Filters
Question type

Winshare Art Company has issued only common stock.Currently it has 10,000 shares outstanding.The value of the stock is shown as $20 per share.In addition, $100,000 of Winshare's earnings have been reinvested in the business since it was founded.What is Winshare's total owners' equity?


A) $300,000
B) $200,000
C) $100,000
D) $2,000,000
E) $100,020

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The cash that Coca-Cola receives from providing customers with Coke and other soft drinks and juices would appear in the ____ section of the statement of cash flows.


A) financing
B) business
C) receiving
D) operating
E) investing

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Commonly used in accounting analysis, a ____ shows a relationship between two elements of a firm's financial statements.


A) statistic
B) comparative number
C) current ratio
D) financial ratio
E) formula

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The ratio calculated by dividing total liabilities by owners' equity is the _____.


A) current ratio
B) debt-to-assets ratio
C) acid-test ratio
D) debt-to-owners' equity ratio
E) return on equity

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

All of the following are sections of the income statement for a business except:


A) cost of goods sold.
B) liabilities.
C) revenues.
D) operating expenses.
E) net income or loss.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

How would it be easier to determine if a firm made or lost money last year-by looking at the balance sheet or by looking at the income statement? Support your answer by explaining in general terms what accounts a balance sheet lists and what accounts an income statement lists.

Correct Answer

Answered by ExamLex AI

Answered by ExamLex AI

It would be easier to determine if a fir...

View Answer

The cost of goods sold divided by the average inventory equals the _____.


A) gross profit on operations
B) beginning inventory value
C) merchandise inventory
D) ending inventory value
E) inventory turnover

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Debts that will be repaid in one year or less are known as current liabilities.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Equipment and patents are known as intangible assets.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The J.Book Company wants to indicate to its shareholders how successful it has been.To do this, it uses the ____ as an indicator of its success.


A) inventory turnover
B) earnings per share
C) acid-test ratio
D) current ratio
E) activity ratio

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Another name for the statement of financial position is the _____.


A) income statement
B) statement of owners' equity
C) earnings statement
D) statement of changes
E) balance sheet

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Christine's First Job Christine has just earned her undergraduate degree in accounting and has successfully completed the CPA exam.She recently interviewed with a relatively small and new company and was offered a job.The offer sounded very promising; the job had opportunities to grow with the company and provided diverse challenges.Christine accepted the job. Once Christine started working, she realized that the owners and employees did not have a general understanding of accounting.She had to teach them the steps in an accounting cycle so they would be able to understand how she was going to create reports.When she talked about the statement of financial position, they had no idea what she was talking about.She was the qualified individual responsible for accounting.No one else working with her had much knowledge.They did not even know the different financial ratios that someone could use to understand the financial standing of a company.Christine knows it will be a challenge to keep everyone on the same page when it comes to numbers and reports. -From an executive's viewpoint, which of the following statements does not describe an executive's motivation to "cook" a firm's books?


A) the desire to look good in the local newspapers or financial publications
B) the desire to impress Wall Street analysts
C) the desire to impress the firm's investors
D) the desire to be ethical
E) the desire to inflate the company's stock value

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The cost of goods sold for McPherson Fashions is $360,000.The beginning inventory for the firm was $20,000.Twelve months later the ending inventory was $40,000.What is the firm's inventory turnover?


A) 6 times a year
B) 9 times a year
C) 12 times a year
D) 18 times a year
E) 24 times a year

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

For small firms, the major difference between the current ratio and the acid-test ratio is that inventory is subtracted from current assets in order to calculate the acid-test ratio.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Resources that a firm owns are classified as assets.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A low inventory turnover can be improved by ordering merchandise in smaller quantities at more frequent intervals.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A prepaid expense would be classified as _____.


A) an expense
B) an unearned revenue
C) a liability
D) an asset
E) cost of goods sold

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

When Joan Newport attended the orientation for new employees in the accounting department at Madison Oil and Energy Exploration, she was told that the primary users of accounting information are _____.


A) investors
B) managers
C) lenders
D) suppliers
E) government agencies

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Since business has been rapidly expanding, Sugar Bakery decides to purchase a second industrial oven.The cash paid for this oven would be listed in the ____ section of the statement of cash flows.


A) operating
B) purchasing
C) investing
D) financing
E) business

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The financial statement that provides information about a firm's operating, investing, and financing activities during an accounting period is the _____.


A) balance sheet
B) income statement
C) cash flow statement
D) retained earnings statement
E) financial analysis statement

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 181 - 200 of 214

Related Exams

Show Answer