The amount and timing of sales are usually provided by the ________ department. A) advertising or finance B) accounting or sales C) sales or marketing D) marketing or planning c ANSWER Answer: C
We start the process of building a cash forecast with predicting the cash inflow from future sales. This is called ________. A) a sales forecast B) a cash forecast C) a monetary forecast D) an expense forecast ANSWER Answer: A
In theory, a firm’s optimal capital structure is that which minimized the firm’s overall cost of capital resulting in a maximization of the market value of a firm. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER TRUE
Bond contracts generally include restrictive covenants, designed to protect the interests of the bondholders. Typical covenants restrict all of the following EXCEPT: a. the borrowing firm’s investment activities. b. the borrowing firm’s ability to issue additional debt. c. the borrowing firm’s dividend policy. d. the firm’s hiring of management personnel. ANSWER D
Masulis (1980) documented evidence that the market generally reacts favorably to a leverage- increasing debt-for-equity swap, and unfavorably to a leverage decreasing equity-for-debt swap. Which of the following is NOT a legitimate theoretical explanation for these market reactions? a. Increasing leverage increases the tax shield of debt, while extinguishing debt decreases it. b. Increasing leverage […]
Pearson Advising will have cash receipts of $35,000 in April and cash disbursements of $30,000 for this month. If its beginning cash is $5,000 and its desired reserve is $2,000, what will its excess be for April? A) There is no excess but a shortfall. B) $5,000 C) $7,000 D) $8,000 ANSWER Answer: […]
Forecasting entails drawing a financial picture of a company for the ________. A) year B) month C) quarter D) All of these ANSWER Answer: D
For June, Snake River Rafting will have cash receipts of $68,000 and cash disbursements of $85,000. If its beginning cash is $9,000 and its desired reserve is $3,000, what will be its shortfall in cash for the month? A) There is no shortfall in cash but an excess of cash. B) -$11,000 C) -$8,000 D) […]
The conservative funding strategy is a strategy by which a firm finances at least its seasonal requirements, and possibly some of its permanent requirements, with short-term funds and the balance of its permanent requirements with long-term funds. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER FALSE
Conflicts of interest between a borrowing firm and its creditors. This problem is exacerbated in the case of a public bond, because the ownership of public bonds is generally dispersed among many bondholders. For these reasons, the interests of the investors in a public corporate bond are protected in part by the appointment of a […]