NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Capital Market and Portfolio Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2015 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
Answers to each assignment question to be explained in approximately 1500 words. Use
relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not permissible.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting
their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of
reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from
other students is not allowed.
1. Calculate the standard deviation and return of portfolio consisting of 70% of Security A
and 30% of Security B.
Year
Security A return(%)
Security B return(%)
2001
9
8
2002
6
7
2003
7
9
2004
10
8
2005
8
5
(15 marks)
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2. Reliance and HDFC are two mutual funds.
Observed
Return
Beta
Residual Variance
Portfolio Reliance
16%
0.8
0.02
Portfolio HDFC
25%
1.2
0.01
Return on the market portfolio is 11%, while the risk-free return is 8%. Assume standard
Deviation of the market to be 7%.
(15 marks)
a) Compute the Jensen index for each of the funds
b) Compute the Treynor index for each of the funds
c) Compute the Sharpe index for each of the funds
NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Micro Economics
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2015 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
Answers to each assignment question to be explained in approximately 1500 words. Use
relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not permissible.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their
assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other
students is not allowed.
1. Consider the following simplified demand-supply functions
Demand : Q = 300 – 3P
Supply : Q = 30 + 6P
a) What are the equilibrium price and quantity sold?
(5 marks)
b) What would be the effect upon price and quantity sold if supply shifts to Q = 50 + 6P
and demand remains constant?
(5 marks)
c) What would be the effect upon price and quantity sold if demand shifts to Q = 360 - 3P
and supply remains Q = 30 + 6P?
(5 marks)
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2. a) What is the cross elasticity of demand of good Y for good X when the price of good X falls
from Rs 12 to Rs 9 and the demand for good Y increase from 15 Kg. to 20 Kg. Are goods X
and Y compliments or substitutes?
( 6 marks)
b) Suppose that the short run costs for a paintbrush manufacturer are given by the expression
TC = 100 + 3Q + 0.02 Q^2
What are the total costs, average cost and average variable cost for 50 and 100 units of
output?
(9 marks
NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Strategic Cost Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2015 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
Answers to each assignment question to be explained in approximately 1500 words.
Use relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not permissible.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for
attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the
source of reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments
from other students is not allowed.
1. ABC Ltd furnishes the following information relating to actual sales and budgeted
sales for March, 2015:
Actual Sales
Sales Quantity
(units)
Selling Price Per
Unit (Rs.)
X
1500
12
Y
1000
30
Z
2200
42
Budgeted sales
Sales Quantity
Selling Price Per
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(units)
Unit (Rs.)
X
1200
15
Y
1100
30
Z
2350
37
Calculate the (a) Total sales variance, (b) Sales price variance, (c) Sales quantity
variance, and (d) Sales mix variance
2. You are appointed as the manager of a manufacturing organization and had been
asked to design total productive maintenance plan in the firm. Mention the steps and
the relevant points you would consider
NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Logistics Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2015 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
Answers to each assignment question to be explained in approximately 1500 words. Use relevant
examples, illustrations as far as possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not permissible.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their
assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other
students is not allowed.
1) Designing a supply chain requires immense planning. As an expert, in the supply chain design
what are the factors that one must bear in mind while designing the supply chain for perishable
products like curd, ice cream and frozen peas? What is the role of operations in multimodal
transport management? Also identify the key areas which are included in operations of
multimodal transport function.
2) Why do certain firms keep stock close to the market while others keep stock in the component
form at their plants? How do these decisions affect performance? Justify your answer giving
suitable examples
NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Supply Chain Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for December, 2015 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
Answers to each assignment question to be explained in approximately 1500 words. Use relevant
examples, illustrations as far as possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not permissible.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their
assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other
students is not allowed.
Question 1: Give examples of three Indian companies that have successfully incorporated IT in
their Supply Chains, with regards to customer satisfaction, inventory management and strategy
development.
Question 2: How do transport companies benefit from a technology like Global Positioning
System (GPS?) Give three examples of certain companies that track their trucks on a real time
basis. Compare and contrast the vehicle routing in the following three applications:
a) Milk collection for a dairy co-operative
b) Courier company
c) Employee pickup for a call center
NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Total Quality Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for December, 2015 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
Answers to each assignment question to be explained in approximately 1500 words. Use
relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not permissible.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting
their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of
reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from
other students is not allowed.
Q.1. You are the head of Business Excellence cell of your organization. Explain the following
a. How will you go about implementing Quality Circle in the organization? 8 marks
b. What, in your opinion, can be the causes for its failure?
7 marks
Q.2 a. Study the philosophies of Deming and Juran and make a comparative report highlighting
their contribution to quality management.
8 marks
b. Explain how Deming’s 14 point can be applied to an education institute. 7 marks
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