Focus on the concepts of critical thinking and belief perseverance.

Think about the differences between and among common sense, science, and beliefs.

Consider how the differences between common sense and science and the connections between common sense and beliefs relate to critical thinking and to being a scholar-practitioner in your area(s) of interest.

Identify at least one strategy you might employ (or have employed) to ensure that you think critically in the presence of your personal belief system.

 

Provide an explanation of the relationships between and among common sense, science, personal beliefs, and critical thinking. Next, explain the role each of these four elements plays in the practice of scholarship. Then, provide your own definition of belief perseverance and explain how it influences critical thinking. Finally, share at least one strategy that you might employ to ensure that you think critically in the presence of your personal belief system.

Lightweight wood trusses have received substantial attention in the last several years, including an alert issued by NIOSH in 2005. Although this is somewhat dated, the message still applies for today’s fire service. Please discuss the dangers of lightweight wood trusses and how they apply in your community. What has your department done to identify and prepare for these hazards from a replanting and operational perspective?

 

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Describe how a lightweight wood truss will fail when exposed to a fire.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

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You are a firefighter assigned to protect the exteriors of two old wood frame apartment buildings located on both sides of an alley way. Both of the apartment structures have exterior sidewall asphalt siding shingles. What are your concerns? Please discuss.

100-250 words for each response.

 

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An international team was gathered to discuss how funding should be spent to eliminate human infections. There is only enough funding to eliminate one disease. How would the scientists go about choosing the next disease to be eliminated from the planet? Which one should it be?

 

 

 

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Infections with hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses usually take years, even decades, before visible signs of hepatitis manifest themselves. Epidemiological, how does it influenza our ability to track such diseases in a population and prevent transmissions?

 

 

 

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How are computer viruses similar to biological viruses? Are computer viruses alive? Why or why not?

Read the articles:

1) America Needs Labor Unions

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dale-hansen/america-needs-labor-union_b_6930794.html

by Dale Hunsen – March 24, 2015

2) Obama Rejects Republican Bid to Overturn New Union Rules

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/obama-rejects-republican-effort-to-tighten-union-rules.html?ref=topics

by Peter Baker – March 31, 2015

3)  Go to the internet and find an article that discusses labor union formation and activity, summarize key points and post in Discussions area.

You are expected to make your own contribution in a main topic as well as respond with value-added comments to at least two of your classmates. You are encouraged to respond to other students as well as to your instructor.

 

Choose one question to answer:

1. Do unions engage in ethical behavior? Please explain.
2. Historically, what factors precipitated the formation of unions? Please explain.
3. Do you expect union activity to increase or decrease globally? Please explain.

1)             Each of the following situations involves a possible violation by a CPA and member of the AICPA of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct.  For each situation, indicate whether it violates the Code.  If it violates the Code, indicate which rule is violated and explain why.

1. a) You are the controller of ABC, Inc. ABC’s’ external auditors have asked you to sign the management representation letter.  You signed the management representation letter, even though you know that full disclosures have not been made to ABC’s external auditors.

 

 

 

1. b) You were hired by XYZ, Inc. to supervise its accounting department in preparing financial statements and presenting them to senior management. Due to considerable time incurred on other financial activities, you were unable to supervise the accounting staff adequately.  It is later discovered that XYZ’s financial statements contain false and misleading information.

 

 

 

1. c) You are a sole CPA practitioner in private practice and you have provided extensive advisory services for you audit client, HIJ, Inc. You have helped management interpret their financial statements, provided forecasts and other analyses, counseled on potential expansion plans, and counseled on banking relationships.  HIJ is a publicly traded firm subject to SEC regulation.

 

 

 

2)             Assume that you encountered the following issues during several different auditing engagements during 2014.  Discuss how each situation would affect your audit report on financial statements.  Be thorough in covering all sections of the audit report that would be affected.  Also, include an explanation as to why the report would be changed, or not if change isn’t required.  Each item is from a different audit and is independent of the other items.  However, all the firms are not publicly traded and not subject to SEC and PCAOB regulation.

1. a) One of your clients is a real estate investment firm. It experienced a significant decline in the value of its investment properties during the past year because of a downturn in the economy and has appropriately recognized that decline in market value under GAAP.  You wish to emphasize the decline in the economy and its impact on its financial position and results of operations for 2014 in your audit report.

 

 

 

1. b) For the past five years, you have conducted the audits of OPQ, a company that provides technology consulting services, and you have always issued unqualified opinions on its financial statements. Based on its 2014 audit, you believe that an unqualified opinion is appropriate; however, you did note that OPQ reported its third consecutive operating loss and has experienced negative cash flows because of the inability of some of its customers to promptly pay for services received.

 

 

 

1. c) In your audit of ABC, Inc. you found that their supplies inventory had been materially misstated. The firm’s management has refused to restate the inventory because the supplies inventory is a relatively small percentage of their total assets.  You agree that the supplies inventory isn’t a very large percentage of their total, but you still believe that it is materially misstated.

 

 

 

1. d) DEF, Inc. is a manufacturing firm with substantial raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods inventories. Inventories make up 75% of their current assets and 25% of their total assets.  DEF’s management refused to let you audit these inventories in any way because they felt their internal audit department did an adequate job of staying on top if inventory valuations and counts.  They wanted to reduce the audit fees.  You have been unable to perform any alternative procedures that you believe would provide sufficient evidence for you to confirm the ending inventory balances.

 

 

 

1. e) You have completed your audit field work for you audit of GHI, Inc. and are in the process of drafting your audit report. However, the audit manager in charge of the GHI audit just informed you that his wife was GHI’s chief financial officer.

 

 

3)             Changes in an auditee’s financial reporting that create differences from the prior year are classified into two categories – those that effect consistency and those that affect comparability.  Describe these two categories and differentiate between them.  Provide an example of each.  Discuss the effect on the audit report of each.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper, based on your reading for the week, examining the importance of emotional intelligence in all aspects of life. Be sure to address the following items in your analysis:

• Describe the differences between traditional cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence.
• Analyze the use of emotional intelligence concepts in work life, home life, and personal life.

Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation, with speaker notes, on the police and law enforcement. Include the following in your presentation:

• Present a timeline of the historical development of police agencies and their jurisdiction.
• Address the relationship between the historical development of police agencies and policing styles.
• Describe the law enforcement agencies under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security and their responsibilities.
• Address the primary purposes of police patrol.
• Describe the role of police in contemporary society.
• Explain at least two issues facing today’s police departments.

Identify and discuss the five periods of juvenile justice history and which period you think was the most influential to the evolution of the juvenile justice system.

Requirements:

• 2-3 pages double spaced
• Use at least two reliable sources other than the text (not Wikipedia)

• 2-3 pages double spaced
• Use at least two reliable sources other than the text (not Wikipedia)