ACC 206 Week 10 Quiz – Strayer
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Quiz 8 Chapter18
FINANCIALSTATEMENTANALYSIS
CHAPTERSTUDYOBJECTIVES
1.Discusstheneedforcomparativeanalysis.
2.Identifythetoolsoffinancialstatementanalysis.
3.Explainandapplyhorizontal(trend)analysis.
4.Describeandapplyverticalanalysis.
5.Identifyandcomputeratiosusedinanalyzingafirm'sliquidity,profitability,andsolvency.
6.Understandtheconceptofearningpower,andindicatehowirregularitemsarepresented.
7.Understandtheconceptofqualityofearnings.
TRUE-FALSESTATEMENTS
1. Intracompanycomparisonsofthesamefinancialstatementitemscanoftendetect
changes infinancialrelationships
andsignificanttrends.
2. Calculatingfinancialratiosisafinancialreportingrequirementundergenerallyaccepted accountingprinciples.
3. Measuresofacompany'sliquidityareconcernedwiththefrequencyandamountsof dividend
payments.
4. Analysisof financialstatementsis enhancedwith theuseof
comparativedata.
5. Comparisonsofcompanydatawithindustryaveragescanprovidesomeinsightintothe company's
relativepositionintheindustry.
6. Verticalandhorizontalanalysesareconcernedwiththeformatusedtopreparefinancial
statements.
7. Horizontal,vertical,andcircularanalysesarethemostcommontoolsoffinancial statementanalysis.
8. Horizontalanalysisisatechniqueforevaluatingafinancialstatementiteminthecurrent yearwith otheritemsinthecurrentyear.
9. Anothernamefortrendanalysisishorizontalanalysis.
10. Ifacompanyhassalesof$110in2008and$154in2009,thepercentageincreasein sales from2008to2009is140%.
11. Inhorizontalanalysis,ifanitemhasanegativeamountinthebaseyear,andapositive
amount inthefollowingyear,nopercentagechangeforthatitemcanbecomputed.
12. Commonsizeanalysisexpresseseachitemwithinafinancialstatementintermsofa percent of a baseamount.
13. Verticalanalysisisa
moresophisticatedanalyticaltoolthanhorizontal analysis.
14. Verticalanalysisisusefulinmakingcomparisonsofcompaniesofdifferentsizes.
15. Meaningfulanalysisoffinancialstatementswillincludeeitherhorizontalorvertical analysis,butnotboth.
16. Usingvertical analysisoftheincomestatement,acompany'snetincome asapercentage
ofnetsalesis10%;therefore,thecostofgoodssoldasapercentageofsalesmustbe
90%.
17. Intheverticalanalysisoftheincomestatement,eachitemisgenerallystatedasa percentage of net
income.
18. A ratiocanbeexpressedasapercentage,arate,oraproportion.
19. Asolvencyratiomeasurestheincomeoroperatingsuccessofanenterpriseforagiven
period of time.
20. Thecurrentratiois ameasure
of alltheratioscalculatedforthe
currentyear.
21. Inventoryturnovermeasuresthenumberoftimesontheaveragetheinventorywassold
during theperiod.
22. Profitabilityratiosarefrequentlyusedasabasisforevaluatingmanagement'soperating effectiveness.
23. Therateofreturnontotalassetswillbegreaterthantherateofreturnoncommon stockholders' equity ifthe
companyhas beensuccessful intrading ontheequityat
again.
24. Fromacreditor's pointofview,thehigherthetotaldebttototalassetsratio,thelowerthe risk that thecompanymaybeunableto payits obligations.
25. Acurrentratioof1.2to1indicatesthatacompany'scurrentassetsexceeditscurrent liabilities.
26. Usingborrowedmoneytoincreasetherateofreturnoncommonstockholders'equityis called
"tradingontheequity."
27. Whenthedisposalofasignificantsegmentoccurs,theincomestatementshouldreport both incomefromcontinuingoperationsandincome(loss)fromdiscontinuedoperations.
28. Aneventortransactionshouldbeclassifiedasanextraordinaryitemifitisunusualin nature orifit occurs infrequently.
29. Variationsamongcompaniesintheapplicationofgenerallyacceptedaccounting
principles mayreducequalityofearnings.
30. Proformaincomeusuallyexcludesitemsthatthecompanythinksareunusualor
nonrecurring.
Additional
True-FalseQuestions
31. Thethreebasictoolsofanalysisarehorizontalanalysis,verticalanalysis,andratio
analysis.
32. A percentagechangecan becomputedonlyif thebaseamountiszeroorpositive.
33. Inverticalanalysis, the baseamountinanincomestatementisusuallynetsales.
34. Profitabilityratiosmeasuretheabilityoftheenterprisetosurviveoveralongperiodof time.
35. Thedaysin inventoryiscomputedbymultiplyinginventoryturnoverby365.
36. Extraordinaryitemsarereportednetofapplicabletaxesinaseparatesectionofthe income statement.
MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS
37. Whichoneof
thefollowingisprimarilyinterestedintheliquidityof acompany? a.Federalgovernment
b.Stockholders
c.Long-termcreditors d.Short-termcreditors
38. Whichoneof thefollowing isnot a characteristic generallyevaluatedin
analyzingfinancial statements?
a.Liquidity
b.Profitabilityc.Marketability
d.Solvency
39. Inanalyzingthefinancialstatementsofacompany,asingleitemonthefinancial statements
a.shouldbereported inbold-facetype.
b.ismoremeaningfulif comparedtootherfinancialinformation.
c.is significantonlyifit is large.
d.shouldbeaccompaniedbyafootnote.
40. Short-termcreditorsareusuallymostinterestedinevaluating a.solvency.
b.liquidity.
c.marketability. d.profitability.
41. Long-termcreditorsareusuallymostinterestedinevaluating
a.liquidityandsolvency.
b.solvencyandmarketability.
c.liquidityandprofitability.
d.profitabilityandsolvency.
42. Stockholdersaremostinterestedinevaluating a.liquidityandsolvency.
b.profitabilityandsolvency. c.liquidityandprofitability.
d.marketabilityandsolvency.
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43. A stockholderis interestedintheabilityof
afirmto
a.payconsistentdividends.
b.appreciateinshareprice.c.surviveovera longperiod.
d.all of these.
44. Comparisonsoffinancialdatamadewithina companyarecalled
a.intracompanycomparisons.
b.interiorcomparisons.
c.intercompanycomparisons.
d.intramuralcomparisons.
45. Atechniqueforevaluatingfinancialstatementsthatexpressestherelationshipamong
selected items offinancialstatementdatais
a.commonsizeanalysis. b.horizontalanalysis.
c.ratioanalysis.
d.verticalanalysis.
46. Whichoneof
thefollowingisnotatool
infinancialstatementanalysis? a.Horizontalanalysis
b.Circularanalysis c.Verticalanalysis
d.Ratioanalysis
47. Inanalyzingfinancialstatements,horizontalanalysis is
a a.requirement.
b.tool.
c.principle.
d.theory.
48. Horizontalanalysisis also
called a.linearanalysis.
b.verticalanalysis. c.trendanalysis.
d.commonsizeanalysis.
49. Verticalanalysisisalsoknownas
a.perpendicularanalysis.
b.commonsizeanalysis. c.trendanalysis.
d.straight-lineanalysis.
50. Inratioanalysis,theratiosareneverexpressedasa a.rate.
b.negativefigure.
c.percentage.
d.simpleproportion.
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51. Theformulaforhorizontalanalysisofchangessincethebaseperiodisthecurrentyear amount
a.dividedbythebaseyearamount.
b.minusthebaseyearamountdividedbythe
base
yearamount.c.minusthebase yearamountdividedbythe
currentyearamount. d.plusthebaseyearamountdividedbythebase yearamount.
52. Horizontalanalysisevaluatesaseriesoffinancialstatementdataovera periodof time a.that hasbeenarrangedfromthehighestnumbertothelowestnumber.
b.that hasbeenarrangedfromthelowestnumbertothehighestnumber. c.todeterminewhichitemsareinerror.
d.todeterminetheamountand/orpercentageincreaseordecreasethathastaken place.
53. Horizontalanalysisevaluatesfinancialstatementdata
a.withina
periodof time.
b.overa periodof time.
c.onacertaindate.
d.as it mayappearinthefuture.
54. Assumethefollowingsalesdatafor a company:
2010 $1,000,000 2009 900,000 2008 750,000 2007 600,000
If2007isthebaseyear, whatis
thepercentageincreaseinsalesfrom2007to 2009?
a.100%
b.150% c.50%d.66.7%
55. Comparativebalancesheetsareusuallypreparedfor a.oneyear.
b.twoyears.c.threeyears.
d.four
years.
56. Horizontalanalysisisappropriatelyperformed a.onlyonthe incomestatement.
b.onlyonthebalancesheet.
c.onlyonthestatementof
retainedearnings. d.onallthreeofthesestatements.
57. Ahorizontalanalysisperformedonastatementofretainedearningswouldnotshowa percentagechangein
a.dividendspaid.
b.netincome.
c.expenses.
d.beginningretained
earnings.
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58. Under whichofthefollowingcasesmaya
percentagechangebecomputed? a.Thetrendofthe balancesisdecreasingbutallbalancesarepositive.
b.Thereis nobalanceinthebaseyear.
c.There
is apositivebalancein
thebaseyear andanegativebalancein
thesubsequent year.
d.There is anegativebalancein
thebaseyearandapositivebalanceinthe
subsequent year.
59. Assumethefollowingsalesdatafor a company:
2009 $945,000 2008 780,000 2007 650,000
If2007isthebaseyear,whatis
thepercentageincreaseinsalesfrom2007to 2008?
a.25%
b.20%c.125% d.143%
60. Assumethefollowingcost
ofgoodssolddatafora
company:
2009 $1,500,000 2008 1,200,000 2007 900,000
If2007isthebaseyear,whatisthepercentage increase
incostofgoodssoldfrom2007 to2009?
a.167% b.67%c.60% d.40%
Usethefollowing
informationforquestions61–62:
MoonBeam,Inc.hasthefollowingincomestatement(inmillions):
MOON BEAM, INC.
IncomeStatement
FortheYearEndedDecember31,2008
NetSales $180 CostofGoodsSold
120 GrossProfit
60 OperatingExpenses 33NetIncome $27
61. Usingverticalanalysis,whatpercentageisassignedto Costof
GoodsSold? a. 67%
b. 33%
c.100%
d.Noneof theabove
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62. Usingverticalanalysis,whatpercentageis assignedto NetIncome? a.100%
b.85% c.15%
d.Noneof theabove
63. Verticalanalysisisalsocalled a.commonsizeanalysis.
b.horizontalanalysis.
c.ratioanalysis.
d.trendanalysis.
64. Verticalanalysisisa
techniquewhichexpresseseachitemwithinafinancialstatement a.in dollarsandcents.
b.intermsof apercentageoftheiteminthepreviousyear. c.in terms of apercentofa baseamount.
d.starting withthe highestvaluedowntothe
lowestvalue.
65. Incommonsizeanalysis,
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