ACC 557 Week 11 Quiz – Strayer NEW
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Chapter 14
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TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS
Intracompany
comparisons of the same financial statement items can often detect changes in
financial relationships and significant trends.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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%.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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