Imagine: There is an opening at a local organization for a mentor/life coach. This person would be working with a wide range of clientele that has an ever larger set of needs. The mentor/life coach could be working with a number of stakeholders in this position: business professionals, healthcare/medical professionals, educators, etc. As you skim through the job listing, you start to make a list of qualifications and qualities that they’re looking for in a potential candidate: •Competent •Mindful •Ethical •Able to see multiple perspectives •Culturally sensitive •Good listener •Team player  You’re very excited because you have just finished a wonderful course called Interpersonal Effectiveness. Additionally, you’re successfully going through a degree program. Through both of these experiences, you feel you have learned the skills necessary to be able to make a difference in the lives of others through this job. You see that the job posting has asked for any interested candidates to e-mail a letter of interest.  Write a letter of interest for this position as a mentor/life coach. As you write this e-mail, it is important that you make the reader aware of your knowledge and experience related to the qualifications for the position (as listed above).  After you have made your initial post, be sure to respond to your classmates. Imagine that you are the hiring manager responsible for finding the next mentor/life coach. Review your classmates’ letters and respond with positive comments and additional questions (based on your understanding of the content that we have learned). Complete your participation for this assignment through the end of the module.  Guidelines for responding to your classmates’ posts:  Appropriate responses may include: •Asking a follow-up question •Furthering the discussion •Reinforcing a response •Adding another dimension  Inappropriate responses include: •Using simple statements of agreement/disagreement •Making personal attacks •Arguing without supportive evidence •Making off-topic comments

 

Analyze how an organization’s vision, structure and management contribute to business outcomes and employee satisfaction.

Instructions:

You have been selected to make an individual presentation to a small group describing the role of management in a business organization  “Cleveland Clinic”. Your presentation should:

• Describe the organization’s vision and structure.
• Outline the role of management in effective deployment of human resources.
• Explain how the organization of the workforce can affect business performance.
• Analyze the role of strategic and tactical direction.
• Evaluate consequences of effective management on business outcomes and employee satisfaction.
• Evaluate the consequences of ineffective management on business outcomes and employee satisfaction.
• Provide recommendations for improving business outcomes and employee satisfaction drawing upon evidence from peer-reviewed journals and periodical.

Your presentation should be a minimum of 15 slides total: A title page with name of presentation, your name, and name of course, at least 13 slides with information, and at least one reference page showing at least three references you have found. Use APA style.

During the previous 30 years, the airline industry has experienced many mergers and bankruptcies.

For this discussion, provide at least one specific example of an operational change that occurred as the result on an airline merger or acquisition. Possible sources include Securities and Exchange Commission (Links to an external site.) filings, airline websites, biographies, NTSB reports, etc.

APA format applies to references and citations (Approximately 250 words) 

      

Lesson 6 Exam

   

Question 1

2.5 / 2.5 points

Which one of the following is the only domain that contains eukaryotes?

Question options:

  

Animalia

 

Plantae

 

Archaea

 

Eukarya

 

Question 2

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

RNAs that can act as enzymes are called:

Question options:

  

ribozymes.

 

ATPs.

 

lysosomes.

 

prokaryotes.

 

Question 3

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

You discover a prokaryote that can make its own food in the absence of light. Nutritionally, you would classify this prokaryote as a:

Question options:

  

chemoautotroph.

 

photoheterotroph.

 

photoautotroph.

 

heterotroph.

 

Question 4

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The science of naming, identifying, and classifying organisms is called:

Question options:

  

biogeography.

 

zoography.

 

phylogeny.

 

taxonomy.

 

Question 5

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Which of the following is a colonial form of green algae?

Question options:

  

<i>Volvox</i>

 

<i>Giardia</i>

 

<i>Paramecium</i>

 

<i>Plasmodium</i>

 

Question 6

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Which of the following is NOT true?

Question options:

  

The great diversification of   animals occurred during the Cambrian explosion.

 

For most of biological history,   life was confined to aquatic habitats.

 

The evolution of multicellularity   took place after the origin of the eukaryotes.

 

The first organisms to colonize   land were animals.

 

Question 7

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Feathers in birds appear to have first evolved for insulation but later conveyed a new advantage in helping create light aerodynamic surfaces. This switch in function is an example of:

Question options:

  

paedomorphosis.

 

punctuated equilibrium.

 

convergent evolution.

 

an exaptation.

 

Question 8

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Molecular systematics might examine all of the following types of data EXCEPT:

Question options:

  

proteins.

 

DNA sequences.

 

amino acid sequences.

 

anatomical features.

 

Question 9

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

__________ are responsible for toxic red tides.

Question options:

  

Plasmodial slime molds

 

Dinoflagellates

 

Red algae

 

Diatoms

 

Question 10

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Speciation requires:

Question options:

  

periods of rapid evolutionary   change.

 

geographic isolation.

 

long periods of time.

 

genetic isolation.

 

Question 11

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

An ancestral species and all its evolutionary descendants define a:

Question options:

  

outgroup.

 

clade.

 

genus.

 

ingroup.

 

Question 12

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Prokaryotes reproduce by means of:

Question options:

  

mitosis.

 

binary fission.

 

budding.

 

meiosis.

 

Question 13

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Endosymbiosis explains the origin of the __________ of eukaryotes.

Question options:

  

chloroplasts and mitochondria

 

endomembrane system

 

nuclear envelope

 

membrane-bound organelles

 

Question 14

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Which of the following would be an example of paedomorphosis?

Question options:

  

Starfish regenerating severed   limbs

 

Rapid evolution in a small,   isolated population

 

Two species evolving a similar   appearance

 

The ability to reproduce evolving   in caterpillars

 

Question 15

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The wing of a penguin is __________ the wing of a butterfly.

Question options:

  

structurally identical to

 

superior to

 

homologous to

 

analogous to

 

Question 16

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The absence of __________ in the primitive atmosphere was essential to the origin of life on Earth.

Question options:

  

N₂

 

CO₂

 

CH₄

 

O₂

 

Question 17

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

A period of mass extinction is often followed by:

Question options:

  

explosive diversification.

 

nonbranching evolution.

 

global cooling.

 

equilibrium.

 

Question 18

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Land was first colonized about __________ years ago.

Question options:

  

100 million

 

500 million

 

1.7 billion

 

2.5 billion

 

Question 19

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Of the following taxonomic levels, species found within the same __________ are the most closely related.

Question options:

  

family

 

phylum

 

order

 

domain

 

Question 20

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Variation among pre-cells was due to:

Question options:

  

genetic drift.

 

natural selection.

 

the bottleneck effect.

 

mutation.

 

Lesson 5 Exam

   

Question 21

2.5 / 2.5 points

Which one of the following statements is true?

Question options:

  

Natural selection works on   variation already present in a population.

 

Natural selection works on   non-heritable traits.

 

Individuals evolve through natural   selection.

 

Organisms evolve structures that   they need.

 

Question 22

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The oldest known fossils are from about __________ years ago.

Question options:

  

3.5 billion

 

6,000

 

4.0 million

 

1.0 billion

 

Question 23

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

While on the Beagle, Darwin was influenced by a book by Charles Lyell that suggested that Earth was __________ and sculpted by geologic processes that __________ today.

Question options:

  

old; continue

 

old; no longer occur

 

young; continue

 

young; no longer occur

 

Question 24

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The human genome contains approximately __________ genes.

Question options:

  

1,000-2,000

 

50,000-60,000

 

21,000

 

2,000-3,000

 

Question 25

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Which one of the following can create new alleles?

Question options:

  

Bottleneck Effect

 

Sexual reproduction

 

Mutation

 

Founder Effect

 

Question 26

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The presence of freckles is due to a dominant allele. Four percent of the individuals in a particular population lack freckles. Use the Hardy-Weinberg formula to calculate the percentage of individuals in this population who are homozygous dominant for freckles.

Question options:

  

32%

 

4%

 

64%

 

80%

 

Question 27

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Your family is taking a long driving vacation across the midwestern and western United States. As you travel, you notice that the flowers, birds, and trees of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains are very different. As you ponder why, you remember that such differences in the distribution of species are part of the field of:

Question options:

  

paleontology.

 

geology.

 

biogeography.

 

morphology.

 

Question 28

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The Human Genome Project has the potential to:

Question options:

  

lead to treatments for inherited   diseases.

 

lead to treatments for contagious   diseases.

 

increase our understanding of the   historical relationships among species.

 

play a role in all of the above   answer choices.

 

Question 29

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The possibility that Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan spread an unusual chromosome to nearly 16 million men living today resulted from studies of:

Question options:

  

proteomics.

 

cDNA.

 

the X chromosome.

 

the Y chromosome.

 

Question 30

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

A DNA fragment with a sticky end that reads -ATTCG will bind with another DNA fragment with a sticky end that reads:

Question options:

  

TAAGC-.

 

CGGAT-.

 

GCCTA-.

 

ATTGC-.

 

Question 31

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Genetically modifying human __________ cells may directly affect future generations.

Question options:

  

intestinal

 

immune

 

gametic

 

somatic

 

Question 32

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The scientific field that studies complete sets of genes is called:

Question options:

  

genomics.

 

recombinant DNA.

 

proteomics.

 

restriction enzyme.

 

Question 33

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Which enzyme is used to bind DNA fragments together?

Question options:

  

Restriction enzyme

 

Telomerase

 

DNA ligase

 

DNA polymerase

 

Question 34

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Which of the following is NOT a requirement of natural selection?

Question options:

  

Differential reproductive success

 

Overproduction of offspring

 

Genetic variation

 

Catastrophic events

 

Question 35

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

The total collection of alleles in a population at any one time make up that population’s:

Question options:

  

gene pool.

 

genotype.

 

heterozygosity.

 

polymorphic pool.

 

Question 36

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

You are attempting to link an individual to a crime. The only evidence you have is a tiny drop of blood. How can you use this drop of blood to make the association?

Question options:

  

You can use the sample to   determine the individual’s ABO blood group.

 

You can use gel electrophoresis to   determine the length of the DNA found in the sample.

 

You can use PCR to increase the   amount of DNA available for restriction fragment analysis.

 

You can use the sample to check   for the presence of the Rhesus factor.

 

Question 37

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Natural selection results in:

Question options:

  

increased genetic variation.

 

a population that is better   adapted to a future environment.

 

a population that is adapted to   its current environment.

 

an increase in the size of a   population.

 

Question 38

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Which of the following is most likely to decrease genetic variation?

Question options:

  

Directional selection

 

Mutation

 

Stabilizing selection

 

Diversifying selection

 

Question 39

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

Nucleic acid probes are used to:

Question options:

  

find a specific nucleotide   sequence.

 

isolate bacterial genes.

 

destroy clones that do not carry   the recombinant plasmid of interest.

 

synthesize a RNA strand   complementary to a stickyend.

 

Question 40

2.5 / 2.5 points

       

A collection of cloned DNA fragments that includes an organism’s entire genome is called a:

Question options:

  

phenotypic library.

 

gene repository.

 

clone collection.

 

genomic library.

QUESTION:

The History of Cyber Crimes  

Research the beginnings of Cyber Crimes and how they have changed the way crimes are committed and investigated. Then focus on a major cyber crime that has happened and how the criminal was caught.

REQUIREMENTS

Write a five (5) page minimum, DOUBLE SPACED, 12-FONT TIMES NEW ROMAN paper with references and sources cited. The paper must discuss each step of the sections in detail. This project will be a minimum of five (5) pages for the entire paper, not five (5) pages for each step. Your cover sheet, abstract and your source citing/references are NOT included in the five page minimum. Your grade will depend upon the presentation of your analysis and research, the quality of the work presented – whether you give a detailed presentation or a vague overview, whether you addressed all parts of the question asked, and how you support your argument/discussion – as well as the citing of a variety of sources/use of references and whether you met the mandatory minimum page requirement. Please make sure to use AT LEAST 5 sources for your research. Please make sure you include your title and the page number in the header of each page.

The paper will be written using APA Format.  Please go to “Start Here”, and click on “Course Resources.   Please download and review the APA information provided so you can put together a quality paper.  Make sure you review your paper for spelling, grammar, and format errors before submitting your work. Remember that the paper should be typed in Microsoft Word and submitted as an attachment by clicking on the link at the bottom of the assignment page.  Your paper will not receive a grade until it is submitted properly. If you need assistance, please let me know.

Please note that APA Format requires an abstract a Cover/Title page along with a Reference page. These do not count toward your 5 page minimum.