1. What is the primary goal of financial management?
A) Increased earnings
B) Maximizing cash flow
C) Maximizing shareholder wealth
D) Mini
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2. The partnership form of organization
A) avoids the double taxation of earnings and dividends found in the corporate form of organization.
B) usually provides limited liability to the partners.
C) has unlimited life.
D) simplifies decision making.
3. Increased productivity due to technology has
A) increased corporations' reliance on debt for capital expansion needs.
B) created larger asset values on the firm's historical balance sheet.
C) made it cheaper (in terms of interest costs) for firms to borrow money.
D) helped to keep corporate costs in check.
4. Insider trading occurs when
A) someone has information not available to the public which they use to profit
from trading in stocks.
B) corporate officers buy stock in their company.
C) lawyers, investment bankers, and others buy common stock in companies
represented by their firms.
D) any stock transactions occur in violation of the Federal Trade Commissions
restrictions on monopolies.
5. When a firm's earnings are falling more rapidly than its stock price, its
P/E ratio will:
A) remain the same
B) go up
C) go down
D) could go either up or down
6. The net worth of a firm
A) is usually the same as the firm's market value.
B) is based on current asset costs.
C) is based on current liabilities.
D) none of the above.
7. A statement of cash flows allows a financial analyst to determine
A) whether a cash dividend is affordable.
B) how increases in asset accounts have been financed.
C) whether long-term assets are being financed with long-term or short-term
financing.
D) all of the above
8. A firm has $200,000 in current assets, $400,000 in long-term assets, $80,000
in current liabilities, and $200,000 in long-term liabilities. What is its net
working capital?
A) $120,000
B) $320,000
C) $520,000
D) none of the above
9. The ______________ method of inventory costing is least likely to lead to
inflation-induced profits.
A) FIFO
B) LIFO
C) Weighted average
D) Lower of cost or market
10. The Bubba Corp. had net income before taxes of $200,000 and sales of
$2,000,000. If it is in the 50% tax bracket its after-tax profit margin is:
A) 5%
B) 12%
C) 20%
D) 25%
11. XYZ's receivables turnover is 10x. The accounts receivable at year-end are
$600,000. The average collection period is 90 days (3 months). What was the sales
figure for the year?
A) $60,000
B) $6,000,000
C) $24,000,000
D) none of the above
12. A firm has total assets of $2,000,000. It has $900,000 in long-term debt.
The stockholders equity is $900,000. What is the total debt to asset ratio?
A) 45%
B) 40%
C) 55%
D) none of the above
13. Required production during a planning period will depend on the
A) beginning inventory of products.
B) sales during the period.
C) desired level of ending inventory.
D) all of the above
14. XYZ Co. has forecasted June sales of 600 units and July sales of 1000
units. The company maintains ending inventory equal to 125% of next month's
sales. June beginning inventory reflects this policy. What is June's required
production?
A) 1100 units
B) -0- units
C) 500 units
D) 400 units
15. The difference between total receipts and total payments referred to as
A) cumulative cash flow.
B) beginning cash flow.
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