You are trying to evaluate the stand-alone risk characteristics of ABC Corp. Over the past four years, ABC stock has returned 4.3%, -3.7%, 21.8%, and 14.6%, 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]

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.