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WGU D076- ALL UNIT TESTS Exam
Questions With Correct Answers

What are the main services offered by financial institutions? - answer✔Accepting a wide variety
of deposits, offering investment products, providing loans, and brokering financial transactions

What is the main objective of personal financial goals? - answer✔To maximize individual utility
Which task does the financial manager of a firm perform that involves the issuance of new stocks
and bonds? - answer✔Making financing decisions
Why is understanding the definition of finance important in managing personal finances? -
answer✔It helps individuals compare the costs and benefits of an action to determine whether to
take that action.
In which type of market would a company issue bonds or stocks for the first time? -
answer✔Primary market

Which type of financial institution is a mutual fund? - answer✔Investment institution
Which financial institution specializes in managing and administering retirement funds? -
answer✔Pension funds

Which type of economic indicator is the consumer price index? - answer✔Lagging indicator

What does the term ethical refer to? - answer✔The accepted standards of conduct that guide a
person's behavior
A company's officers and board of directors are selling their stocks in the firm at higher prices
due to false accounting reports that made the stock seem more valuable than it truly was. Which
ethical issue is occurring in this situation? - answer✔Agency problem due to conflicting interests
Which area of finance involves deciding which assets to invest in to create wealth in the future? -
answer✔Investments

What is the main goal of a firm? - answer✔To maximize owner wealth

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What are financial managers doing if they evaluate whether it is worth spending money on
research and development for a new product? - answer✔Making an investment decision
Which type of financial market is where securities such as stocks and bonds are traded after their
initial issuance? - answer✔The secondary financial market

What type of financial institution is an insurance company? - answer✔Contractual
Which financial institution invests funds contributed by a company to provide retirement funds
for the company's employees? - answer✔Pension fund

Personal income is which type of economic indicator? - answer✔Coincident
Which term refers to something that conforms with accepted standards of conduct that guide a
person's behavior? - answer✔Ethical

What is the second step in finding a solution to an ethical dilemma? - answer✔Consider
alternative courses of action
Which type of interest rate includes interest on interest in addition to interest on the principal? -
answer✔Compound interest

How can agency problems be reduced through corporate control? - answer✔Executive
compensation
What is the rate at which the average price level of particular goods and services in an economy
increases over a period of time? - answer✔Inflation rate
You signed an apartment contract today. You are going to pay $1,500 at the beginning of each
month for the next 12 months, starting today. What type of cash flows is this contract? -
answer✔An annuity due
What is the term for the return over the entire period that an investor owns a financial security? -
answer✔Holding period return

What is used to measure total risk? - answer✔Standard deviation
What is the term for the risk that changes in interest rates will impact the value of a bond? -
answer✔Interest rate risk

What is another name for the cost of capital? - answer✔Discount rate
What is the name for the minimum rate of return that an investor or lender will accept for
investments? - answer✔Required rate of return

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The nominal interest rate of an investment is 8%, and the inflation rate is 3%. What is the real
interest rate? - answer✔5%

Which action reduces the future value of cash flows? - answer✔Receive all cash flows later than
expected.

How is risk defined in finance? - answer✔The possibility that the realized or actual return will
differ from what we expect

Which example below is considered a market risk factor? - answer✔An unexpected change in
interest rate occurs.
Why are ratios useful for analyzing and comparing company performance between firms of
different sizes? - answer✔They provide standardization.
You are the financial manager of a firm. The firm is small and is struggling to collect cash from
accounts receivable. Also, due to the nature of industry, inventories are illiquid. To make sure
that the firm has enough cash holdings for short-term obligations, you decide to create a new
ratio of cash to short-term obligations. What is this scenario an example of? - answer✔Flexibility
Why are activity ratios also called efficiency ratios or asset use efficiency ratios? -
answer✔Because they measure how well a company uses its assets to generate sales or cash.
What type of ratio is used to consider how a firm is financed and to assess a firm's ability to pay
interest and pay back long-term obligations? - answer✔Financing ratios

What does a net margin of 7% indicate? - answer✔For every dollar of revenue, 7 cents remain
for the equity holders after all other costs are covered.
Firm A has an average collection period of 67 days, and the industry norm is 40 days. What can
the firm do in order to be competitive with accounts receivable management in the industry? -
answer✔Tighten the credit standards for its customers.

What is the difference between the current ratio and the quick ratio? - answer✔Inventory is
excluded in the calculation of the quick ratio.
Which term is used to describe the stock of a firm with market-to-book ratio of less than 1? -
answer✔Value stock

What does inventory turnover assess? - answer✔The inventory management of a firm

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