-Assignment consists of two part (part A and part B) -Do not use chat GPT for this assignment as it is generally inaccurate for this type of math -ignore any current answers as they may be incorrect
Part A
Question 14 pts
Given the weighted voting system [18: 11, 9, 5], which players have veto power?
Group of answer choices
Player 1
Player 1 and Player 2
Player 1, Player 2 and Player 3
There are no players with veto power.
Flag question: Question 2
Question 24 pts
Consider the following weighted voting system [13: 7, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1], what is the weight of P3?
Group of answer choices
7
4
2
3
Flag question: Question 3
Question 34 pts
In the weighted voting system [32: 12, 8, 6, 5, 5, 4, 2], what is the minimum percentage of the votes needed to pass a motion?
Group of answer choices
66.6%
76.19%
54.76%
32%
Flag question: Question 4
Question 44 pts
Consider the weighted voting system [5: 3, 2, 1, 1], what is the weight of the coalition formed by P1 and P2?
Group of answer choices
5
3
7
4
Flag question: Question 5
Question 54 pts
A student organization at Penn State is voting to pass its budget. Susan has 6 votes as the President, Joe has 4 votes as the Vice-President, Carol has 2 votes as an assistant and Margo has 1 vote as a committee member. The quota is 9. How is the weighted voting system represented mathematically?
Group of answer choices
[6: 4, 3, 2, 1]
[9]
[9: 4, 3, 2]
[9: 6, 4, 2, 1]
Flag question: Question 6
Question 64 pts
Consider the weighted voting system [21: 9, 8, 5, 3, 2], what is the total number of votes?
Group of answer choices
26
27
21
28
Flag question: Question 7
Question 74 pts
Consider the weighted voting system [15: 10, 6, 5, 3] and the Banzhaf Power distribution. How many winning coalitions will there be?
Group of answer choices
5
7
6
8
Flag question: Question 8
Question 84 pts
What equation is used to find the number of sequential coalitions in a Banzhaf Power System?
Group of answer choices
n2 + 1
n – 1
n!
2n – 1
Flag question: Question 9
Question 94 pts
If a graph has 26 edges, then the sum of the degrees of all of the vertices is
Group of answer choices
13
26
52
cannot be determined.
Flag question: Question 10
Question 104 pts
How many odd vertices are in the following graph?
Group of answer choices
5
4
2
1
Flag question: Question 11
Question 114 pts
Complete the following sentence so that it is a correct statement.
If a graph has _______________ , then it does not have an Euler _______________.
Group of answer choices
no odd vertices; circuit
any odd vertices; path
any odd vertices; circuit
Flag question: Question 12
Question 124 pts
From the information given below, how many vertices have a degree of 2?
Group of answer choices
1
2
3
4
Flag question: Question 13
Question 134 pts
Jane wants to show her parents 5 key places on campus: HUB, Nittany Lion Shrine, her dorm, Beaver Stadium, and her favorite restaurant. Below is a graph model indicating where the places are and the paths that connect them. If Jane starts her tour at her dorm, where will she end her tour considering that she wants to travel on each path just once and visit each of the 5 places
Group of answer choices
Dorm
Lion Shrine
HUB
Restaurant
Question 144 pts
If a connected graph has 4 odd vertices and 2 even vertices , then the graph has
Group of answer choices
an Euler circuit.
an Euler path.
neither an Euler circuit nor an Euler path.
Flag question: Question 15
Question 154 pts
In regard to obtaining the best answer, the Brute Force Method is _____________ while the Nearest Neighbor Algorithm is ____________________.
Group of answer choices
optimal, approximate
optimal, inefficient
approximate, optimal
approximate, inefficient
Flag question: Question 16
Question 164 pts
What is the weight of the optimal Hamilton path in this graph, starting at A?
Group of answer choices
18
12
13
23
Flag question: Question 17
Question 174 pts
How many edges are there in a K20 graph?
Group of answer choices
190
200
20
10
Flag question: Question 18
Question 184 pts
Which one of the following can be a Hamilton Circuit?
Group of answer choices
A, B, C, D, A
A, B, C, D
A, B, D, C, B, A
A, B, D, C, B
Flag question: Question 19
Question 194 pts
An election is to be decided using the Borda Count Method. There are 4 candidates (A, B, C, D) and 45 voters. If candidate A receives 90 points, candidate B receives 114 points and candidate C receives 110 points, how many points does candidate D receive?
Group of answer choices
36
450
314
136
Flag question: Question 20
Question 204 pts
Given the following preference schedule, rank the candidates using the extended plurality method. The answers are arranged from first to last.
% of voters | 40% | 25% | 20% | 15% |
1st Choice | ||||
2ndChoice | ||||
3rd Choice | ||||
4th Choice |
Group of answer choices
A, B, C, D
B, C, A, D
C, D, A, B
Question 214 pts
A group of people were asked to vote for their favorite person among the candidates Alice (A), Bob (B), Cassie (C) and Dave (D) and the results are shown in the preference schedule below. Using the plurality-with-elimination method, the winner is
# of Voters | 16 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
1stChoice | |||||
2ndChoice | |||||
3rdChoice | |||||
4thChoice |
Group of answer choices
Alice
Bob
Cassie
Dave
Question 224 pts
Which method of voting violates the Independence-of-Irrelevant-Alternatives Fairness Criterion?
Group of answer choices
Plurality Method
Borda Count Method
Plurality-with-Elimination Method
Pairwise Comparison Method
All of the above.
Flag question: Question 23
Question 234 pts
If there are 28 teams left in a round robin tournament. How many total matches will be played?
Group of answer choices
351
378
406
385
Flag question: Question 24
Question 244 pts
Given the preference schedule below, find the winner of the election under the method of pairwise comparisons.
# of voters | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
1st Choice | |||||
2nd Choice | |||||
3rd Choice | |||||
4th Choice |
Group of answer choices
A
B
C
D
Question 254 pts
Four players (A, B, C, D) agree to divide a cake fairly. The table below shows how each player values each of the four slices that have been cut by the divider.
Assuming all players play honestly, which player was the divider?
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 |
A | 25% | 35% | 25% | 15% |
B | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% |
C | 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
D | 23% | 24% | 23% | 30% |
Group of answer choices
A
B
C
D
Flag question: Question 26
Question 264 pts
Three partners (Divine, Chase, Chandra) are dividing a plot of land among themselves using the lone-divider method. Using a map, divider (Divine) divides the property into 3 parcels s1, s2 and s3. When the choosers' bid lists are opened, Chase's bid list is (s2, s3) and Chandra's bid list is (s1, s3). Describe a fair division where Divine's fair share is s2?
Group of answer choices
Divine: s2; Chase: s1; Chandra: s3.
Divine: s2; Chase: s3; Chandra: s1.
Divine: s1; Chase: s3; Chandra: s2.
Question 274 pts
Did the divider do a good job in the example below of dividing a pizza?
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 |
Divider | 25% | 25% | 30% | 20% |
A | 30% | 10% | 25% | 35% |
B | 15% | 20% | 25% | 40% |
C | 25% | 20% | 30% | 25% |
Group of answer choices
The Divider did a good job
The Divider did not do a good job
More information is needed
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Question 284 pts
Julie buys a chocolate-vanilla mousse cake for $16.00. Julie values vanilla 3 times as much as she values chocolate. What is the value of the vanilla half of the cake to Julie?
Group of answer choices
$12.00
$9.00
$8.00
$4.00
Flag question: Question 29
Question 294 pts
In this table of four shares, which slice will player A, the divider, never get?
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 |
A | 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
B | 25% | 15% | 40% | 20% |
C | 15% | 15% | 15% | 55% |
D | 10% | 30% | 30% | 30% |
Group of answer choices
S1
S2
S3
Question 304 pts
Jack, Ned and Paul are dividing 3 items and their bids are given in the table below.
| Jack | Ned | Paul |
Van | $650 | $400 | $550 |
Rug | $200 | $550 | $300 |
Deed | $900 | $750 | $950 |
What is Jack's Fair Share?
Group of answer choices
$566
$583.33
$900
$1750
Flag question: Question 31
Question 314 pts
If Bob, Ann and Joe have a flower shop and decide to have just one person keep the business.
Bob bids $240,000 for it, Ann bids $210,000 and Jane bids $225,000 for the shop.
What is the final settlement?
Group of answer choices
Ann and Jane both get $75,000 and Bob gets the business.
Jane gets the business.
Ann gets the business and pays $210,000.
Bob gets the business and pays $155,000. Jane gets $80,000 and Ann gets $75,000.
Flag question: Question 32
Question 324 pts
Three players (Alex, Allan, Mike) must divide a cake among them. The table below shows the value of each piece to each of the players.
| Whole Cake | S1 | S2 | S3 |
Alex | $15.00 | $6.00 | $5.00 | $4.00 |
Allan | $12.00 | $4.00 | $3.00 | $5.00 |
Mike | $18.00 | $6.00 | $5.00 | $7.00 |
Which of the following is a fair division of the cake?
Group of answer choices
Alex: S1; Allan: S2; Mike: S3
Alex: S3; Allan: S2; Mike: S1
Alex: S1; Allan: S3; Mike: S2
Question 334 pts
There are 4 states and 140 seats in congress. The population for state A is 2,500, state B is 8,082, state C is 3,013 and state D is 4,550. Using Hamilton's Method, which state has the correct apportionment?
Group of answer choices
State A is 20
State B is 63
State C is 24
State D is 36
Flag question: Question 34
Question 344 pts
Imagine you are a fashion designer marketing your new clothing line of 250 items. You must decide the number of items to give each store based on their flow of customers per week. How many items will Gap receive? In other words, find the standard quota for Gap.
Store | Gap | AE | J. Crew |
Customers | 150 | 300 | 50 |
Group of answer choices
2
25
1/2
75
Question 354 pts
Rule: If the sum of the initial quotas is too high, then choose a modified divisor that is higher than the standard divisor.
This rule is used for
Group of answer choices
Jefferson's Method
Adam's Method
Hamilton's Method
Flag question: Question 36
Question 364 pts
The total population of several states is 205,000 and there are 148 seats to be apportioned to the House of Representatives for those states. What would be the standard quota of a state with a population of 19,947?
Group of answer choices
1385.14
10.28
134.78
14.40
Question 374 pts
The university apportions sections of Level 001 language classes based on last semester's course enrollment. In Fall 2008, 90 students enrolled in Mandarin, 80 enrolled in Japanese, 50 enrolled in Arabic, 45 enrolled in Russian, and 35 enrolled in Korean. If there are 20 teachers to be apportioned, find the standard divisor for determining the number of teachers per language in Spring 2009:
Group of answer choices
15
20
25