Week 2 Summer 2013 Name: Answer key Date: SFU ID: Section: 1. Explain how three economic concepts are illustrated by the production possibility boundary. Scarcity: The production possibilities boundary (PPB) separates attainable combinations of goods from those that are unattainable. Thus scarcity is
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Chapter 1. 6. Many drug safety research studies are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies that would financially benefit if the results of the study are favorable. Is this an example of a potential confounding factor? If the sample to test is selected to favor the results of the drug company‚ it would be categorized as a confounding factor‚ but if instead the drug company is sponsoring a serious study where the sample is selected randomly and divided in treatment and control groups‚ the experiment
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1 1. Summarise the main development of a child from the age ranges: • 0-2 years • 3-5 years • 5-8 years Development refers to the process of learning new skills and abilities‚ and acquiring emotional maturity. All development changes are the result of both genetic and environmental factors. Genetic factors and diet are in the main responsible for growth‚ whereas environmental factors such as quality of the diet and disease are responsible for the emotional growth. ‘Child development’ is
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Question 1 Who developed the racial and income segregation model that we covered in section 2? Answer for Question 1 You entered: Your Answer | | Score | Explanation | Thomas Schelling | ✔ | 1.00 | | Total | | 1.00 / 1.00 | | Question Explanation Thomas Schelling developed the segregation model from section 2. [See 2.2‚ "Schelling’s Segregation Model" Question 2 Note: this question is somewhat difficult. You may need to follow along with video lecture 2.3 as you solve. Recall
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1. 1. If you were Iris‚ how would you reply to Gloria’s question? If I were Iris I would thank Gloria for her efforts in pre-screening applicants‚ and inform her that from now on I would be taking over the screening process. Gloria is simply not aware of what Iris is looking for in an applicant. Gloria does not understand Information Security certifications or why they are important. To avoid this situation in the future I would take the time to educate Gloria on the various IS certifications
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constant if output (or sales) varies. Here‚ the leasing costs of aircraft and the ground service costs are both fixed cost‚ since no matter how many flights you run per week‚ both leasing costs and ground service costs stay fixed in the short term. b. (1) The total number of tourist flights and business flights offered per week is 120. Weekday # of flight/per day one way/roundtrip # of operating days/per wk # of flights/per wk business 5 2 5 50 tourist 3 2 5 30 Weekend # of flight/per day one way/roundtrip
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European facility. The facility in North America will provide to the following market: 10 million units per year to the North American market‚ 3 million units per year to the non-European market in Europe‚ 2 million units per year to the market in Japan‚ 1 million units per year to the African market‚ and 2 million units per year to the markets in rest of Asia and Australia. There will be 2 million units unused capacity at the North American facility each year. Finally‚ the South American facility will
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and RSPCA. Procedure In order to find the information‚ I used the following methods: Internet – http://www.google.co.uk The organization Website – www.sainsburys.co.uk and http://www.RSPCA.co.uk BND Business Book – BTEC National Business Book 1 Findings The type of ownership is Sainsbury’s are public limited company (plc) – has its shares bought and sold on the stock exchange. left1079500The key stakeholders for Sainsbury’s are; Customers – they want a company to produce high quality‚
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Biology Cell theory: The basic unit of structure and function of all living organisms is the cell. Virchow’s theory: All cell arise from pre-existing cells by cell division. | Animal cells | Plant cells | Plasma membrane | Yes | Yes | Nucleus | Yes | Yes | Cytoplasm | Yes | Yes | Mitochondria | Yes | Yes | Golgi apparatus | Yes | Yes | Centriole | Yes | No | Cell wall (joined to other cells by plasmodesma) | No | Yes | Large central vacuole | No | Yes | Chloroplasts
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perform the same functions as existing PCs but costs only half as much to manufacture. Several patents protect the unique design of this computer. My CEO has asked me to formulate a recommendation for how to expand into Western Europe. My options are (1) to export from the US‚ (2) to license a European firm to manufacture and market the computer in Europe There are pros to exporting out of the U.S. If my company is solely based out of the U.S it is easy for me to have eyes and hands on abilities
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