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.
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