Chapter 3, Problem 2.6CP

A startup Internet company has generated the following cash balance for the first six years of its IS projects: -$250,000, -$180,000, $225,000, $340,000, $410,000, and $425,000. Using the NPV function in Excel, calculate the net present value of this project at an 8.5 percent interest rate. What is the IRR of this project? If a bank is willing to give the company a loan at 15 percent to implement these projects, should the company accept the loan (assuming there are no other conditions)? Why or why not? The CTO of the company mentioned in Project 1 has decided to acquire a CASE tool to help expedite and better document the Web site that is being designed for his company’s e-commerce operations. The CTO has narrowed these choices to CA ERwin Process Modeler and Oracle Designer. Based on the information provided in this module and other sources, which tool would you recommend? What are the three major factors behind your recommendation? The CTO of the company mentioned in Project 1 also…

In G2:G11, the values should evaluate to the surname and the first character of the first name, with some punctuation. For example G2 should evaluate to Johnson R. What function should be used to achieve this? Choices:  A. CONCATENATE B. MIN,MAX C. SEARCH D. RANK E. No choice given

TID items_bought 100 {M, O, N, K, E, Y} 200 {D, O, N, K, E, Y} 300 {M, A, K, E} 400 {M, U, C, K, Y} 500 {C, O, K, I, E} Which of the following are maximal itemset in the table above, when minsup is 40%? a. {K, C} b. {M, K} c. {O, N, K, Y}