...Appendix B Use Table FA–1 (in Exhibit B-2) and Table FA–2 (in Exhibit B-4) | a. | To determine the future amount of $20,000 is invested for 10 years, at 6 percent interest, compounded annually. (Round your FV factor to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) | Future value | $ | b. | To determine the future amount of $100,000 is to be received five years from today, at 10 percent annual interest. (Round your FV factor to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) | Future value | $ | c. | To determine the future amount of $10,000 is invested in a fund at the end of each of the next 10 years, at 8 percent interest, compounded annually. (Round your FV factor to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) | Future value | $ | d. | To determine the future amount of $50,000 is invested initially, plus $5,000 is invested annually at the end of each of the next three years, at 12 percent interest, compounded annually. (Round your FV factor to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) | Future value | $ | Explanation: a. | $20,000 × 1.791 (from Table FA-1) = $35,820 future value | b. | $100,000 (An amount to be received in the future is already at future value.) | c. | 10...
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...Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Stereotypes Unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences into account Prejudice A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority Labeling theory The act of the majority negatively labeling the minority and influencing them to adhere to the label Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype 3 Gender Women belong in the kitchen Women can’t drive All men love sports Race Blacks are criminals Blacks like living on welfare All Asians are smart Ethnicity Mexicans only come to the U.S. to work on farms Germans hate Jews French people are all snooty Part III Answer each question in 100 to 150 words related to those stereotypes: • What are the positive aspects of the stereotypes, if any? I can’t really think of too many positive aspects, but one positive aspect of stereotypes is that some people listen more and trust what Asians say rather than someone of a different race because they believe that all Asians are smart. Using this knowledge, the media could use Asian people (and men specifically because of the stereotype that they are smarter than women) to get news out about...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix B Applications of Wireless Technologies Each of the following images depicts a real-life scenario in which a wireless technology is being used. Review the five images below and follow the corresponding instructions. Scenario 1 [pic] 1. Identify the wireless technology being used in this scenario. Wi-Fi 2. Explain why this technology is appropriate for this scenario. The network from each building are communicating with each other through Wi-Fi 3. Specify the standard transmission distance and transfer speed for the wireless technology you identified. Transmission distance is about 10 miles and transfer speed 2.4GHz 4. Use the Internet to research one to two applications of the identified wireless technology. List each application found. Reference the websites you used to locate this information. Wireless routers Scenario 2 [pic] 1. Identify the wireless technology being used in this scenario. Bluetooth 2. Explain why this technology is appropriate for this scenario. WPAN is used for devices to communicate between other devices within a close range. 3. Specify the standard transmission distance and transfer speed for the wireless technology you identified. Transmission distance is within some ones personal space. Transfer speed is about 3Mps 4. Use the Internet to research one to two applications of the identified wireless technology. List each application found. Reference...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix B For this assignment you will share information with patients about a specific type of cancer by creating a flyer, brochure, or report. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option 1: Families With Children Option 2: Young Adults Option 3: Middle-Aged Adults Option 4: Older Adults Option 1: Families With Children Your goal is to educate families with children about a cancer that affects children. Although focused, this group may contain a wide range of individuals who vary in age, reading level, and socioeconomic status. Be mindful of unique characteristics associated with the affected population. Be creative in your layout while maintaining a professional appearance. • Resources: American Cancer Society website (http://www.cancer.org) and the National Cancer Institute website (http://www.cancer.gov) • Choose one type of cancer that affects children. Share information about this cancer with children and their families. • Create a flyer, brochure, or report to present the information in 350 to 500 words. • Organize the information into five sections: o Causes and risk factors, including environmental risks o Prevention and detection o How the cancer affects the body o Treatment options o Name and contact information of at least one support group • Include at least one image (picture or diagram) that supports any of the details you present in the...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes |Stereotypes are unreliable generalizations about all | | |Members of a group that do not take individual differences into account. Numerous | | |scientific studies have been made of these exaggerated images | |Prejudice |a negative attitude toward an entire | | |category of people, such as a racial or | | |ethnic minority | |Labeling theory |a sociological approach introduced | | |by Howard Becker that attempts to | | |explain why certain people are viewed | | |as deviants and others engaging in the ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms (please cite your source for each definition per APA formatting requirements): Term Definition Stereotypes Definition:(1) “is a belief that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. However, this is only a fundamental psychological definition of a stereotype. Within and across different psychology disciplines, there are different concepts and theories of stereotyping that provide their own expanded definition. Some of these definitions share commonalities, though each one may also harbor unique aspects that may complement or contradict the others.” Source: (1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype Prejudice Definition: (2)”is most often used to refer to preconceived judgments toward people or a person because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, nationality or other personal characteristics. It can also refer to unfounded beliefs and may include "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence." Gordon All port defined prejudice as a "feeling, favorable or unfavorable, toward a person or thing, prior to, or not based on, actual experience." Source: (2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype Labeling theory Definition: (3) “Labeling theory holds that deviance is not inherent to an act, but instead focuses...
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...Axia College Material Appendix B Personal Financial Planning Worksheet Directions: Based on your readings and discussions in class this week, answer the following questions completely. 1. The process of creating a detailed plan to meet your financial needs and prepare for the future is called: a. Developing goals. b. Personal financial planning. c. Collecting financial information. d. Personal finance. 2. Which of the following is not one of the five major steps of the financial planning process? a. Analyze your current finances. b. Establish and implement your plan. c. Collect and organize your financial information. d. Reevaluate and revise your plan as needed. 3. Which phase in life is commonly associated with focus on marriage, family, purchasing a home, and career development? a. Teenage years b. Between your 50s and 60s c. Late 20s through your 40s d. During retirement 4. Which of the following are some benefits of having a college degree that can affect your financial planning? a. The potential to make a higher salary b. Jobs with retirement plans and benefits c. The ability to receive promotions and wage increases d. All of the above 5. Which of the follows elements of a comprehensive financial plan discuss analyzing future needs, such as saving for retirement or college funding for dependants? a. Building wealth b. Securing basic needs c. Establishing a firm foundation d. Protecting wealth and dependants 6. People...
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...College Material Appendix B Personal Financial Planning Worksheet Directions: Based on your readings and discussions in class this week, answer the following questions completely. 1. The process of creating a detailed plan to meet your financial needs and prepare for the future is called: a. Developing goals. b. Personal financial planning. c. Collecting financial information. d. Personal finance. 2. Which of the following is not one of the five major steps of the financial planning process? a. Analyze your current finances. b. Establish and implement your plan. c. Collect and organize your financial information. d. Reevaluate and revise your plan as needed. 3. Which phase in life is commonly associated with focus on marriage, family, purchasing a home, and career development? a. Teenage years b. Between your 50s and 60s c. Late 20s through your 40s d. During retirement 4. Which of the following are some benefits of having a college degree that can affect your financial planning? a. The potential to make a higher salary b. Jobs with retirement plans and benefits c. The ability to receive promotions and wage increases d. All of the above 5. Which of the follows elements of a comprehensive financial plan discuss analyzing future needs, such as saving for retirement or college funding for dependants? a. Building wealth b. Securing basic needs ...
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...Axia College Material Appendix B Picture the Supply Chain Complete the chart below by outlining the digital content supply chain at Warner Bros. Entertainment. |Upstream Component |Internal Component |Downstream Component | |(sourcing/procurement) |(packing/assembly |(distribution) | | |manufacturing) | | | | | | |The main supplier that is used by Warner |The packing and manufacturing all take |The downstream consist of almost external | |Bros. is Hewlett-Packard. |place in the same place. |means for distribution. | | | | | |The hardware, services, and software is a |Due to the digital media trends of |HDTV’s and things such as DVD’s broadband | |complete package that is given to Warner |customers Warner Bros. switched to digital |communication where created to transition | |Bros. through HP. |end to end business. |Warner into digital distribution...
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...Axia College Material Appendix B Ethical Theories Chart Complete the chart below using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary. |Ethical Theory |Utilitarianism |Deontological |Virtue ethics | |Definition | | | | | |Moral decisions require taking full|Somebody who concentrates on |A concentration on virtue ethics, | | |advantage of the benefits as well |carrying out what is “right” |or honesty, deal mainly with an | | |as minimizing the damage to |consistent with their own ethics as|individual’s character, | | |society. (Trevino & Nelson, 2007) |well as ideals. (Trevino & Nelson, |inspirations, as well as | | | |2007) |objectives, in place of results or | | | | |regulations, as their crucial | | | | |factor of moral philosophy. | | ...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix B Price Elasticity and Supply & Demand Fill in the matrix below and describe how changes in price or quantity of the goods and services affect either supply or demand and the equilibrium price. Use the graphs from your book and the Tomlinson video tutorials as a tool to help you answer questions about the changes in price and quantity Event | Market affected by event | Shift in supply, demand, or both. Explain your answer. | Change in equilibrium | Frozen orange crops in California | Orange juice | Supply (left)—Not as many available oranges to offer consumers. | Price will increase and quantity will decrease. | Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast | Tourism | Demand (Left ) - Due to the hurricanes people may not want to take the risk to visit | Price and quantity will decrease | Cost of cotton decreases | Fabric | Supply (Right) – production of goods that use cotton will have a decrease in cost | Price decreases and quantity increases | Technology improves efficiency in pasta manufacturing | Pasta | Supply (Right) – Due to efficiency of production supply increases | Supply increases as well as quantity | * 1. What do substitutes refer to in economics? Give an example of two substitutes. A substitute good is a good that a consumer can buy instead of another that might be more expensive. For an example Kraft macaroni and cheese is cheaper then Velveeta shells and cheese, but best bet that as soon as Velveeta is on...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes |Stereotypes are unreliable, over generalizations about all members of a certain group that do not | | |take people’s individual differences into account. In other words, people judge a whole group of | | |people based upon a few bad people that are part of that group. | |Prejudice |Prejudice is a negative attitude towards a whole group of people. In other words, If someone does | | |not like a person based upon their skin color then they are prejudice to them because they are a | | |different color. | |Labeling theory |*I could not find a definition for labeling theory.* | Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes |Unreliable exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual | | |differences into accounts | |Prejudice |A negative attitude toward an entire category of people such as a racial or ethnic minority. | |Labeling theory |A theory that occurs by grouping people and societies in which doesn’t give others a chance to get | | |a perception of their own | Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |Black people are still slaves |All white people are rednecks or|All Hispanic people are not | | |and only eat chicken and |prejudice. ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes |Stereotypes are qualities assigned to groups of people related to their race, nationality or sexual | | |orientation. | |Prejudice |An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts | |Labeling theory |Deviance is not inherent to an act, but instead focuses on the tendency of majorities to negatively | | |label minorities or those seen as deviant from standard cultural norms. | Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |Indians are terrorist |Mexicans are all illegal |Black people are ghetto | | | |immigrants. ...
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...Appendix B Roles and Behaviors Description of Company A landscaping business has been needed in our town for a long time. Lawn care, landscaping, tree removal, etc. are time-consuming tasks. Certain tools and machines are necessary to complete these tasks, and they are provided by the company. The company does not employ many at this time but plans to in the future. The staff is friendly and courteous and takes pride in the services they provide to customers. Roles and Behaviors Entrepreneurs The entrepreneur is the owner but will not be part of the staff. The entrepreneur has seized upon organizational opportunities in this area. The community has been without a landscaping service for 15 years and in that time, more profitable ways to operate a business have evolved. The entrepreneur is ready to create a service that customers want to use that is also profitable. Managers The managers have been carefully selected by the owner as the responsible parties in the company. Managers are responsible for the business’ success or failure. The organization of the company will reflect the managers’ level of skill because they are responsible for the company’s organization as well. Planning, leading, and controlling are also roles and behaviors managers possess. Employees Employees are effective and efficient, honest, and courteous. Employees behave in the same manner they would when a manager is present, when one is not present. Personal...
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