Eric, your friend, received his Form W-2 from his employer (below) and has asked for your help. Eric’s 2018 salary was $145,000 and he does not understand why the amounts in Boxes 1, 3 and 5 are not $145,000? His final paycheck for the year included the following information:

• –Eric contributed 5 percent of his salary to the company 401(k) plan on a pre-tax basis.
• –Eric is married with two children. He had $5,000 deducted from his wages for a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account.
• –Eric is enrolled in the company-sponsored life insurance program. He has a policy that provides a benefit of $145,000.
• –Eric contributed $2,500 to the Health Care Flexible Spending Account (he keeps forgetting that the maximum deferral has increased over the years).

Using the information and Eric’s Form W-2, prepare an email to Eric reconciling his salary of $145,000 to the amounts in Boxes 1, 3, and 5.

English 208: Usability Test Form (Set of Instructions) Technical Communication, 12th ed., Mike Markel and Stuart A. Selber (abbreviated TC) ISBN:9781319058616

Team number:

Evaluator’s name:

1. Read the entire set of instructions. What are the instructions for? Ask yourself all of the questions in the Guidelines box on page 566 of TC, “Drafting Introductions for Instructions.” Are you satisfied with your answer to them? Why or why not? For example, is it clear who should carry out the task? Are there issues the writers might consider but haven’t? What advice about these “big-picture” elements of the instructions can you offer to your peers?

1. Examine the content of the document using the Guidelines box on pages 567-68 of TC. Are the directions presented in a logical order, for instance? Are they numbered? Is the right amount of information presented in each step? Is the imperative mood used? Are step and feedback statements confused? Are articles omitted to save space? What advice about these content elements of the instructions can you offer to your peers?

1. Focus on the graphics and/or screenshots used, if any. Are graphics or screenshots used? If not, are there places in the instructions where they might be included? If graphics/screenshots are used, are they appropriate? Are they easy to see? If the graphics are not appropriate, why? What would an appropriate graphic be? Can you offer advice to the writer about these or other graphic elements of the instructions?
2. Look in the instructions for navigational aids. Are graphics referred to in the text of the instructions before they are shown? Are graphics labeled? Are users able to return to the beginning of the document if it’s longer than one page? Do you have suggestions for your peer to improve this aspect of the document?

1. Focus on the design elements. Does the overall design of the document match up with what you have learned about design principles in Chapter 11 of TC? For instance, does the document conform to the principles of proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast discussed on page 250 of TC? Are its use of navigational aids, layout, use of white space, typography, titles and headings, and paragraphs presented appropriately? What advice about these design elements of the instructions can you offer to your peers?

Final Thoughts: Are there any additional suggestions you might offer the writers about their set of instructions at this point? For instance, in following the instructions, are you able to complete the process successfully, if possible?

PLEASE READ THE ATTACHMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE ASSESSMENT

Objective:

Create a C script that will find a path that your heroine, Princess Peach may travel to save Mario.

How it works

0. The user should be prompted to type in the Cell locations of the Entrance (for Peach) and of the Exit (Where Mario’s cage is placed.)

Entrances are on the first row (Regardless of column number) or the first column (Regardless of the row number) while Exits are on the last row (Regardless of column number) or the last column (Regardless of the row number). (I.E. For the Maze_Array on the previous page, (1,3) should be used for the Entrance and (8,22) should be used for the Exit.)

1. 5 cells in the array indicate brick wall that she cannot cross. Remember, she is “Princess Peach” not “Ralph” from “Wreck it, Ralph”!

2. 0 cells with no walls in the array indicate safe passages that Peach can travel.

3. With each iteration, Princess Peach can move forward, backward, upward, downward, to the right, or to the left by one cell.

4. When she faces a dead end, she needs to go back and take a different path.

5. The Princess cannot see the whole design of the Maze. She does not know how paths are connected. Neither do you. (in other words, YOU cannot assist Peach with “Choosing the right PATH” – Your job is creating “user defined functions” based on logic for her to use.)

6. Repeat the steps 3 and 4 until she finally saves Mario.

7. Your final script will be tested with different Maze_Array that you will not find on this assignment set.

you should have comments that explain everything along with script

Note: if you have no discipline to read and do not think critically, do not take this assignment. The essay must answer the question directly. Must have CRITICAL thoughts and DEEP analysis, Remember is philosophy.

Requirements:

1- The essay must have 500 to 600 words. -Good grammar and a structuring of sentences-.

2- You must choose ONE of the two questions. 

3- You must read the article BEFORE answering. Do not copy anything from the internet. They must be YOUR Own Thoughts.

4- Do not cite too much. With one or two citations is enough.

option 1

Huston Smith on the Origin of Religion

In discussing Hinduism, Huston Smith explicitly floats an account of the origin of religion, and its function in human life. Does that account strike you as the sort of thing that insiders (i.e. members of various faith communities) would accept or reject? Why or why not?

Option #2

THE FUNCTION OF SAMSARA

The mainstream Western religions certainly have nothing even remotely resembling the Hindu notion of long cycles of births, lives, deaths, and rebirths. Why is that, do you think? What is the function of that idea of Samsara in Hinduism? Do the Western Religions, with which you are familiar, have another way to satisfy this function?