters: numbers, decimal point markers (period or comma), sign indicators (-), spaces (e.g., as thousands separator, 5 000), "E" or "e" (used in scientific notation). NOTE: For scientific notation, a period MUST be used as the decimal point marker.

Complex numbers should be in the form (a + bi) where "a" and "b" need to have explicitly stated values.

For example: {1+1i} is valid whereas {1+i} is not. {0+9i} is valid whereas {9i} is not.

Suppose that the average weekly earnings for employees in general automotive repair shops is $450, and that the standard deviation for the weekly earnings for such employees is $50. A sample of 100 such employees is selected at random.

Find probability that the mean of the sample is less than $445. Place your answer, rounded to 4 decimal places, in the blank. For example, 0.2345 would be a legitimate entry.

Question 24 of 25        

If Z is a standard normal variable, then P(Z = 1) = 0.3413.


True

False
 

Question 25 of 25        

Using the standard normal curve, the probability or area between Z = -1.50 and Z = 1.50 is 0.4332.



True

False

Terry Wilson, a seasoned marketing veteran



Terry Wilson, a seasoned marketing veteran , has recently decided to explore growth options for Tuscan treasures, an importer of Italian furniture. Profits are declining and Mr. Wilson must decide whether to downsize or expand to improve the situation. Yu have been asked to advise Mr. Wilson on which growth strategy would best aid Tuscan Treasures should he choose that route. YOu have also been asked to provide Mr. Wilson with a better understanding of why profits have been down recently, including possible causes of decline. He also wants to know what he would need to do if he decides to downsize the operation.



A. provide Mr. Wilson with 3 possible strategies.

B. What are the possible causes of his company's decline?

C. What are some recommendations for handling a downsizing?

The Hospital for Ordinary Surgery uses pharmaceuticals for



Analyze the following scenario: The Hospital for Ordinary Surgery uses pharmaceuticals for its patients. It started the year on January 1, with an inventory of 1,000 doses of an antibiotic drug that cost $17 per dose. On January 2, it purchased another 300 does for $21 each. From January 3 through June 30 it used 800 doses. On July 1, it bought 500 more doses at $23 each. From July 2 through the end of the year it used 400 doses. What is the inventory value at the end of the year, assuming FIFO? What is the value assuming LIFO? Clearly label the calculations of the inventory amounts using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the FIFO and LIFO inventories and format the cells to insert a comma if there is more than three numbers and round to the nearest whole number.



Explain the advantages and disadvantages of FIFO and LIFO inventory methods and evaluate the best inventory method is best for this scenario.



Required a two to thee page Word document (not including the title and reference pages) and your Excel worksheet. Your paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide, and you must cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook

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Prospect Corporation, your new audit client, processes its sales and cash receipts in the following manner:

(1) Sales. Salesclerks prepare sales invoices in triplicate. The original and second copy are presented to the cashier, and the third copy is retained by the sales clerk in the sales book.

When the sale is for cash, the customer pays the sales clerk, who presents the money to the

cashier with the invoice copies.

A credit sale is approved by the cashier from an approved credit list. After receiving the cash or approving the invoice, the cashier validates the original copy of the sales invoice and gives it to the customer. At the end of each day, the cashier recaps the sales and cash received, files the recap by date, and forwards the cash and the second copy of all sales invoices to the accounts receivable clerk.

The accounts receivable clerk balances the cash received with cash sales invoices and

prepares a daily sales summary. Cash sales are posted by the accounts receivable clerk to the

cash receipts journal, and the daily sales summary is led by date. Cash from cash sales is

included in the daily bank deposit (preparation of the bank deposit is described with cash

receipts in the following section). The accounts receivable clerk posts credit sales invoices

to the accounts receivable ledger and then sends all invoices to the inventory control clerk in

the sales department.

The inventory clerk posts to the inventory control cards and files the sales invoices numerically.

(2) Cash receipts. The mail is opened each morning by a mail clerk in the sales department. The

mail clerk prepares a remittance advice (showing customer and amount paid) for each check and forwards the checks and remittance advices to the sales department supervisor.

The supervisor reviews the remittance advices and forwards the checks and advices to the

accounting department supervisor.

The accounting department supervisor, who also functions as credit manager in approving new credit and all credit limits, reviews all checks for payments on past due accounts and then gives the checks and remittance advices to the accounts receivable clerk, who arranges the advices in alphabetical order. The remittance advices are posted directly to the accounts receivable ledger cards. The checks are endorsed by stamp and totaled. The total is posted to the cash receipts journal. The remittance advices are led chronologically.

After receiving the cash from the previous day’s cash sales from the cashier, the accounts receivable clerk prepares the daily deposit slip in triplicate. The original and second copy of the deposit slip accompany the bank deposit, and the third copy is led by date.

The bank deposit is sent directly to National Bank.

Required: a. Prepare a systems flowchart of internal control over sales transactions as described in part (1)above.

b. Prepare a systems flowchart of internal control over cash receipts as described in part (2)above. Complete the following assignment. Submit your responses in MSWord as one document. Label each section clearly. If you choose to use an Excel spreadsheet for question 2, please copy and paste your spreadsheet into your Word document. For written answers, please make sure your responses are well written, conform to APA formatting, and have proper citations, if needed.



1. Draft a memo to a client comparing the advantages and disadvantages of using forward contracts and options to hedge foreign exchange risk.

2. On December 1, 2009, a U.S.-based company entered into a three-month forward contract to purchase 1 million Mexican pesos on March 1, 2010.

The following are the purchase rates for US dollar per peso



Date Spot Rate Forward Rate (March, 2010)



December 1, 2009 $0.088 $0.084



December 31, 2009 $0.080 $0.074



March 1, 2010 $0.076



The company’s borrowing rate is 12 percent. The present value factor for two months at an annual interest rate of 12 percent (1 percent per month) is 0.9803.



How will the U.S. company report the forward contract on its December 31, 2009, balance sheet

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Prepare a research paper on an Acquisitions Business issue of his or her choice. However, regardless of the student preference, the professor must approve the topic. The research paper should be 5-7 pages in length and include at least four bibliographic references in addition to the course text. References should be listed at the end of the paper and should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) formatting. The APA web site can be consulted for assistance
 Some examples of topics are as follows:
- Discuss fully the principle of Acquisitions Management. What is most important? What do you think will become more important over the next two decades?
- Describe fully the policy-making process and the manager's role in acquisitions.
- Describe the major types of relationships that exist today between the DoD and corporate America in the acquisitions field.
- Discuss the ethical problems in acquisitions and the effects that it may have on an organization.
- What can be done by Leaders/Commanders to make their organizations better in acquisitions?
- Explain the Lessons in "Leadership" and "Acquisitions" in organizations.

A+ Papers




Question: Why is there sometimes a question over whether to allocate an expense to the POM, reserve for replacement, or capital account? When are such questions likely to arise? How would you deal with the decision process regarding the allocation of expenses?
Question 3. You are the General Manager of a large resort property. The Human Resource Manager is looking for guidance on your request to start the hiring process for a new Facilities Manager. She wants your thoughts on the scope of duties and responsibilities for the position. Detail the major categories you consider to be the most important and explain your reasoning.
Your paper should be at least three pages in length, double-spaced. Format your paper using APA style guidelines. Use your own words and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism. You are required to use your textbook and another scholarly source as a reference. The title and reference pages do not count towards the minimum page requirement.

Your essay needs to address the following:

• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of magnetic storage, optical storage, and solid state storage using criteria such as versatility, durability, capacity, access time, and transfer rate.

• Briefly, describe what a microprocessor is and explain its relationship to software.

• List the four types of memory and briefly, describe how each one works.

• Describe the differences between a computer program, system software, operating system, and application software. Give examples of each type.

• Finally, wrap up your paper with a discussion on the significance of digitization and its impact on the digital revolution in reference to data representation, processing, and security.



Unit I Essay

Tour a Museum for the Unit I Essay, you will be touring an art museum of your choice. You may visit one in person or take a virtual tour via the Internet. The non-graded Learning Activities share a couple of virtual tours that you may take, but you are welcome to visit any museum that interests you. Please include the name and location of your museum tour.

For this essay, please write about at least two pieces of art. For each piece, address the following:

• Include the title, artist, date, medium, and scale.

• Why did you choose this piece?

• What do you think is the artist’s message?

• What are the cultural significances of this piece?

• What historical elements are included in this piece? Your essay must be a minimum of two pages in length. All sources used must be cited and referenced.