1) Select either Topic A or Topic B for your special occasion speech.

Topic A: Who Inspires You? | Deliver a speech of introduction in which you
introduce a person who inspires you

Topic B: Employee of the Month | You have been given an award for
“Employee of the Month” and must give an acceptance speech at an awards
banquet. Deliver your speech of acceptance.

2) Create an outline or speaking notes in Microsoft Word.
o Download the Microsoft Word template in the “Assignment 4.1” section
located in Week 8 of your course. Structure and organize your speech so you’ll stay within the 2-minute time
limit.

3) Submit the completed Microsoft Word template

1) Which one of the following is an aspect of a program’s acquisition strategy that would be of most interest to the business financial manager?

Integrated digital environment

Exit criteria

Program resourcing

Program Office staffing

2) Which one of the following is LEAST likely to be involved in the process that results in the Concurrent Budget Resolution?

House Budget Committee

Senate Budget Committee

Congressional Budget Office

Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller)

3) Funds in the following types of appropriation accounts are not required to use commitment accounting: (select all that apply)

Military Personnel

Procurement

RDT&E

Operations and Maintenance

4) Which one of the following is true concerning below-threshold reprogrammings in Military Construction appropriations?

The amount added to an existing Project must be less than $2 million or 25% of the Project’s original value, whichever is lower

The amount added to an existing Line Item must be less than $20 million or 20% of the Project’s original value, whichever is lower

The amount taken from an existing Line Item must be less than $20 million or 20% of the Line Item’s original value, whichever is greater

The amount taken from an existing Program Element must be less than $10 million or 25% of the PE”s original value, whichever is greater

5) Below-threshold reprogramming actions are approved by: (select one)

Individual DoD Components

Program Managers

Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller)

Congress

6) Time now is June 2015 (FY 2015). Which of the following appropriations is expired at this time? Select all that apply.

FY 2013 RDT&E, Air Force

FY 2011 Military Personnel, Navy

FY 2009 O&M, Defense-Wide

FY 2015 Procurement, Marine Corps

7) The President’s Budget requested $459 million for DoD’s REDBIRD Program. The House Appropriations Committee has decided to grant REDBIRD $459 million, while the Senate Appropriations Committee has decided to grant REDBIRD $440 million. At this point, DoD should appeal to:

The Appropriations Conference for $459 million

The Appropriations Conference for $440 million

The Authorization Conference for $459 million

The Authorization Conference for $440 million

8) Obligation and expenditure plans: (select one)

Should be coordinated with the Administrative Contracting Officer

Forecast the execution of a program’s funds

Should include as many fourth-quarter obligations and expenditures as possible to minimize the possibility of falling behind the execution plan

Are prepared at the Service Headquarters level

9) Which of the following would normally be permitted under a Continuing Resolution?

Obligating a program’s entire amount of annual funding during the period of the continuing resolution

Spending at the current rate of operations

Initiating a new start

Increasing the procurement quantity of a weapon system above the number authorized by Congress

10) A Procuring Contracting Officer just signed a contract citing $500,000 of RDT&E funds based on the WHIZKIT program comptroller’s certification of funds. Shortly afterward, it was discovered that the contract should have been funded with a procurement appropriation and that the WHIZKIT program was only formally allocated $400,000 of such procurement funds. As a result, this action most likely: (select one)

Violated the Antideficiency Act and the Bona Fide Need Rule

Violated the Bona Fide Need Rule and the Misappropriation Act

Violated both the Antideficiency Act and the Misappropriation Act

Violated only the Misappropriation Act

11) Which one of the following is most likely to be involved in the process that results in the Defense Appropriations Act?

Congressional Budget Office

House Armed Services Committee

Senate Budget Committee

Senate Appropriations Committee

12) A contract funded with FY 2006 Aircraft Procurement, Navy funds was finally closed out in May 2019. At this time, it was discovered that the contractor was still owed $350,000 for work performed on the contract. What appropriations could be used to pay this bill during FY 2019? Select all that apply.

FY 2006 Aircraft Procurement, Navy

FY 2019 Aircraft Procurement, Navy

FY 2017 Aircraft Procurement, Navy

FY 2019 Weapons Procurement, Navy

13) Match each of the following types of contract data with the section of the uniform contract in which it is likely to be found:
a) Section G
b) Section C
c) Section I
d) Section A
Statement of Objectives	a b c d
DFAS Paying Office	a b c d
Limitation of Government Obligation Clause	a b c d
Contract Issuing Office	a b c d

14) Which of the following statements concerning the Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR) is TRUE?

Shows Earned Value to date by Work Breakdown Structure element

Shows spending on a particular contract

Shows all values at cost (without appropriate profit or fee added)

May not be tailored to delete requirements from its Data Item Description

15) Reimbursable orders are recorded as obligations when: (select one)

The ordering activity delivers the order to the providing activity

The providing activity awards a contract to a third party to perform the work ordered

The providing activity performs the work or delivers the product ordered

The providing activity accepts the order in writing

16) All of the following may occur for acquisition programs whose actual obligations and expenditures appear to be significantly lower than their planned levels EXCEPT: (select one)

Have some or all of their funds reprogrammed in the year of execution to meet other needs

Keep all or most of their funds if they can show that unusual problems are causing their actuals to appear lower than they really are

Keep all or most of their funds by claiming that the variance is due to normal backlog in the disbursing office

Have their budget requests for future years adjusted by Component or OSD budget analysts

17) Which one of the following is most likely to provide the Navy’s primary interface with the House Appropriations Committee?

Chief of Naval Operations

Naval Inspector General

Chief of Navy Legislative Affairs

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)

18) During FY 2014, the REDBIRD program desires to spend $4 million for an initial research and development contract. $2 million more will be needed in FY 2015 to complete the contract. The REDBIRD program was not funded in any previous year and was not included in the President’s Budget submission for FY 2014. Before it can spend any money, the REDBIRD program must:

Appeal to the Appropriations Conference

Notify Congress in writing, wait 30 days, then proceed

Obtain written approval from Congress

Obtain a waiver from the Secretary of Defense

19) The authorization phase of the congressional budget enactment process:

Involves the Armed Services Committees of the House and the Senate

Was established by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

Provides budget authority for acquisition programs

Is required by the Constitution

20) An ACAT I program is just starting its Production and Deployment acquisition phase. Which one of the following reports is the program LEAST likely to be required to submit?

Unit Cost Report

Selected Acquisition Report

Congressional Acquisition Executive Summary

Defense Acquisition Executive Summary

21) Which one of the following best describes the purpose of the Statement of Work?

List the FAR clauses applicable to the contract

Specify the price of each contract deliverable

Identify the tasks to be performed and the outer limits of the contractor’s effort

Provide broad goals to be met by the acquisition

Write a one and a half to two (1½ – 2) page paper in which you:

1. Become an advocate for either the consumer or the industry. Prepare an argument explaining the major reasons why you support either the consumer or the industry. 
2. Explain the role capitalism plays in corporate decision making.
3. Discuss if you believe it is possible for a company to cater to both its best interest and that of the consumer conjointly or if one always has to prevail. Justify your response.
4. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities, and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
• Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
• Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

Positioning Statement and Motto

Due Week 4 and worth 175 points

In this assignment, you will create a Positioning Statement and Motto for one (1) of the following brands: Alfa Romeo, Google, or Amazon.com.

Select only one (1) brand. Use the information listed, as well as your own research, to assess the brand by completing the provided template. At the end of the template, be sure to develop what you believe would be a new or better positioning statement and motto for the brand.

Click here to download the required template.

Submit the completed template via the Assignment 1 submission link.

*Remember to only select one (1) brand from the options below (click on Option A, Option B, or Option C to view each available brand).

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1. In the video below exercise, you will be given 5 types of insurance fraud and a short definition of each. I would like for you to rank them according to degree of severity. In other words, start with the crime you think is the worst and work your way down to the crime you think is the least egregious. Please briefly explain why you have chosen to put them in the order you have. this video is only for question 1.

.2. What are the commonalities and differences between medical, legal and academic crime?

3. How does avocational crime differ from occupational crime? Please cite some examples of both.

4. Define the term “criminogenic environment” and explain how such an environment factors into the commission of occupational crime and white collar crime in general.