You are trying to evaluate the stand-alone risk characteristics of ABC Corp. Over the past four years, ABC stock has returned -15.7%, 28.7%, 19.6%, and 4.1%, respectively, on an annual basis.  What is ABC’s expected return? (Answer in percentage terms and round answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations) [ER] What is the standard deviation on ABC stock? (Answer in percentage terms and round answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations) [SD]

Which one of the following is the positively sloped linear function that is created when expected returns are graphed against security betas? 

Which one of the following best illustrates erosion as it relates to a hot dog stand located on the beach? 

Find the exact value of the given expression. No approximations! Show your work! 

Find the exact value of each expression. Show your work! DO NOT use a calculator. a)

Again, remember that your webcam must be pointed so that BOTH your hands and your desktop AND your face can be clearly seen for the entire duration of the test.  This quiz is closed book. The use of any resources including devices, websites, notes, or another person is a violation of academic integrity.  Failure to follow the rules of this test will result in a ZERO on the quiz.

Barbara arrived home from work in a very bad mood. Her husband James asked her why she seems so angry and upset. Barbara had not thought about her mood before James mentioned it, but she thought hard about what led her to be so sullen. Barbara informed James that it was because she was hungry and tired. According to Nisbett and Wilson (1977), the researchers who studied participants’ explanations for choice of pantyhose, Barbara______ her behavior.

In a test of cognitive dissonance theory, Balcetis and Dunning (2007) had college students walk around campus while wearing a grass skirt, coconut bra, and fruit basket hat. E informed Pp that “no other tasks were available” or that it was “ok if they decline and perform another task.”  At its conclusion, which Pp underestimated the distance of the walk? 

You are a manager for a home insurance company, and thus your company has access to sensitive personal and financial information of customers. You have recently found information leading you to believe that someone in your company has been accessing and stealing customer information from your databases. You have several employees who process insurance claims from home. Since the workplace computers have higher levels of security than the company laptops your employees take home, you believe that this is where the theft of information is occurring.  To catch the thief, you have your IT department remotely install additional monitoring software on these company owned laptops that employees use at home. This software monitors all employee keystrokes as well as all websites visited by the employee on the computer.  While you have not found the thief yet, you have discovered that one of your employees has been using the company laptop to access online message boards/social media sites that are concerning to you. These message boards are for various “alt-right” political groups advocating for policies you find very concerning. Many of the posts made by your employee are on the edge of what you would consider to be racist/white nationalist. You find the employees’ posts offensive, and you are worried if anyone found out about them, it would cause reputational damage to your company. Address the following two questions in an essay answer:  1. Was it an invasion of privacy for you to put this computer program on the employees’ computers? If you want to continue to monitor employee computers, are there any steps you need to take to minimize the chance of being successfully sued for invasion of privacy? 2. You want to fire this employee. Can you? Can the employee successfully sue you for wrongful termination or discrimination if you do? Make sure you fully explore/explain your reasoning using an IRAC analysis like you have used for your memo assignments.

You manage HR at a bank. A female employee has recently resigned from the company and filed a sexual harassment complaint with the EEOC against your company. Her allegations are:  For the past three years, one of her male co-workers has propositioned her for sex on a regular basis. She says she has always said no, and has requested that he stop, but he has not stopped.  She claims other employees, including her supervisor, knew about this, but never did anything about it, and even at times joked about it.  In addition to propositioning her, she claims he has also groped her at work, and has attempted to kiss her.  Her complaint admits that she was not fired, but she says she had to resign because working at the company had become impossible, and she was experiencing mental health problems due to this harassment.  Your internal company records reflect:  This employee has not made any formal claims of sexual harassment. Your company does have a sexual harassment policy that encourages employees to report allegations of sexual harassment, and provides the channels for doing so.  You do not have a signed acknowledgement form of this sexual harassment policy from the employee, but you do have an attendance list showing that she attended training on the sexual harassment policy, which you administered.  The employee has had average to below average performance reviews. At the time she resigned, she was not in danger of being fired, but she wasn’t a top performer either.  The co-worker she accuses of harassing her does not have any records of sexual harassment complaints against him.  In an essay form, provide your analysis of this complaint and what steps you would take as an HR manager now that you are aware of it. Issues you address should include (but are not limited to):  What type of legal claim under Title VII is she be asserting here? What additional information do you need to evaluate her claim, and how would you start obtaining it?  What legal defenses does your company have against this complaint? Make sure you fully explain the legal bases for your defense, as well as your analysis of how likely you are to be successful.