What had the greater impact on bringing the US out of the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal or the second World War.
2. What qualities do you feel are essential to an effective governor? Explain why you feel they are essential. Use facts not opinions to support your claim.
Each question should be at least 200 words
Nursing Homework
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If you were asked to get a genetic test panel performed, which diseases or health risks would you be interested in learning about and why?
Describe the biochemical composition, structure, and replication of DNA. Detail the role of specific RNA’s in the process of protein transcription and translation.
Describe, in detail, one of the processes of cell survival. Describe how an abnormality in one of these cell functions causes cancer.
APA FORMAT with detailed answers
Polishing Ideas: The Canon of Style
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“Polishing Ideas: The Canon of Style” (Lesson 13) Gong and Dragga demonstrate the importance of recognizing your own writing style and the reasons for sometimes adapting a different style to suit your purpose, the audience, and the situation. In an essay of about 400 words, explain how you would adapt for a general audience a piece of technical or specialized writing (from an academic subject, professional field, or special interest publication). Discuss specifically how you would determine choices of vocabulary, sentence length, and sentence structure in making this adaptation. Reread the narratives at the beginning of Chapters 1 and 3.
Write a research paper that examines crime scene management. Compare and contrast problems that may occur if inaccurate data collection or analysis is performed by a forensic science professional at a crime scene. Evaluate protocol that could be employed at a crime scene to minimize problems from occurring
Select a problem in nursing practice that you believe needs to be addressed and write a 6 page paper. Gather evidence on practices that will address the problem. Use the following outline to prepare for submission of the project in Week 5:
Identification of the problem. Why is it important? Why should there be a change?
Changes in practice that you are suggesting.
What is the evidence (research) that supports your proposed changes? (Note: use research articles for this section)
How do “individual patient or family needs and preferences” impact the implementation of the change?
How would you evaluate the change?
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of what you have learned about Organizational Behavior from your current readings. Include the following in your summary:
· Explain the connection between organizational behavior and your selected job skills from the matrix.
· Discuss how these job skills can lead to improved job performance.
· Explain how Organizational Behavior can aid you in decision-making and problem-solving.
· Predict the consequences of unethical behavior in the workplace.
Individual Assignment: Organizational Behavior in the Workplace
Purpose of Assignment
This assignment asks students to explain the role and purpose of Organizational Behavior and provides students the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of how Organizational Behavior operates in the workplace.
Resources Required
Organizational Behavior in the Workplace Worksheet.
Insider Threats
Analyze the current state of insider threats to computer systems and infrastructure in terms of numbers, costs and potential problems.
What are the various profiles of insiders who may compromise your systems?
What methods can companies take to thwart insider threats? (Think of methods such as personnel checks, monitoring access, risk management services, suspicious activity, etc).
Weathering and erosion are very closely related topics. Describe how these two processes can shape the landscape and be sure to provide examples. You may choose to discuss individual forms of weathering and erosion, or concentrate on a given area (such as deserts, glaciated areas, or river systems) and the forms of weathering and erosion that occur there.
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 2-3 pages in length NOT including ref or title page
Cite 1-2 outside source
Corporate Finance Part 2
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1.
Coupon rate = 7 percent
Average tax rate = 32%
Price of common stock = $80
Price of preferred stock = $50
Bond yield risk premium = 7%
Return of the market = 12%
Marginal tax rate = 35%
Common stock dividend (Do) = $6
Preferred stock dividend (Do) = $4
Growth rate of common stock dividend = 6%
Risk-free rate of return = 6%
Beta = 1.2
According to the information given, what is the cost of equity using the capital asset pricing model?
A. 14.4 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 13.95 percent
D. 13.2 percent
2. A firm should reject an investment if the internal rate of return on the investment is
A. less than the interest rate.
B. greater than the interest rate.
C. less than the cost of capital.
D. greater than the cost of capital.
3. Which of the following statements about retained earnings is correct?
A. Retained earnings are the firm’s cheapest source of funds.
B. Retained earnings have the same cost as new shares of stock.
C. Retained earnings are cheaper than the cost of new shares.
D. Retained earnings have no cost.
4. The internal rate of return and net present value methods of capital budgeting assume that the cash flows are reinvested at the
A. cost of capital for NPV and the internal rate of return for IRR.
B. cost of capital for IRR and the internal rate of return for NPV.
C. internal rate of return.
D. cost of capital.
5. NPV may be preferred to IRR because
A. NPV excludes salvage value.
B. IRR makes more conservative assumptions concerning reinvesting.
C. NPV makes more conservative assumptions concerning reinvesting.
D. IRR excludes salvage value.
6. A firm has two investment opportunities. Each investment costs $2,000, and the firm’s cost of capital is
8 percent. The cash flows of each investment are as follows:
Cash Flow of Investment A
Year 1: $1800
Year 2: $600
Year 3: $500
Year 4: $400
Cash Flow of Investment B
Year 1: $900
Year 2: $900
Year 3: $900
Year 4: $900
According to the information, the NPV for Investment B is
A. $1,600.
B. $2,980.
C. $980.
D. $3,600.
7. Which of the following statements about the cost of debt is correct?
A. The cost of debt is greater than the cost of preferred stock.
B. The cost of debt is greater than the cost of equity.
C. The cost of debt is less than the cost of equity.
D. The cost of debt is equal to the firm’s interest rate.
8.
Coupon rate = 7 percent
Average tax rate = 32%
Price of common stock = $80
Price of preferred stock = $50
Bond yield risk premium = 7%
Return of the market = 12%
Marginal tax rate = 35%
Common stock dividend (Do) = $6
Preferred stock dividend (Do) = $4
Growth rate of common stock dividend = 6%
Risk-free rate of return = 6%
Beta = 1.2
According to the information given, what is the cost of preferred stock?
A. 8 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 9 percent
D. 10 percent
9.
Coupon rate = 7 percent
Average tax rate = 32%
Price of common stock = $80
Price of preferred stock = $50
Bond yield risk premium = 7%
Return of the market = 12%
Marginal tax rate = 35%
Common stock dividend (Do) = $6
Preferred stock dividend (Do) = $4
Growth rate of common stock dividend = 6%
Risk-free rate of return = 6%
Beta = 1.2
According to the information given, what is the cost of equity using the bond yield plus risk premium
method?
A. 13.2 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 13.95 percent
D. 14 percent
10. Which of the following statements about the marginal cost of capital is correct?
A. The marginal cost of capital is a firm’s cost of debt and equity finance.
B. The marginal cost of capital refers to the cost of additional funds.
C. The marginal cost of capital declines as flotation costs alter equity financing.
D. The marginal cost of capital is constant once the optimal capital structure is determined.
11. The lower the debt ratio, the
A. lower is the use of financial leverage.
B. higher is the use of financial leverage.
C. higher are the firm’s total assets.
D. lower are the firm’s total assets.
12. If the net present values of two mutually exclusive investments are positive, a firm should select
A. both investments.
B. the investment with the higher net present value.
C. the investment with the higher present value.
D. neither investment.
13. A firm should make an investment if the present value of the cash inflows on the investment is
A. greater than zero.
B. less than zero.
C. greater than the cost of the investment.
D. less than the cost of the investment.
14. If the internal rates of return of two mutually exclusive investments exceed the firm’s cost of capital,
the firm should make
A. both investments.
B. the investment with the higher IRR.
C. the investment with the lower IRR.
D. neither investment.
15.
Coupon rate = 7 percent
Average tax rate = 32%
Price of common stock = $80
Price of preferred stock = $50
Bond yield risk premium = 7%
Return of the market = 12%
Marginal tax rate = 35%
Common stock dividend (Do) = $6
Preferred stock dividend (Do) = $4
Growth rate of common stock dividend = 6%
Risk-free rate of return = 6%
Beta = 1.2
According to the information given, what is the cost of equity using the expected growth method?
A. 13.95 percent
B. 14.4 percent
C. 12 percent
D. 13.2 percent
16. An increase of cost of capital will
A. increase an investment’s IRR.
B. Increase an investment’s NPV.
C. decrease an investment’s NPV.
D. decrease an investment’s IRR.
17. The net present value of an investment will be higher if
A. the cost of capital is higher.
B. there’s no salvage value.
C. the cost of the investment is lower.
D. a firm uses straight-line depreciation.
18.
Coupon rate = 7 percent
Average tax rate = 32%
Price of common stock = $80
Price of preferred stock = $50
Bond yield risk premium = 7%
Return of the market = 12%
Marginal tax rate = 35%
Common stock dividend (Do) = $6
Preferred stock dividend (Do) = $4
Growth rate of common stock dividend = 6%
Risk-free rate of return = 6%
Beta = 1.2
According to the information given, what is the cost of debt?
A. 2.45 percent
B. 7.0 percent
C. 4.55 percent
D. 6.25 percent
19. A firm has two investment opportunities. Each investment costs $2,000, and the firm’s cost of capital is
8 percent. The cash flows of each investment are as follows:
Cash Flow of Investment A
Year 1: $1800
Year 2: $600
Year 3: $500
Year 4: $400
Cash Flow of Investment B
Year 1: $900
Year 2: $900
Year 3: $900
Year 4: $900
Based on the information, if the investments are independent, the firm should select
A. all investments with an IRR that’s less than 8 percent.
B. all investments with an IRR that’s greater than 8 percent.
C. only one investment if the IRR is greater than 8 percent.
D. the higher IRR investment.
20. Which of the following statements best explains why a rising ratio of debt-to-total assets increases the
cost of debt?
A. As total assets decline in relation to a stable debt level, equity declines.
B. If debt remains constant while the ratio increases, rising assets must be finance with more expensive equity financing.
C. As the ratio increases, creditors require higher interest rates to compensate them for higher default risk.
D. As debt increases, the contribution of more expensive equity financing decreases.
Which of the following is an advantage of a corporation?
A. Permanence
B. Dilution of ownership
C. Elimination of double taxation
D. Ease of formation
2. A firm’s sales increased by 50 percent and inventory was $100,000. According to the percent of sales
method of forecasting, what will the new inventory be?
A. $150,000
B. $175,000
C. $100,000
D. $120,000
3. Which of the following is a correct statement about operating leverage?
A. Operating leverage results from use of fixed instead of variable cost.
B. Operating leverage is affected by the demand for the product.
C. Operating leverage is associated with less risk and more certainty.
D. Operating leverage results from using debt financing.
4. If a firm produces 50,000 widgets and sells each unit for $20.50, what is the total revenue generated by
this production?
A. $10,250,000
B. $100,250
C. $10,250
D. $1,025,000
5. If a firm substitutes fixed for variable costs, which of the following will occur?
A. The use of financial leverage will be increased.
B. The profits will always be higher.
C. The break-even level of output will be reduced.
D. The degree of operating leverage will be increased.
6. Which of the following is an advantage of the sole proprietorship?
A. Limited liability
B. Ease of formation
C. Joint ownership
D. Ease of transfer of ownership
7. Which of these situations offers the best rationale for organizing a business as a limited partnership?
A. You want your small new business, which is operating out of your garage, to pay you and your partner (your spouse)
dividends for which income tax will only be paid by you or your business, not both.
B. Management needs to raise money through a stock offering, but does not want to relinquish control of the business to
stockholders.
C. You’re an entrepreneur and you want two others’ expertise, former business partners, to help execute your business plan.
D. Management rejects the idea of personally assuming liability for the business.
8. Which of the following statements about fixed costs is correct?
A. Fixed costs don’t change with the size of the firm.
B. Fixed costs are greater than variable costs.
C. Fixed costs are paid before variable costs.
D. Fixed costs don’t change with the level of output.
9. A product sells for $5 per unit. If fixed costs are $1,000 and variable costs are $2 per unit, what is the
degree of operating leverage at 2,000 units?
A. 2.0
B. 1.2
C. 1.0
D. 0.83
10. Which of the following events would be most likely to increase the quantity breakeven point, assuming
other factors remain constant?
A. Reduced marketplace competition enables LMN Corporation to raise its selling price for finance textbooks.
B. The city council has finally been persuaded: Your taxi business will pay lower water and sewer rates.
C. The pressure has subsided: The property owner, who rents space to your small manufacturing plant, has agreed to blacktop
the employee and customer parking lot.
D. XYZ Corp agrees to increase its sales-commissions paid to employees by 12 percent.
11. Airlines have a high degree of operating leverage because of
A. insufficient government regulation.
B. small fixed expenses.
C. a large use of debt financing.
D. a large investment in fixed assets.
12. A product sells for $2 per unit. If fixed costs are $200 and variable costs are $1 per unit, what is the
break-even level of output?
A. 150 units
B. 50 units
C. 200 units
D. 100 units
13. Which of the following is a correct statement about corporate losses?
A. They are carried forward to future years.
B. They are carried back three years and then carried forward.
C. They are carried forward three years and then carried back.
D. They offset other sources of income in prior years.
14. If ABC, Inc. has $650,000 in sales and $230,000 in expenses, what are the firm’s earnings before
interest and taxes (EBIT)?
A. $850,000
B. $325,000
C. $420,000
D. $650,000
15. A union contract suggests that labor costs may be
A. fixed.
B. undetermined.
C. variable.
D. a noncash expense.
16. Which of the following is a correct statement about fixed costs?
A. Fixed costs are paid before variable costs.
B. Fixed costs do not change with the size of the firm.
C. Fixed costs are greater than variable costs.
D. Fixed costs do not change with the level of output.
17. If investors want to limit financial risk and maximize their control of the business, which of the
following forms of business should they prefer?
A. Limited partnership
B. Sole proprietorship
C. S corporation
D. Corporation
18. Which of the following situations would provide corporate management with the strongest rationale to
carry forward current-year losses?
A. Management projects taxable income to remain unchanged over the next five years.
B. Congress just passed a very popular bill that reduces marginal federal income tax rates.
C. Management projects pre-tax losses over the next two years, and possibly even four years into the future.
D. Early in his first term this year, the President of the United States initiated legislation and signed into law a significant increase
in income tax rates.
19. A firm does not obtain financial leverage by
A. issuing preferred stock.
B. borrowing from the bank.
C. issuing bonds.
D. issuing common stock.
20. Owners in which of the following forms of business have unlimited liability?
A. Sole proprietorships
B. Corporations
C. S corporations
D. Limited partnerships