Question 1
10 out of 10 points
When entering numeric answers in FIN 300, which of the following math symbols
should you use?
Selected
Answer:
none of the above, just enter plain
numbers.
Answers: $
%
@
none of the above, just enter plain
numbers.
Response
Feedback:
Of course
decimals are fine.
Question 2
10 out of 10 points
In banking and finance, we often deal with rates of return and percentages. On the
FIN 300 Exams and Problem sets, what is the correct way to enter the number 80
percent?
Selected
Answer:
80
Answers: 8/1
0
80
%
0.8
0
80
Response
Feedback:
Just like when someone asks how you did on an exam you
say 80 NOT 0.80.
Question 3
10 out of 10 points
On the FIN 300 syllabus, the Weekly schedule is stated in terms of "Week beginning
on Sunday." What does the professor mean by "Week beginning on Sunday?"
Selected
Answer: It means the class actually meets during the week, but to keep it
simple, the syllabus refers to the week as if it begins on Sunday. It
also means the Exams are on Wednesday (not Sunday).
Answers:
It means the class actually meets during the week, but to keep it
simple, the syllabus refers to the week as if it begins on Sunday. It
also means the Exams are on Wednesday (not Sunday).
It means the professor is cancelling all holidays.
It means you should email the professor every other Sunday just
to say hi.
It means you are "weak" if you only think about FIN 300 on Sundays.
Response
Feedback:
This is because I teach multiple sections so I try to
keep it generic.
Question 4
10 out of 10 points
What is the date of the final exam?
Selected
Answer:
December 8,
2017
Answers:
December 8,
2017
December
8, 2018
August 18,
2017
June 20, 2018
Question 5
10 out of 10 points
How does the answer key handle rounding? How many decimal places do you
enter?
Selected
Answer: The answer key has a "range" of correct answers. For example, if the
answer is 5.24, the student will get credit for entering anything
between 5.20 and 5.30.
Answers:
The answer key has a "range" of correct answers. For example, if the
answer is 5.24, the student will get credit for entering anything
between 5.20 and 5.30.
What is rounding?
The answer key cannot handle rounding as it was not invented before
computers.
Ask Twitter.
Question 6
10 out of 10 points
If you are asked to find a rate or return and you get the answer as 0.05, please
enter your answer in the space below in percent format.
Selected
Answer: 5
Correct
Answer: 5
Answer range
+/-
0 (5.0 -
5.0)
Question 7
10 out of 10 points
The professor does not control the Excel Modules. Please enter the email address for
Linda Prince because she is the correct person to contact if you have any questions
on the Excel Modules. This email address is given on the Syllabus.
Selected
Answer: linda.prince@as
u.edu
Correct
Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity
Exact Match linda.prince@asu.edu
Response
Feedback:
I have NO CONTROL over the Excel modules so
please do not ask me about them.
Question 8
10 out of 10 points
If the answer to a question is 40 and you "accidentally" enter 4, just email the
professor for full credit.
Selected
Answer: Fals
e
Answers: True
Fals
e
Response
Feedback:
You have to input the numbers correctly
for credit.
Question 9
10 out of 10 points
If an exam is given "online" then it must be taken during the usual class time,
unless you have prior permission from the instructor.
Selected
Answer: Tru
e
Answers: Tru
e
False
Question 10
10 out of 10 points
How can you see your answers and the solutions to the Problem sets online?
Selected
Answer: Go to the course website and click on Tools | My Grades, then click on
the Problem set, then click on the little score on the lower right.
Answers are usually available only after we go over them in class.
Answers: Email the TA.
Email the Blackboard help desk.
Go to the course website and click on Tools | My Grades, then click on
the Problem set, then click on the little score on the lower right.
Answers are usually available only after we go over them in class.
Google it.
