...questions. Do the best that you can on each question. No questions will be answered about the quiz questions. If you think a question is ambiguous, write your interpretation and answer your modified question. Be reasonable. The following abbreviations are used: BF = branching factor, DFS = depth first search, BFS = breadth first search, IDS = iterative deepening search, A* = A* search, LI = local improvement search, HC = hill-climbing search. [pic] 1. For the 8-tile puzzle, what is the average branching factor, assuming the blank is equally likely to occur in any position. Show your work. (4*2 + 4*3 +1*4)/9 = 24/9 = 2 & 2/3. 2. Suppose that you are solving the 8-tile puzzle where it has solution. Which of the methods (DFS, BFS, IDS) is guaranteed to find a solution, assuming no computational limits are reached. List all that are correct. DFS, BFS, IDS 3. For the same puzzle, which of the methods (DFS,BFS,IDS) is guaranteed to find the shortest solution? List all that are correct. BFS, IDS 4. For the same puzzle, which methods are guaranteed to use no more than O(BF * length of solution) amount of memory. DFS, IDS 5. Suppose you apply the A* algorithm to the same problem. You decide to let f = current cost of the path. Would it be appropriate to let h = 0 for all states? Yes or no and why. Yes. h is admissible. 6. Suppose you apply A* to the same puzzle...
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...“No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. This amendment provides a justification and importance on the American citizen’s life in the eyes of the government. Whether one is guilty or innocent you are guaranteed to be defended by a lawyer, not have anything taken away from you, cannot be guilty for the same offence twice, and you do not have to answer to anyone till you are in a courtroom protected by due process of the law. Although you are guaranteed to be defended by a lawyer, whether the individual has one or not, you are not guaranteed to have a significant one. This consequence affects those of the lower class who cannot afford a lawyer as significant as those of the...
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...| Selected Answer: | drives the interest rate up. | Correct Answer: | drives the interest rate up. | | | | | * Question 2 1 out of 1 points | | | If a portfolio had a return of 10%, the risk free asset return was 4%, and the standard deviation of the portfolio's excess returns was 25%, the risk premium would be _____.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | 6% | Correct Answer: | 6% | | | | | * Question 3 1 out of 1 points | | | Over the past year you earned a nominal rate of interest of 14 percent on your money. The inflation rate was 2 percent over the same period. The exact actual growth rate of your purchasing power wasAnswer | | | | | Selected Answer: | 11.76%. | Correct Answer: | 11.76%. | | | | | * Question 4 1 out of 1 points | | | The holding-period return (HPR) on a share of stock is equal toAnswer | | | | | Selected Answer: | the capital gain yield during the period, plus the dividend yield. | Correct Answer: | the capital gain yield during the period, plus the dividend yield. | | | | | * Question 5 1 out of 1 points | | | An investment provides a 1.25% return quarterly, its effective annual rate isAnswer | | | | | Selected Answer: | 5.09%. | Correct Answer: | 5.09%. | | | | | * Question 6 1 out of 1 points | | | What has been the relationship between T-Bill rates and inflation rates since the 1980s?Answer | | | | ...
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...needs of users being looked over in favor of greater protection. It is better to have separate admins due to the fact that each admin can focus solely on his appointed task and be better schooled in their particular field. 7. Explain why it is critical that programmers consider security when writing programs. Because software bugs are potential security risks, creating backdoors that can bypass security that is in place. 8. Explain the differences between Computer Security, Network Security and Information Security. Computer security – protect physical locations, hardware and software Network security – protect networking components, connections and contents Information security – protection of the C.I.A triangle 9. You have received a document as an email message. The header indicates that the sender is a friend of yours. The content of the...
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...off chance that you have a diesel vehicle, you should be cautious as to where you take your vehicle to be altered. You need to realize that you are setting off to a car repair shop that can deal with your vehicle and fix it as it ought to be settled. In the event that you are searching for diesel repair, there are a couple of things you will need to concentrate on. These three fundamental things to search for when hunting down a shop for diesel repair will help you to locate the ideal shop for your vehicle. At the point when searching out a shop, you will need to search for affirmations, the expense of the repair, and the time required for the repair. Affirmations The absolute most critical thing to search...
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...with Medicare This official government guide has important information about: • What is a Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policy • What Medigap policies cover • Your rights to buy a Medigap policy • How to buy a Medigap policy This guide can help if you’re thinking about buying a Medigap policy or already have one. 2013 Developed jointly by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) How to use this guide There are 2 ways to find the information you need: 1. The “Table of Contents” on pages 3–4 can help you find the sections you need. 2. The “List of Topics” on pages 53–56 lists topics in this guide and the page number of where to find them. Who should read this guide? This guide helps people with Medicare understand “Medicare Supplement Insurance” policies (also called Medigap). A Medigap policy is a type of private insurance that helps you pay for some of the costs that Original Medicare doesn’t cover. Table of Contents Section 1: Medicare Basics 3 5 A brief look at Medicare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What is Medicare? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The different parts of Medicare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Your Medicare coverage choices at a glance . . . . . . . . . ...
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...fulfillment for the requirements of Organizational Behavior Submission Date 11/06/2013 Fall 2013 I. Vision for Your Career Anytime the question of the vision of your career pops up majority of individuals stick with the same old answer, which is more than likely “get a corporate job”. According to cnbnc “A survey released last week from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) reported that businesses plan to hire only 2.1 percent more college graduates from the class of 2013 than they did from the class of 2012. This is way down from an earlier NACE projection of a 13 percent hiring rate for 2013 grads. With numbers like these you would think individuals would get out the norm of the same response but unfortunately that is the majority. Others will tell you they have aspirations of being the CEO, CFO, or COO of a fortune 500 company. What I seek in my near future is the ability to be comfortable and to pursue in a career that I will have a passion for. If you are interested in something, and you could become so good at that something that you would be better than most people, it will be all you need. If you love it and if you are committed to it, you will become good at it. Become a specialist. It's both interesting and well paid. Major key factors that may also go along with my career path vision include: Salary, Location, and stability. According to NACE “The overall average starting salary for Class of...
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...is glum, and expectations serve to betray men. Where real satisfaction and happiness lies, remains a question that many try to answer. While attainment is the ultimate objective of all pursuits and accomplishment is a factor for more progress, desires and destinations still do not completely satisfy humans. The pursuit of your dreams and desires injects purpose into your life making it meaningful. By responding to your utmost desire, it is guaranteed that you would be happily leading your life, as there is always a push in driving everyday through. Pursuit prevents you from experiencing stagnant stages in life, as you are always motivated to achieve what you want to achieve. While the outcome if this pursuit may not be guaranteed, you can still gain happiness throughout the journey. The blunders made, the challenges surmounted, the adversities faced will all transmute you into a better person, with good virtues cultivated all the way. Of great importance, you would not die regretting; as you have toiled and tried your best in attaining what you want. Several prominent figures balance the happiness and desire in a formidable way – Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet, and Bill Gates. If you examine their lives keenly, you will realize that their pursuit of desires and dreams is filled with great pleasures and satisfaction. From these amazing individuals, you can learn that the important secret of maintaining desire and happiness...
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...2015 Love Them Like You Never Seen Again As a child you grow up thinking life last forever. You never imagine someone you love so much could leave you in a second. The fact is we all never wanted to loss a love one. When it happens to you young or old the pain is hard to bear. Only if you were given a second chance to love that person like you never see then again. Would you? I would. I would shower her with all my love and cherish her beautiful soul. The women I long to be one day, my mommy. It was January 10, 1997 the day I wish I could rewind and to love her like I’ll never see her again. That last morning I saw my mom, only if I got the chance to tell her one last time that I love her. Only if I got one last chance to hug and kiss her. Only if I got one last time to cherish her. I remember it like it was yesterday. One of the most painful experiencing I’ve went through in my life. I hope when you read my story you will love your love ones more then you did a second ago. It was about 2:30 am the house phone ranged. I wake my sister up became the loud ringing would not stop. When I got out the bed to tell her the phone was ringing I realized that my mother was not lying next to me. “Satta mommy has not come home yet.” When I told her that, she said to me “what do you mean?” “I heard the phone ringing but I wanted to wake you up so you can answer the phone”. My sister then got out of bed and we both went to...
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...most effective businesses in their field. Best Buy is home of the best price guarantee. They are a discount store that deals in electronics and electronic accessories. You can find everything from major household appliances, compact disks, and everything in between. I see that Best buy has responded to the competition with a great strategy. People are always attracted to the best deal they can get. So with the idea of getting the best price possible, plus finding all of your electronics needs under one roof is a very attractive idea to most people. You can go into Best Buy and if you have any technical issues you don’t understand there is also the geek squad there to repair or answer your electronics questions. Unlike their rivals you can go into their store and qualified sales personnel will give you the help and answers to the questions that need to be answered in order to better understand the product that you are trying to purchase (Charles W Lamb, 2009). When I go into a Wal-Mart it is very rare that anyone can answer any of the questions I have. People are hired and thrown into a department that they may know nothing about. Best Buy trains their employees to be proficient in the items they are selling. So not only are you guaranteed the best prices, but you are also able to talk to a trained staff so you can make an educated buying decision. In closing I have shown that Best Buy has shown that the retailing mix that they use has proven to be very successful. The stores...
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... SECTION A | | Please tick this column when you have completed each category on the Ethics Clearance Form | A1 | Surname & Name | | | A2 | Title | | | A3 | Department/ Division | | | A4 | Staff/ student number | - Use your student number even if you are also staff | | A5 | Name of Supervisor | -Supervisor name must match I2 | | | | | | | SECTION B | | | B1 | Title of research | - Please write your research title as it appears on the proposal. | | B2 | Is this research for degree purposes? | | | B3 | If so, for what degree? | | | B4 | Has it been approved by a properly constituted research panel or supervisor? | | | B5 | Does this research involve human participants? | | | | | | | | SECTION C | | | C1 | Where will the research be carried out? | - You need to be specific about, where the research will be carried out. e.g. where exactly in Johannesburg will the research take place. | | C2 | What are the aims & objectives of the research? | - You need to clarify the aims, and then clarify the objectives separately. | | C3 | Has appropriate formal permission been obtained, If required (e.g. employer, land owner, government department etc.)? | -If research involves human participants, permission must be obtained. E.g, if you are surveying students from Wits, the Registrar’s permission is required; if you are surveying shoppers from a shopping centre (e.g...
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... V. Hartog | Period: 121, November 2012Date: November 9th, 2012Time: 09:00 – 09:45Number of pages (check): 5 | Remarks: NO MOBILE TELEPHONES during examinations. Problem 1 (maximum 10 marks) At the beginning of the airline industry, an airplane could carry around 100 people. Nowadays, airplanes such as Airbus A380, can carry 800 people. Required: How is this phenomena called and explain why the industry is continuously looking at increasing capacity? Write your answer in this textbox only. Don’t write beyond the lines or on any other paper but this.This phenomena is called economies of scale.Increasing capacity means directionally lower average costs, since the fixed costs increase less than the cost of the increase in capacity.Example: an airplane requires two pilots, whatever its size. | Problem 2 ( maximum 10 marks) Explain the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Give an example for both efficiency and effectiveness for Air-France/KLM. Write your answer in this textbox only. Don’t write beyond the lines or on any other paper but this.The term efficiency relates to the cost of the production process. An efficient production process manufactures a given quantity of products with the least possible costs.Example Air-France/KLM: the cost per passenger mileEffectiveness relates to the purpose of the production process. i.e. the degree to which the end product fulfills the requirements and wishes of the end-consumer.Example Air-France/KLM:...
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...WHAT’S YOUR RISK TOLERANCE? Circle the letter that corresponds to your answer 1. Just 60 days after you put money into an investment, its price falls 20%. Assuming none of the fundamentals have changed, what would you do? a. Sell to avoid further worry and try something else b. Do nothing and wait for the investment to come back c. Buy more. it was a good investment before ;now it’s cheap investment , too 2. Now look at the previous question another way. Your investment fell 20% , but it’s part of a portfolios being used to meet investment goals with three different time horizons 2A. What would you do if the goal were five years away? a. Sell b. Do nothing c. Buy more 2B. What would you do if the goal were 15 years away? a. Sell b. Do nothing c. Buy more 2C. What would you do if the goal were 30 years away? a. Sell b. Do nothing c. Buy more 3. The price of your retirement investment jumps 25% a month after you buy it .again, the fundamentals haven’t changed after you finish gloating, what do you do? a. Sell it and lock in your gains b. Stay put and hope for more gain c. Buy more; it could go higher 4 you’re investing for retirement, which is 15years away. Which would you rather do? a. Invest in a money-market fund or guaranteed investment contract, giving up the possibility of major gains, but virtually assuring the safety of your principle b. Invest in a 50-50mix of bond funds and stock funds, in hopes of getting some growth...
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...serving as a put option on your life. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst We are all familiar with this saying, but ask yourself if your portfolio is truly prepared and set up for the worst. Is your spouse, kids, and grand kids taken care of? Will you be able to maintain your preferred lifestyle if some unpredictable event happens and the markets get destroyed for a long period? Annuities are transfer-of-risk strategies that solve for only four items in your life; principal protection, income for life, legacy, and long-term care. An easy to remember acronym is P.I.L.L. Do you have a put option in place to cover for those four things? Bull market selective memory syndrome This is a diagnosis that I have come up with to explain how people have totally wiped out the market chaos in 2008 from their memory. I know that the passing of the "easing torch" from Bernanke to Yellen seems to indicate that the bull will continue to overwhelm the bear, but we all know that markets go in cycles and another 2008 event will happen again sometime in the near future. Yes, markets will recover eventually, but the older you get the less time you have to make those losses back. I heard some smart guy say that if you lose 30% in one year, you have to make 43% the next year to get back to zero . If that's even close to being true, implementing a put option on your life would seem to be a no-brainer. A pessimist's glass half full I know that...
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