Answer:
a. A Ba1 corporate bond <u>2 (not investment grade)</u>
b. A ten-year BBB- corporate bond with a YTM of 7% <u>3 (medium risk but still investment grade)</u>
c. A secured loan from Argosy Gaming, which is a B- rated firm <u>4 (less risky since it is backed by a collateral)</u>
d. A senior subordinated bond from Argosy Gaming <u>1 (highest risk)</u>
Explanation:
There are two major bond rating agencies in the US: Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
Their rankings are very similar, although the letters vary a little:
AAA: safest
AA: low risk
A: low risk
BBB: medium risk
BB: a little bit more riskier
B: risky
CCC: very high risk
CC: even riskier
C: riskiest
D: junk, in default
Answer:
Given that Program instructions consists of:
- 60% floating point multiply
- 20% floating point divide
- 20% other instructions
Amdahl's law states that:
Execution time affected by improvement = (Execution time after improvement/ Amount of improvement) + (Execution time unaffected)
Assuming initially that floating point multiply, divide and other instructions have same clocks per instruction (CPI).
Part (a)
New execution time after improvement with multiply = (60) / 8 + (20 + 20) = 47.5
New execution time after improvement with Divide = (20) / 3 + (60 + 20) = 86.67
New system should be 4x faster which means new execution time should be below = 100/ 4 = 25.
Therefore, Management's goal can NOT be achieved by making the improvement with multiply or divide alone.
Part (b)
New execution time after improvement with multiply and divide = (60 / 8) + (20 / 3) + 20 = 34.17
Speed up = execution time of original machine / Execution time of new machine = (100 / 34.17) = 2.93
Therefore, new machine is 2.93 times faster than original machine.
Answer: Participation strategy
Explanation: Participation strategy refers to the strategy in which the management tries to make all the individuals in a group to collectively work for the accomplishment of a goal. It refers to associate the workers in an objective to give them a sense of superiority and belongingness towards that goal.
In the given case, Gilbert is trying to make the employees to fell the awareness towards the project by taking their ideas ans suggestions into consideration.
Hence from the above we can conclude that the correct option is E.
It shows you're trustworthy and banks will be more willing to loan you money
Answer:
c. Optimum replacement interval (ORI)
Explanation:
Optimum replacement interval used to estimate the most cost effective time to replace an asset on the basis of their replacement cost.
There needs to be a balance between the replacement cost and the value that is being lost by changing the asset.
The useful value must be low to justify replacement cost.
For example if the cost of maintaining a machine has increased a lot as a result of wear and tear, it will be more cost effective to make a replacement in order to minimise cost and increase efficiency
