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Examine the following sequence of ball pyramids: How  many red balls will be needed to make the 173rd pyramid?

For the practice exam, students do not need to submit their scrap work.  However, on the real exam, students will need to complete the following instructions immediately after they submit their real exam:   REQUIRED SCRAP WORK: All students are REQUIRED to submit their scrap work. Students must do the following: Students must submit scrap work in their own handwriting for the exam. Students who do not submit scrap work showing how they solved the problems will receive a grade of zero (0) on the exam.  Submit their scrap work within 10 minutes after they have submitted their exam on Canvas. Scrap work submitted after 10 minutes after exam submission will not be accepted. Submit their scrap work as a PDF file or JPEG or JPG image files to the separate Canvas assignment called “EXAM 1 SCRAP WORK: All Students are REQUIRED to submit their exam work HERE”. Scrap work not submitted as either a PDF file or JPEG or JPG image files will not be accepted. If you have done scrap work by hand on paper, then after the exam you will need to quickly take images and submit images as JPEG or JPG image files or a PDF file.

For your second essay, Please select a second (and DIFFERENT) question (do not answer the same question twice!) and write your response in the text box below. Please indicate which essay (providing the number is fine) you are answering. No citations are required in your answers as you are not allowed to access materials.  One question should be answered in question 41 textbox and one question should be answered in question 42 textbox.  Compare and contrast the traditional or “helicopter” model of research to a community-based participatory research (CPBR) approach. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each method? Name at least 2 benefits and 2 drawbacks for each approach.  Given all that you have learned in module 10 on health disparities, underlying causes of health disparities, the risk & protective factors model, high risk populations, and racism as a public health issue, select a health condition for which there are known health disparities. First, identify the health condition you have selected and identify a population at high risk for this health condition. Then, discuss why this condition constitutes a health disparity. Finally, discuss two risk factors that contribute to this health disparity (please note, these can fall at any level of the social ecological model). You have been given transcripts from recent focus groups. Your supervisor wants to know the main aspects discussed. Explain, using qualitative data analysis methods, how you would complete this task, using the terms: codes, categories, and themes, and describe at least two important records to keep throughout the process. 

SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS Please answer 2 of the following 3 short answer questions. You will not get extra credit for answering all 3. To start, please select one short essay question and write your response in the text box below. Please indicate which essay (providing the number is fine) you are answering. No citations are required in your answers as you are not allowed to access materials.  One question should be answered in question 41 textbox and one question should be answered in question 42 textbox.  Compare and contrast the traditional or “helicopter” model of research to a community-based participatory research (CPBR) approach. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each method? Name at least 2 benefits and 2 drawbacks for each approach.  Given all that you have learned in module 10 on health disparities, underlying causes of health disparities, the risk & protective factors model, high risk populations, and racism as a public health issue, select a health condition for which there are known health disparities. First, identify the health condition you have selected and identify a population at high risk for this health condition. Then, discuss why this condition constitutes a health disparity. Finally, discuss two risk factors that contribute to this health disparity (please note, these can fall at any level of the social ecological model). You have been given transcripts from recent focus groups. Your supervisor wants to know the main aspects discussed. Explain, using qualitative data analysis methods, how you would complete this task, using the terms: codes, categories, and themes, and describe at least two important records to keep throughout the process. 

With an Enterprise Risk Management view of risk = a risk can fall into one of the four quadrants of risk.  Risks that arise from the effect of market forces on a firm and/or changing financial market conditions on assets and liabilities fall under which quadrant of risk? 

East Side Fitness is fitness center, and it is contemplating whether to acquire a yoga studio directly across the street from its gym.  The owners believe that the yoga studio will serve as a complimentary business. In turn East Side will be able to increase the membership fees for current members by offering yoga services, as well as grow the overall membership by offering both gym and yoga services.  Which one of the following quadrants of risk will be most influenced by this decision?

Jean works at Tasty Cake Inc. a large manufacturer of packaged cakes and pastries. One day, Jean came into work quite tired from a long night the evening prior. While working down on the production floor, she was preparing a batch of cake batter for a large order of pastries. In her sleep deprived state, Jean accidently added salt instead of sugar. She did not realize her error until the pastries had finished baking, and she tried one to assure the quality. As a result, the entire batch of over 100 pastries had to be thrown out, and re-made.  This would be an example of which one of the following types of risk?

When a firms identifies Strategic Risks that it faces: it is important to engage in a risk management process to manage them. First a firm must develop its strategic goals. Then the firm must analyze its environment: both internally (the firm’s assets and unique competencies) and externally (trends in the industry, or the macroeconomic environment at large).  A tool that can help a firm analyze its environment for both internal factors and external factors is: 

Wonderful Widgets Inc. is a manufacturing firm in Buffalo, NY that manufacturers widgets. Last week, a major snow storm struck the Buffalo area, causing significant wind and snow accumulation. Wonderful Widgets manufacturing plant was not damaged by the snow storm in any way. However, for three days after the snow storm hit, the local utility provider Buffalo Power & Light was unable to restore electricity to the area of Buffalo where the firm’s manufacturing plant is located. As a result, Wonderful Widgets Inc. could not operate for three days until the electricity in the area was restored; which is used to power all of the firm’s machinery, equipment, and heating for the building.  What type of risk does the above scenario fall under?

Due to the rising price of a barrel of oil based on the Global Crude Oil Index (GCX), Speedway Stores must increase the price of a gallon of gasoline by 10% at all of its gas stations across the country. What category of risk does this represent for Speedway Stores?