Wednesday, June 24, 2020

HW-361 McBridge Marketing Plan Paper

Prepare a 3-5 page paper describing a marketing plan for McBride Financial Services. The marketing plan should describe what elements McBride should focus on to increase market exposure and expand their market niche. • Include the following questions and incorporate your responses (sections) into the marketing plan: o What market research would you undertake? o What types of media would be used? o What are McBride's target market(s)? o What are the considerations for McBride to conduct a portion of their marketing on the Web (Internet)? • Explain your reasoning. The above questions should become the major sections in your paper, along with the discussion of the marketing plan itself. Attached is the all the information you need on the company.


HS150 Lesson 8 Exam SCORE 100 PERCENT

Lesson 8 Exam
Question 1        5 / 5 points
According to Western legend, what happened at the equator?
Question options:

People fell into a lake of fire.

The ocean boiled.

People baked to death.

The sky met the ground.
Question 2        5 / 5 points
Which of these best describes Aztec society?
Question options:

Egalitarian

Stratified but open

Rigidly stratified

Stratified by birth
Question 3        5 / 5 points
Which people linked their vast empire through roads and bridges across the Andes?
Question options:

Aztec

Inca

Maya

Toltecs
Question 4        5 / 5 points
Why was Montezuma's army reduced in size when Cortés arrived?
Question options:

Cortes formed alliances with neighboring tribes who usually provided soldiers for the Aztec army.

It was harvest season.

Many of the soldiers had fled in fear.

Outbreaks of smallpox had killed many men.
Question 5        5 / 5 points
The Tlatlacotin caste was the __________ caste.
Question options:

merchant

artisan

commoner

slave
Question 6        5 / 5 points
Humans were sacrificed regularly in Aztec society because they believed:
Question options:

the gods required blood as an offering.

foreigners were devils, so they sacrificed them.

the sun could be sustained only through repeated offerings of beating human hearts.

the gods would bless their crops only in exchange for the sacrifice of a virgin.
Question 7        5 / 5 points
Where was the first Portuguese overseas conquest?
Question options:

the Canaries

West Africa

Brazil

Morocco
Question 8        5 / 5 points
What was the main goal of the Portuguese Empire?
Question options:

Gaining converts to Christianity

Trading

Finding land for settlers

Discovering mineral resources
Question 9        5 / 5 points
What most distinguished the colonial nobles from commoners?
Question options:

Influence in the Catholic Church

Landowning

Slave ownership

Superior education
Question 10        5 / 5 points
What plants, essential for European diet and religion, were brought from Europe to America as part of the "Columbian Exchange"?
Question options:

Wheat and grapes

Tobacco and corn

Potatoes and manioc

Potatoes and chocolate
Question 11        5 / 5 points
Compared to contemporary European cities, Tenochtitlán was:
Question options:

more primitive.

dirtier and less healthy.

more open to attack.

much larger.
Question 12        5 / 5 points
Which element of Aztec society was absent from Inca society?
Question options:

Commoners

Slaves

Nobles

Warriors
Question 13        5 / 5 points
Aztec legend stated that women who died in childbirth were reborn as:
Question options:

goddesses.

hummingbirds.

cobras.

white women.
Question 14        5 / 5 points
What was the goal of the Spanish administration in the Americas?
Question options:

the efficient running of the colony's economy

keeping the empire under the king's direct control

maximum resource extraction

ensuring local control of most of the economy
Question 15        5 / 5 points
Compared to Spain, Portugal's American system was:
Question options:

more strictly regulated.

less centralized.

more focus on religious than economic motive.

an expensive failure.
Question 16        5 / 5 points
The unification of Spain was begun under the rule of:
Question options:

Isabella and Ferdinand.

Carlos I.

Philip III.

João III.
Question 17        5 / 5 points
How did allegiance to an emperor make the Aztec and Inca peoples vulnerable to conquest?
Question options:

They had no strong leader.

They easily transferred their allegiance to a new ruler.

They were not unified against conquerors.

They lacked fighting skills.
Question 18        5 / 5 points
What were usually established by the Portuguese in lands they explored?
Question options:

Churches

Fortified trading posts

Farming settlements

Towns
Question 19        5 / 5 points
What led Portuguese nobility to organize expeditions in search of plunder?
Question options:

They were economically weakened after the Black Death.

They hoped for upward mobility that would lead to an overthrow of the monarch.

Spanish explorers had reported that there was great wealth in the "New World."

Portugal's status in Europe had declined, and Spain and England had become the major powers.
Question 20        5 / 5 points
How did slavery in the Aztec Empire differ from the Atlantic slave trade?
Question options:

African slaves experienced more opportunities than Aztec slaves.

Aztec slavery was not racially based.

Aztec slavery was only temporary.

African slaves were forced to work the land; Aztecs were forced to engage in combat.




HS150 Lesson 4 & 5 Exam Score 95 Percent

Lesson 4 Exam
Question 1        2.5 / 2.5 points
How were serfs and slaves different?
Question options:

Slaves had easier lives.

Serfs could not be sold.

Serfs could seek other employment.

Slaves could not marry.
Question 2        2.5 / 2.5 points
What happened on the Ides of March, 44 B.C.E.?
Question options:

the battle of Actium

the suicide of Antony

the formation of the Second Triumvirate

the murder of Caesar
Question 3        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of these was an architectural form typical of Roman building?
Question options:

Arches

Towers

Courtyards

Agoras
Question 4        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of these resulted from the division of the Roman Empire?
Question options:

The eastern half disintegrated

The eastern half grew stronger

Both halves declined rapidly

The west remained stronger than the east
Question 5        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following best describes the period immediately following the reign of Commodus?
Question options:

Stable and peaceful

Unstable yet peaceful

Unstable and bloody

Initially bloody but eventually stable
Question 6        2.5 / 2.5 points
The Great Schism of 1054 was a division between the eastern and western:
Question options:

Roman Emperors.

Christian Churches.

kings of the Franks.

forms of monasticism.
Question 7        2.5 / 2.5 points
Who was the last of the "five good emperors"?
Question options:

Nero

Vespasian

Hadrian

Marcus Aurelius
Question 8        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which man divided the Roman Empire into two parts after concluding that it was too big for one man to rule alone?
Question options:

Diocletian

Constantine

Justinian

Nero
Question 9        2.5 / 2.5 points
What is a fief?
Question options:

a vassal

a lord

a land grant

a weapon
Question 10        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which man converted to Christianity because he believed that his wife's prayers helped him win a battle?
Question options:

Constantine

Clovis

Charlemagne

Pepin
Question 11        2.5 / 2.5 points
On what subject did Peter and Paul disagree?
Question options:

To whom Jesus's message applied

Whether or not Jesus was the Messiah

Whether or not to spread the teachings of Jesus

The resurrection
Question 12        2.5 / 2.5 points
Ovid was a noted Roman:
Question options:

historian.

architect.

poet.

dramatist.
Question 13        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of these best describes the impact of the Punic Wars on Roman society?
Question options:

Greater opportunity arose for the talented, ambitious, and fortunate.

Social elevation became impossible.

The gap between rich and poor narrowed.

Rome was impoverished by constant war.
Question 14        2.5 / 2.5 points
When did Rome fall for the first time to invaders?
Question options:

280

380

410

570
Question 15        0 / 2.5 points
Which of these best describes the economic system of the early Middle Ages?
Question options:

Expanding

Many long-distance trade networks

Based on exchange between towns

Very localized
Question 16        2.5 / 2.5 points
The coronation of Charlemagne had the impact of __________ the Frankish relationship with the church begun by Clovis.
Question options:

ending

perpetuating

weakening

improving
Question 17        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which Germanic tribe sacked Rome in 455?
Question options:

Ostrogoths

Visigoths

Vandals

Saxons
Question 18        2.5 / 2.5 points
Benedictine monks and nuns took vows:
Question options:

of chastity, poverty, and obedience.

to always obey the pope.

to convert pagans to Christianity.

of silence.
Question 19        2.5 / 2.5 points
How does the geography of Rome compare with that of Carthage?
Question options:

Both were centrally located, but Carthage was a seaport city.

Both were centrally located, but Rome was closer to the coast.

Both were naturally vulnerable to naval assaults.

Both were naturally vulnerable to land-based attacks.
Question 20        2.5 / 2.5 points
What was the PaxRomana?
Question options:

A form of currency

An extended period of peace

The government system that replaced the Republic

The language of the Romans
Lesson 5 Exam
Question 21        2.5 / 2.5 points
Like the Byzantine Empire, the Sasanians were weakened by which of these in the 300s?
Question options:

Religious controversy

Waves of plague

Conflict on two frontiers

Arab attacks
Question 22        0 / 2.5 points
Theodora came to power as:
Question options:

a religious leader.

a nun.

a scholar.

the wife of Justinian.
Question 23        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of these led the Muslim world from 750?
Question options:

the Fatimids

the Guptas

the Buyids

the Abbasids
Question 24        2.5 / 2.5 points
The main ethnic group of modern Cambodia is known as the:
Question options:

Funan.

Malay.

Khmer.

Veda.
Question 25        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following statements best describes the Byzantine concept of caesaropapism?
Question options:

The emperor held both political and religious authority.

Religion and politics should be discussed only by men.

There should be a strict separation of church and state.

Patriarchs were superior in authority to emperors.
Question 26        2.5 / 2.5 points
On which of the following points would Sufis and fundamentalists agree?
Question options:

Muslims must combat and repress the secular worldview by any means necessary.

Public prayer is central to Islam.

The purification of the umma was necessary to restore fidelity to Allah's message.

Intellectuals were trying to dilute the purity of the Qur'an.
Question 27        2.5 / 2.5 points
What was the general direction of Islam's expansion after about 750?
Question options:

East

West

South

North
Question 28        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of these typify the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century?
Question options:

One emperor rapidly replaced another.

A long period of stability occurred.

Recurrences of the plague disrupted society.

The empire was conquered by Turks.
Question 29        2.5 / 2.5 points
Why was the Isthmus of Kra significant to Chinese and Indian merchants?
Question options:

This was a major trading port where the Europeans came to buy silk and spices.

It provided a direct route for shipping cargo as opposed to traveling around the Malay Peninsula.

It was the only area in southern Vietnam that was considered to be safe from pirates.

It provided an alternative to traveling from the South China Sea to the Bay of Bengal.
Question 30        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following conditions led to the demise of southern Arabian city-states in the 200s?
Question options:

the new commercial route of the Ptolemaic Empire

the arrival of Islam

the expansion of the desert

the collapse of the Rome
Question 31        2.5 / 2.5 points
Unlike Judaism, the spread of Islam __________ Zoroastrianism.
Question options:

eliminated

had no effect on

nearly wiped out

enhanced the prestige of
Question 32        2.5 / 2.5 points
What was the result of the Muslim attacks in the 670s?
Question options:

Constantinople was taken.

The attackers were driven back to Syria.

The Byzantine Empire lost territory and became more isolated.

The Byzantine Empire finally defeated the Sasanids.
Question 33        2.5 / 2.5 points
Who was chosen as Muhammad's first successor?
Question options:

his daughter, Fatima

his father-in-law, Abu Bakr

his uncle, Abbas

the leader of the Quraysh, Umar
Question 34        2.5 / 2.5 points
Who ruled in the Golden Age of learning in Baghdad?
Question options:

Muawiya

Harun al-Rashid

Salah al-Din

Umar
Question 35        2.5 / 2.5 points
What were the hippodromes?
Question options:

Greek plays adopted by Byzantine tragedians

Outdoor arenas used for chariot races and athletic competitions

Aqueducts used by the Romans

Young male spectators who were either "Blues" or "Greens"
Question 36        2.5 / 2.5 points
What was the long-term significance of the battle of Tours?
Question options:

Muslim expansion to the West ended.

Muslims took over Constantinople.

Muslims were expelled from Arabia.

Islam would continue to expand into Europe.
Question 37        2.5 / 2.5 points
Which of the following accurately depicts Jewish views toward Islam in Medina?
Question options:

They embraced it as an alternative to paganism.

They rejected it because it was not truly monotheistic.

They embraced it because it was monotheistic.

They rejected it because they didn't believe Muhammad was a prophet.
Question 38        2.5 / 2.5 points
Why did city-states first emerge in the southwestern region of Arabia?
Question options:

The region was closer to Mediterranean trade routes.

That area had more water.

The southern region had better rivers to link cities.

Its mountains provided good defense.
Question 39        2.5 / 2.5 points
To which of these are mosques oriented?
Question options:

the Dome of the Rock

the East

the West

the Ka'ba
Question 40        2.5 / 2.5 points
Who were the Polovtsy?
Question options:

Turkic invaders from the steppes

Inhabitants of Kiev

The Russian noble class

Siberian immigrants


HS150 Lesson 3 Exam SCORE 100 PERCENT

Lesson 3 Exam
Question 1        5 / 5 points
Most slaves in the Persian Empire were:
Question options:

debtors.

conquered Medes.

Greeks.

battle captives.
Question 2        5 / 5 points
Which of these models appears to have been most influential in Alexander's plans for his empire?
Question options:

the Akkadian Empire

the Delian League

the Persian Empire

Hammurabi's rule
Question 3        5 / 5 points
Zoroastrianism is best considered __________ earlier Persian religious traditions.
Question options:

a rejection of

the same as

an evolution of

unrelated to
Question 4        5 / 5 points
Which Greek people revolted in 499, leading eventually to war between the Greeks and Persians?
Question options:

Ionians

Thracians

Laconians

Macedonians
Question 5        5 / 5 points
Which man is considered the first genuine historian?
Question options:

Aristophanes

Euripedes

Sophocles

Thucydides
Question 6        5 / 5 points
Greek colonies were centered on the:
Question options:

Danube River valley.

Tigris and Euphrates river valley.

Mediterranean Sea basin.

Nile River valley.
Question 7        5 / 5 points
Who dominated Athenian politics at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War?
Question options:

Pericles

Herodotus

Lycurgus

Solon
Question 8        5 / 5 points
What was the goal of the Delian League?
Question options:

Monopolizing Aegean trade

Defense against Persia

Defeat of Sparta

Alliance against Athens
Question 9        5 / 5 points
Alexander the Great was unable to conquer India because:
Question options:

the Indian army proved to be too powerful.

Alexander's men staged a mutiny.

Alexander lost the will to fight after the death of his mother.

the Chinese army crossed the mountains and helped India fight.
Question 10        5 / 5 points
How did the political systems in Athens and Sparta differ?
Question options:

Athens didn't have hereditary kings; Sparta did.

Athens was not a military dictatorship; Sparta was.

Athens allowed women to vote; Sparta didn't.

Athens allowed all people to have a voice in the government; Sparta didn't.
Question 11        5 / 5 points
The destruction of which empire made possible the rise of Persia?
Question options:

Chaldean

Roman

Assyrian

Sumerian
Question 12        5 / 5 points
Which man unified the Persian tribes and eventually united the Medes and Persians?
Question options:

Alexander the Great

Cyrus the Great

Xerxes

Darius
Question 13        5 / 5 points
Ancient Persia covered roughly the area of modern:
Question options:

Iraq.

Iran.

Israel.

Turkey.
Question 14        5 / 5 points
Which people formed the Seleucid kingdom and ruled in a manner similar to the Persians?
Question options:

Macedonians

Ionians

Parthians

Romans
Question 15        5 / 5 points
Who was the first Athenian dramatist of the Classical Period?
Question options:

Aeschylus

Euripedes

Sophocles

Aristophanes
Question 16        5 / 5 points
Communication was difficult in Ancient Greece because of:
Question options:

geographical barriers.

religious differences.

language differences.

political regulations.
Question 17        5 / 5 points
Which of these was a Persian capital?
Question options:

Babylon

Ur

Thebes

Sardis
Question 18        5 / 5 points
What was the relationship between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations?
Question options:

Minoan settlers probably created Mycenae.

The Mycenaeans probably borrowed from Minoans.

The two emerged independently.

Mycenaean colonists created the Minoan civilization.
Question 19        5 / 5 points
Which of these Persian rulers established the system of satrapies?
Question options:

Darius

Cyrus

Cambyses

Artaxerxes
Question 20        5 / 5 points
How did the foundation of Persian civilization differ from the foundations of other ancient societies?
Question options:

It developed without the use of agriculture.

It developed without a strong central government.

It developed in an area without river valleys.

It developed without connections with other civilizations.




HS150 Lesson 2 Exam SCORE 90 Percent

Lesson 2 Exam
Question 1        5 / 5 points
Like Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilization, early Chinese civilization began:
Question options:

after a massive wave of immigration.

in a river valley.

just before farming started.

in the fourth millennium B.C.E.
Question 2        0 / 5 points
Who was the "feathered serpent"?
Question options:

Hernán Cortés

Quetzalcóatl

Tezcatlipoca

Kukulcán
Question 3        5 / 5 points
Which of the following accurately describes the first inhabitants of North America?
Question options:

They were farmers.

They were very warlike.

They were nomadic hunter-gatherers.

They were not of Asian descent.
Question 4        5 / 5 points
Why is more known about the Shang than the Xia dynasty?
Question options:

The Shang is about a millennium earlier.

The Xia left no written records.

The Xia left no physical remains.

The Xia is known only from folklore, while the Shang far better documented.
Question 5        5 / 5 points
What are the Analects?
Question options:

<p>Religious hymns</p>

<p>Maxims of Legalism</p>

<p>Sayings of Confucius</p>

<p>Literary works</p>
Question 6        5 / 5 points
Which inhabited region of the world is the least thoroughly explored even today?
Question options:

North America

Mesoamerica

South America

Africa
Question 7        5 / 5 points
Which of these made the Bering land bridge possible?
Question options:

Rising seas

Human migration

An ice age

A period of drought
Question 8        5 / 5 points
During which dynasty did the "Era of Warring States" occur?
Question options:

Xia

Shang

Zhou

Qin
Question 9        5 / 5 points
What does Dao mean?
Question options:

<p>Truth</p>

<p>The way</p>

<p>Piety</p>

<p>Ritual</p>
Question 10        5 / 5 points
Which of these groups retained traits that resembled the earliest Amerinds?
Question options:

Inuits

Cherokees

Adena

Creeks
Question 11        5 / 5 points
About how long did the Han dynasty last?
Question options:

20 years

50 years

100 years

400 years
Question 12        0 / 5 points
Teotihuacán was distinguished from contemporary Amerind cities by its:
Question options:

pyramids.

dependence on trade.

population.

focus on war.
Question 13        5 / 5 points
Cahokia was part of what Amerind culture?
Question options:

Adena-Hopewell

Apache

Toltec

Mississippian
Question 14        5 / 5 points
The survival of both Confucianism and Daoism is explained by the fact that these philosophies:
Question options:

dominated in different regions of China.

alternately dominated in different periods of Chinese history.

are popular among different segments of the Chinese population.

play different roles in Chinese life.
Question 15        5 / 5 points
In which area of society did the Teotihuacanos and Maya differ greatly?
Question options:

Military

Government

Religion

Commerce
Question 16        5 / 5 points
Which of these provided the principle underpinning for the early Han dynasty?
Question options:

Buddhism and Legalism

Legalism and Confucianism

Daoism and Confucianism

Buddhism and Daoism
Question 17        5 / 5 points
What unique Olmec artifacts were found at San Lorenzo?
Question options:

Elaborate burial mounds

Sophisticated iron tools

Huge wheeled carts

Immense stone heads
Question 18        5 / 5 points
Which of these is a fundamental assumption of Legalism?
Question options:

All things are in balance.

Humans need strong governments.

Humans need education to flourish.

The first principle of government is justice.
Question 19        5 / 5 points
Why is the term "Native Americans" rejected by some historians and anthropologists?
Question options:

Because the term "Indian" was used first

Because the first people on the continent were actually Europeans

Because the first people on the continent were actually Africans

Because no human life was "native" to the Western Hemisphere
Question 20        5 / 5 points
The Long Count is based on a cycle of __________ solar years.
Question options:

5125

265

52

10




Tuesday, June 23, 2020

TLMT601 Week 3 Case Study 1

Case Study 1:

 

Do a library or Internet search on Efficiency Analysis and efficiency ratios. In 2 to 3 pages, find a topic that you feel is interesting. You are my Director of Operations. I have just requested an analysis of this topic for you to possibly being promoted to VP. I want you to pin point an issue and perform an efficiency analysis that will save my company money. 

 

Please upload a Word document using APA format for this assignment (see attached for the template). This assignment will have a title page, no abstract or content list, 2-3 pages of reported information, and a reference page. Again, it has to be turned in on the template and APA compliant.(3 Points)



 

 

 

TLMT601 Week 2 Assignment

Assignment Questions:

Please show all work for this quiz and explain your derivations. Lack of step-by-step work will not be credited. Partial credit will be given for step-by-step description of answer.

a. In trip calculation, it is observed that a Wal-Mart store driver successfully made a total of 120 trips in a given period of time. During field calculation, it is shown that the calculated number of trips is actually 144. What is the value of the adjustment factor? ____ (14 points)

b. It is shown that the population of New York City, NY is much greater than that of Irvington, NJ. Employment opportunities, malls, social activities and tourist sites in New York City are therefore more than that in Irvington. If attractiveness for New York and Irvington are therefore 1,600 and 160 respectively and if the calculated impedance of migration is known to be 1.57, based on Gravity-Based model, estimate in demands, the number of people who travel between Irvington, NJ and New York City per week. ____ (14 points)

c. Elasticity can be defined as percentage change in demand for a 1% change in decision attribute. For linear aggregate demand, what is the mathematical representation/formula for this statement? You must define the parameters you choose to use for this answer. ____ (14 points)

d. In the City of Joplin, due to weather devastation and hurricane effects, the cost of parking in the local Square has increased by 15%. This change has not only reduced the number of vehicles that travel to the Square by 10%, but it has also forced the inhabitants of Joplin to use buses. Bus trips have therefore increased to 25%. With respect to the cost of parking in the local Square, determine the elasticity of vehicle traffic. ____ (14 points)

e. In your own words, describe the meaning of average cost. You normally buy a crate of wine for $75. One crate has 8 bottles of wine. After a month, the store clerk informs you that the same crate of wine now costs $82. However, there are 10 bottles in a crate. To the nearest cent, determine the average cost of the crate from last month to now. ____ (14 points)

f. In your own words, describe the meaning of marginal cost. You normally buy a crate of wine for $75. One crate has 8 bottles of wine. After a month, the store clerk informs you that the same crate of wine now costs $82. However, there are 10 bottles in a crate. To the nearest cent, determine the marginal cost for one additional bottle of wine now.  (15 points)

g. In your own words, describe the meaning of unit travel. When traveling on a Greyhound bus, without intervention or obstruction, it is important to determine the unit travel time. If you leave Cleveland in a bus full of 30 passengers and arrive Cincinnati in 4 hours, what will be the average unit travel time in person minutes? ____ (15 points)



 

 

H400 Thesis Revised

Requirement: Write a double-spaced, one-page outline that includes the thesis, major points, supporting points of evidence, and conclusio...