Trading on the NYSE is executed without a specialist (i.e. a market maker). (T/F) -
answerF
Stocks and bonds are two types of financial instruments (T/F) - answerT
The matching principle in accrual accounting requires that:
a. Revenues be recognized when the earnings process is complete and matches
expenses to revenues recognized.
b. Expenses are matched to the year in which they are incurred
c. Revenues are matched to the year in which they are booked
d. Revenues should be large enough to match expenses - answera
A basic equation for the balance sheet is:
a. Equity = Assets - Liabilities
b. Liabilities = Equity + Assets
c. Assets = Liabilities - Equity
d. Assets = Equity - Liabilities - answera
Why is the Balance Sheet known as a permanent statement?
a. Because the statement is sent to the SEC.
b. Because the other statements are reset at the end of the fiscal year
c. Because it is printed out and archived
d. Because it persists in the minds of the shareholders. - answerb
How do you calculate the change in Retained Earnings?
a. Ending Retained Earnings - Change in Cash
b. EBIT divided by Total Assets + Dividends
c. EBIT - Change in Cash - Dividends
d. Net Income - Dividends - answerd
Which of the following is generally true?
a. Gross Profit and Operating Income are the same
b. Cost of Goods Sold + Operating Expenses = Net Income
,c. Operating Income and EBIT are the same
d. EBIT + Income Taxes = Net income - answerc
Which components are part of total assets?
a. Cash, Accounts Receivable, Short Term Debt
b. Cash Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Long Term Assets
c. Accounts Payable, Long Term Assets, Long Term Debt
d. Accounts Payable, Net Income, Equity - answerb
Which components are part of current assets?
a. Cash, Accounts Receivable, Property Plant & Equipment
b. Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory
c. Long Term Debt, Property Plant & Equipment, Common Stock
d. Inventory, Cash, Accounts Receivable, Short Term Investments - answerd
Which components are part of Total Liabilities?
a. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Short Term Debt
b. Long Term Debt, Common Stock, Retained Earnings
c. Bonds, Accounts Payable, Mortgage
d. Common Stock, Long Term Debt, Short Term Investments - answerc
When Fixed Assets increase what happens to Cash?
a. Cash stays the same
b. Cash increases
c. Cash decreases
d. Assets decrease - answerc
Which is the purpose of the statement of cash flows?
a. serves as the replacement for the income statement and balance sheet
b. explains the change in cash balance at one point in time
c. explains the change in cash balance for one period of time
d. both (a) and (b) above - answerc
The OIROI (Operating Income Return on Investment) uses what elements on the
income statement?
a. Operating Income, EBIT, Total Liabilities
b. EBIT, Total Assets
c. Sales, Total Assets, Equity
d. Net Margin, Total Current Assets - answerb
Why would a company be interested in the TAT(Total Asset Turnover) ratio?
a. How efficient assets are at producing income
b. What the turnover of sales is to liabilities
c. How efficient assets are at producing sales
d. How efficient assets are to liabilities and equity - answerc
,Which of the following gives the largest effective rate (APY)
a. 18.6% compounded monthly
b. 18.6% compounded daily
c. 18.6% compounded weekly
d. 18.6% compounded yearly - answerb
What does the beta coefficient represent?
a. It is a statistically-derived measure of volatility
b. It is the Expected Return minus the Growth Rate
c. It is the volatility of the Risk Free Return
d. It is the expected return for a basket of preferred stocks - answera
Why is depreciation expense taken out of the net income calculation, yet added back at
the end?
a. Because fixed assets should remain on the balance sheet
b. Because depreciation is not a current asset
c. Because depreciation is a non-cash liability
d. Because depreciation expense is tax deductible - answerd
Why is the NPV preferred over the IRR? Pick Two
a. It has a higher dollar value
b. It measures the dollar value
c. It is more reliable
d. It is harder to calculate - answerb, c
What does the Degree of Financial Leverage indicate?
a. The firms cash balance
b. The cost of financed assets
c. The reliance on debt
d. The reliance on assets - answerc
If a company has a high degree of financial leverage, what does that tell us about the
firm's risk profile?
a. Low Risk
b. Appropriate Risk
c. Higher ability to pay debt
d. Higher profits to shareholders - answerd
What is the cash cycle?
a. The speed of collecting cash from customers
b. The amount of cash kept in banks
c. The comparison of debt to cash
d.The amount of time to regenerate cash - answerd
Why is float important to understand?
a. To know how to keep the company profitable
, b. To know why the company needs cash
c. To determine when to buy fixed assets
d. To time cash expenditures
e. None of the above - answerd
What should a company do to manage its working capital?
a. Collect quickly and pay slowly
b. Keep a large cash balance
c. Maximize the use of long term investment
d. Depreciate assets more slowly - answera
What would be a source of information to determine Replacement Cost?
a. Building Appraisal
b. Accumulated Depreciation Expense
c. Stock price
d. Statement of Cash Flows - answera
What does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act require companies to do?
a. Have a board of directors
b. Register all foreign sales
c. Make estimated tax payments
d. Have internal control audits - answerd
FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) does the following: (pick one)
a. No foreign bribery by corporations
b. Regulates bond prices
c. Establishes Credit Unions
d. Prosecutes naughty stock brokers
e. Regulates Hedge Funds - answerd
If a product is made 100% domestically, what can affect its domestic market?
a. International exchange rates
b. International competition
c. Product tariffs
d. International political regulations - answerb
If a company makes its product in a foreign country where labor costs are much lower,
what happens?
a. Profits and domestic employment goes up
b. Costs go up and domestic employment goes down
c. Costs stay the same and domestic employment increases
d. Profits go up and domestic employment decreases. - answerd
If the value of a dollar increases, the price of imports:
a. Increases
b. Decreases
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