You Have Determined That a 75 Percent Learning Curve Is

question 7

Multiple Choice

You have determined that a 75 percent learning curve is appropriate for a task. If the initial timing of the person performing that job was 50 minutes, and if you need the job performed 500 times, how many minutes of work will be required?

• A) 25,000 minutes
• B) 3,184 minutes
• C) 1,895 minutes
• D) 1,379 minutes
• E) 636.8 minutes

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Definitions:

Sharpe Measure

A risk-adjusted performance metric that evaluates the return of an investment compared to its risk, with a higher Sharpe ratio indicating better risk-adjusted returns.

Beta

A measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole, with a value greater than 1 indicating higher risk and a value less than 1 indicating lower risk.

Treynor Measure

A metric for assessing the returns of an investment portfolio, adjusting for the risk taken as measured by beta.

Beta

A measure of a stock's volatility in comparison to the overall market's volatility, indicating the risk associated with investing in the stock.