Deck 1: Interpreting Financial Statements

Question 1

Which one of the following is the financial statement that shows a financial snapshot,taken at a point in time,of all the assets the company owns and all the claims against those assets?

A) income statement
B) creditor's statement
C) balance sheet
D) cash flow statement
E) sources and uses statement

Answer 1

balance sheet

Question 2

Which of the following statements concerning the cash flow production cycle is true?

A) The profits reported in a given time period equal the cash flows generated.
B) A company's operations and finances are independent of each other.
C) Financial statements have nothing to do with reality.
D) The movement of cash to inventory, to accounts receivable, and back to cash is known as the firm's working capital cycle.
E) A profitable company will always have sufficient cash to meet its obligations.

Answer 2

The profits reported in a given time period equal the cash flows generated.

Question 3

Which of the following tends to cause differences between market values and book values?
I.Accounting often creates a dichotomy between realized and unrealized income.
II.Accountants allocate goodwill when a firm is acquired for more than book value.
III.Many accounting values are transactions-based and hence backward-looking.
IV.The use of fair-value accounting.
V.Accountants refuse to assign a cost to equity capital.

A) I and II only
B) I and III only
C) II and IV only
D) I, III, and IV only
E) I, III, and V only
F) I, III, IV, and V only

Answer 3

I, III, and V only

Question 4

JM Case Inc.has a market value of $5 million with 500,000 shares outstanding.The book value of its equity is $1,750,000.What is JM Case's price per share?

A) $3.50
B) $5
C) $10
D) $25
E) $50
F) None of the above.

Question 5

JM Case Inc.has a market value of $5 million with 500,000 shares outstanding.The book value of its equity is $1,750,000.What is JM Case's book value per share?

A) $3.50
B) $5
C) $10
D) $25
E) $50
F) None of the above.

Question 6

Which one of the following is a use of cash?

A) increase in notes payable
B) increase in inventory
C) increase in long-term debt
D) decrease in accounts receivable
E) increase in common stock

Question 7

Which of the following statements concerning a firm's cash flows and profits is false?

A) Managers must be at least as concerned with cash flows as with profits.
B) A company that sells merchandise at a profit will generate cash soon enough to replenish cash flows required for continued production.
C) The cash flows generated in a given time period can differ from the profits reported.
D) Profits are no assurance that cash flow will be sufficient to maintain solvency.
E) Due to required cash investments in current assets, fast-growing and profitable companies can literally "grow broke".

Question 8

Depreciation expense:

A) reduces both taxes and net income.
B) increases the net fixed assets as shown on the balance sheet.
C) reduces both the net fixed assets and the costs of a firm.
D) is a noncash item that increases net income.
E) decreases current assets, net income, and operating cash flows.

Question 9

JM Case Inc.has a market value of $5 million with 500,000 shares outstanding.The book value of its equity is $1,750,000.If the company repurchases 20 percent of its shares in the stock market,what will be the book value of equity if all else remains the same?

A) $750,000
B) $1,250,000
C) $1,000,000
D) $1,400,000
E) $4,000,000
F) None of the above.

Question 10

Assuming that there were no financing cash flows during 2011 and basing your answer solely on the information provided,what were the cash flows from operations (in $ millions)for 2011?

A) 45
B) 106
C) 15
D) 76
E) 31
F) None of the above.

Question 11

Which one of the following is the financial statement that summarizes a firm's revenue and expenses over a period of time?

A) income statement
B) balance sheet
C) cash flow statement
D) sources and uses statement
E) market value statement

Question 12

Assuming the company neither sold nor salvaged any assets during the year,what were the company's capital expenditures during 2011?

A) 482
B) 78
C) 421
D) 61
E) 139
F) None of the above.

Question 13

Which one of the following is a source of cash?

A) decrease in accounts receivable
B) decrease in common stock
C) decrease in long-term debt
D) decrease in accounts payable
E) increase in inventory

Question 14

Which one of the following is the financial statement that summarizes changes in the company's cash balance over a period of time?

A) income statement
B) balance sheet
C) cash flow statement
D) shareholders' equity statement
E) market value statement

Question 15

Selected information about South, Inc., a restaurant chain, follows.

During 2011,how much cash (in $ millions)did South collect from sales?

A) 364
B) 277
C) 404
D) 324
E) 451
F) None of the above.

Question 16

The sources and uses of cash over a stated period of time are reflected on the:

A) income statement.
B) balance sheet.
C) shareholders' equity statement.
D) cash flow statement.
E) statement of operating position.

Question 17

Noncash items refer to:

A) sales which are made on a credit basis.
B) inventory items purchased using credit.
C) intangible assets such as patents.
D) expenses, like depreciation, which do not directly affect cash flows.
E) administrative expenses.

Question 18

Selected information about South, Inc., a restaurant chain, follows.

During 2011,what was the cost of goods (in $ millions)produced by the company?

A) 223
B) 194
C) 252
D) 228
E) 218
F) None of the above.

Question 19

Which one of the following is a source of cash?

A) increase in accounts receivable
B) decrease in notes payable
C) decrease in common stock
D) increase in inventory
E) increase in accounts payable

Question 20

The book value of a firm is:

A) equivalent to the firm's market value provided that the firm has some fixed assets.
B) based on historical cost.
C) generally greater than the market value when fixed assets are included.
D) more of a financial than an accounting valuation.
E) adjusted to the market value whenever the market value exceeds the stated book value.

Question 21

The book value of Little Statistic's total assets is $400,000.Suppose Number Crunching Inc.acquires Little Statistic's assets for $1 million and finances the purchase by selling $600,000 in new stock,$300,000 in new debt,and reducing cash by $100,000.Describe how the acquisition affects Number Crunching's balance sheet.

Question 22

JM Case Inc.has a market value of $5 million with 500,000 shares outstanding.The book value of its equity is $1,750,000.If the company repurchases 20 percent of its shares in the stock market and there are no taxes or transactions costs and all else remains the same,what should the market value of the firm be after the repurchase?

A) $1,000,000
B) $1,750,000
C) $3,250,000
D) $4,000,000
E) $5,000,000
F) None of the above.

Question 23

During 2011,Lele Design earned net income of $250,000.The firm neither bought nor sold any capital assets.The book value of its assets declined by the year's depreciation charge of $200,000.The firm's operating cash flow for the year was $450,000.The market value of its assets increased by $300,000.What was Lele Design's economic income for the year?
Why is this figure different from its accounting income?
Please ignore taxes for this problem.

Question 24

Playdough Products earned net income of $400,000 in 2011.The firm increased its accounts receivable during the year by $250,000.The book value of its assets declined by the year's depreciation charge,which was $180,000,and the market value of its assets increased by $20,000.Based only on this information,how much cash did Playdough Products generate during the year?
Please ignore taxes for this problem.