ACC 557 Week 11 Quiz – Strayer NEW



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Chapter 14

All possible questions with answers

TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS

Intracompany comparisons of the same financial statement items can often detect changes in financial relationships and significant trends.


Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Calculating financial ratios is a financial reporting requirement under generally accepted accounting principles.


Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Measures of a company's liquidity are concerned with the frequency and amounts of dividend payments.


Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Analysis of financial statements is enhanced with the use of comparative data.


Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Comparisons of company data with industry averages can provide some insight into the company's relative position in the industry.


Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Vertical and horizontal analyses are concerned with the format used to prepare financial statements.


Ans: LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting



Horizontal, vertical, and circular analyses are the most common tools of financial statement analysis.


Ans: LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting



Horizontal analysis is a technique for evaluating a financial statement item in the current year with other items in the current year.


Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Another name for trend analysis is horizontal analysis.


Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement

If a company has sales of $110 in 2012 and $154 in 2013, the percentage increase in sales from 2012 to 2013 is 140%.


Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: AP, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: Analytic, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: Problem Solving, IMA: Performance Measurement



In horizontal analysis, if an item has a negative amount in the base year, and a positive amount in the following year, no percentage change for that item can be computed.


Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Common size analysis expresses each item within a financial statement in terms of a percent of a base amount.


Ans: LO: 4, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Vertical analysis is a more sophisticated analytical tool than horizontal analysis.


Ans: LO: 4, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Vertical analysis is useful in making comparisons of companies of different sizes.


Ans: LO: 4, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Meaningful analysis of financial statements will include either horizontal or vertical analysis, but not both.


Ans: LO: 4, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Using vertical analysis of the income statement, a company's net income as a percentage of net sales is 10%; therefore, the cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales must be 90%.


Ans: LO: 4, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: Analytic, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: Problem Solving, IMA: Performance Measurement



In the vertical analysis of the income statement, each item is generally stated as a percentage of net income.


Ans: LO: 4, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



A ratio can be expressed as a percentage, a rate, or a proportion.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



A solvency ratio measures the income or operating success of an enterprise for a given period of time.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



The current ratio is a measure of all the ratios calculated for the current year.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



Inventory turnover measures the number of times on the average the inventory was sold during the period.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement

Profitability ratios are frequently used as a basis for evaluating management's operating effectiveness.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



The rate of return on total assets will be greater than the rate of return on common stockholders' equity if the company has been successful in trading on the equity at a gain.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Performance Measurement



From a creditor's point of view, the higher the total debt to total assets ratio, the lower the risk that the company may be unable to pay its obligations.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Risk Analysis, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Investment Decisions



A current ratio of 1.2 to 1 indicates that a company's current assets exceed its current liabilities.


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: Analytic, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: Problem Solving, IMA: Performance Measurement



Using borrowed money to increase the rate of return on common stockholders' equity is called "trading on the equity."


Ans: LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: None, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics



When the disposal of a significant segment occurs, the income statement should report both income from continuing operations and income (loss) from discontinued operations.


Ans: LO: 6, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: Communcations, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting



An event or transaction should be classified as an extraordinary item if it is unusual in nature or if it occurs infrequently.


Ans: LO: 6, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting



Variations among companies in the application of generally accepted accounting principles may reduce quality of earnings.


Ans: LO: 7, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting



Pro forma income usually excludes items that the company thinks are unusual or nonrecurring.


Ans: LO: 7, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: Communcations, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting




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