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Question 1 of 2 – Final Exam (worth 100 points)

(1) Compare the role and powers of the Office of Management and Budget to the Congressional Budget Office.

Provide a fully developed essay of at least 500 words, and cite sources used.  Please upload your response to each question using a Word document.

 

Question 2 of 2 – Final Exam (worth 100 points)

(2) What can an average American citizen do to influence the federal policymaking process? Please cite examples.

Provide a fully developed essay of at least 500 words, and cite sources used.  Please upload your response to each question using a Word document.

 

Question 1 of 2 – Midterm Exam (worth 100 points)

(1) Discuss the role of the president when setting American foreign policy.  What checks does Congress have on the president in this role?

Provide a fully developed essay of at least 500 words, and cite sources used.  Please upload your response to each question using a Word document.

 

Question 2 of 2 – Midterm Exam (worth 100 points)

(2) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Electoral College.

Provide a fully developed essay of at least 500 words, and cite sources used.  Please upload your response to each question using a Word document.

 

 

*****This is a requirement in order to allow Turnitin to check all submissions.  Please attached a word document for each essay.

Review the assigned company’s financial statements from the past three years.

 

Calculate the financial ratios for the assigned company’s financial statements, and then interpret those results against company historical data as well as industry benchmarks:

 

• Compare the financial ratios with each of the preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014 with 2013; 2013 with 2012; and 2012 with 2011).
• Compare the calculated financial ratios against the industry benchmarks for the industry of your assigned company.

 

Write a 500 to 750 word summary of your analysis.

 

Show financial calculations where appropriate.

Select a different race and/or ethnicity for each of the topics or activities you select so that at the conclusion of this class, you will have an opportunity to study and understand at least five different races or ethnicities, their practices and their communication behaviors.

After reading the case, “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings”, write an essay that includes the following elements:

 

1.     A formal introduction.

 

2.     Discussion of the five generalizations from the findings in this study relating to managing earnings.Please Note: Do not simply restate the generalizations. You are being asked to discuss each in the context of professional experiences or examples given in the case itself.

 

3.     Discussion of management’s ability to manage earnings in the long-term given the operational manipulations discussed in the case.

 

Your submitted paper should be at 2-3 pages. Include an introduction, body and conclusion. Following APA style, and properly referenced.

ANSWER

What factors are considered in calculation of unemployment rates? Why?

ANSWER

What factors are considered in calculation of the CPI? Explain your answer.

After reading the case, “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings”, write an essay that includes the following elements:

 

1.     A formal introduction.

 

2.     Discussion of the five generalizations from the findings in this study relating to managing earnings.Please Note: Do not simply restate the generalizations. You are being asked to discuss each in the context of professional experiences or examples given in the case itself.

 

3.     Discussion of management’s ability to manage earnings in the long-term given the operational manipulations discussed in the case.

 

Your submitted paper should be at 2-3 pages. Include an introduction, body and conclusion. Following APA style, and properly referenced.

Narrow†the†Questions

1. Look over all your questions. See if any questions are repetitive and can be put

together into one question. Next, pick out your FIVE TOP questions, the ones that are

most important or interesting to you for some reason.

2. Write a paragraph for each of your five top questions about WHY that question is

important to you. I won’t grade on whether I agree with you, I will grade on whether I

understand what you are saying and whether your writing communicates that you

have carefully considered your values and interests. So, spend the time to think and

write clearly. Also, be†sure†that†your†question†is†scrutable†and†worthy†of†a

research†project. That is, they should be questions that can be investigated. [[NOT:

“Why would the creator have done this?” or “What is the Latin name for ‘tomato’?”]]

3. Identify your ONE TOP question, the one that is most interesting or important to you,

that you would like to investigate further.

 

 

 

Submit a business case proposal, which is a summary of your selected business case for the course project. The business case proposal will be submitted as a Word document and in paragraph form. This business case proposal provides your instructor insight into the project you are selecting and allows for instructor feedback and guidance in terms of the scope of the business case for the purpose of this course.

The first milestone of the course project is an introduction. The sections to include as part of the introduction are:

• Background – This section provides information about the system, processes, and other aspects of the system such that the reader can understand the business problem in the context of the system.
• Problem Statement – This section should clearly state the problem to be solved, why it is a problem, and how it impacts the system.
• Audience – This section should discuss your communication plan, identify the different audience types in the project, and what type of information is communicated to each audience type.

Note that the course project intent is to introduce students to an entire systems analyst process. Each milestone is fairly significant in size if performing an actual project. For the intended learning and exposure to the course project topics, please know that assumptions will have to be made and that any such assumptions should be documented.

Question# 1

Locate and evaluate a periodical or newspaper article in print or online (e.g,, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Time magazine, The Economist, Forbes) that details an economic issue on the local, state, or federal level. Make sure that the

 

article is dated no longer than six months ago and the article is relevant to a topic covered in the course.

 

 

 

Upon reading the appropriate article, write a 1000-1500 word analysis, making sure to clearly answer and include the

 

 

 

following:

 

 

 

 

 Write a summary of the article in your own words with limited quotes or paraphrasing. All quotes and

 

 

 

 

 

 

paraphrasing must have proper APA citations.

 

 

 

 

 Discuss changes that you would make to your local, state, or national budget based on the economic issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

addressed in this article.

 

 

 

 

 If you feel no changes are necessary, explain how the current budget influences the circumstances in the article.

 

 Include your views (pro/con) on a possible amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget.

 

 Identify and analyze an historical event comparable to your article’s economic issue and how that incident

 

 

 

 

 

 

impacted the daily life (work, home, and recreation) of the time.

 

 

 

 

 Once you have evaluated the impact of this issue, discuss how the economic issue in your chosen article applies

 

 

 

 

 

 

to your own daily life (work, home and recreation).

 

 

 

Your paper should be written using proper APA format. You should also have proper APA formatted in-text citations and ending references.

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION#2

 

Unit V Article Critique

 

Access the CSU Online Library. Within the database “Academic OneFile,” locate and read the following articles:

 

 Gregg, G. L. (2011). “Unpopular vote: Enemies of the Electoral College aim to scrap the Founders’ design.” The

 

 

 

American Conservative 10 (12), 33+.

 

 

 

 Underhill, W. (2012). Changing up the Electoral College? State Legislatures, 38(1), 9.

 

PS 1010, American Government 3

 

Upon reading the two articles, write a response essay of at least 500 words. Your essay should address the Electoral

 

College as it currently functions, as well as the proposed changes discussed in the two articles. Are you in support of the

 

current Electoral College? Do you agree or disagree with the proposed changes? Is it right for states to circumvent the

 

Constitution on this matter? Your essay should be well thought out and include direct references to the articles. Limited

 

direct quotes are permitted. All references (paraphrased or quoted) should be correctly cited using APA format.

You are a finance employee at a financial institution, specializing in originating auto loans in a country where auto loans have only been available for 2 years. Your group has just been informed that a close competitor has securitized $150 million in auto loans through an investment bank.

• Your boss wants to understand why the competitor did this. Explain.
• He also wants to understand the potential benefits for the following:
  • the issuer
  • the investors buying the ABS
  • the individual borrowers seeking auto loans
• He also wants to know the likely impact to the auto loan market in this country if a large, liquid ABS market emerges over the next few years.
• Must be APA format
• Must be 2-3 pages
• No questionable references such as wikipida