For April, Anderson Antiques will have cash receipts of $365,000 and cash disbursements of $370,000. If its beginning cash is $4,000 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) -$3,000 C) -$4,000 D) -$5,000 […]
Which of the below is a SOURCE of cash? A) Cash Sales B) Wages and Salaries C) Rent or Lease payments D) Dividend payments ANSWER Answer: A Explanation: A) The sources of cash (cash receipts or cash inflow) are: cash sales; payments received on accounts receivables (mainly credit sales); cash sales of equipment […]
Which of the below is a USE of cash? A) Credit Sales B) Retirement of debt (paying off loans and bonds) C) Bank loans D) Cash sales of equipment or other assets of the company ANSWER Answer: B Explanation: B) The sources of cash (cash receipts or cash inflow) are: cash sales; payments […]
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 […]
There are two primary tools used to forecast and set in action a company plan. Which of the tools below is one of these? A) Statements of retained earnings B) Profit budgets C) Income statements D) Pro forma statements ANSWER Answer: D Explanation: D) Two of the primary tools used to forecast and […]