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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

True / False Questions
1. The users of accounting information are decision makers such as investors, creditors, and
financial analysis who provide investment advice.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 1

2. For information to be reliable it should be accurate, unbiased, and verifiable.
TRUE

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

3. Independent auditors are advisors who analyze financial and other economic information to
formulate forecasts and stock recommendations.
FALSE

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 1

4. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is intended to strengthen financial reporting and corporate
governance for public companies.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

5. Financial analysts perform the basic analysis of a company's financial reports in order to
make earnings projections.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 1

6. A form 10-Q is a brief unaudited report for a quarter normally containing a summary
income statement and balance sheet.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 2

7. The financial statements of all public companies, both large and small, must follow
generally accepted accounting principles as well as the Securities and Exchange
Commission's accounting rules.
FALSE

AACSB Tag: Communications
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 2

8. Form 10-K is the annual report that must be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) by publicly traded companies.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 2

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9. Intangible assets have no physical existence and a short life.
FALSE

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

10. The materiality constraint holds that amounts that are of low significance need not be
recorded nor reported.
FALSE

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

11. The conservatism constraint means that assets and revenues should not be overstated and
that liabilities and expenses should not be understated.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

12. Par value is a legal amount per share established by the board of directors.
TRUE

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 3

13. Gross profit is an important profit measure for companies that sell inventory because it
shows the profit left from net sales after all operating expenses have been deducted.
FALSE

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

14. Income tax expense for continuing operations is shown as a deduction from operating
income and then any tax effect connected to an extraordinary item is shown parenthetically so
the item is added to or deducted from after tax income from operations at a net of tax amount.
TRUE

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking

Difficulty: Hard
L.O.: 3

15. The operating activities section of the statement of cash flows can be prepared under
either the direct or indirect method.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

16. We calculate return on equity (ROE) by dividing operating income by average common
stockholders' equity.
FALSE

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 4

17. A company's return on equity (ROE) that has been increasing over the past three years
means the company has generated greater profit for the common stockholders.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 4

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

18. An increase in return on equity (ROE), over the three most recent years reported, can be a
signal that a company has not invested in modernization of plant and equipment or research
and development which in the long run might lead to declining profits.
TRUE

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Hard
L.O.: 4

19. Return on equity (ROE) is really a combination of three separate ratios which explain
what drives ROE up or down.
TRUE

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking

Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 4

20. In comparing Wal-Mart to Abercrombie & Fitch, Wal-Mart would be a better example of
a low-cost strategy company that relies on efficient asset management to keep costs low and
investment in assets low.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Hard
L.O.: 4

Multiple Choice Questions
21. The comparability principle assumes that
A. users can compare financial data across businesses.
B. accounting data should be based on objective data and transactions.
C. accounting data should be supported by appropriate documents when possible.
D. information can be compared over time because similar accounting methods have been
applied from year to year.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

22. For accounting information to be useful, it must be:
A. consistent and comparable.
B. relevant and reliable.
C. comparable and reliable.
D. relevant and consistent.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 1

23. Conservatism requires that special care must be taken to avoid
A. overstating assets and liabilities and understating revenues and expenses.
B. understating assets and liabilities and overstating revenues and expenses.
C. overstating assets and revenues and understating liabilities and expenses.
D. understating assets and revenues and overstating liabilities and expenses.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking

Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

24. The primary responsibility for the information reported by a company rests with
A. the Internal Revenue Service.
B. the company's auditors.
C. the local city council.
D. the company's management.

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 1

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

25. The primary purpose of hiring a public accounting firm to examine the financial
statements of the company is
A. to provide a forecast of future earnings.
B. to assure no fraud has been committed by the company's management.
C. to provide credibility and assurance that the financial information conforms with generally
accepted accounting principles in all material respects.
D. to detect all accounting errors made by the accounting system and employees.

AACSB Tag: Ethics
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

26. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is empowered to do the following:
A. set reporting standards for firms with publicly traded debt or equity securities.
B. bring enforcement actions against company executives and auditors for accounting related
violations.
C. force companies to use a specific auditor.
D. bring enforcement actions against company executives and auditors for accounting related
violations and set reporting standards for firms with publicly traded debt or equity securities.

AACSB Tag: Ethics
Difficulty: Hard
L.O.: 1

27. In an attempt to restore investor confidence, Congress passed the Public Accounting
Reform and Investor Protection Act otherwise known as the
A. Safe Investment Practices Act.
B. National Investment Protection Act.

C. Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
D. Accounting Protection Act.

AACSB Tag: Ethics
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

28. When the actual earnings reported exceed the expected earnings for a company, what
typically occurs?
A. There is no stock price reaction because forecasts of earnings almost never reflect actual
results.

B. There is a favorable reaction by the market.
C. There is an unfavorable reaction by the market.
D. The difference will be paid to shareholders in the form of dividends.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

29. Which of the following describes the conservatism constraint?
A. Avoid overstating assets and revenues and avoid understating expenses and liabilities.
B. The benefits of accounting for and reporting information should outweigh the costs.
C. Amounts that are large enough to influence a user's decisions.
D. Differences due to long-standing and accepted accounting and reporting in a particular
industry.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 1

30. Which of the following is false?
A. Relevance is the characteristic of accounting information that says the information would
make a difference in a user's decision.
B. Accounts receivable would normally be classified as a current asset.
C. Accumulated depreciation would normally appear in the income statement.
D. The matching principle holds that all expenses incurred in the generation of revenue should
be recognized in the same period as the revenue is earned.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 1

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

31. Materiality, cost-benefit, and conservatism are
A. Qualitative characteristics.
B. Elements of financial statements.
C. Accounting principles.
D. Guiding principles for communicating useful information

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 1

32. The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) report that is required to be filed if any
special event occurs that is material in amount is the
A. Form 10K.
B. Form 8K.
C. Form 10Q.
D. Prospectus.

AACSB Tag: Ethics
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 2

33. In what order are current assets usually reported on the balance sheet?
A. From the most liquid to the least liquid.
B. From the least liquid to the most liquid.
C. In alphabetical order of accounts.
D. From the largest balance to the smallest balance.

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 3

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

34. Which of the following is not commonly classified as a current asset?
A. Accounts receivable.
B. Property and equipment.
C. Merchandise inventory.
D. Office supplies inventory.

AACSB Tag: Communications
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 3

35. When a corporation issues stock at an amount over the par value, what account is used to
record that amount received over par?
A. Common stock
B. Cash
C. Additional paid in capital
D. Retained earnings

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

36. Contributed capital I usually shown as which two accounts?
A. Common stock and Additional paid in capital
B. Common stock and Retained earnings
C. Additional paid in capital and Retained earnings
D. Retained earnings and dividends

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

37. The criteria for extraordinary items are
A. unusual in nature and occur frequently.
B. unusual in nature and occur infrequently.
C. unusual in nature or occur infrequently.
D. infrequent in occurrence only.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 3

38. Which of the following is not an asset account?
A. Long-term investments.
B. Unearned revenue.
C. Machinery.
D. Patent.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

39. Granger Corporation reported total assets of $5,200,000, total current liabilities of
$2,300,000, and total long-term liabilities of $1,200,000. Therefore, the stockholders' equity
was
A. $ 100,000.
B. $ 800,000.
C. $1,600,000.
D. $1,700,000.

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Difficulty: Easy

L.O.: 3

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

40. What are the categories of cash flows that appear on a statement of cash flows?
A. Cash flows from investing, financing, and service activities.
B. Cash flows from investing, financing, and saving activities.
C. Cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities.
D. Cash flows from operating, production, and investing activities.

AACSB Tag: Communications
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

41. On January 1, 2009, Madison Company had $60,000 of Retained Earnings. During 2009
Madison earned net income of $100,000 and declared and paid dividends of $15,000. In
addition, the company received cash of $25,000 as an additional investment by its owners.
Therefore, the ending balance in Retained Earnings at December 31, 2009 would be
A. $ 90,000.
B. $170,000.
C. $130,000.
D. $145,000.

AACSB Tag: Analytic
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

42. Which of the following would appear in the current asset section of a classified balance
sheet?
A. Intangible assets.
B. Bonds payable.
C. Accounts receivable.
D. Accumulated depreciation.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

43. Which of the following would appear in the intangible asset section of a classified balance
sheet?
A. Copyrights.
B. Accumulated depreciation.
C. Cash.
D. Accounts receivable.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

44. Which of the following is true about gross profit (gross margin)?
A. It is a separate account in the general ledger.
B. It is net sales minus cost of goods sold.
C. It is sales plus cost of goods sold.
D. It is net sales minus all expenses.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

45. Dallas Company issued 200,000 shares of its common stock for cash. The journal entry to
record the stock issue would include
A. a credit to Cash.
B. a debit to Common Stock.
C. a credit to Common Stock.
D. a debit to Retained Earnings.

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 3

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

46. Which account would appear as a nonoperating (other) item on the income statement?
A. Cost of goods sold
B. Selling expenses
C. General and administrative expenses
D. Interest expense

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

47. Greeley Company purchased new equipment for its factory. In its statement of cash flows,
the purchase of equipment would be shown as cash flow used in
A. Operating activities.
B. Financing activities.
C. Investing activities.
D. Purchasing activities.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

48. Ross, Inc. paid cash dividends of $20,000 during 2009. In its statement of cash flows, the
dividends would be shown as cash flow used in
A. Operating activities.
B. Financing activities.

C. Investing activities.
D. Distributing activities.

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

49. Short, Inc. issued capital stock for $500,000 during 2009. In its statement of cash flows,
the stock issue would be shown as a cash flow from
A. Operating activities.
B. Financing activities.

C. Investing activities.
D. Selling activities.

AACSB Tag: Communications
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

50. Union Company collected $500,000 from customers and paid employees and suppliers
$380,000 during 2009. In addition, the company borrowed $50,000 from the bank and
purchased equipment for $90,000. The company's 2009 statement of cash flows would show
which of the following?
A. Increase in cash of $160,000.
B. Increase in cash of $80,000.
C. Decrease in cash of $180,000.
D. Increase in cash of $120,000.

AACSB Tag: Analytic
Difficulty: Hard
L.O.: 3

51. On January 1, 2010, Maplewood Corporation had the following balances in its
stockholders' equity accounts: Common stock, $100,000 (10,000 shares of $10 par value
stock); contributed capital in excess of par, $20,000; and retained earnings, $50,000. During
2010, the company issued 2,000 additional shares of common stock for $15 per share,
reported net income of $60,000 and paid cash dividends of $20,000. What amount of retained
earnings would Calley Corporation report on its December 31, 2010 balance sheet?
A. $110,000
B. $90,000
C. $210,000
D. $240,000

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

52. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Accumulated depreciation is a contra account on the income statement.
B. The last note to the financial statements is typically a summary of significant accounting
policies.
C. Intangible assets are assets that do not have a physical existence.
D. Book value of a building is the cost plus accumulated depreciation to date.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 3

53. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Accumulated depreciation is the amount of depreciation on the income statement for the
current year.
B. Current liabilities are debts expected to be paid within the next year.
C. Current assets are resources of a company that might include cash and copyrights.
D. Property, plant, and equipment are classified as intangible assets on the balance sheet.

AACSB Tag: Relative Thinking
Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

54. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Accumulated depreciation is a contra account in the income statement.
B. Par value is equal to the amount paid for the stock.
C. Retained earnings is the accumulated earnings plus the accumulated dividends paid.
D. Income before income taxes is also called pretax earnings.

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

55. Centex, Inc. sold and issued 50,000 shares of its $1 par value common stock for $20 per
share. The journal entry to record the stock issue would include
A. a credit to cash for $1,000,000.
B. a credit to common stock for $1,000,000.
C. a debit to common stock for $50,000.
D. a credit to common stock for $50,000.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

56. Which statement about the classified balance sheet is false?
A. Current assets are listed in order of liquidity.
B. Current liabilities are listed in order of size with the largest account balances listed first.
C. Stockholders' equity is listed by source.

D. None of the other answers given is false.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

57. Which of the following is an example of a long-term liability?
A. Accounts payable
B. Income taxes payable
C. Bonds Payable
D. Salaries payable

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58. An example of a noncurrent asset is
A. long term investments.
B. accounts receivable.
C. prepaid expenses.
D. inventory.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

59. The two sections found on every income statement are
A. continuing operations and discontinued operations.
B. continuing operations and extraordinary items.
C. continuing operations and new operations.
D. continuing operations and earnings per share.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 3

60. The indirect method of accounting for cash flow from operating activities
A. allows users to understand the causes of differences between net income on an accrual
basis and cash flow from operating activities.
B. allows users to see the connection of specific revenues and expenses from the income
statement to the cash received from those specific revenues or paid for those specific

expenses.
C. converts each specific revenue and expense to cash received or paid by adjusting for the
change in related asset and liability accounts from the balance sheet.
D. none of the other answers are true.

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

61. The multiple step income statement discloses three subtotals of profit before reporting net
income. Those three intermediate profit figures are

A. gross profit, income from discontinued operations, and income from operations.
B. gross profit, income from operations, and income before taxes.
C. gross profit, gain or loss from an extraordinary item, and income before taxes.
D. gross profit, income or loss from discontinued operations, and income from operations.

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62. On the multiple step income statement, an example of a non-operating (other) expense is
A. interest expense.
B. selling expense.
C. research and development costs.
D. all of these are non-operating.

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63. Where would the statement of cash flows show cash paid for equipment?
A. Operating activities.
B. Investing activities.
C. Financing activities.
D. Footnote to the statement of cash flows.

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

64. Signing a long-term note payable in exchange for cash would be found in which section of
the statement of cash flows?
A. Operating activities.
B. Investing activities.
C. Financing activities.
D. Footnote to the statement of cash flows.

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Difficulty: Hard
L.O.: 3

65. What type of statement shows income statement items as a percentage of sales?

A. Classified income statement
B. Percentage income statement
C. Operating income statement
D. Common-size income statement

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Difficulty: Easy
L.O.: 3

66. In a common size income statement, each line item is expressed as a percentage of
A. net income.
B. total expenses.
C. operating income.
D. net sales.

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Chapter 005: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information

67. Return on equity (ROE) primarily measures
A. the ability to generate revenue while holding assets steady.
B. the ability to generate sufficient profit on total assets.
C. the ability to earn income for the common stockholders.
D. None of these.

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68. Return on equity is computed by taking
A. net income divided by ending stockholders' equity.
B. net income divided by average stockholders' equity.
C. net income divided by beginning stockholders' equity.
D. none of the other answers is correct.

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69. Return on equity can be calculated by
A. multiplying net profit margin by asset turnover and financial leverage

B. dividing net profit margin by asset turnover and financial leverage
C. adding net profit margin to asset turnover and financial leverage
D. subtracting net profit margin from asset turnover and financial leverage

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70. Carrie's Coffee return on equity (ROE) was 11.4% in 2007 and 13.1% in 2008. The
increase in this ratio could be caused by which of the following?
A. An increase in net profit margin.

B. A decrease in the asset turnover ratio.
C. An increase in the relative portion of stockholders' equity to fund assets.
D. A decrease in net profit margin.

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Difficulty: Hard
L.O.: 4

71. The financial leverage ratio is computed by
A. dividing total liabilities by stockholders' equity.
B. dividing total assets by total liabilities.
C. dividing average total assets by average total liabilities.
D. dividing average total assets by average stockholders' equity.

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Difficulty: Medium
L.O.: 4

72. Which of the following would most likely increase net profit margin?
A. Decreasing selling price
B. Increasing sales volume
C. Increasing expenses
D. Higher income taxes

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Difficulty: Easy
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73. Asset turnover measures
A. the profit generated by efficient management of assets.
B. how quickly we liquidate our inventory.
C. the sales revenue generated by efficient management of assets.
D. the ability to generate income for the stockholders.

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74. Financial leverage measures
A. the ability to convert sales dollars to income.
B. how many dollars of assets are employed for each dollar of stockholders' investment.

C. the income generated for every dollar of investment by the stockholders.
D. the sales revenue generated by effective asset management.

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75. Which of the typically following will cause an increase in return on equity (ROE) as long
as expenses do not grow faster than revenue?
A. A decrease in average total assets
B. An increase in sales volume
C. An increase in net income
D. A decrease in expenses

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76. Which of the following is true?
A. An extraordinary gain would decrease net income.
B. Discontinued operations would be shown as a current asset on the balance sheet.
C. Discontinued operations are shown net of income tax effects.
D. Results from discontinued operations may be used to predict future company results.

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L.O.: Chapter Supplement

77. Polk Company suffered a loss from earthquake damage at its plant in Nebraska. The loss
meets the criteria for an extraordinary item. Where will the company present the extraordinary
item in the income statement?
A. With other revenues and expenses.
B. Following sales revenue, but before cost of goods sold.
C. Following the section for discontinued operations.
D. These results are not reported in the income statement.

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78. Discontinued operations are

A. the amount reflected on the income statement for adjustments made to balance sheet
accounts when applying different accounting principles.
B. the result of the disposal of a major segment of the business.
C. a gain or loss that is both unusual in nature and infrequent in occurrence.
D. a prediction of earnings for future accounting periods.

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79. An extraordinary item is

A. the amount reflected on the income statement for adjustments made to balance sheet
accounts when applying different accounting principles.
B. the result of the disposal of a major segment of the business.
C. a gain or loss that is both unusual in nature and infrequent in occurrence.
D. a prediction of earnings for future accounting periods.

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Essay Questions
80. Compute each of the following amounts:
A. Assume total liabilities are $40,000, total stockholders' equity $75,000, and all assets, other
than current assets, total $50,000. What would be the amount of current assets?
B. If earnings per share is $2.50 and the number of shares of capital stock outstanding is
6,000, then what would net income be?
A. ($40,000 + $30,000) / ($150,000) = .47 (to solve for stockholders' equity, subtract total
liabilities $70,000 from the $220,000 of total assets).
B. $2.50
6,000 shares = $15,000 net income

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