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Hannon company expects to produce 1,200,000 units of product xx in 2008 monthly production is expected to range from 80,000 to 120,000 units. Budgeted variable manufacturing cost per unit are: direct material $4 direct labor $6 and overhead $8. Budgeted fixed manufacturing cost per unit for depreciation are $2 and for supervision are $1 . Prepare a flexible manufacturing budget for the relevant range value using 20,000 unit increment Use data given above in march 2008 the company incurs the following cost in production , 100,000 units direct materials $ 425,000 direct labor $ 590,000 and variable overhead $ 805, 000. Prepare a flexible budget report for march. Were cost controlled

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Individual
Security and Privacy
Resource: Security and Privacy Grading Criteria

As an information systems manager, you will need to consider a very important aspect of your operation—patient information, privacy, and security. Review the following case scenarios and select one to use for your management plan for security and privacy.

Case Scenario 1 (Security Breach)
The administration at St. John’s Hospital takes pride in its sound policies and procedures for the protection of confidential client information. In fact, it serves as a model for other institutions in the area, however, printouts discarded in the restricted-access IS department are not shredded. On numerous occasions, personnel working late have observed the cleaning staff reading discarded printouts. What actions, if any, should these personnel take toward the actions of the cleaning staff? What actions, if any, should be taken by IS administration?

Case Scenario 2 (Natural Disaster):
Living on the Gulf Coast is a benefit that many residents of this small Southern town enjoy, however, natural disasters are a concern. The town has just been struck by a hurricane and the entire basement of your operation is flooded by the storm surge. Patient files were destroyed or washed away with the receding water. What actions do you take when patients ask for their health records? What processes did you have in place to protect your records in anticipation of such an event?

Choose one of the scenarios above and develop a process for maintaining patient privacy and security.

Include a detailed management plan in the case of a security breach (Case Scenario 1) or a natural disaster (Case Scenario 2). In your plan, address the following questions:

How can you respond to these situations?
What training can you provide to your staff?
How can you implement your management plan?

Include a code of conduct with your plan.

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word description of your facility’s patient data privacy and security plan.

Use a minimum of four peer reviewed references, in APA, format, in addition to the textbooks for the course that directly support your analysis.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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FIN/571 FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1
Research the restaurant industry. Discuss the pros and cons of investing in stocks in this sector right now.

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1) Which of the following statements is true?
A. A security is a claim issued by a firm that pays owners interest, not dividends
B. A call option analyzes conflicts of interest and behavior in a principal-agent relationship
C. An agent-manager can never make bad decisions
D. The difference between the value of one action and the value of the best alternative is called an opportunity cost

2) Book value, or net book value, refers to
A. the statement of a firm’s financial position at one point in time, including its assets and the claims on those assets by creditors and owners
B. the price for which something could be bought or sold in a reasonable length of time, where reasonable length of time is defined in terms of the item’s liquidity
C. an agent-manager never making bad decisions
D. the net of assets less liabilities shown in the accounting statements

3) Assume that the par value of a bond is $1,000. Consider a bond where the coupon rate is 9% and the current yield is 10%. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The current yield was less than 9% when the bond was first issued
B. The current yield was greater than 9% when the bond was first issued
C. The market value of the bond is more than $1,000
D. The market value of the bond is less than $1,000

4) If the yield to maturity for a bond is less than the bond’s coupon rate, the market value of the bond is __________
A. greater than the par value
B. less than the par value
C. equal to the par value
D. cannot tell

5) For investors, the proper measure of a stock’s risk is its __________
A. nondiversifiable risk
B. specific risk
C. nonsystematic risk
D. standard deviation

6) A company’s beta is -1.5. If the overall stock market decreases by 5%, what is the expected change in the firm’s stock price?
A. Share price decreases by 5%
B. Share price decreases by 6.5%
C. Share price increases by 7.5%
D. Share price decreases by 7.5%

7) Which of these investments would you expect to have the highest rate of return for the next 20 years?
A. U.S. Treasury bills
B. Long-term corporate bonds
C. Intermediate-term U.S. government bonds
D. Money market funds

8) Dimensions of risk include __________
A. uncertainty about the future outcome
B. the certainty of a negative outcome
C. the impossibility of the same return
D. uncertainty about yesterday’s outcome

9) One problem with using negative values for the proportion invested in the riskless asset to represent a borrowed amount is that the implied borrowing rate of interest is the same as the __________.
A. prime rate of interest
B. current rate of interest
C. lending rate of interest
D. nominal rate of interest

10) If you were willing to bet that the overall stock market was heading up on a sustained basis, it would be logical to invest in
A. high beta stocks
B. low beta stocks
C. stocks with large amounts of unique risk
D. stocks that plot below the security market line

11) Stony Products has an inventory conversion period (ICP) of about 70 days. The receivables collection period (RCP) is 30 days. The payables deferral period (PDP) is about 40 days. What is Stony’s cash conversion cycle (CCC)?
A. 100 days
B. 60 days
C. 140 days
D. 70 days

12) The main source of short-term operating capital is _________
A. trade credit
B. bank loans
C. bonds
D. sale of treasury stock

13) An investor’s risky portfolio is made up of individual stocks. Which of the following statements about this portfolio is true?
A. Each stock in the portfolio has its own beta
B. Selling any stock in this portfolio will lower the beta of the portfolio
C. An investor cannot change the risk of this portfolio by her choice about personal leverage
D. Each stock in the portfolio will have a beta greater than 1

14) An all-equity-financed firm would __________.
A. not pay any income taxes, because interest would exactly offset its taxable income
B. pay corporate income taxes, because it would have interest expense
C. not pay corporate income taxes, because it would have no interest expense
D. pay corporate income taxes if its taxable income is positive

15) If a firm wants to lower its weighted average cost of capital (WACC), one way to do so would be to
A. sell more common shares
B. sell more bonds
C. pay a cash dividend
D. issue a stock dividend

16) Boeing® is a world leader in commercial aircraft. In the face of competition, Boeing® often faces a critical __________ decision: whether to develop a new generation of passenger aircraft
A. present value
B. payback
C. capital budgeting
D. dividend

17) Ideas for capital budgeting projects come from all levels within an organization. The bottom-up process results in ideas moving __________ through the organization
A. downward
B. upward
C. sideways
D. any way

18) Which of the following statements is true?
A. A mutually exclusive project can be chosen independently of other projects
B. When undertaking one project prevents investing in another project, and vice versa, the projects have a positive payback
C. A conventional project has an initial cash outflow followed by one or more expected future cash inflows
D. Whenever projects are independent and conventional, the internal rate of return (IRR) and net present value (NPV) methods will disagree

19) In practice, the __________ rule is the preferred criteria to accept or reject a capital investment project
A. NPV
B. profitability index
C. IRR
D. payback

20) The Jerome Inc. western regional branch has been looking to install a new distribution center. The analysts have run the numbers on the distribution center costs and annual inflow from the investment. The project will cost $5 million at the beginning of the first year. The project will generate $1 million in earnings before interest and taxes at the end of each year. Jerome is in the 35% tax bracket and annual depreciation equates to $500,000 per year. The distribution center’s end of the fifth year’s salvage equals its book value, or $2,500,000. Compute the project’s NPV, assuming Jerome’s WACC equals 12%.
A. -$1,238,328
B. $564,060
C. $1,825,731
D. -$66,776

21) The __________ method breaks down when evaluating projects in which the sign of the cash flow changes
A. IRR
B. NVP
C. PI
D. Payback

22) Studies show systematic differences in capital structures across industries. These are due primarily to differences in __________
A. a firm’s inventory turnover ratio
B. the ability of assets to support borrowing
C. accounting practices
D. management’s attitude toward what other industries are doing

23) Capital structure decisions refer to the
A. dividend yield of the firm’s stock
B. blend of equity and debt used by the firm
C. capital gains available on the firm’s stock
D. maturity date for the firm’s securities

24) Which of the following statements concerning preferred stock is true?
A. Preferred stockholders have a prior claim on the income and assets of the firm, as compared to the claims of lenders
B. Preferred stock dividends per share are normally increased as the earnings of the firm increase
C. Preferred dividends per share are usually not cut or suspended unless the firm is faced with serious financial problems
D. Preferred stockholders are the ultimate owners of the firm

25) Mortgage bonds are __________
A. secured by a lien on the issuer’s general assets
B. secured by the lien on the issuer’s specific, real assets
C. usually secured by assets such as common shares of one of the issuer’s subsidiaries
D. a form of unsecured debt

26) __________ says to calculate the net advantage of leasing based on the incremental after-tax benefits that leasing will provide
A. The capital market efficiency
B. The options principle
C. The principle of comparative advantage
D. The principle of incremental benefits

27) From the lessee’s viewpoint, the relevant discount rate for evaluating a lease versus buy decision is the __________
A. cost of issuing new common stock
B. pretax cost of issuing debt
C. after-tax cost of issuing debt
D. lessor’s cost of debt

28) The wholesale price for Captain John’s is $0.612 per loaf, and the variable cost of production is $0.387 per loaf. Captain John’s expects that expansion will allow them to sell an additional 4.5 million loaves in the next 5 years. What additional revenues minus expenses will be generated from expansion?
A. $912,500
B. $1,000,500
C. $1,012,500
D. $1,102,500
29) Which of the following statements is true?
A. Soft capital rationing refers to the rationing imposed externally by limited funds for borrowing from outside sources
B. Hard capital rationing refers to the rationing imposed internally by the firm
C. A post audit is a set of procedures for evaluating a capital budgeting decision after the fact
D. Few firms will engage in capital rationing

30) In efficient markets, as in the United States, market prices are not expected to be __________
A. wrong
B. fair
C. followed by many analysts
D. incorporate all information

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1.
Question :
Katrina is complaining to her landlord about the six-inch long cockroaches in her apartment. The landlord scoffs, saying: “Cockroaches don’t get that big! I’ll pay $10,000 to anyone who can show me a six-inch cockroach.” Will, a bug collector, overhears and promptly presents the landlord with his prize six-inch South American cockroach. The landlord refuses to pay, and Will sues. Which of the following best describes the situation?

2.
Question :
Merlin posts his car for sale. Breanna calls and leaves a voicemail, saying, “Hey, I definitely want to buy your car! I’ll pick it up tomorrow, okay?” Which of the following best describes the situation?

3.
Question :
Delta Inc. offers to sell Omega Corp. a packaging machine. Omega responds “We’ll take it but only if there is a six-month warranty.” Which of the following is true?

4.
Question :
Seller agrees to supply all the gasoline Buyer needs for the next year at $3.00 per gallon. After three months, the price of gas falls to $2.33 per gallon. Buyer refuses to keep buying from Seller unless Seller lowers the price. Seller agrees. Two months later, the average price for gas goes up to $3.50 per gallon. Seller asks Buyer to agree to a price raise, but Buyer refuses. Which of the following is true?

5.
Question :
Daniel offers to sell his Toyota Camry to Jen for $8,000. Jen replies, “I accept. Make sure you wash and wax the car before you bring it over.” Which best describes the situation?

6.
Question :
Consideration is

7.
Question :
A simple contract need(s) to

8.
Question :
Alpha orders 100 Grade A widgets from Beta. Beta does not have any Grade A widgets in stock, so it ships Alpha 100 Grade B widgets instead. Which of the following is true?

9.
Question :
If an offeree attempts to add different terms in an acceptance, which of the following conflict with what the offeror stated?

10.
Question :
Peter, an art dealer, offers to sell a painting to Ben, a teacher, for $200. Ben responds, “I accept. I want it in a red frame, like the one I saw on that other painting at your gallery, so it will match my sofa.” Peter and Ben

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Question :
With reference to problem 1, what statistic determines the correlation of experience with productivity, controlling for age in experience?

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Question :
In a problem where interest rates and growth of the economy are used to predict consumer spending, which of the following will increase prediction error?

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3Question :
With reference to problem 3, how is the regression constant or the a value interpreted?
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Question :
Which of the following is a problem in simple regression?

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Question :
In a problem where average temperature and number of daylight hours are used to predict energy consumption in homes, what does the standard error of multiple estimate gauge?

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Question :
What does “shrinkage” mean in reference to regression solutions?

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Question :
The degree to which years of education and years of experience together correlate with annual salary is indicated in multiple correlation.

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Question :
The criterion variable in regression is the variable used to predict the value of y.

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Question :
Which of the following are consistent with the requirements of simple regression?

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Question :
Larger sample diminish the standard error of the estimate.

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As corporate controller for Apollo Shoes, you are tasked to find and explain any irregularities in the Apollo Shoes Case.

Resource: Apollo Shoes Casebook

Define the process you will use and address the following questions:
What procedures will you use to collect accounting evidence?
What sampling tools and techniques will you use for the examination?
How will you use analytical and inferential tools to evaluate accounting evidence?
Submit your assignment to the facilitator.

Note. APA formatting is not required for this assignment. Use a title and reference page where appropriate. Consider using a checklist or flowchart to outline your process.

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1. (TCO 1) What does IPO of IPO Model stand for? (Points : 4)
Input, Program, Output
Input, Process, Output
Input, Process, Outgo
Input, Program, Outgo

2. (TCO 1) What is a data item with a name and a value that remain the same during the execution of a program? (Points : 4)
Constant
Data
Pseudocode
Flowchart

3. (TCO 1) What symbol in a flowchart would be used by a developer to represent an input or output operation? (Points : 4)
Parallelogram
Diamond
Rectangle
Lozenge

4. (TCO 1) Set name = 15.00 is a process. What data type would you expect the variable, name, to have? (Points : 4)
Integer
Real
String
Any of the above

5. (TCO 1) You are using dollar amounts in an algorithm. What data type would you assign? (Points : 4)
Integer
Real
String
Any of the above

6. (TCO 2) What tool is used by developers to design logic using specific shapes/symbols? (Points : 4)
Desk checking
Flowcharts
Pseudocode
Hierarchy charts

7. (TCO 2) When a program evaluates mathematical expression, which of the following operators (or mathematical operations) has the lowest precedence? (Points : 4)
Parentheses ()
Multiplication
Subtraction
None of the above because all have equal precedence

8. (TCO 2) Using the assignment statement, total = total + sales, which side of the equal sign is evaluated first? (Points : 4)
Left side (total)
Right side (total + sales)
It does not matter which side is evaluated first.
Both are evaluated at the same time.

9. (TCO 2) What value will be contained in the variable, x, after the following statement is executed?
X = 8 * 5 / 10 + 6 (Points : 4)
4
2.5
10
None of the above

10. (TCO 2) Review the partial pseudocode below. What is the correct math expression to complete the algorithm and total sales for both regions?
Prompt “Enter total sales for region 1: ”
Input region1
Prompt “Enter total sales for region 2: ”
Input region2
Set _____
Display “total sales: ” + total (Points : 4)
total = region2
total = region1 * region2
total = region1 + region2
total = region1

11. (TCO 3 & 4) Review the pseudocode below. What will be displayed when this algorithm executes?
Set x = 10
If ((x > 10) AND (x < 20)) then Display “the IF path executes” Else Display “the ELSE path executes” EndIf (Points : 4) the IF path executes the ELSE path executes 10 (x > 10) AND (x < 20) 12. (TCO 3 & 4) What value gets displayed for the variable X? Set A = 5 Set B = 10 Set C = 15 If (B > 15) AND ((A = 5) OR (C <= 15)) then Set X = 1 Else Set X = 0 EndIf Display X (Points : 4) 5 0 10 1 13. (TCO 3 & 4) In the following pseudocode, what raise will an employee in Department 6 receive? If department < 2 then Set raise = 1000 Else If department < 6 then Set raise = 2500 Else Set raise = 3000 EndIf EndIf (Points : 4) 1000 2500 3000 0 14. (TCO 3 & 4) Which of the selection structures determines if the user enters a number between 20 and 45? (Points : 4) If commission <> 45
If commission <= 45 If (commission >= 20) AND (commission <=45) If (commission >=20) OR (commission <= 45) 15. (TCO 3 & 4) What value gets displayed for the variable Z? Set balance = 800 Set stateCode = 6 Set creditCode = 7 If ((balance <> 800) OR (stateCode <> 6) OR (creditCode <> 7) then
Set Z = 3
Else
Set Z = 2
EndIf
Display Z (Points : 4)
3
2
6
7

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Program Using Instantiation of Created Class
Create a Fraction class with fields that hold a whole number, a numerator, and a denominator. In addition:
•Create properties for each field. The set access or for the denominator should not allow a 0 value; the value defaults to 1.
•Add three constructors. One takes three parameters for a whole number, numerator, and denominator. Another accepts two parameters for the numerator and denominator; when this constructor is used, the whole number value is 0. The last constructor is parameter less; it sets the whole number and numerator to 0 and the denominator to 1. (After construction, Fractions do not have to be reduced to proper form. For example, even though 3/9 could be reduced to 1/3, your constructors do not have to perform this task.)
•Add a Reduce() method that reduces a fraction if it is in improper form. For example, 2/4 should be reduced to 1/2.
•Add an operator +() method that adds two fractions. To add two fractions, first eliminate any whole number part of the value. For example, 2 1/4 becomes 9/4 and 1 3/5 becomes 8/5. Find a common denominator and convert the fractions to it. For example, when adding 9/4 and 8/5, you can convert them to 45/20 and 32/20. Then, you can add the numerators, giving 77/20. Finally, call the Reduce() method to reduce the result, restoring any whole number value so the fractional part of the number is less than 1. For example, 77/20 becomes 3 17/20.
•Include a function that returns a string that contains a fraction in the usual display format—the whole number, a space, the numerator, a slash (/), and a denominator. When the whole number is 0, just the fraction part of the value should be displayed (for example, 1/2 instead of 0 1/2). If the numerator is 0, just the whole number should display (for example, 2 instead of 2 0/3).
Write a Main() method that instantiates several fractions and demonstrate that all the methods work correctly.
Save the program as FractionDemo.cs.
Next, add an operator*() method to the Fraction class so that it correctly multiplies two Fractions. The result should be in proper, reduced format. Demonstrate that the method works correctly.
Save the program as FractionDemo2.cs.
Next, Create an array of four fractions. Prompt the user for values for each. Display every possible combination of addition results and every possible combination of multiplication results for each fraction pair (that is, each type will have 16 results).
Save the program as FractionDemo3.cs.
Embed the programs in a Microsoft Word document.
Cite any sources in APA format on a separate page.
•Described your programming strategy.
•Presented a structured document free from spelling and grammatical errors
Program Using Instantiation of Created Class
Create a Fraction class with fields that hold a whole number, a numerator, and a denominator. In addition:
•Create properties for each field. The set access or for the denominator should not allow a 0 value; the value defaults to 1.
•Add three constructors. One takes three parameters for a whole number, numerator, and denominator. Another accepts two parameters for the numerator and denominator; when this constructor is used, the whole number value is 0. The last constructor is parameter less; it sets the whole number and numerator to 0 and the denominator to 1. (After construction, Fractions do not have to be reduced to proper form. For example, even though 3/9 could be reduced to 1/3, your constructors do not have to perform this task.)
•Add a Reduce() method that reduces a fraction if it is in improper form. For example, 2/4 should be reduced to 1/2.
•Add an operator +() method that adds two fractions. To add two fractions, first eliminate any whole number part of the value. For example, 2 1/4 becomes 9/4 and 1 3/5 becomes 8/5. Find a common denominator and convert the fractions to it. For example, when adding 9/4 and 8/5, you can convert them to 45/20 and 32/20. Then, you can add the numerators, giving 77/20. Finally, call the Reduce() method to reduce the result, restoring any whole number value so the fractional part of the number is less than 1. For example, 77/20 becomes 3 17/20.
•Include a function that returns a string that contains a fraction in the usual display format—the whole number, a space, the numerator, a slash (/), and a denominator. When the whole number is 0, just the fraction part of the value should be displayed (for example, 1/2 instead of 0 1/2). If the numerator is 0, just the whole number should display (for example, 2 instead of 2 0/3).
Write a Main() method that instantiates several fractions and demonstrate that all the methods work correctly.
Save the program as FractionDemo.cs.
Next, add an operator*() method to the Fraction class so that it correctly multiplies two Fractions. The result should be in proper, reduced format. Demonstrate that the method works correctly.
Save the program as FractionDemo2.cs.
Next, Create an array of four fractions. Prompt the user for values for each. Display every possible combination of addition results and every possible combination of multiplication results for each fraction pair (that is, each type will have 16 results).
Save the program as FractionDemo3.cs.
Embed the programs in a Microsoft Word document.
Cite any sources in APA format on a separate page.
•Described your programming strategy.
•Presented a structured document free from spelling and grammatical errors

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1.Arguments For and Against outsourcing computer security Company

2.Two firms that offer computer security outsourcing services and comparision
3.PPT of Outsourcing Service
You have been asked to help decide whether to outsource security or keep the security function within the firm. Search the Web to find information to help you decide whether to outsource security and to locate security outsourcing services.
Present a brief summary of the arguments for and against outsourcing computer security for your company.
Select two firms that offer computer security outsourcing services, and compare them and their services.
Prepare an electronic presentation for management summarizing your findings. Your presentation should make the case on whether or not your company should outsource computer security. If you believe your company should outsource, the presentation should identify which security outsourcing service should be selected and justify your selection.”

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