Question 9 (8% total) Jules Company is considering making an investment in a new project.  Jules’ discount rate is 8%.  Details on the project are provided below.  Please calculate the project’s Simple payback period Discounted payback period The project is a 5-year project that involves an upfront investment of $30,000, and initial working capital of $10,000.  Existing equipment will be replaced with upgraded versions and sold for $2,000.  The upgraded equipment will be sold after year 5 for $5,000.  The project is expected to improve Jules’ gross margin by $9,500 in year 1, improving by 5% each year thereafter.  The working capital will be returned at project conclusion. 

Bonus questions (Save for last): B1) Coolidge Co. enters into an agreement with their competitor, the only other service provider in the area, to charge customers no less than $200/month.  This is an example of: Price gouging Predatory pricing Price discrimination Price fixing     B2) Hostile Hare craft brewers sell their exclusive, small batch, Quadruple IPA beer marketed to “discerning customers” at $15 per can.  Hostile Hare is probably a: Price maker Price taker Commodity seller Price fixer     B3) If the required rate of return on an investment is above the internal rate of return, then we also know that the net present value of the investment is: Positive Negative Zero Can’t tell from the information provided.   B4) The relationship between simple payback period and discounted payback period is: Simple payback period is the same as discounted payback period Discounted payback period is greater than simple payback period Simple payback period is greater than discounted payback period There is no discernible relationship between simple payback period and discounted payback period

As discussed in this week’s Promeds, which of the following is NOT a biological cause of disease?

III: Short Answer: This part of the exam consists of seven (7) short answer questions. Students will choose five (5) to respond to in complete sentences, answering the question completely. For full credit, you must discuss examples not discussed in the slide id section of this exam. Each response is worth six (6) points for a total of 30 points. How does Sigmund Freud relate to Surrealism? Describe a work of surrealist art that incorporates some aspect of Freud’s ideas.

III: Short Answer: This part of the exam consists of seven (7) short answer questions. Students will choose five (5) to respond to in complete sentences, answering the question completely. For full credit, you must discuss examples not discussed in the slide id section of this exam. Each response is worth six (6) points for a total of 30 points. Abstraction became central to art in the twentieth century. Discuss how and why artists sought abstract forms in favor of mimetic, figural forms in their art. What was the appeal of abstraction and did this appeal and understanding of abstraction differ between the various proponents of abstraction?

III: Short Answer: This part of the exam consists of seven (7) short answer questions. Students will choose five (5) to respond to in complete sentences, answering the question completely. For full credit, you must discuss examples not discussed in the slide id section of this exam. Each response is worth six (6) points for a total of 30 points. What was the Harlem Renaissance? What propelled the Harlem Renaissance and what did thinkers and writers associated with it promote? What kinds of imagery are preferred by authors and artists associated with this movement? Describe at least one work that supports your answer.

III: Short Answer: This part of the exam consists of seven (7) short answer questions. Students will choose five (5) to respond to in complete sentences, answering the question completely. For full credit, you must discuss examples not discussed in the slide id section of this exam. Each response is worth six (6) points for a total of 30 points. What is ‘International Style’? Where and when did it originate? What elements unite this style? How does Frank Lloyd Wright’s work differ from that of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier?

Immunization has been a highly successful public health strategy but has not been applied to all pathogens. Which of the following diseases are NOT vaccine-preventable?

A primary purpose for the use of stains in microscopy is to increase the _____ of a specimen.

Where in the host cell do most DNA animal viruses replicate their genome?