...Department of Accounting EXAM CODES: ACW2020 TITLE OF PAPER: COST INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKING EXAM DURATION: 3 hours READING TIME: 10 minutes THIS PAPER IS FOR STUDENTS STUDYING AT: (office use only - tick where applicable) Berwick Clayton Peninsula Distance Education Caulfield Gippsland Sunway Other (specify) Open Learning During an exam, you must not have in your possession, a book, notes, paper, calculator, pencil case, mobile phone or any other material/item which has not been authorised for the exam or specifically permitted as noted below. Any material or item on your desk, chair or person will be deemed to be in your possession. You are reminded that possession of unauthorised materials in an exam is a disciplinable offence under Monash Statute 4.1. AUTHORISED MATERIALS CALCULATORS YES NO (If YES, only calculators with an 'approved for use' Faculty label are permitted) OPEN BOOK YES NO SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED ITEMS if yes, items permitted are: YES NO This paper consists of six (6) questions printed on a total of ten (10) pages. Students must attempt to answer ALL questions. STUDENT ID: …………………………... DESK NUMBER: ……………………. PLEASE CHECK THE PAPER BEFORE COMMENCING. THIS IS A FINAL PAPER. THIS EXAMINATION PAPER MUST BE INSERTED INTO THE ANSWER BOOK AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PAPER. NO EXAMINATION PAPERS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE EXAMINATION ROOM. ACW2020...
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...change, humans are responsible for the majority of global warming since 1900, including virtually 100% of the warming since 1970 (IPCC, 2007b, p. 39). In the years since Kyoto, there have been major efforts to bring about worldwide agreement to the treaty, including a recent climate summit—much publicized for its failings—held in Copenhagen. But not everyone is going along with the IPCC. Despite a continuing maelstrom of media hype and alarmist politics, the idea that the earth is warming at an unprecedented rate, due primarily to human influence, is quickly losing ground. This global warming backlash is due in large part to a growing chorus of skeptics and climate experts willing to challenge the prevailing science at the core of the movement. Over 31,000 scientists, including over 9,000 PhDs, have raised concerns over the IPCC’s findings. They have signed a petition stating that the organization’s claims are extreme, that the climate system is more complex than what is now known, and that various mechanisms have not yet been included in the models considered to date (Idso & Singer, 2009, p. 739). They have argued that the whole issue should be treated with caution and that we should not jump headfirst into incorrect environmental policies that could be extremely damaging to the economy. Records do show that since the year 1900, global surface temperatures have risen by...
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...In this past weekend’s Points section, the DMN ran an essay suggesting that catastrophic climate change — which the piece called global warming — doesn’t cause more big, scary tornados. It made me crazy for several reasons. One, it didn’t tell you who Richard Muller is: a physicist (not a climate scientist) who is most famous for finally converting to the inevitable conclusion that manmade climate change is real after he’d spent years denying this (and taking Koch brother money while doing so). So, he’s famous for admitting what everyone knew two decades ago. Also, the argument is a straw man: No one is saying that “global warming” (really, catastrophic climate change) is causing more big scary tornados, because the people who study this sort of thing closely know the data doesn’t support making any conclusion. For example, tornados form for reasons besides temperature, and there is no constancy in reporting through the decades (new technology is showing tornados winds could be 100 mph faster than previously measured, for example). Which is why six climate/tornado experts wrote an essay this week showing why the Muller piece is so off-base. Finally: the column had already run in the New York Times and then been debunked by the very source Muller quotes: Michael Mann! I leave you with what should have been the final word on this subject, from Mann’s piece: The New York Times does a disservice to its readers when it buys into the contrived narrative of the “honest broker”–Muller...
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...II (Past Year Paper Answer) September 2010 1 (a) Z=92 , x =20 , y =16 (b) Laspeyres price index = 108.43 2 (a) Year 2006 2007 2008 Total Deviation Average deviation Adjustment Adjusted seasonal factor,S Q1 -2.00 -3.13 -5.13 -2.57 0.06 -2.63 Deviation (Y-T) Q2 Q3 0.87 4.62 1.37 6.50 11.12 2.24 5.56 1.12 0.06 0.06 5.50 1.06 Q4 -3.50 -4.25 -7.75 -3.88 0.05 -3.93 (b)(i) (ii) 3 (a)(i) (ii) Limit is exist (iii) f(x) is continuous at x =-2 (b)(ii) Area = (c) 4 (a) Equation of normal : (b)(i) f(x) is increasing at f(x) is decreasing at (ii) Local maximum point = Local minimum point = 1 FHMM1124 General Mathematics II (Past Year Paper Answer) December 2010 1 (a) g=34 , u =2 , v =6 (b)(i) Aggregate price Index for 2008=90.48 Aggregate price Index for 2009=112.38 (ii) Laspeyres price index = 89.53 2 (a) Week/ Day 2006 2007 2008 Total Deviation Average deviation Adjustment Adjusted seasonal factor,S Mon -12.20 -13.80 -26.00 -13.00 0.06 -13.06 Deviation (Y-T) Tue Wed 2.00 14.80 1.40 17.20 0.80 32.00 4.20 16.00 1.40 0.06 0.06 15.94 1.34 Thu 27.6 29.00 56.60 28.30 0.06 28.24 Fri -31.60 -33.20 -64.80 32.40 0.06 -32.46 (a)(iv) Yp=98 (b)(i) (ii) 3 (a)(i) (ii) Limit does not exist. (iii) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 0 (iv) c = 8 (b)(i) f(x) is increasing at f(x) is decreasing at (ii) Local maximum point = Local minimum point = (iv) Absolute maximum point =155 Absolute minimum point = -53 2 FHMM1124 General Mathematics II (Past Year...
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...The surge of technology over the past decade has had an enormous impact to societies all over the world. In the past, journalist and writers would write down information and thoughts in a pad with a pen or pencil. Nowadays, many journalist and reporters use social media to spread the information. “It has improved this process of engaging with life through pausing to capture it.” (Dickerson). In this quote from John Dickerson’s article, Note to Self, Dickerson sheds light on the positivity of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Instead of using a pen and pencil to capture a moment, Dickerson believes that taking pictures and videos to capture a moment is far more convenient. I agree with this Dickerson’s point of view because I remember when emails were just starting to become popular within society. Instead of writing letters to everyone – which would take days, sometimes weeks – I could send an email and get a response within the same day. So because of the improvement in technology, it is more convenient for journalists and reporters to use social media instead of using paper and pencil....
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...MENU Research Papers Book Notes Blog Tools Login Signup | | | Prev Page 1 of 2 Next Types Research Papers Book Notes Categories African-American Studies Agricultural Studies Anthropology Archaeology Architecture See all 39 Categories Written Any Past Month Past Year Past 2 Years Past 3 Years Pages 1-5 6-10 11-20 21-30 31-50 51+ Views 0-100 101-200 201-300 301+ My Turn to be a Manager Research Paper on Business | Mar 23, 2014 | 4 Pages | 3 Sources | 0 Downloads | 0 0 This course assignment responds to the prompt to provide three things the student learned about being a good manager. Additinoally, the student is asked to decipher three companies' organizational charts to examine the company's use of organizational design. Effective Manager Research Paper on Business | Mar 22, 2014 | 9 Pages | 13 Sources | 0 Downloads | 0 0 This paper researchs the concepts and realities of leadership. The author examines what it means in an organization to be a manager and compares that which the characteristics of a leader. The aim of this paper is to discuss what... McDonald's Approach to Supply Chain Sustainability Research Paper on Business | Nov 28, 2014 | 4 Pages | 4 Sources | 0 Downloads | 0 0 This case study examines how McDonalds created a sustainable supply chain that was profitable...
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...When school started back up this past September i walked in as a senior with a set of skills that i had already, only looking to improve from there on. I thought to myself that i already was a great writer and that i didn’t need to improve on much. I was oh so wrong, there was a lot that needed to be improved on and thankfully through the course of this semester i have been able to improve on those things. The improvements came about from the different type of essays that we had to write and it brought a whole lot of strengths from it. Although in the past years we have learned on how to write a lot of these papers this year we dove a little more into them. We took different approaches to them to get more out of them than we had before, such as the personal narrative. I have written a personal narrative in the past but this time it helped me improve because i could not just be basic. I learned that i would have to write more in detail for it be a quality paper, that i couldn’t just get away with writing it like a 9th grader any more. The improvement was just as small as having to do with the intro and getting better with my attention getters. It benefitted me because we have to write intos in all of our papers and if you write an intro that can’t grab the attention, no one...
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...Equilibrium This milestone, which covers Section II of Final Project Part I, should be a paper structured as follows: 1. Describe the price elasticity of supply or demand for your product or service. 2. Explain how two nonprice factors impact the demand of your chosen product or service. 3. Explain how two nonprice factors impact the supply of your chosen product or service. 4. Define the industry and the market equilibrium associated with the product or service. 5. Predict the effect of changes in supply and demand on the market equilibrium. 6. Describe the decisions related to supply and demand for the product or service that you would make based on the predicted changes in supply and demand on the market equilibrium. 5-2 Final Project Part I Milestone Two: Production and Costs This milestone, which covers Section III of Final Project Part I, should be a paper structured as follows: 1. Describe three key inputs (or factors of production) and fixed and variable costs involved in the production of your chosen product or service. 2. Analyze the factors that impact your choice of inputs to produce the chosen product or service. 3. Examine the production decisions that you would make based on the analysis of the factors impacting the choice of inputs to produce the chosen product or service. 7-1 Final Project Part I Final Submission: Microeconomic Analysis Paper The microeconomic analysis paper should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of...
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...chose to look up the Capital Expenditures of two companies that are known in many households: Walmart and Target. The annual report of mutually businesses over the past three years will be examined. This paper will examine and compare the reports and the amount of capital spending over the past three years while defining how the amount of capital spending remains constant or if it’s altered. Capital expenditures can determine the major financial decisions that a company must make in order to acquire a sound investment. This paper will attempt to expand on the clarification of capital expenditure and the impact it can have on the organization’s debt capacities and capital structures. As stated by Byrd and associates in the text, there should be a comparison of the level of capital spending across the two firms. The paper will further point out how the spending was similar and/or different and speculate why the similarities or differences might exist. The capital spending over the past three years for Walmart (Mergent, 2013): 2013 2012 2011 Net Fixed Assets $213,115,000 $185,506,000 $180,663,000 Depreciation Expense $9,601,000 $8,350,000 $7,741,000 Net Capital Spending $311,716,000 $212,636,000 $178,404,000 According to Mergent Inc. “Wal-Mart has had their net capital spending increase each of the past 3 years. The...
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...I have reviewed a company by the name of Smurfit Stone Container Corporation and assessed the health of the company. Smurfit Stone Container Corporation is one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of paper-based packaging and recycling. Smurfit-Stone is a leading producer in containerboard which includes corrugated containers, and recovered fiber. They also specialize in the recycling of paper, waste, and aluminum, steel and cardboard. Smurfit-Stone operates approximately 240 facilities which are primarily located in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and employs around 33,500 people as of currently. Other companies within this industry are Georgia Pacific and Waste Management. These are just to name a couple of the competitors within the paper/recycling field. The companies within the paper/recycling industry can all be compared in several ways. One of Smurfit Stones’ competitors, Georgia Pacific is also one the world’s leading manufacturers. Georgia Pacific specializes in recycling tissue, paper, packaging, cardboard and building products. Georgia Pacific has approximately 300 manufacturing facilities across North America, South America and Europe. Compared to Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Georgia Pacific has 45,000 employees and their employees are guided by Market Based Management principles and this is based on integrity and compliance. Another competitor is Waste Management Recycling. Waste Management is a leading provider of comprehensive waste, environmental...
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...General English 2 Paper 1 Sample Paper 1 Duration: 2 hour 30 minutes PART 1 – READING [30 MARKS] 1. You are going to read about an organised holiday in Malaysia. For questions 1-15, choose from the options (A-E). Some of the options may be chosen more than once. When more than one answer is required, these may be given in any order. There is an example at the beginning (0) [14 marks] To which days the following refer to? 0 You can see the tea making process. There’s a view over the neighbouring country to enjoy. 1 The train will take you up to a wonderful view. 2 You can camp if you want to. 3 Start the day with some fruit. 4 Home cooking is on offer. 5 The walks are wonderful, but not easy. 6 You can really appreciate wildlife. 7 Take an evening walk through traffic-free streets. D 8 You can escape from the heat. 9 10 It’s small enough for you to see it all in one day. 11 Take your time to get used to the climate. 12 You can learn something about the background of Malaysia. 13 If you’re short of time, just take a short walk. 14 General English 2 Sample Paper 1 1 MALAYSIAN Experience A DAY 1-3 KUALA LUMPUR If you are staying in Chinatown then getting around is easy- just walk. The National Museum is a good introduction to Malay history, art and culture. Save some energy for a late night stroll around one of the busy night markets. Jalan Petaling is full...
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...results presented here may facilitate improvements in the … INTRODUCTION Establishing the importance of the topic: The topic of natural convection in enclosures is one of the most active areas in heat transfer research today ... One of the most significant current discussions in nanotechnology is .... The knowledge of the X in Y is important for an understanding of ... The X has been investigated by many researchers using ... In the recent decades, X has been one of the major interesting research subjects due to ... In the past two decades, X spaces have been studied extensively. Recent developments in X have heightened the need for .... In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in .... Recent developments in the field of X have led to a renewed interest in .... Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in ...... The past decade has seen the rapid development of X in many .... The past thirty years have seen increasingly rapid advances in the field of...
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...leadership. With the development of society, the number of female leaders is increasing in recent years (Michelle and Elaine, 2008). According to (Stewart, 2009), there are more difficulties facing female leaders than male leaders, which makes it difficult to involve more females in the leading positions. A research (Hilary, 2009) indicated that although the number of female leaders is increasing, the ratio of female leaders in leadership is not balanced and more females should be involved in management positions. According to Kaycee (2010), the changes of gender in leadership have been in the process, which can be proved by the changes of people’s attitudes to female leaders. Reference | Michelle M & Elaine Y(2008), The trend of female leaders in organisations, Journal of Management, 23, 7, pp 105-124 | Type of Article | Literature review | Aim\purpose | The purpose of this article is to find out the changes of female leaders in the past decade and explain the reasons of the changes and then predict the trend of changes. | Approach | This paper reviews previous theories about the necessary of involving female leaders and then it presents the process of female leaders entering the management field. It highlights the trend of changes of gender in leadership based on four reasons which are given step by step. | Conclusion | The number of female leaders has increased in the past decades and in the future, there will be more female leaders in all the fields. |...
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...9th grade English rules. My very first piece, “If You Give a Suitor a Cookie”, was an analytical 8-point paper about The Odyssey, and it was quite literally the worst paper I have ever written. It was so terrible, that I couldn’t even make it through the first paragraph, when I attempted to re-read it. I remembered my writing not being horrible, because, otherwise, I wouldn’t have turned it in. As I recall, it was so bad, that you didn’t even grade it, because I would’ve gotten an F (thank you about that, by the way). This paper exemplifies the very beginning of my career as a high school writer, and through re-reading...
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...Mercedes; As per your request I am writing you a synopsis of my initial pages to my book and possibility political paper. Understand the tone, audience and meaning of the paper is to a specific group of people who are tired of the past 20 years of dialogue by bureaucrats to fix broken government, broken promises, and refusal to follow rules of governing. The paper is support by the ideals as set by our founding fathers the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. It provides an list of well thought out Grievances, Enemies, Terms of Agreement, Officers and Ranks, Rules of Conduct and Engagement, Treaties and Policies, Resolve and initiates with for peaceful actions. The paper explains and supports all claims made and then asks the reader to decide what type of country they wish to live in by answering for selves three questions, demands an answer and explains the resolve of the people. 1. Do you wish to live in a country where there are established rules of governing and laws for all the people or no rules of governing and only laws for the chosen people? 2. Do you wish to live in a country where there is freedom, choice, and free speech or as slaves to a government and tax payers for world affairs and quiet comical remarks of support for our constitution and bill of rights? 3. Are “We the People” of the “United States of America” a “Constitutional Republic” as stated by the US Constitution, the rules of governing or are we a represented democracy of which we...
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