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Assignment

Question 1
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, what large, national retailer does Marcus pitch to carry the new line of chairs?
Ashley Furniture
Camping World
DirectBuy
WalMart

Question 2
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, Marcus states that "Efficiency is labor, labor is money, money is ________." The correct word to fill-in the blank is:
profit
net income
margin
awesome

Question 3
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, what is the name of the new Quick-ship line of 4 chairs that Marcus pitches to the largest retail buying consumer group in the country?
Ready-to-buy
American Dream
Californian
Cuban

Question 4
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, how much revenue did Grafton furniture do last year?
$1 million
$2,448,000
$1.5 million
$500,000

Question 5
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, which is not one of the 4 types of accent chairs Marcus asks Stephan to design?
California
Florida
Midwest
Southwest
East Coast

Question 6
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, when initially surveying the business processes, Marcus discusses the Work-in-Process (WIP) Master List with the employees and determines that:
All the WIPs on the Master list are at zero.
The company keeps adequate WIP records.
The company does not have a master list.
The company initially sets all projects at 50% complete.

Question 7
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, how much additional gross profit does Marcus expect to earn from all 4 accent chairs combined that offered in the Quick-ship line in 1 year?
$500,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
$750,000

Question 8
According to the Grafton Furniture Profit video, how much does Marcus offer in exchange for 45% ownership in the business?
$1 million
$2,448,000
$1.5 million
$500,000

Question 9
The information gained from an analysis of financial statements has its greatest value in assisting the user in making predictions.
True
False

Question 10
You are given the following information:

Income before interest expense and taxes	$500,000
Less: Interest expense	40,000
Income before federal income taxes	$460,000
Less: Taxes (at 40% rate)	184,000
Net income	$276,000
Less: Preferred dividends	30,000
Earnings available for common stockholders	$246,000

The number of times the interest is earned is:
A. 25.5
B. 4.6
C. 12.5
D. 11.5

Question 11
The two elements used in determining the rate of return on operating assets are:
A. net operating income and turnover of operating assets.
B. net income and operating assets.
C. net operating income and operating assets.
D. net income and turnover of operating assets.

Question 12
The gross margin amounts for Blue Co. were $40,000, $44,000, and $50,000, respectively, for the years 2010 through 2012. If 2010 is the base year for a trend analysis, the appropriate percentages for 2011 and 2012 are:
A. 110% and 125%.
B. 22% and 25%.
C. 220% and 250%.
D. 10% and 25%.

Question 13
Trend percentages are basically a type of:
A. horizontal analysis.
B. vertical analysis.
C. ratio analysis.
D. All of the above answers are incorrect.

Question 14
You are given the following information:

Income before interest and taxes	$1,400,000
Less: Interest expense	(200,000)
Balance	$1,200,000
Less: Taxes (at 40% rate)	(480,000)
Income after taxes	$   720,000
Less: Preferred dividends	(180,000)
Income available to common stockholders	$   540,000

The number of times interest was earned is:
A. 7.00 times
B. 3.60 times
C. 2.70 times
D. 6.00 times

Question 15
A company that has favorable financial leverage is using debt or preferred stock to magnify the earnings per share on common stock.
True
False

Question 16
The stockholders' equity to debt ratio is a measure of the corporation's:
A. ability to generate profit.
B. ability to do all of the other answers.
C. ability to stimulate the growth of business debt.
D. long-term solvency.

Question 17
Ratios are simply a way of expressing data as logical relationships within or between financial statements.
True
False

Question 18
The current ratio is computed as total assets divided by total liabilities.
True
False

Question 19
The following selected data are taken from the Blake Company's accounts:

Sales in 2012	$714,000
Cost of goods sold in 2012	432,000
Accounts receivable, 12/31/12	484,000
Accounts receivable, 1/1/12	440,000
Inventory, 1/1/12	260,000
Inventory, 12/31/12	140,000

The inventory turnover rate is:
A. 1.66
B. 1.35
C. 3.57
D. 2.16

Question 20
Trend percentages are useful in budgeting for future periods.
True
False

Question 21
In conducting vertical analysis of an income statement, what element is expressed as 100% so that all others are relative to it?
A. Cost of goods sold
B. Net sales
C. Net income
D. Gross margin

Question 22
Earnings per share of common stock is a measure of the per share:
A. earnings available to common stockholders.
B. profit after taxes.
C. dividend distribution.
D. profit before interest and taxes.

Question 23
Outside parties use financial statement analysis for:
A. assessing the results of past management performance.
B. assisting in decisions on investing.
C. assisting in decisions on extending credit.
D. All of the above answers are correct.

Question 24
The stockholders' equity to debt ratio is a measure of the corporation's profitability.
True
False

Question 25
Whether a given common stock is said to be relatively high priced or low priced depends at least partially on its earnings per share.
True
False

Question 26
Expressing the change in net sales from one period to the next in both absolute and percentage terms is an example of horizontal analysis.
True
False

Question 27
Assuming relatively stable business conditions, a decline in the average number of day's sales in accounts receivable outstanding from one year to the next might indicate:
A. that the second year's sales were made at lower prices than the first year's sales.
B. a stiffening of the company's credit policies.
C. a significant decrease in sales in the second year.
D. a longer discount period and a more distant due date were extended to customers in the second year.

Question 28
You are given the following information:

Income before interest and taxes	$600,000
Less: Interest expense	(45,000)
Balance	$555,000
Less: Taxes (at 40% rate)	(222,000)
Income after taxes	$333,000
Less: Preferred dividends	(15,000)
Income available to common stockholders	$318,000

The number of times interest was earned is:
A. 7.40
B. 33.33
C. 13.33
D. 12.33

Question 29
In evaluating a company, the financial analyst must be alert to the economic climate in which that company operates, the general economic conditions in the country, regional conditions, and conditions in the industry and related industries.
True
False

Question 30
Percentages in financial analysis are useful for comparison purposes, but actual dollar amounts are often necessary to make financial judgments.
True
False.