Module two assignments

Assignment #1, Dr. Tony A. Ward

Choose one of the following:

1. Projects that involve overseas workers or sources of income that involve payment in the currency of the overseas country are affected whenever the exchange rate varies. Prepare a lecture, including PowerPoint slides, showing why exchange rate variations could be a problem for the realisation of the benefit cost ratio used at the justification stage and the ways a project can be ‘protected’ against exchange rate variations.

2. The October 6th Bridge in Cairo is an example of a large scale metropolitan project. With reference to actual data if you can obtain it, produce a benefit cost analysis report for this project. Your report should include a description of the project and why it was considered desirable at the time

3. Choose an example of a BOOT (Build Operate Own Transfer) project within Cairo. Explain the project and identify the benefits and costs of the project. Quantify the benefits that can be quantified and all quantify costs. (Make reference to actual data used at the project analysis time if you can) Use this data to show the Benefit / Cost ratio. What non-quantifiable benefits were used in the justification of this project?

4. Prepare a bank of at least 15 questions (for inclusion in the problem bank) for one aspect of module 2. The problems should test a range of different cognitive levels of understanding of the aspect of the module. You could use Bloom’s taxonomy as a means of placing questions in the right cognitive level.

Assignment #2, Dr. Sayed Kaseb

Participate in developing the EE web site, with any useful project.