[单项选择]When considering convertible preferred stock which of the following components of the earnings per share (EPS) equation needs to be adjusted to calculate diluted earnings per share

[单项选择]Common stock is less risky than a preferred stock because of its fixed dividend.

[单项选择]The preferred stock of the Delco Investments Company has a par value of $150 and a dividend of $11.50. A shareholder's required return on this stock is 14%. What is the maximum price he would pay（）
A. $82.14.
B. $150.00.
C. $54.76.

[单项选择]A share of preferred stock is more like a bond than common stock.

[单项选择]Which should one avoid doing when traveling


A. Keeping vigilant all the time.
B. Walking on the streets late at night.
C. Withdrawing cash on ATM machines.
D. Thinking about the occasional volcano.

[单项选择]Which nursing action takes priority when admitting a elient with right lower lobe pneumonia ？（）
A. Elevating the head of the bed 45 to 90 degrees.
B. Auscultating the chest for adventitious sounds.
C. Obtaining a sputum specimen for culture.
D. Notifying the physician of the client's admission.

[单项选择]Which of the following stock indexes got the highest rising percentage, more than 1%

[单项选择]Which revenue recognition method is used when the payment is assured and revenue is earned as costs are incurred（）
A. Installment sales method.
B. Completed contract method.
C. Percentage-of-completion method.

[单项选择]Which intervention has the highest priority when providing skin care to a bedridden client ？（）
A. Changing the bed linens frequently for an incontinent client.
B. Keeping the skin clean and dry without using harsh soaps.
C. Gently massaging the skin around the pressure areas.
D. Rubbing moisturizing lotion over the pressure areas.

[单项选择]When the United States stock market fell in 1929, many stockholders were forced to sell their shares at {{U}}ludicrously{{/U}} low prices.
A. predictably
B. relatively
C. suspiciously
D. ridiculously

[单项选择]Which year is the year when the American colonists began to fight a war for independence


A. 1767.
B. 1776.
C. 1777.
D. 1779.

[单项选择]Which formula is used when a young man addresses an elder person but with the same rank
A. FN.
B. NN.
C. TLN.
D. SI or SILN.

[单项选择]Which of the following words, when substituted for the word aggregate, would LEAST change the meaning of the sentence


A. extreme.
B. group.
C. average.
D. quantity.

[单项选择]

Passage Two
In old days, when a glimpse of stocking was looked upon as something so shocking as to distract the serious work of an office, secretaries were men.
Then came the First World War and the male secretaries were replaced by women. A man’s secretary became his personal servant, in charge of remembering his wife’s birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to the dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep away people he did not wish to speak to; and, of course, typing and filing and taking short hand.
Now all this may be changing again. The microchip (芯片) and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much of the routine clerical (文书的) work that secretaries did.
"Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve the high-tech work--and then men will want to do it again."
That was said by one of the executives (ma
A. were less efficient and less trained than men
B. were looked down upon by men
C. would have disturbed the other office workers
D. wore stockings and were not as serious as men