Reference no: EM13791057

1. How firms estimate their cost of capital: The WACC for a firm is 13.00 percent. You know that the firm's cost of debt capital is 10 percent and the cost of equity capital is 20% What proportion of the firm is financed with debt?

• 33%
• 50%
• 70%
• 30%

2. Ajax Corp. is expecting the following cash flows - $79,000, $112,000, $164,000, $84,000, and $242,000 - over the next five years. If the company's opportunity cost is 15 percent, what is the present value of these cash flows? (Round to the nearest dollar.)

• $414,322
• $480,906
• $477,235
• $429,560

3. Variance reports are:

• internal reports for management
• external financial reports
• SEC financial reports
• all of these

4. A cost which remains constant per unit at various levels of activity is a:

• fixed cost
• manufacturing cost
• variable cost
• mixed cost

5. Regatta, Inc., has six-year bonds outstanding that pay a 8.25 percent coupon rate. Investors buying the bond today can expect to earn a yield to maturity of 6.875 percent. What should the company's bonds be priced at today? Assume annual coupon payments. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

• $1014
• $972
• $923
• $1,066

6. The convention of consistency refers to consistent use of accounting principles:

• throughout the accounting period
• among accounting periods
• within industries
• among firms

7. The major element in budgetary control is:

• the comparison of actual results with planned objectives.
• the preparation of long-term plans
• the valuation of inventories
• the approval of the budget by the stockholders

8. Firms that achieve higher growth rates without seeking external financing:

• are highly leveraged
• Have a low plowback ratio
• have less equity and/or are able to generate high net income leading to a high ROE.
• None of these

9. Gateway, Corp. has an inventory turnover of 5.6. What is the firm's days's sales in inventory?

• 65.2
• 57.9
• 64.3
• 61.7

10. Which of the following financial statements is concerned with the company at a point in time?

• statement of cash flows
• retained earnings statement
• income statement
• balance sheet

11.The cash conversion cycle?

• shows how long the firm keeps its inventory before selling it.
• begins when the firm invests cash to purchase the raw materials that would be used to produce the goods that the firm manufactures.
• estimates how long it takes on average for the firm to collect its outstanding accounts receivables balance.
• begins when the firm uses its cash to purchase raw materials and ends when the firm collects cash payments on its credit sales.

12. The process of evaluating financial data that change under alternative courses of action is called:

• cost-benefit analysis
• double entry analysis
• incremental analysis
• contribution margin analysis

13. Jayadev Athreya has started his first job. He will invest $5,000 at the end of each year for the next 45 years in a fund that will earn a return of 10 percent. How much will Jayadev have at the end of 45 years?

• $3,594,524
• $5,233,442
• $1,745,600
• $2,667,904

14. If a company's weighted average cost of capital is less than the required return on equity, then the firm:

• has debt in its capital structure
• is financed with more than 50% debt
• partnership
• is perceived to be safe

15. Jack Robbins is saving for a new car. He needs to have $21,000 for the car in three years. How much will he have to invest today in an account paying 8 percent annually to achieve his target? (Round to nearest dollar)

• $19,444
• $22,680
• $26,454
• $16,670

16. Horizontal analysis is a technique for evaluating a series of financial statement data over a period of time:

• to determine the amount and/or percentage increase or decrease that has taken place.
• to determine which items are in error.
• that has been arranged from the lowest number to the highest number.
• that has been arranged from the highest number to the lowest number.

17. Process costing is used when:

• the production process is continuous.
• costs are to be assigned to specific jobs.
• dissimilar products are involved
• production is aimed at fulfilling a specific customer order.

18. What decision criteria should managers use in selecting projects when there is not enough capital to invest in all available positive NPV projects?

• the internal rate of return
• the discounted payback
• the modified internal rate of return
• the profitability index

19. Which of the following is considered a hybrid organizational form?

• limited liability partnership
• partnership
• corporation
• sole proprietorship

20. Which of the following is an advantage of corporations relative to partnerships and sole proprietorships?

• reduced legal liability for investors
• harder to transfer ownership
• most common form of organization
• lower taxes

21. Horizontal analysis is also known as:

• vertical analysis
• trend analysis
• common size analysis
• linear analysis

22. In a process cost system, product costs are summarized:

• after each unit is produced.
• when the products are sold.
• on job cost sheets.
• on production cost reports.

23. An activity that has a direct cause-effect relationship with the resources consumed is a(n):

• product activity
• cost pool
• cost driver
• overhead rate

24. The break-even point is where:

• contribution margin equals total fixed costs.
• total sales equal total fixed costs.
• total sales equal total variable costs.
• total variable costs equal total fixed costs.

25. Your firm has an equity multiplier of 2.47. What is the debt-to-equity ratio?

• 0
• 1.47
• 1.74
• 0.60

26. M&M Proposition 1: Dynamo Corp. produces annual cash flows of $150 and is expected to exist forever. The company is currently financed with 75 percent equity and 25 percent debt. Your analysis tells you that the appropriate discount rates are 10 percent for the cash flows, and 7 percent for the debt. You currently own 10 percent of the stock.

If Dynamo wishes to change its capital structure from 75 percent equity to 60 percent equity and use the debt proceeds to pay a special dividend to shareholders, how much debt should they use?

• $225
• $321
• $600
• $375

27. An unrealistic budget is more likely to result when it:

• is developed with performance appraisal usages in mind.
• has been developed in a top down fashion.
• has been developed by all levels of management.
• has been developed in a bottom up fashion.

28. Turnbull Corp. had an EBIT of $247 million in the last fiscal year. Its depreciation and amortization expenses amounted to $84 million. The firm has 135 million shares outstanding and a share price of $12.80. A competing firm that is very similar to Turnbull has an enterprise value/EBITDA multiple of 5.40.

What is the enterprise value of Turnbull Corp.? Round to the nearest million dollars.

• $453.6 million
• $1,344 million
• $1,787 million
• $1,315 million

29. 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?

• $1,844,022
• $2,303,010
• $803,010
• $2,123,612

30. The most important information needed to determine if companies can pay their current obligations is the:

• net income for this year
• relationship between short-term and long-term liabilities
• projected net income for next year
• relationship between current assets and current liabilities

31. Next year Jenkins Traders will pay a dividend of $3.00. It expects to increase its dividend by $0.25 in each of the following three years. If their required rate of return if 14 percent, what is the present value of their dividends over the next four years?

• $9.72
• $11.63
• $12.50
• $13.50

32. Internal reports that review the actual impact of decisions are prepared by:

• department heads
• the controller
• factory workers
• management accountants

33. TuleTime Comics is considering a new show that will generate annual cash flows of $100,000 into the infinite future. If the initial outlay for such a production is $1,500,000 and the appropriate discount rate is 6 percent for the cash flows, then what is the profitability index for the project?

• 0.11
• 1.90
• 0.90
• 1.11

34. Which of the following presents a summary of changes in a firm's balance sheet from the beginning of an accounting period to the end of that accounting period?

• the statement of cash flows
• the statement of net worth
• the statement of working capital
• the statement of retained earnings

35. Serox stock was selling for $20 two years ago. The stock sold for $25 one year ago, and it is currently selling for $28. Serox pays a $1.10 dividend per year. What was the rate of return for owning Serox in the most recent year? (Round to the nearest percent.)

• 32%
• 16%
• 12%
• 40%

36. The group of users of accounting information charged with achieving the goals of the business is its:

• managers
• auditors
• creditors
• investors

37. The accumulation of accounting data on the basis of the individual manager who has the authority to make day-to-day decisions about activities in an area is called:

• static reporting
• flexible accounting
• responsibility accounting
• master budgeting

38. External financing needed: Jockey Company has total assets worth $4,417,665. At year-end it will have net income of $2,771,342 and pay out 60 percent as dividends. If the firm wants no external financing, what is the growth rate it can support?

• 27.3%
• 25.1%
• 32.9%
• 30.3%

39. When a company assigns the costs of direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead to products, that company is using:

• product costing
• absorption costing
• operations costing
• variable costing