1. You are doing research on the use of mobile technology such as cell phones or PDAs in patient care. Which of the following groups of subject terms would be the best for searching the subject field of a health database like Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition on this topic?   
a) Information Technology, Patient Care 
b) Wireless communication, Medical Care 
c) Telecommunication in Medicine, Medical Care 
d) Hospitals, Medical Technology

2. You are using a chapter from an E-book in your research paper. Published in 2007, the book is called The Handbook of Mentoring at Work and is edited by Belle Rose Ragins and Kathy E. Kram. The chapter by Katherine Giscombe is on pages 549-575 in the book and is titled Advancing Women Through the Glass Ceiling With Formal Mentoring. The book is available in print, published by Sage Publications in Thousand Oaks, California, but you read it on January 12, 2011 in the UMUC database Sage Online Reference Collections, at http://www.sage-ereference.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/hdbk_workmentor/. How would you cite it in APA 6th edition format?   
a) Giscombe, Katherine. “Advancing Women through the Glass Ceiling with Formal Mentoring.” The Handbook of Mentoring at Work. Eds. Ragins, Belle Rose, and Kathy E. Kram. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007. 549-575. Sage Online Reference Collections. Web. 12 Jan. 2011. 
b) Giscombe, K. (2007). Advancing women through the glass ceiling with formal mentoring. In B. R. Ragins & K. E. Kran, (Eds.), The Handbook of Mentoring at Work (pp. 549-575). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.sage-ereference.com/
 c) Giscombe, K. (2007). Advancing women through the glass ceiling with formal mentoring. In B. R. Ragins & K. E. Kran, (Eds.), The Handbook of Mentoring at Work (pp. 549-575). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.sage-ereference.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/hdbk_workmentor/ 
d) Giscombe, K. (2007.) Advancing women through the glass ceiling with formal mentoring. In B. R. Ragins & K. E. Kran, (Eds.), The Handbook of Mentoring at Work (549-575). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.sage-ereference.com/

3. If you were researching the effectiveness of Project-Based Learning in increasing student motivation, and your search using the phrase Project-Based Learning did not produce enough relevant articles, how might you change your search statement to cover the key concepts more thoroughly and find the most relevant search results?   
a) (project based learning AND motivation) OR (process writing AND engagement) AND (student* OR learner*)  
b) (project based learning OR process writing) OR (motivation OR engagement) AND (student* OR learner*) 
c) (project based learning OR process writing) AND (motivation OR engagement) AND (student* AND learner*) 
d) (project based learning OR process writing) AND (motivation OR engagement) AND (student* OR learner*)

4. Which of the following research questions is too broad for a graduate level research paper?   
a) How does culture affect communication in virtual teams at IBM Corporation? 
b) How has technology improved educational practices in the United States? 
c) How does customer service outsourcing affect retail sales of computers? 
d) How does Mexican immigration affect restaurant businesses in the United States?

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§ 1603(b)(2). Only direct ownership satisfies the statutory requirement. In issues of corporate law structure often matters. The statutory reference to ownership of “shares” shows that Congress intended coverage to turn on formal corporate ownership. As a corporation and its shareholders are distinct entities, see, e. g., First Nat. City Bank v. Banco Para el Comercio Exterior de Cuba, 462 U. S. 611, 625, a corporate parent which owns a subsidiary’s shares does not, for that reason alone, own or have legal title to the subsidiary’s assets; and, it follows with even greater force, the parent does not own or have legal title to the subsidiary’s subsidiaries. The veil separating corporations and their shareholders may be pierced in certain exceptional circumstances, but the Dead Sea Companies refer to no authority for extending the doctrine so far that, as a categorical matter, all subsidiaries are deemed to be the same as the parent corporation. Various federal statutes refer to “direct or indirect ownership.” The absence of this language in § 1603(b) instructs the Court that Congress did not intend to disregard structural ownership rules here. That section’s “other ownership interest” phrase, when following the word “shares,” should be interpreted to refer to a type of interest other than stock ownership. Reading the phrase to refer to a state’s interest in entities further down the corporate ladder would make the specific reference to “shares” redundant. The fact that Israel exercised considerable control over the companies may not be substituted for an ownership interest, since control and ownership are distinct concepts, and it is majority ownership by a foreign state, not control, that is the benchmark of instrumentality status. Pp. 473-478.

3. Instrumentality status is determined at the time of the filing of the complaint. Construing § 1603(b)(2) so that the present tense in the provision “a majority of whose shares … is owned by a foreign state” has real significance is consistent with the longstanding principle that the Court’s jurisdiction depends upon the state of things at the time the action is brought. E. g., Keene Corp. v. United States, 508 U. S. 200, 207. The Dead Sea Companies’ attempt to compare foreign sovereign immunity with other immunities that are based on a government officer’s status at the time of the conduct giving rise to the suit is inapt because the reason for those other immunities does not apply here. Unlike those immunities, foreign sovereign immunity is not meant to avoid chilling foreign states or their instrumentalities in the conduct of their business but to give them some protection from the inconvenience of suit as a gesture of comity, Verlinden B. V. v.Central Bank of Nigeria, 461 U. S. 480, 486. Because any relationship recognized under the FSIA between the Dead Sea Companies and Israel had been severed before suit was commenced, the companies would not be entitled to in-

1. Which of the following statements is not true regarding safety custom?

A Evidence that defendant violated customary safety precautions of the relevant community is usually sufficient to get plaintiff’s case to the jury.

B A defendant who complied with all safety requirements of a statute might still be negligent.

C In many courts, plaintiff has been allowed to introduce into evidence safety manuals written by private organizations to show that defendant, in failing to follow such manuals, fell below the standard of reasonable care.

D A defendant who fails to comply with a safety custom established by a statute or ordinance may introduce evidence that the statute or ordinance is customarily violated by others in the community as evidence of the defendant’s reasonable conduct

2. Which of the following statements is true regarding the role of the jury in deciding unreasonableness?

A Because reasonableness is a question of fact, the jury always decides this issue.

B Because reasonableness is a question of fact, the jury always decides this issue, subject to the judge’s right to make the ultimate decision.

C Because reasonableness is a question of law, the judge always decides this issue.

D The “fixed standard of reasonableness” approach is now a firmly established legal principle.

3. Based on your reading of the Santiago v. First Student, Inc. case, which of the following statements is true?

A The court indicated that it disbelieved the plaintiff.

B One cannot prove unreasonable risk without establishing specific facts of conduct.

C The nature of an accident was almost always sufficient to show unreasonableness.

D Justifiable speculation is generally sufficient to establish unreasonableness.

4. Which of the following is not an accurate definition of breach of duty.

A An act, the nonoccurrence of which may cause damage to another.

B The defendant’s failure to meet the standard of care.

C The defendant’s failure to act as a reasonable person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.

D The unreasonable conduct by the defendant.

1. For 2011, the Butternut Corporation has net income on its books of $75,000, including the following items:
Net capital losses $10,000 
Federal income tax expense 22,250 
Federal tax depreciation exceeds the depreciation deducted on the books by $7,250. What is the corporation’s taxable income?




A) $97,250 


B) $75,000 


C) $85,000 


D) $107,250 


E) $100,000 




2. Ted forms the Nutshell Corporation during the 2011 tax year. To form the corporation, Ted transfers assets having a fair market value of $550,000 to Nutshell Corporation for 100 percent of the corporation’s stock. Ted’s adjusted basis in the assets transferred was $250,000 and Nutshell Corporation assumed a $175,000 mortgage on the assets. If the fair market value of the stock received by Ted is $375,000, what is his basis in the stock received from the corporation?



A) $75,000 


B) $425,000 


C) $550,000 


D) $375,000 



3.The partnership of Nixon and Whittier realized the following items of income during the year ended December 31, 2011:

Net income from operations $93,000 
Dividends from domestic corporations 5,000 
Interest on corporate bonds 2,000 
Net long-term capital gains 15,000 
Net short-term capital gains 11,000 

Both of the partners are on a calendar year basis. What is the total income which should be reported as ordinary income from business activities of the partnership for 2011?


A) $126,000 


B) $74,000 


C) $60,000 


D) $93,000 


E) $100,000 


F) $250,000 



4. On September 30, 2011, Amber was admitted to partnership in the firm of Waves and Grain. Her contribution to capital consisted of 1,000 shares of stock in Biotech Corporation, which she bought in 2002 for $15,000 and which had a fair market value of $45,000 on September 30, 2011. Amber’s interest in the partnership’s capital and profits is 40 percent. On September 30, 2011, the fair market value of the partnership’s net assets (after Amber was admitted) was $112,500, and profit for the 3 months ended December 31, 2011 was $6,000. What is Amber’s taxable gain in 2011 on the exchange of stock for her partnership interest?


A) $12,000 


B) $30,000 long-term capital gain 


C) $30,000 ordinary income 


D) $2,400 


E) $0 gain or loss