Ans: D Format: Multiple Choice Learning Objective: LO 1 Level of Difficulty: Easy 26.. Ans: B Format: Multiple Choice Learning Objective: LO 1 Level of Difficulty: Easy 27.. Ans: C Forma
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Learning Objective: LO 1
Level of Difficulty: Easy
1 GAAP represents a set of rules and procedures that define accounting practice at a particular point in time
Level of Difficulty: Medium
2 GAAP principles determine the rules for how a company can issue stock to raise money
Level of Difficulty: Medium
3 The cost principle assumes that both parties to a transaction are economically rational and are free to act independently of each other
Level of Difficulty: Easy
4 The balance sheet identifies the productive resources (assets) that a firm uses to generate income, as well as the sources of funding from creditors (liabilities) and owners (shareholders' equity) that were used to buy the assets
B) False
Ans: A
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Level of Difficulty: Easy
5 The balance sheet identity can be stated as Total assets = Total liabilities + Total stockholders' equity
Level of Difficulty: Easy
6 The balance sheet identity can be stated as Total assets – Total liabilities = Total stockholders' equity
Level of Difficulty: Easy
7 Book value is the amount a firm paid for its assets at the time of purchase
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Note: Incorrect answer
8 The book value of an asset is the historical cost of the asset less the accumulated depreciation
B) False
Ans: A
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Level of Difficulty: Easy
9 The current market value of an asset is the amount that a firm would receive for the asset if it was sold on the open market
Level of Difficulty: Medium
10 Preparing a market-value balance sheet is rather straightforward because it is easy to
obtain market values for all assets and liabilities
Level of Difficulty: Easy
11 The net cash flow from operating activities (NCFOA) is another term for net income
Level of Difficulty: Easy
12 The income statement identifies the major sources of revenues generated by the firm and the corresponding expenses that were needed to generate those revenues
B) False
Ans: A
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
13 Accounting profits include noncash revenues (e.g., prepaid rent) and noncash expenses (e.g., depreciation), whereas cash flows do not include these items
Level of Difficulty: Easy
14 The key financial statement that ties the other three statements together is the balance sheet, which summarizes the firm's investment and financing activities at a point in time
Level of Difficulty: Medium
15 The average tax rate is the total taxes divided by taxable income It takes into account the taxes paid at all levels of income, and therefore it will usually be lower than the marginal tax rate, which is the rate that is paid on the last dollar of income earned
Level of Difficulty: Medium
16 Depreciation and amortization are examples of prepaid expenses.
Ans: B
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
17 Cash flows from operations are the net cash flows that support a firm's principal business activities
Level of Difficulty: Medium
18 Rent and insurance are examples of depletion expenses.
Level of Difficulty: Medium
19 Cash flows from operating activities relate to the buying and selling of long-term assets
Level of Difficulty: Medium
20 Making and collecting loans, issuing and paying out on insurance contracts, and buyingand selling debt or equity instruments of other firms are examples of financing
activities
Ans: B
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
21 Typical financing activities include cash payments on the principal of long-term debt, cash payments of dividends to shareholders, and cash purchases of treasury stock
Level of Difficulty: Easy
22 The going concern assumption states that a business will be shutting down its operation
in the near future
Level of Difficulty: Medium
23 In a rising price environment, a company using the LIFO method assumes that the sale
of a product is from the newest, highest-cost inventory
Level of Difficulty: Easy
24 If a company values its inventory using the FIFO method, when the firm makes a sale
in a rising price environment, it assumes the sale is from the newest, highest-cost inventory
Ans: B
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Level of Difficulty: Easy
25 Which of the following sections do annual reports typically contain?
A) financial summary related to the past year's performance
B) information about the company, its products, and its activities
C) audited financial statements, including limited historical financial data
D) All three of the above sections are included in the annual report.
Ans: D
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 1
Level of Difficulty: Easy
26 Annual reports are prepared by a firm's management to
A) communicate to shareholders the firm's failures in the previous year
B) provide overview of the firm's financial and operating performance.
C) highlight the performance of its chief competitors
D) provide a forecast of the economy in the coming years
Ans: B
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 1
Level of Difficulty: Easy
27 The generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are
A) rules that outline how a firm can operate ethically
B) rules on how the firm will be valued in the event of a merger
C) rules and procedures that define how companies are to maintain financial records and prepare financial reports.
D) rules for how a company can issue stock to raise money
Ans: C
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 1
Level of Difficulty: Easy
28 Accounting standards prescribed by GAAP are important because
A) they make the financial statements of all firms standardized
B) they allow one to examine a firm's performance over time
C) they make it possible for management or analysts to compare the firm's performance to that of other competitors
D) all of the above.
Ans: D
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
29 The assumption of arm's-length transaction states that
A) both parties to a transaction can act independently of each other and make
economically rational decisions.
B) both parties to a transaction must have had previous transactions
C) one of the parties to the transaction is a bank that has full knowledge of the firm's
Level of Difficulty: Easy
30 Your uncle, who has a second home in Bethany Beach, Delaware, is planning to sell it
in the next few weeks You are interested in buying this beachside property, so your agent negotiates a price for the house with your uncle's agent This transaction is an example of
A) The cost principle
B) the assumption of arm's-length transactions.
C) the realization principle
D) the going-concern assumption
E) the matching principle
Ans: B
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 1
Level of Difficulty: Easy
31 The going concern assumption implies that
A) a firm will continue to be in business for the foreseeable future.
B) a firm will be going out of business in the near future
C) a firm will continue to operate in the near future but only after being acquired by another firm
D) none of the above
Ans: A
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Level of Difficulty: Easy
32 Dell Computer Corporation has receivables of $2.5 million and inventory worth $1.8 million The firm plans to borrow $2 million for working capital purposes from Austin First National Bank In evaluating the loan request, the bank should place the most emphasis on
A) the matching principle
B) the realization principle
C) the going-concern assumption.
D) the assumption of arm's-length transactions
Ans: C
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 1
Level of Difficulty: Medium
33 The matching principle calls for the accountant of a firm to
A) identify an asset with each liability of the firm
B) associate the revenue generated from a sale to the costs incurred to produce the product.
C) match each item of inventory with the historical cost at which it was acquired
D) none of the above
Ans: B
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 1
Level of Difficulty: Medium
34 Tyson Corporation bought raw materials on April 23, 2008 and also on July 2, 2008 Products produced in the months of May were sold in July The firm uses FIFO to valueits inventory According to the matching principle, the firm's accountant should
associate
A) the inventory acquired on July 2 with the products sold
B) the inventory acquired on April 23 with the products sold.
C) Neither of these dates is valid because the products were sold in July
D) None of the above
Ans: B
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
35 According to the realization principle, revenue from a sale of the firm's products are recognized
A) when the products are shipped to the buyer
B) when the buyer orders the goods
C) when cash is realized from the sale of the products
D) at the time of the sale.
Ans: D
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 2
Level of Difficulty: Medium
36 On June 23, 2008, Mikhal Cosmetics sold $250,000 worth of its products to Rynex Corporation, with the payment to be made in 90 days on September 20 The goods wereshipped to Rynex on July 2 The firm's accountants should recognize the sale on
Level of Difficulty: Easy
37 The cost principle states that an asset should be recognized on the balance sheet atA) the market value of the asset
B) at the market value less the accumulated depreciation on the asset
C) at its historical cost.
D) at its historical cost less the accumulated depreciation on the asset
Ans: C
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
38 Trekkers Footwear bought a piece of machinery on January 1, 2006 at a cost of $2.3 million, and the machinery is being depreciated annually at an amount of $230,000 for
10 years Its market value on December 31, 2008 is $1.75 million The firm's
accountant is preparing its financial statement for the fiscal year end on December 31,
2008 The asset's value should be recognized on the balance sheet at
Level of Difficulty: Medium
39 The conventional way of preparing a balance sheet is to list all assets in the order of their
Level of Difficulty: Medium
40 Petra, Inc., has $400,000 as current assets, $1.225 million as plant and equipment, and
$250,000 as goodwill In preparing the balance sheet, these assets should be listed in which of the following orders?
A) current assets, goodwill, and plant and equipment
B) current assets, plant and equipment, and goodwill
C) goodwill is not an asset and is not listed here
D) none of the above
Ans: B
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
41 When prices are rising, valuing ending inventory using the FIFO method rather than LIFO gives
A) inventory a higher value but lowers net income
B) inventory a lower value and also lowers net income
C) both inventory and net income a higher value.
D) inventory a lower value and net income a higher value
Ans: C
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 2
Level of Difficulty: Medium
42 When prices are falling, valuing inventory using the LIFO method rather than FIFO gives
A) inventory a higher value but lowers net income
B) inventory a lower value and also lowers net income
C) both inventory and net income a higher value.
D) inventory a lower value and net income a higher value
Ans: C
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 2
Level of Difficulty: Medium
43 Which one of the following is NOT true about goodwill?
A) It is an intangible asset
B) It represents the value of all unrecorded assets acquired in a merger
C) It equals the premium paid over the fair market value of the assets acquired in a merger
D) When goodwill appears on a firm's balance sheet, it reduces the firm's net worth by that amount.
Ans: D
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 3
Level of Difficulty: Medium
44 Which of the following is NOT true about treasury stock?
A) It is the firm's own shares repurchased in the market by the firm
B) It can be reissued under stock option and other employee benefit plans
C) It lowers the value of the company.
D) It increases the net worth of the company
Ans: C
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
45 The major disadvantages of market-value accounting include
A) the difficulty in estimating the current value for some assets
B) the difficulty in applying some of the valuation models used to estimate market values.C) the resulting numbers are potentially open to abuse
D) All of the above are disadvantages of market-value accounting.
Ans: D
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 4
Level of Difficulty: Medium
46 Which one of the following does NOT belong on an income statement?
A) depreciation and amortization
Level of Difficulty: Medium
47 Which one of the following are NOT all noncash items?
A) depreciation, deferred taxes, and prepaid expenses
B) depletion charges, taxes, and amortization
C) depletion charges, deferred taxes, and prepaid expenses
D) depreciation, amortization, and prepaid taxes
Ans: B
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 5
Level of Difficulty: Medium
48 Which one of the following is NOT a cash flow from operating activities?
A) cash payments on the principal of long-term debt
B) payments for utilities and rent
C) payments to purchase raw materials
D) cash receipts from selling goods and services
Ans: A
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Level of Difficulty: Hard
49 Cash flows from financing activities include all but one of the following:
A) cash payments on the principal of long-term debt
B) issuing and paying out on insurance contracts
C) cash purchases of treasury stock
D) cash proceeds from a bank loan
Ans: B
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 5
Level of Difficulty: Hard
50 Which one of the following is NOT a cash flow from investing activities?
A) buying and selling bonds or stock of other firms
B) buying or selling of land, buildings, and plant and equipment
C) cash payments of dividends to shareholders
D) issuing and paying out on insurance contracts
Ans: C
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 5
Level of Difficulty: Medium
51 Trident Corporation had the following cash flows in the current year Which one of the
following is a financing activity cash flow?
A) Rent on a warehouse amounting to $1.1 million
B) Purchase of $125,000 worth of five-year bonds issued by Towson Utilities
C) Preferred dividends to the tune of $330,000 paid to shareholders
D) Lease income received on a piece of land
Ans: C
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 7
Level of Difficulty: Medium
52 Clarity Music Company has a marginal tax rate of 34 percent and an average tax rate of
32 percent this year It is planning to construct a new recording studio next year The appropriate tax rate to be applied on the income generated from the new studio isA) the average tax rate
B) the marginal tax rate.
C) either one
D) none of the above
Ans: B
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
53 Which one of the following is NOT true for a corporation?
A) Interest paid on bonds issued last year is tax deductible
B) Common-stock dividends to be paid this year are not tax deductible
C) Common-stock dividends to be paid this year will be tax deductible if the firm has a net loss for the year.
D) Preferred stock dividends to be paid this year are not tax deductible
Ans: C
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 2
Level of Difficulty: Medium
54 Maddux, Inc., has completed its fiscal year and reported the following information Thecompany had current assets of $153,413, net fixed assets of $ 412,331, and other assets
of $7,822 The firm also has current liabilities worth $65,314, long-term debt of
$178,334, and common stock of $162,000 How much retained earnings does the firm have?
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
55 Galan Associates prepared its financial statement for 2008 based on the information given here The company had cash worth $1,234, inventory worth $13,480, and
accounts receivables of $7,789 The company's net fixed assets are $42,331, and other assets are $1,822 It had accounts payables of $9,558, notes payables of $2,756,
common stock of $22,000, and retained earnings of $14,008 How much long-term debtdoes the firm have?
Level of Difficulty: Medium
56 Tumbling Haven, a gymnastic equipment manufacturer, provided the following
information to its accountants The company had current assets of $145,332, net fixed assets of $356,190, and other assets of $4,176 The firm has long-term debt of $76,445, common stock of $200,000, and retained earnings of $134,461 What amount of currentliabilities does this firm have?
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
57 Teakap, Inc., has current assets of $ 1,456,312 and total assets of $4,812,369 for the year ending September 30, 2006 It also has current liabilities of $1,041,012, common equity of $1,500,000, and retained earnings of $1,468,347 How much long-term debt does the firm have?
Level of Difficulty: Medium
58 Chandler Sporting Goods produces baseball and football equipment and lines of clothing This year the company had cash and marketable securities worth $335,485, accounts payables worth $1,159,357, inventory of $1,651,599, accounts receivables of
$1,488,121, short-term notes payable worth $313,663, and other current assets of
$121,427 What is the company's net working capital?
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Level of Difficulty: Medium
59 Tre-Bien Bakeries generated net income of $233,412 this year At year end, the
company had accounts receivables of $47,199, inventory of $63,781, and cash of
$21,461 It also had accounts payables of $51,369, short-term notes payables of
$11,417, and accrued taxes of $6,145 The net working capital of the firm is
Total current assets = $21,461 + $47,199 +$63,781 = $132,481
Total current liabilities = $51,369 + $11,417 + $6,145 = $68,931
Net working capital = $132,481 – $68,931 = $63,510
Format: Multiple Choice
Learning Objective: LO 2
Level of Difficulty: Medium
60 Spartan, Inc., is a manufacturer of automobile parts located in Greenville, South
Carolina At the end of the current fiscal year, the company had net working capital of
$157,903 The company showed accounts payables of $94,233, accounts receivables of
$83,112, inventory of $171,284, and cash and marketable securities of $12,311 What amount of notes payables does the firm have?
Total current assets = $12,311 + $83,112 + $171,284 = $266,707
Net working capital = $266,707 – Total current liabilities = $157,903
Total current liabilities = $266,707 – $157,903 = $108,804
Total current liabilities = $108,804 = Accounts payables + Notes payables
Notes payables = $108,804 - $94,233 = $14,571