The crosswind network studio has recently been awarded a large contract to create a new children’s television show. this will require the company to move into a new office complete with production facilities that are 300% larger than the current facilities. the schedule is tight for this new project and delay is not an option. the new office is already two months behind schedule. the company is trying to use an incentive fee to motivate the contractor to complete the work as quickly as possible, even if it results in a smaller delay. this is an example of what type of risk response?

a. accept
b. mitigate
c. avoid
d. transfer

Parks corporation is considering an investment proposal in which a working capital investment of $10,000 would be required. the investment would provide cash inflows of $2,000 per year for six years. the working capital would be released for use elsewhere when the project is completed. if the company's discount rate is 10%, the investment's net present value is closest to (ignore income taxes) ?

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

Problem 3: access control pokeygram, a cutting-edge new email start-up, is setting up building access for its employees. there are two types of employees: managers and engineers, and there are three departments: security, networking, and human resoures. each employee works in a single department, and each department is housed on a different floor. managers are allowed access to any floor, while engineers are allowed access only to their own floor. there are three badge-operated elevators, each going up to only one distinct floor. every employee has one badge. pokeygram wants to use the best possible access control method in order to minimize delay for the elevators (a) access control matrix, 1. which of the following would you recommend that pokeygram use: (b) access control lists, or (c) capabilities? make sure to justify your answer. 2. what, if any, would be the benefits (and/or disadvantages) of using rbac (role-based access control) in this situation? keep your solution for this problem limited to 10-12 lines of text.