...Final Exam Review Outline The final exam will be cumulative, though with more emphasis on the post-midterm material. Below is a list of topics covered by the exam. Pre-midterm 1. Prove basic properties of the integers using only the axioms. 2. Find the negation, converse, and contrapositive of a statement. 3. Use the following techniques of proof: proof by contradiction proof by contrapositive proof by induction or strong induction 4. Prove an “if and only if” statement. Prove two sets are equal. 6. State and use the definitions of union, intersection and complements of sets Cartesian product of two sets equivalence relation equivalence class 7. Binomial Theorem definition of binomial coefficients Binomial Theorem (Thm 4.21) Post-midterm (Note: theorems and propositions listed are useful statements that you may quote and use in your proofs. You must quote the statement, NOT the number of the theorem or proposition!) 1. Number Theory Division Algorithm (Thm 6.13) greatest common divisors Euclid’s Lemma (Prop 6.31) Unique factorization theorem (Thm 6.32) Integers mod n 2. Real numbers upper and lower bounds supremum (least upper bound) and infimum (greatest lower bound) Completeness Axiom 3. Limits Absolute values as distances, the triangle inequality (Prop 10.10) definition of convergence to a limit (be able to state the definition...
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...Review for Exam 1 Chapters 1-4 Chapter 1 |1. |An information system can be defined as: | |A) |An organized combination of people, hardware, software, communications networks, and database resources. | |B) |As a system that collects, transforms, and disseminates information in an organization. | |C) |Is composed of hardware, software, networks, and data resources. | |D) |All of the above would apply to the definition of an information system. | | |Ans: D | |2. |In the internetworked E-business enterprise, an extranet refers to: | |A) |A network inside the enterprise. | |B) |A network between an enterprise and its trading partners. | |C) |A local area network within the enterprise. | |D) |A wide area network within the enterprise. ...
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...Review Exam 2 1. Planet X has a radius 3 times larger than the earth’s radius. How does this planet’s volume compare to Earth’s volume? a. The volume is 3 times larger than the Earth’s radius. b. The volume is 1/9 the Earth’s radius. c. The volume is 27 times the Earth’s Radius. d. The volume is 1/27 times the Earth’s radius. 2. The moons X and Y orbit 2 different planets. They have the same orbital velocity, but the distance of X from its planet is 2 times the distance of planet Y from its planet. Which planet has more Mass? PLANET X 3. The Earth’s average density is 5.5 kg/L. A planet discovered orbiting another star has an average density of 3.2 kg/L. What does this tell us about this planet? e. The planet must be farther from the star than Earth. f. The planet must have a smaller mass than the Earth, so the mass per Liter is less. g. The planet must be made of a higher proportion of gases and ices than the Earth. h. The planet must have a larger volume than the Earth making the density decrease because matter is more spread out. i. The planet must be terrestrial, with lots of rock and metal. 4. Galaxy Sand and Galaxy Witch are the same distance from Earth, but the angular diameter of Sand is 2X larger. How do the physical diameter’s compare? j. Sand is ½ the diameter of Witch. k. Sand is 2x the diameter of Witch. l. Sand is ¼ the diameter of Witch. m. It cannot be determined...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING SUMMARY A company that engages in global marketing focuses resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestle, Coca-Cola, and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements – the four Ps – to create global marketing programs. Marketing, R&D, manufacturing, and other activities comprise a firm’s value chain; firms configure activities to create superior customer value on a global basis. Global companies also maintain strategic focus while pursuing competitive advantage. The marketing mix, value chain, competitive advantage, and focus are universal in their applicability, irrespective of whether a company does business only in the home country or has a presence in many markets around the world. However, in a global industry, companies that fail to pursue global opportunities risk being pushed aside by competitors. A firm’s global marketing strategy (GMS) can enhance its worldwide performance. The GMS addresses several issues. First is nature of the marketing program in terms of the balance between a standardization (extension) approach to the marketing mix and a localization (adaptation) approach that is responsive to country or regional differences. Second is the concentration of marketing activities in a few countries or the dispersal of such activities across many countries. Companies that engage in global marketing can also engage in coordination of marketing activities. Finally...
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...CHAP 1 1. The process of choosing language or nonverbal behaviors to convey your message is known as: A) stimulating B) motivating C) encoding D) decoding Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 2. The process of determining exactly what a speaker's language or nonverbal behavior means is known as: A) feedback B) encoding C) monitoring D) decoding Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 3. When adults attempt to determine the meaning of a statement, they rely most heavily on the: A) all three codes about equally B) vocal and visual codes C) verbal and vocal codes D) visual and verbal codes Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 4. All of the following are considered part of the speech environment except: A) the time of day B) the number of people in the audience C) the topic D) the location Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 5. A listener's verbal, visual, and vocal responses to a speaker's message are known as: A) noise B) the listener's frame of reference C) the speaker's frame of reference D) feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 6. When you evaluate and modify your behavior until it meets your personal expectations, you are engaged in: A) feedback B) decoding C) self-monitoring D) encoding Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 7. According to Gallup Poll surveys cited in the text, which of the following were rated highest in ethical standards in 2006? A) insurance salespeople B) journalists C) stockbrokers D) nurses Points Earned:...
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...BLAW 2210 Term Paper Career Preparation My top two career choices are corporate financial analysis in investment banking and actuary. I will be discussing the legal environment of my career choices, taxing authorities, entity structure, graduate school in order to obtain certain license, self-assessment of my chosen careers. First, I will discuss how I can work as a corporate financial analysis in investment banking. After that, I will talk about what I need prepare to be an actuary. 1.corporate financial planning and analysis The responsibility of a corporate financial planing and analysis is to support management planning and decision making by identifying, maintaining, and evaluating information,as well as recommending actions. * Legal environment * Entity structure Investment banking is concerned with the primary function of assisting the capital market in its function of capital market intermediation, i.e. the movement of financial resources from those who have them means investors, to those who need to make use of them means issuer for generating profit. Therefore, it can be inferred that investment banks are those institutions that are the counterparts of banks in the capital market in the function of intermediation in resources allocation. Investment banks carried on carious activities it helps companies and governments and their agencies to raise money by issuing and selling securities in the primary market. They assist public and private corporations...
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...|Exam 1 Review Notes | AIS (This is not exhaustive – just a minimum for study) Study the end of chapter MC in the AIS. Study probs 1.4, 1.8, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 3.2, 3.6, 3.16(2,3,7,8,9), 5.3, 5.4, 5.8 Porter’s primary value chain activities Porter’s basic strategic positions Seven characteristics of useful information Five major transaction cycles The data processing cycle Budgeting Source data automation G/L, control accounts, subsidiary ledgers, General Journal Context diagram System flowchart Flowchart symbols Structured, semi-structured, unstructured decision making Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and symbols Database Management System (DBMS) and Relational DBMS Schemas and subschemas Database administrator Benefits of DBMS technology Batch processing Online real-time processing Primary key, foreign key, attributes, tuples Data warehouse Data Dictionary Data Definition Language (DDL) Data Manipulation Language (DML) Data Query Language (DQL) Update, Insertion, Delete Anomaly Entity integrity and Referential integrity The following questions are representative of the mc questions that will be on the exam. 1. Which of the following motivators would be a good indication of financial pressure that would contribute to employee fraud? a. a big change for the better in an employee's lifestyle b. an employee suddenly acquires lots of credit cards ...
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...• Robert Livingston • War of 1812- Military conflict between US and Britain following revolution about unresolved issues: trade restrictions, etc. • Tecumseh- Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy; opposed US in war of 1812. • John Quincy Adams- sixth president; whig. • Empire of Liberty- theme developed first by Thomas Jefferson to identify America's world responsibility to spread freedom across the globe. Jefferson saw America's mission in terms of setting an example, expansion into the west, and by intervention abroad. • Transportation Revolution- early 1800s, development of steamboats, canals, and railroads. Faster transport of people, products, and knowledge. • National Road- First major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government. Connection between the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and a gateway to the West for thousands of settlers. • Communication Revolution- Samuel Morse invented telegraph. • The Market Revolution- improvements in how goods were processed and fabricated as well as by a transformation of how labor was organized to process trade goods for consumption. • Porkopolis- Cincinnati was the country's chief hog packing center, and herds of pigs traveled the streets. • Labor theory of value- The value of a commodity is only related to the labor needed to produce or obtain that commodity and not to other factors of production • Second Party System- 2 party system • Democrats-...
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...Final Exam Review- Hitzig parts 1-3 1. Revenue Recognition: General: 25-1 The recognition of revenue and gains of an entity during a period involves consideration of the following two factors, with sometimes one and sometimes the other being the more important consideration: ← a. Being realized or realizable. Revenue and gains generally are not recognized until realized or realizable. Paragraph 83(a) of FASB Concepts Statement No. 5, Recognition and Measurement in Financial Statements of Business Enterprises , states that revenue and gains are realized when products (goods or services), merchandise, or other assets are exchanged for cash or claims to cash. That paragraph states that revenue and gains are realizable when related assets received or held are readily convertible to known amounts of cash or claims to cash. ← b. Being earned. Paragraph 83(b) of FASB Concepts Statement No. 5, Recognition and Measurement in Financial Statements of Business Enterprises , states that revenue is not recognized until earned. That paragraph states that an entity's revenue-earning activities involve delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or other activities that constitute its ongoing major or central operations, and revenues are considered to have been earned when the entity has substantially accomplished what it must do to be entitled to the benefits represented by the revenues. That paragraph states that gains commonly result from transactions and other events...
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...12345) Mid-Term Exam – Review Questions 1) All of these are pitfalls an organization should avoid in strategic planning EXCEPT (Ch. 1) Some pitfalls to watch for and avoid in strategic planning are these: Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources Doing strategic planning only to satisfy accreditation or regulatory requeriments Too hastily moving from mission development to strategy formulation Failing to communicate the plan to employees, who continue working in the dark Top managers making many intuitive decisions that conflict with the formal plan Top managers not actively supporting the strategic-planning process Failing to use plans as a standard for measuring performance Delegating planning to a “planner” rather than involving all managers Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning Failing to create a collaborative climate supportive of change Viewing planning as unnecessary or unimportant Becoming so engrossed in current problems that insufficient or no planning is done Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled 2) The strategic-management process represents a(n) logical , systematic , and objective approach for determining an enterprise's future direction. 3) Strategic Management is used to refer to strategic formulation, implementation and evaluation, with strategic planing referring only to strategic formulation. 4) Which statement best describes intuition...
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...Biology exam review 2.1 Kingdom King Phylum Philip Class Came Order Over Genus Germany Species South |Domain |Bacteria |Archea |Eukarya | |Kingdom |Eubacteria |Archeabacteria |Protista, Fungi, Plantae, | | | | |Animalia. | |# of cells |Prokaryote |Prokaryote |Eukaryote | |Cell structure |Cell walls made of peptidolglycan|Cell walls without peptidoglycan |Fungi-cell walls with chitin. | | |(coat of sugars) | |Protista-cell walls of cellulose | | | | |in some, and in others | | | | |chloroplasts. | | | | |Plantae-cell walls of cellulose, | | | | |chloroplasts ...
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...Finance Final Review: Part 1 of 3 Accounting 101 Financial statements The reason you need to understand how a financial statements works is because it summarizes the financial information of a firm (firm’s operating performance.) such as its assets, how the firm generates and uses cash (good to know if you are an investor, tells you if the firm is being stupid or not with their money) and changes to stockholder’s wealth. This is why publicly traded companies are required to file annual (yearly) reports that inform investors (you) about their operations and financial conditions. The type of financial statements that are important to financial analysis are the balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows. Balance Sheet The balance sheets shows a firm’s assets and the financing mix (liabilities and equity) use to obtain those assets. HINT: the financing mix is the cost of capital. Remember that hellish equation, ka = (wd)(kd)(1-t) + (wp)(kp) + (we)(ke). This is where the weighted (Wd, Wp, We) comes from. The accounting equation must hold true for the balance sheet: Assets = Liabilities + equity The balance sheet shows a snapshot of the firm’s status on a specific date Income Statement The income statement illustrate what revenues the firm collects, the expenses required to support revenues, and the firm’s profitability over a specified period of time. Income statement reflect performance over a period of time. This is where you can calculate the EPS...
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...University 01/2010 – Present Director Assistant, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai 06/2009 – 08/2009 • Designed 2010 Expo Guide for Canadians in Shanghai. • Coordinated events on Canada’s Day and assisted Administrative Director with related projects • Located and entered data into several databases; made phone calls, and ensured timely mail processing. • Assisted administrative team members with clerical function. Dining Service Associate, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities 09/2009 – 12/2009 • Maintained inventory of standard dining service supplies and assists manager coordinate attendants. Member, Actuarial Club in University of Minnesota – Twin Cities 01/2009 – 12/2009 • Arranged the preparation of Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) exam Volunteer, Students Today Leaders Forever 03/2009 – 12/2009 • Assisted the donation of food to Minnesotans at risk of hunger. Volunteer, in school for the Mute and the Deaf in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province 2006 – 2009 • Taught disabled students Mandarin. Policy-analyst, Model United Nation in Shanghai K.J. Senior High School 2006 – 2008 • Analyzed UN policies for Model UN conferences HONORS/ AWARDS Honor Program, Awarded by Associate Dean of University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Global Excellent Scholarship, Awarded by University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Dean's List, Awarded by University of Minnesota – Twin Cities st th 1 prize, World 20 Odyssey of Mind Competition in China Area 09/2008 – 12/2009 09/2008 – 12/2009 Fall 2008, Fall 2009...
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...NT1310 Physical Networking Final Exam Study Guide 1. What are some tools needed to install twisted pair cable connectors? | Wire strippers, cable Testers, Crimpers | 2. What is a fiber optical Microscope used for? | Finding Dirty, cracked or scratched connectors | 3. What is not the cause of crosstalk issues? | Short | 4. What information is not needed in a request for proposal? | Where the material was purchased | 5. What is important during vendor selection phase after creating RFP? | 1.Selecting a vendor who balance between cost and performance 2. Proven expertise in projects of similar scope, size, and complexity3. Conformance with all appropriate codes, articles, and regulations. D.)All the above | 6. What is refraction? | The bending of light as it passes from one material into another | 7. What was the first full scale commercial app of fiber-optic communication? | AT&T & GTE’s phone systems (1977) | 8. How are optic fiber and copper different? | Optical Fiber cannot send binary dataCopper cannot send binary dataCopper cannot be used for communication Answer: None of the Above | 9. How is digital data transmission superior to analog data transmission? | - Digital transmission is not effect by noise nor attenuation c) All the above | 10. Which is not part of typical optical fiber? | Copper | 11. Optical Fiber has a high tensile strength because | It resists stretching | 12. Which of the following are methods commonly used...
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...AD CAMP: - Quiz One Review! The Only constant is change! Some changes are: * Technology * Agency Structure (media channel; ad skipping/ clutter; target) * Client Demands * Consumer Control Advertising Campaign: - A series of connected, but different, actions designed to bring about a result. * Series – multiple actions; one exposure is not enough; need repetition; build on previous exposures * Connected – Related/ part of a family; continuity * Different – variation * A result – single goal Ways to achieve CONTINUITY: Same Physical | Same Psychological | Slogan/ tagline | Theme | Spokesperson (Maxwell Pig) | Tone | Trade Character | Attitude | Music | | Type Face | | Layout Style | | Colors | | How to achieve variation (DIFFERENCE) * Different media * Different benefits * Different characters/ actors * Different Settings Elements of effective Campaign Strategy Market Research (Industry; competitors; product; consumer) Problem/Opp. Identification Target I.D. Objectives Budget Creative Strategy Advertising Media Strategy Promo SITUATION ANALYSIS OBECTIVE STRATEGY EXECUTION: The Ads Why a written plan and NOT Verbal? 1. Encourages logical thinking 2. Offers a factual basis for decision making 3. Provides a complete guide for everyone working on account; it is a proposal before approval Guide during implementation phase ...
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