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PROJECT 10 ASSESSMENT
RETIREMENT PLANNING RUBRIC
This project has a total value of 20 points.
The student did not follow directions. (minus 2)
The student completed the social security piece. (plus 6)
The student did not attempt. (0 points)
The student completed the What’s Your Number worksheet. (plus 6)
The student did not attempt. (plus 0)
The student completed the retirement income calculator. (plus 6)
The student did not attempt. (plus 0)
The student completed the Three-Legged Stool worksheet. (plus 2)
The student did not attempt. (plus 0)
Total
STUDENT HANDOUT 10A
PROJECT 10 OVERVIEW: RETIREMENT PLANNING
HOW MUCH MONEY WILL I NEED TO RETIRE?
Retirement is the time in life when the major sources of income change from earned income to employer-based retirement benefits, private savings and investments, social security, etc. In this lesson, you will:
• Examine the need to start saving early
• Calculate how much money you will need for retirement
• Identify the sources of retirement income
• Create a strategy for saving for retirement
As you begin your working phase of life, it is a good idea to start planning what you will need to be comfortable during retirement. You will need to start thinking about the following questions:
1. What age do I want to retire?
2. How long do I anticipate living past retirement?
3. What type of lifestyle do I want in retirement?
4. How much money will I need to maintain that lifestyle?
STUDENT HANDOUT 10B
PROJECT 10 ACTIVITY
RETIREMENT PLANNING EXERCISE
STEP 1: ESTIMATE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
Using the Social Security Administration’s website, www.ssa.gov/retire2, familiarize yourself with the rules surrounding collecting social security benefits. Determine what age you would like to retire and what your life expectancy might be. If you are currently working or have worked in the past, you can access your personal information by creating an account.
Use this link to open an account and print your benefits statement: https://secure.ssa.gov/RIL/SiView.do.
If you have not had a job or do not have a social security number, use this link to access a sample social security benefits statement: www.ssa.gov/myaccount/SSA-7005-OL.pdf.
Understanding how much you will receive in social security benefits is the first step in planning for your financial future during retirement.
____________ Estimated Monthly Income
____________ Estimated Yearly Income
STEP 2: FIND YOUR NUMBER
Access the retirement calculator here:
http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/retirement/retirement-calculator.aspx.
• Enter how much you think you will need annually in retirement in the first box. To calculate the annual income you will need for retirement, find 80% of your current household income.
• To find the average income for the career path you have chosen (For example, if you want to go into accounting you could use the following link to see what the national average is: www.payscale.com/rcsearch.aspx?category=Job&str=accounting&CountryName=United+States&SourceId=Country.) If you have a different career path, type the job title in the box to the left.
• Recall the chart from the Social Security Administration in Step 1. To find the number of years until retirement, subtract your current age from your anticipated retirement age and enter it in the second box.
STUDENT HANDOUT 10B
PROJECT 10 RETIREMENT PLANNING EXERCISE (CONTINUED)
• To determine how many years you will need income after you retire, , you can look at the average age of relatives. Most experts say that you should plan to live until the age of 90. This may need to be adjusted as you grow older and as life expectancy models change.
• In the annual inflation field, use 3 as your value.
• For the annual yield on balance field, use 5 as your value.
• Click calculate.
• Print the page that shows your number. Put this with your social security benefits estimate.
STEP 3: RETIREMENT INCOME CALCULATOR
Now that you know what you need for retirement, it is important to understand how you will reach such a large number. Use the following link and complete the questions. https://www3.troweprice.com/ric/ricweb/public/ric.do?src=startover
• Do not hit register or log in. Go directly to start.
• This assignment is to be completed as an individual. Do not include a partner or spouse (click no).
• Enter the month and year you were born, click saving for retirement, and then click next.
• In the first box, enter how much you have saved for retirement. If you don’t have a retirement account, indicate zero. If you are not working, assume that you contribute $100 per month to retirement savings.
• Enter your current salary. If you aren’t working, enter the average salary for your chosen career (determined in Step 2, above).
• If you are currently working, enter your correct information into the workplace contributions space. If you are not working, assume that you contribute 5% and your employer matches your 5% contribution for a total of 10%.
• List other contributions if they apply. Click next.
• For asset allocation, use the default settings of 90% Stocks and 10% Bonds. Click next.
• Enter the age you expect to retire.
• Enter how much you think you’ll spend per month in retirement. Recall earlier we indicated that would be 80% of your current household income.
• Click the yes button to include the estimated social security benefit.
• If your place of business provides a pension, include that information in the next box. If you aren’t working, leave it blank. Click next.
• Review the results and print the page.
You will need to turn in the social security benefits sheet, the ING number printout, and the Retirement Income Calculator printout with your Three Legged Stool worksheet.
Be prepared to discuss how you felt about this process.
STUDENT HANDOUT 10C
PROJECT 10 ACTIVITY
THREE-LEGGED STOOL WORKSHEET
Planning for retirement is a three-legged stool.
Insert the dollar amount from the retirement calculator:
How much will you need per month?
What are your monthly social security contributions?
How much are you employer benefits contributions per month?
What do you plan to contribute from personal savings each month?
Will you have enough money to retire at the age you chose?
STUDENT HANDOUT 10D
PROJECT 10 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
SOCIAL SECURITY STATEMENT
Go to: http://ssa.gov/myaccount/SSA-7005-OL.pdf
STUDENT HANDOUT 10D
PROJECT 10 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
SOCIAL SECURITY STATEMENT
Go to: http://ssa.gov/myaccount/SSA-7005-OL.pdf
STUDENT HANDOUT 10D
PROJECT 10 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
SOCIAL SECURITY STATEMENT
Go to: http://ssa.gov/myaccount/SSA-7005-OL.pdf
STUDENT HANDOUT 10D
PROJECT 10 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
SOCIAL SECURITY STATEMENT
Go to: http://ssa.gov/myaccount/SSA-7005-OL.pdf

17) After Consulting With Butch Radner, George Monohan Was Able To Determine The Activity Times For Constructing The Week-Harvesting Machine To Be Used On Narrow Rivers.

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17)          After consulting with Butch Radner, George Monohan was able to determine the activity times for constructing the week-harvesting machine to be used on narrow rivers. George would like to determine ES, EF, LS, LF, and slack for each activity. The total project completion time and the critical path should also be determined.  (See Problem 16 for details). The activity times are shown in the following table:

ACTIVITY                              TIME (WEEKS)

A                                             6

B                                             5

C                                             3

D                                             2

E                                              4

F                                              6

G                                             10

H                                             7

 

REFERENCE ONLY                                                                                                                                            

 

16) Monohan Machinery specializes in developing weed-harvestnig equipment that is used to clear small lakes of weeds. George Monohan, president of Monohan Machinery, is convinced that harvesting weeds is far better than using chemicals to kill weeds. Chemicals cause pollution, and the weeds seem to grow faster after the chemicals have been used. George is contemplation the construction of a machine that would harvest weeds on narrow rivers and waterways. The activities that are necessary to build one of these experimental weed-harvesting machines are listed in the following table. Construct a network for these activities.

 

ACTIVITY              IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS

A                                             –

B                                             –

C                                             A

D                                             A

E                                              B

F                                              B

G                                             C, E

H                                             D, F

 

 

 

 

 

  • perform certain calculations discussed in the assigned reading in order to derive an answer for each problem.
  • use Microsoft Excel to complete each problem and submit a single Excel spreadsheet that contains a separate worksheet (i.e., separate tab) for each problem.
  • have each worksheet be clearly labeled to identify the associated problem.
  • to show all calculations or other work performed to derive your answer(s) for each problem.
  • have your spreadsheet be fully functional (i.e., configured to allow the reader to not only see all numerical values, but also be able to see the underlying formula associated with each calculated value).
  • to label your work in each worksheet to clearly identify the nature of each piece of data or calculated value.

No credit will be granted for problems that are not completed using Excel, for which your Excel worksheet is not fully functional, or for which you have not shown all of the calculations or other work performed to derive your answer(s). You may refer to the course textbooks, supplemental reading materials, online information, and your own notes in conjunction with completing the homework assignments. Once you have completed the necessary calculations to solve each problem and answer the associated questions, select the hyperlink provided to submit your Excel spreadsheet for grading.

 

 

 

 

Post a summary of the interview and a description of the communication techniques you would use with your assigned patient. Explain why you would use these techniques. Identify the risk assessment instrument you selected, and justify why it would be applicable to the selected patient. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient.

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Week 1: Building a Comprehensive Health History

According to a 2011 Gallup poll, nurses are ranked as the most trusted professionals in the United States. One of the most admired nursing skills is the ability to put patients at ease. When patients enter into a healthcare setting, they are often apprehensive about sharing personal health information. Caring nurses can alleviate the hesitance of patients and encourage them to be forthcoming with this information.

The initial health history interview can be an excellent opportunity to develop supportive relationships between patients and nurses. Nurses may employ a variety of communication skills and interview techniques to foster strong bonds with patients and to effectively facilitate the diagnostic process. In conducting interviews, advanced practice nurses must also take into account a range of patient-specific factors that may impact the questions they ask, how they ask those questions, and their complete assessment of the patient’s health.

This week, you will consider how social determinants of health such as age, gender, ethnicity, and environmental situation impact the health and risk assessment of the patients you serve. You will also consider how social determinants of health influence your interview and communication techniques as you work in partnership with a patient to gather data to build an accurate health history.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • Analyze communication techniques used to obtain patients’ health histories based upon social determinants of health
  • Analyze health-related risk
  • Apply concepts, theories, and principles related to patient interviewing, diagnostic reasoning, and recording patient information

Learning Resources

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
Required Media (click to expand/reduce)

Discussion: Building a Health History

Effective communication is vital to constructing an accurate and detailed patient history. A patient’s health or illness is influenced by many factors, including age, gender, ethnicity, and environmental setting. As an advanced practice nurse, you must be aware of these factors and tailor your communication techniques accordingly. Doing so will not only help you establish rapport with your patients, but it will also enable you to more effectively gather the information needed to assess your patients’ health risks.

For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for a particular new patient assigned by your Instructor.

To prepare:

With the information presented in Chapter 1 of Ball et al. in mind, consider the following:

  • By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a new patient profile by your Instructor for this Discussion. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your new patient profile assignment.
  • How would your communication and interview techniques for building a health history differ with each patient?
  • How might you target your questions for building a health history based on the patient’s social determinants of health?
  • What risk assessment instruments would be appropriate to use with each patient, or what questions would you ask each patient to assess his or her health risks?
  • Identify any potential health-related risks based upon the patient’s age, gender, ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into consideration.
  • Select one of the risk assessment instruments presented in Chapter 1 or Chapter 5 of the Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination text, or another tool with which you are familiar, related to your selected patient.
  • Develop at least five targeted questions you would ask your selected patient to assess his or her health risks and begin building a health history.
By Day 3 of Week 1

Post a summary of the interview and a description of the communication techniques you would use with your assigned patient. Explain why you would use these techniques. Identify the risk assessment instrument you selected, and justify why it would be applicable to the selected patient. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link, and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Submit!

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

By Day 6 of Week 1

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on 2 different days who selected a different patient than you, using one or more of the following approaches:

  • Share additional interview and communication techniques that could be effective with your colleague’s selected patient.
  • Suggest additional health-related risks that might be considered.
  • Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:

Week 1 Discussion Rubric

Post by Day 3 of Week 1 and Respond by Day 6 of Week 1

To Participate in this Discussion:

Week 1 Discussion

What’s Coming Up in Module 2?

 

In Module 2, you explore the impact of functional assessments, diversity, and sensitivity in conducting health assessments. You also examine various assessment tools and diagnostic tests used to gather information about patients’ conditions and examine their validity, reliability, and impact in conducting health assessments.

Next week, you will specifically examine functional assessments as they relate to diversity and sensitivity

Registration for Shadow Health

Throughout this course, you will participate in digital clinical experiences using the online simulation tool Shadow Health. The Shadow Health digital clinical experience provides a dynamic, immersive experience designed to improve nursing skills and clinical reasoning through the examination of digital standardized patients. Using Shadow Health you will participate in health histories, focused exams, and a comprehensive assessment.

There will be four Shadow Health assessment components that you will need to complete in Module’s 2 and 3:

  • Health History Assessment (Week 3 & 4)
  • Focused Exam: Cough (Week 5) for a pediatric patient presenting with cough
  • Focused Exam: Chest Pain (Week 7) for an adult patient presenting with chest pain
  • Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment (Week 9)

Before you can participate in these simulations, you will need to register for a Shadow Health account. To do this:

  • Go to the Walden Bookstore and purchase access to Shadow Health and the required texts.
  • Once Shadow Health has been purchased, an access code will be emailed to you from the bookstore.
  • Review this video explaining how to register in Shadow Health: https://vimeo.com/275921826/c12d50ee6e
  • Use the Shadow Health link located in the navigation menu on the left in the Blackboard course.
  • Follow the prompts to register in Shadow Health. You will need the access code provided from the bookstore to register. Once registered, Shadow Health should always be accessed via the link in Blackboard.
  • Use only Google Chrome when accessing Shadow Health and make sure all other programs are turned off on your computer. Other browsers do not work well and will not allow the Shadow Health speech to text function to work.
  •  Once registered, complete the Shadow Health Orientation in the Shadow Health website/program and review the videos designed to assist with navigating and completing assignments.
  • Read the Shadow Health Nursing Documentation Tutorial located in the Week 1 Learning Resources.

Note: As nurses you typically use the word assessment to mean completing the physical exam. However, in the SOAP Note format, assessment means diagnosis so start getting in the habit of calling the physical exam exactly that.

Week 2 Case Studies

In Week 2, your Instructor will assign you a case study related to your Discussion by Day 1 of the week. Please make sure to review the “Course Announcements” area of the course to verify your assigned case study. Please plan ahead to ensure you have time to review your case study and your Learning Resources so that you can complete your Discussions and Assignments on time.

Post a description of the patient case from your experiences, observations, and/or clinical practice from the last 5 years. Then, describe factors that might have influenced pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of the patient you identified. Finally, explain details of the personalized plan of care that you would develop based on influencing factors and patient history in your case. Be specific and provide examples.

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Week 1: Basic Pharmacotherapeutic Concepts/Ethical and Legal Aspects of Prescribing

How do beta-blockers work? What exactly do antibiotics do to the bacteria they target? What effects does an anti-depressant have on blood flow?

Questions like these are related to the underlying pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of pharmacotherapeutics. As an advanced practice nurse, understanding these fundamental pharmacotherapeutic concepts is important to ensure that the prescription drugs you recommend for your patients will be safe and effective to treat and/or manage their symptoms. Additionally, as the advanced practice nurse, it is your responsibility to ensure that when prescribing prescription drugs, you adhere to the ethical and legal principles set forth for prescribing drugs as an added layer of protection and safety for the patients you will treat.

This week, you will analyze factors that may influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics processes of a patient and assess the details of a personalized plan of care that you develop based on influencing factors and patient history. You will also evaluate and analyze ethical and legal implications and practices related to prescribing drugs, including disclosure and nondisclosure, and analyze the process of writing prescriptions to avoid medication errors.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • Analyze factors that influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in patients
  • Assess patient factors and history to develop personalized plans of care
  • Evaluate ethical and legal implications related to prescribing drugs
  • Analyze ethical and legal practices of prescribing drugs
  • Analyze strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure
  • Justify advanced practice nurse strategies to guide prescription drug decision-making
  • Analyze the process of writing prescriptions to avoid medication errors

Learning Resources

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
Required Media (click to expand/reduce)

Discussion: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

As an advanced practice nurse assisting physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders, it is important to not only understand the impact of disorders on the body, but also the impact of drug treatments on the body. The relationships between drugs and the body can be described by pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

Pharmacokinetics describes what the body does to the drug through absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, whereas pharmacodynamics describes what the drug does to the body.

 

When selecting drugs and determining dosages for patients, it is essential to consider individual patient factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes. These patient factors include genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, behavior (i.e., diet, nutrition, smoking, alcohol, illicit drug abuse), and/or pathophysiological changes due to disease.

For this Discussion, you reflect on a case from your past clinical experiences and consider how a patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes may alter his or her response to a drug.

To Prepare
  • Review the Resources for this module and consider the principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
  • Reflect on your experiences, observations, and/or clinical practices from the last 5 years and think about how pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic factors altered his or her anticipated response to a drug.
  • Consider factors that might have influenced the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes, such as genetics (including pharmacogenetics), gender, ethnicity, age, behavior, and/or possible pathophysiological changes due to disease.
  • Think about a personalized plan of care based on these influencing factors and patient history in your case study.
By Day 3 of Week 1

Post a description of the patient case from your experiences, observations, and/or clinical practice from the last 5 years. Then, describe factors that might have influenced pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of the patient you identified. Finally, explain details of the personalized plan of care that you would develop based on influencing factors and patient history in your case. Be specific and provide examples.

By Day 6 of Week 1

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses and respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days by suggesting additional patient factors that might have interfered with the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of the patients they described. In addition, suggest how the personalized plan of care might change if the age of the patient were different and/or if the patient had a comorbid condition, such as renal failure, heart failure, or liver failure.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link, and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Submit!

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:

Week 1 Discussion Rubric

Post by Day 3 of Week 1 and Respond by Day 6 of Week 1

To Participate in this Discussion:

Week 1 Discussion

Assignment: Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs

What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis? How much of the drug should the patient receive? How often should the drug be administered? When should the drug not be prescribed? Are there individual patient factors that could create complications when taking the drug? Should you be prescribing drugs to this patient? How might different state regulations affect the prescribing of this drug to this patient?

These are some of the questions you might consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient.

 

As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s lives every day. Patients and their families will often place trust in you because of your position. With this trust comes power and responsibility, as well as an ethical and legal obligation to “do no harm.” It is important that you are aware of current professional, legal, and ethical standards for advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Additionally, it is important to ensure that the treatment plans and administration/prescribing of drugs is in accordance with the regulations of the state in which you practice. Understanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment, you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how to appropriately respond.

To Prepare
  • Review the Resources for this module and consider the legal and ethical implications of prescribing prescription drugs, disclosure, and nondisclosure.
  • Review the scenario assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment.
  • Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing medication errors for your state or region, and reflect on these as you review the scenario assigned by your Instructor.
  • Consider the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
  • Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and legally responsible decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose any medication errors.
By Day 7 of Week 1

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

  • Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
  • Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state.
  • Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to justify your explanation.
  • Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors.

Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The School of Nursing Writing Template with Instructions provided at the Walden Writing Center offers an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632). All papers submitted must use this formatting.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

  • Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
  • Click the Week 1 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
  • Click the Week 1 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
  • Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
  • If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
  • Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Accurate Cost Estimates Are Required By Strategic Management For All Except:

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Question

Question 1. 1. Accurate cost estimates are required by strategic management for all except: (Points : 2)

To facilitate strategic positioning analysis.

To facilitate target costing and life-cycle costing.

To facilitate value-chain analysis.

Accounting internal control.

Question 2. 2. The use of a relationship of total factory overhead to direct labor hours is said to be valid only within the relevant range, which means: (Points : 2)

Within a reasonable dollar amount for labor costs.

Within the range of observations of the cost driver.

Within the range of reasonableness as judged by the department supervisor.

Within the budget allowance for overhead.

Question 3. 3. Which of the following is required for multiple regression? (Points : 2)

The use of dummy variables.

The use of more than one cost driver.

The use of more than one dependent variable.

The use of a trend variable.

The use of multiple sets of data.

Question 4. 4. The R-squared in a satisfactory regression should be: (Points : 2)

less than .3

greater than .3

less than .7

greater than .7

Question 5. 5. High operating leverage represents increased risk associated with relatively: (Points : 2)

High variable costs in the firm’s cost structure.

High fixed cost in the firm’s cost structure.

High sales revenue combined with high variable costs.

High asset turnover.

High levels of unit-level (i.e., volume-related) costs.

Question 6. 6. The difference between sales price per unit and variable cost per unit is the: (Points : 2)

Contribution margin per unit (cm).

Total contribution margin (CM).

Contribution margin ratio.

Margin of safety (MOS).

Breakeven point.

Question 7. 7. Income taxes have the following effect on the breakeven point calculation: (Points : 2)

They generally increase the breakeven point.

They generally decrease the breakeven point.

They have no effect on the breakeven point.

They may increase or decrease the breakeven point, depending on the cost structure of the organization.

They increase the variable cost per unit.

Question 8. 8. Which of the following can use cost/volume/profit (CVP) analysis? (Points : 2)

Not-for-profit organizations, but not service firms.

Service firms, but not organizations that are not-for-profit.

Not-for-profit organizations, service firms, and manufacturers.

Manufacturing firms, but not service firms.

Question 9. 9. A master budget is typically prepared for: (Points : 2)

A period of one year.

Top management only.

Strategic planning purposes only.

Strategic business units only.

Operating activities only.

Question 10. 10. A budgeting system that has, in effect, a budget for a set number of periods (i.e., a constant planning horizon) at all times is called a(n): (Points : 2)

Financial budget

Operating budget

Rolling financial forecast

Capital budget

Master budget

Question 11. 11. The act of encouraging non-value-adding actions on the part of management in order to improve indicated performance is referred to as: (Points : 2)

Goal congruency.

Gaming the performance indicator.

The use of fixed-performance contract.

Linear optimization analysis.

The use of a relative-performance contract.

Question 12. 12. All of the following represent alternative approaches to the traditional budget-preparation process except which one? (Points : 2)

Master budgeting.

Kaizen budgeting.

Continuous-improvement budgeting.

Activity-based budgeting (ABB)

Time-driven activity based budgeting (TDABB)

Question 13. 13. Thompson Refrigerators Inc. needs to prepare pro forma financial statements for the next fiscal year. To do so, the company must forecast its total overhead cost. The actual machine hours and total overhead cost are presented below for the past six months.

MONTH TOTAL O/H MACHINE HOURS

Jan $ 8,258 2,134

Feb 8,006 2,045

Mar 8,387 2,276

Apr 8,832 2,743

May 8,921 2,834

June 7,841 2,034

Using the high-low method, unit variable overhead cost is calculated to be: (Points : 2)

$1.35.

$1.15

$1.40.

$1.65.

$1.25.

Question 14. 14. Brownsville Novelty Store prepared the following budget information for the month of May:

• Sales are budgeted at $360,000. All sales are on account and a provision for bad debts is made

monthly at three percent of sales.

• Inventory was $84,000 on April 30 and an increase of $12,000 is planned for May 31.

• All inventory is marked to sell at cost plus fifty percent.

• Estimated cash disbursements for selling and administrative expenses for the month are $48,000.

• Depreciation for May is projected at $6,000.

Brownsville’s budgeted operating income for May is: (Points : 2)

$72,000.

$66,000.

$55,200.

$61,200.

$43,200.

Question 15. 15. ACEM Hardware purchased 5,000 gallons of paint in March. The store had 1,500 gallons on hand at the beginning of March, and expects to have 1,000 gallons on hand at the end of March. What is the budgeted number of gallons to be sold during March? (Points : 2)

3,500.

4,500.

5,000.

5,500.

 

 

 

 

A road must be designed to cross some railway tracks. The approaches are both flat, with no horizontal curvature and are at the same level. The vertical alignment comprises a level approach at ground level, a sag curve, a single crest curve over the railway, and a sag curve returning to ground level. The maximum permitted gradient is 6%, and lengths of this gradient may be used between the crest and sag curves if required. The railway tracks are at ground level and are [W] metres wide. The road alignment must be at least [h]metres above ground level over this entire width.

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Design of Transport Infrastructure February 2020

Coursework 1: Alignment Calculations

  • This item of coursework is worth 22% of the module

·             Please read the instructions carefully.

  • You are strongly advised to use diagrams to illustrate your
  • Marks will be awarded for appropriate methods and correct

·             Answers to all questions should be correct to the nearest millimetre.

 

Question: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Variable: Φ R q g1 g2 hsum R q Lstr W h Φ V q1 q2
Units: ° m m/s3 % % M m m/s3 m m m ° km/h m/s3 m/s3
  46 990 0.6 2.5% -4.9% 43.5 815 0.51 815 37 7.6 48 75 0.340 0.510

 

1                 Horizontal Alignment

Two straight sections of road are to be linked by a circular arc with symmetrical clothoid transition curves between the straight and curved sections.

 

Deflection angle between the two straight sections                         Φ

Radius of the circular arc                                                                          R

Rate of gain of radial acceleration                                                          q

Design speed of the road                                                                          100kph

 

  1. What is the length of the circular arc?
  2. What is the minimum distance between the intersection point of the tangents and the alignment?

[16 marks]

2                 Vertical Alignment

A parabolic vertical summit curve between two gradients has been designed in accordance with desirable minimum standards given in TD9.

 

 

  Approach gradient

Departure gradient Summit level

Chainage of the vertical intersection point Design speed

 g1

g2 hsum

2513.615 m

120kph
 

a)

b)

  

What is the chainage and level at each end of the curve? Between what chainages is the level greater than 42m?

  

 

 

[16 marks]
3 Horizontal Alignment  

An existing road with a design speed of 85 km/h passes from one tangent through a right-hand circular arc onto a second tangent, and then through a left hand circular arc onto a third tangent which is parallel to the first. The circular arcs are joined to the straights by clothoid transition curves.

Radius of both circular arcs                                                                      R

Rate of gain of radial acceleration on all transitions                          q

Length of straight between the two curves                                         Lstr

Length of both circular arcs                                                                     250 m

 

  1. What is the perpendicular distance between the parallel straight sections?
  2. Using the same tangents and Intersection Points, the arc radii are increased to 2500m and the transition curves upgraded to a design speed of 120 km/h. How long is the straight section between the two curves after this redesign?

[20 marks]

 

4                 Vertical Alignment Design

A road must be designed to cross some railway tracks. The approaches are both flat, with no horizontal curvature and are at the same level. The vertical alignment comprises a level approach at ground level, a sag curve, a single crest curve over the railway, and a sag curve returning to ground level. The maximum permitted gradient is 6%, and lengths of this gradient may be used between the crest and sag curves if required. The railway tracks are at ground level and are [W] metres wide. The road alignment must be at least [h]metres above ground level over this entire width.

 

Width of the railway tracks                                                                      W

Clearance (height) between rail tracks and alignment                      h

  1. Design the shortest combination of vertical curves using the desirable minimum standards from TD9 for a design speed of 60kph. Give your answers in a table with the following headings:

 

Element description

(hog, sag or gradient)

 Length (m) K value or

Gradient (%)

 Start Level (m) End Level (m)
Sag curve     0  
         
  1. Show how much shorter the alignment could be made if the crest curve is redesigned to one step below desirable minimum K value, but all the other constraints remain the same. Tabulate your answer as in section (a), and state the difference in length due to the

[26 marks]

 

 

5                 Horizontal Alignment

NB show your method of calculating in order to gain full marks.

Two straight sections of road are to be linked by a wholly transitional curve comprising two clothoid spiral curves with differing rates of gain of radial acceleration.

Deflection angle between the two straight sections of road                   Φ

Design Speed                                                                                                        V Rate of gain of radial acceleration for entry transition curve                                                                                                    q1 Rate of gain of radial acceleration for exit transition curve                                                                                                    q2

Answers required (give your answer to the nearest mm):

  1. What is the value of the point radius where the two transition curves meet?
  2. What is the distance between the horizontal intersection point where the two straight sections of road intersect, and the centre of the circle of which the point radius mentioned in part (a) above is a part?

[22 marks]

Week 3 – Assignment A & B & C

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Assignment A:

 

Prior to beginning this discussion, review section 7.4 Contingency Planning in your textbook. Strategic plans are focused on current and future company goals, therefore changes in the environment must be detected and monitored. Changes in the environment that impinge on the company’s strategic plan are known as external triggers and triggers are paired with plans to successfully deal with them. These paired actions are known as contingency plans. What qualities make a future issue a “trigger”?

As an example, consider you are on the strategic planning team for a soft drink company. A merger of two major competitors next year would constitute a future trigger. For this discussion, consider the Environmental Scan and SWOT analysis you conducted in Week 2. Formulate a trigger/contingency pair in the form of a three-part sentence similar to the example in the textbook. Examine it in terms of the three guidelines that good contingency plans should follow.

Post a summary of your selected company and risks that you perceive based on your prior Environmental Scan and SWOT analysis. State the three-sentence trigger/contingency pair and justify your choice of contingency plan using information from the week’s readings and/or other scholarly or credible resources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. document for guidance..

(NOTE: Incorporate the feedback you receive from your instructor and save your work. It will be part of your Strategic Plan Final Project for this course).

Assignment B:
Please review Chapter 4’s section concerning Porter’s 5 Forces, read the Forbesarticle Porter or Mintzberg: Whose View of Strategy Is the Most Relevant Today? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Moore, 2011) and view the required You Tube video Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., regarding Porter’s five forces. In the video, Mr. Porter discusses how Porter’s Five Forces Analysis is an important tool for assessing the potential for profitability in an industry. As an example, Mr. Porter applied these five forces to the airline industry. Think of another industry where profitability is low. In an initial post of at least 250 words, apply the five forces to your chosen industry and demonstrate how those forces can lower profitability.

Assignment C:

 

Mission Statements

Prior to completing this assignment, review Chapter 2, section 2.1 in your Constellation textbook and read the article Answer 4 Questions to Get a Great Mission Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Hull, 2013), being sure to review this Fortune 500 Mission Statements (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Now, turning to the company you selected, research and find the company’s mission statement. Then,

  • State how the mission statement provides guidance for the company’s organizational activities.
  • Evaluate the company’s mission statement per each of the four questions posed in the Hull article as well as your assigned readings for the week.
  • Rate the company according to the 5 star rating system used in the Fortune 500 list, stating how many stars would you rate the mission statement. Explain your rationale.
  • Rewrite the mission statement so that it better addresses the four questions and forms a complete mission statement.

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The literature review in a dissertation serves to illuminate the research gap and thereby justify the necessity of the study and the proposed study methodology. Though this purpose remains consistent across all methodologies, the structure of the literature review section of a qualitative dissertation often differs slightly from that of a quantitative dissertation. For example, literature reviews in quantitative dissertations are dominantly constructed around the variables while those in qualitative dissertations can be constructed in many ways. In this assignment, you will contrast the structures of a qualitative and a quantitative literature review and consider a rationale for those differences.

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Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

  • DBA learners ONLY: Review the Gorveunder (qualitative) dissertation.
  • This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
  • APA style is required for this assignment.

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Write a paper (500-750 words) in which you contrast the structures of the qualitative dissertation specific to your discipline with the structures of the quantitative dissertation referenced above and provide a rationale for the differences. Include the following in your paper:

  1. A clear description of the primary differences between the structures of the literature reviews.
  2. A rationale for the observed differences. What factors contributed to the differences the structures of these literature reviews?

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Apply: Customer Service Support Proposal

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Purpose of AssignmentIn this assignment, you to develop your skills using Microsoft® Word to address a business case.Assignment StepsResources:Microsoft® Office Help and TrainingOther tutorials available onlineRead the following scenario:You have been asked to write a business proposal for a client in the hope of setting up a 3-year customer service contract in support of a new application they are launching this month. Support services will include technical problem solving and answering questions on the use of the application.Write a minimum 1,050-word research summary using Microsoft® Word in which you communicate the details of your business proposal to the project team. Include the following components in your research summary:A Microsoft® Word business template of your choiceA description of the client’s needs includingHours of operationNumber of calls that will need to be takenReporting needsProposed solution to client’s needsPricingTime of support operationAdvantages of using your serviceWhat support avenues you will provide (live chat, phone, web)Research through citations and references using the Word reference tool to insert them into the paperAn inserted image supporting your recommendationA built-in style appropriate for a business documentA bulleted or numbered listA proofing review using Spelling & Grammar checkSubmit your final summary in the following file formats: DOCX, PDF, HTML, and TXT file. This will acquaint you with differences between file formats and why these different file formats may be useful.Cite a minimum of three references.Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

This is for religious studies class. I do NOT have the book. Discuss your reading of Religion as We Know It: An origin story, Jack Miles, W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (November 12, 2019) 978-1324002789. Pay special attention to the historical theories relevant to the development of the discipline. What raw data, definitions, theories, and methodologies strike you? What did you learn as a result of reading this book?

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This is for religious studies class. I do NOT have the book. Discuss your reading of Religion as We Know It: An origin story, Jack Miles, W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (November 12, 2019) 978-1324002789. Pay special attention to the historical theories relevant to the development of the discipline. What raw data, definitions, theories, and methodologies strike you? What did you learn as a result of reading this book?