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FINA 470 Exam Questions and Answrs which of the following best describes the current ratio? - Ans:-liquidity ratio (ability of current assets to cover current debt) which of the following is not likely to be used to measure a company's liquidity? - Ans:-financial leverage (leverage refers to lo...

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FINA 470 Exam Questions and Answrs


which of the following best describes the current ratio? - Ans:✔✔-liquidity ratio (ability of current assets

to cover current debt)


which of the following is not likely to be used to measure a company's liquidity? - Ans:✔✔-financial

leverage (leverage refers to long-term debt and solvency)


which of the following is likely to be used to measure a company's solvency? - Ans:✔✔-financial leverage

(leverage refers to long-term debt and solvency)


which of the following items would not typically be included in the components of the current ratio? -

Ans:✔✔-capitalized software development costs (longer term part of PPE)


imagine FASB passes a new rule that required the capitalization of R&D. the effect for a drug company

would be to: - Ans:✔✔-decrease debt to equity ratio (only possibility, deferring expense increases profit

and equity)


this would have no effect on working capital, no effect on the current ratio, and would slow down the

asset turnover due to the increase of the number of assets




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which of the following increases when accounts receivable is sold? - Ans:✔✔-account receivables

turnover (increases turnover, because less accounts receivable left making for higher turnover)


current ratio is not effected because it just swaps cash for AR


which of the following is not likely to be the cause of a company's low accounts receivable turnover? -

Ans:✔✔-low price of product (price of product has no effect)


poor collection efforts, customers in financial distress, and delays in customer payments would all likely

cause a low accounts receivable turnover


which of the following is not a measure of a company's solvency? - Ans:✔✔-sales to asset ratio


total debt to equity ratio, short-term debt to total debt ratio and long-term debt ratio to equity capital

ratio all include debt and solvency


using LIFO instead of FIFO in a time of rising prices: - Ans:✔✔-lowers the current ratio (inventory is less)


increases inventory turnover (less inventory means higher turnover)


does NOT increase profit margin (profits less)


increases debt to equity ratio (equity is less due to profits being less which makes for a higher ratio)


which of the following statements concerning the current ratio is true? - Ans:✔✔-it is always larger than

the acid-test (quick) ratio (has to be because it includes inventory)


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companies can window-dress their current ratios


in insolation the current ratio has little meaning


it is NOT a good indicator of solvency of a company (not solvency, liquidity)


which of the following is least likely to affect the quality of recievables? - Ans:✔✔-sales commissions

(only effect is salesmen pushing to accept poor credit)


credit policy, right of return policy and collection procedures are all likely to affect the quality of

receivables


which of the following industries would you expect to have the longest operating cycle? - Ans:✔✔-

aerospace industry


which of the following industries would you expect to have the highest inventory turnover? - Ans:✔✔-

restaurant (food has to be used quickly or it is not as good)


which of the following does not represent future expected cash inflows? - Ans:✔✔-prepaid expenses

(opposite, no cash comes in from prepaids)


account receivables days outstanding at the end of year 2 is closest to - Ans:✔✔-30.6 days (account

receivables divided by the number of sales on credit divided by the amount of days a year (360))




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accounts payable days outstanding at the end of year 2 is closest to - Ans:✔✔-72.0 days (account

payables divided by the cogs per day) (can find the cogs sold because it is the other part of the gross

profit margin times the reported sales)


days in inventory at the end of year 2 is closest to - Ans:✔✔-60.0 days (AR divided by the dcogs/day)


which of the following will not affect the calculation of leverage ratio? - Ans:✔✔-covenants (existence of

significant debt)


debt covenants themselves do not change the leverage ratios as they do not affect the amount of debt.

an analyst would want to capitalize significant operating leases per A when calculation ratios, and id

assets are significantly undervalued the analyst may want to add to both the asset value and the equity

which would affect the ratios


if a firm capitalizes a lease instead of treating the lease as an operating lease, the effect on the current

ratio and the debt-to equity ratio will be - Ans:✔✔-current ratio: decreased (current liabilities increase

due to the current portion of lease liability being added to current liabilities with the current portion

being added)


debt to equity ratio: increased (lease liability is added to the debt)


if a company's current ratio increases from 1.1 to 1.3 from one year to the next, it can be concluded that:

- Ans:✔✔-liquidity has increased


the current assets have NOT increased because the liabilities could have gone down

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