A Pilot Work Study Has Been Conducted on a New

question 36

Essay

A pilot work study has been conducted on a new operation with four work elements.The following times,in seconds,were obtained using the continuous method. a.What is the normal time for this operation?
b.If an allowance of 20 percent is used,what is the standard time for this task?
c.What sample size is appropriate for estimating the time for element 3 within + 3 percent of the true mean time with 95 percent confidence (z = 1.96)?

Know how the security market line represents the relationship between risk (beta) and expected return and how it aids in determining if an investment is correctly priced.

Understand how to compute the expected return on a portfolio and the role of portfolio weights.

Recognize the importance of the correlation between stocks in a portfolio and its effect on portfolio variance.

Identify and differentiate between systematic (market) risk and unsystematic (unique) risk and their implications for investment decisions.

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