It’s possible to drink too much and: A. Slow heart rate and breathing B. Risk coma or death C. Choke or suffocate on vomit D. All of the above

Using Colons in Special Situations. Colons have been lef out of the following expressions. Add the necessary colons. Caution Proceed at your own risk.

In what year did most tenth and twelfth graders agree that marijuana use is high risk? F. 2008 G. 2009 H. 2010 J. 2012

Which component of the Type A personality seems to be very much likely related to increased coronary risk?

A. Time consciousness

B. Perfectionism

C. Ambitiousness

D. Hostility

What phrase best summarizes the general trend shown by the graphs? A. Marijuana abuse rises as perception of its risk falls. B. More More tenth graders agree that marijuana use is high risk than do twelfth graders. C. Marijuana use harmed more students in 2008 than in 2012. D. Teaching youth the risks of marijuana use will make them want to try marijuana.

Define a population that may have been used and explain how the sample might have been selected.
Taking statins raises the risk of developing diabetes.

a. Explain why an elderly person confined to a wheelchair might develop decubitus ulcers. b. Suggest several specific ways of reducing the risk of skin breakdown and ulceration.

Suppose Avon and Nova stocks have volatilities of $55 \%$ and $26 \%$, respectively, and they are perfectly negatively correlated. What portfolio of these two stocks has zero risk?

Suppose you are the type of person who likes to take chances and is not afraid of risk. Will you likely receive higher or lower returns on your investments? Explain.

Review the risks of sexual intimacy. Which risk would be most likely to keep you from being sexually intimate? Give a reason for your choice.

Which of the following is a way that tobacco use immediately affects the body? (a) Chronic bronchitis. (b) Increased risk of cancer. (c) Leukoplakia. (d) Increased heart rate.

Estimate the cancer risk for a 70-kg individual consuming 2 g of fish every day for 70 years from a stream with 20 ppb of DDT.

Integrative: Risk and valuation Hamlin Steel Company wishes to determine the value of Craft Foundry, a firm that it is considering acquiring for cash. Hamlin wishes to determine the applicable discount rate to use as an input to the constant-growth valuation model. Craft's stock is not publicly traded. After studying the required returns of firms similar to Craft that are publicly traded. Hamlin believes that an appropriate risk premium on Craft stock is about $5 \%$. The risk-free rate is currently $9 \%$. Craft's dividend per share for each of the past 6 years is shown in the following table.

b. Describe the effect on the resulting value of Craft of (1) A decrease in its dividend growth rate of$2 \%$from that exhibited over the 2010-2015 period. (2) A decrease in its risk premium to$4 \%$.

C.K. recovers from his pneumonia and is preparing for discharge. You know that C.K. is at increased risk for contracting CAP infections.

Discuss four strategies for prevention.