Identify the five basic functions of a speech introduction. Reflect on which function you most often overlook in your own speeches and explain how this affects your delivery and your audience’s engagement.

How do obscenities, confusing language, or jargon affect your understanding, attention, and perception of a speaker’s credibility in speeches, presentations, and lectures? Analyze the potential consequences of these language choices on audience engagement and comprehension.

  Antibodies have 5 functions.  The picture below shows IgE (a type of Antibody) with Eosinophils and Natural Killer Cells attacking a large parasite.  This is known as

The complement protein cascade is initiated by the classical pathway, alternative pathway, and lectin pathway, leading to the activation of which complement protein?  (“all roads lead to ____”)

A project will produce cash inflows of $1,750 a year for four years. The project initially costs $10,600 to get started. In year five, the project will be closed and as a result should produce a cash inflow of $8,500. What is the net present value of this project if the required rate of return is 16.75%? 

Which of the following would not be judged a traditional category of capital budgeting project?

A new grocery store requires $50 million in initial investment. You estimate that the store will generate $5 million of after-tax cash flow each year for five years. At the end of five years, it can be sold for $60 million. What is the NPV of the project at a discount rate of 10%?  

      A firm is evaluating two investment proposals. The following data is provided for the two investment alternatives.                                                   Initial cash outflow       IRR                 NPV(@18%) Project 1                                   $250m                          28%                $80m Project 2                                   $  50m                          36%                $20m                If the two projects are independent, which project should the firm choose based on the IRR rule?

  The internal rate of return for a project will increase if:  

               Suppose a particular investment project will generate an immediate cash inflow of $1,000,000, followed by cash outflows of $400,000 in each of the next three years. What is the project’s IRR? Suppose a company’s cost of capital is 13%. Should it accept the project?