Deck 11: Corporate Reporting and Analysis

Question 1

Common stock always carries a preference for receiving dividends over preferred stock.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Minimum legal capital requirements are intended to protect creditors.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Special rights often granted to preferred stock include a preference for receiving dividends and additional voting privileges.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The total number of shares outstanding is the authorized stock.

Question 5

Stock is attractive to investors because stockholders are not liable for the corporation's actions and debts and because stock is easily transferred.

Question 6

If a corporation is authorized to issue 1,000 shares of $5 common stock,it is said to have $5,000 of stock outstanding.

Question 7

Shareholders in a corporation have the power to bind the corporation to contracts.

Question 8

A corporation may be authorized to issue both common and preferred stock.

Question 9

A preemptive right means shareholders can purchase their proportional share of common stock issued later by the corporation.

Question 10

Stockholders' equity consists of paid-in capital and retained earnings.

Question 11

Organization expenses of a corporation often include legal fees and promoter fees.

Question 12

Cumulative preferred stock carries the right to be paid both current and all prior periods' unpaid dividends before any dividends are paid to common shareholders.

Question 13

A proxy is a document that gives a designated agent the right to vote a shareholder's stock.

Question 14

A registrar keeps stockholder records and prepares official lists of stockholders and dividend payments.

Question 15

The price at which a share of stock is bought or sold is known as par value.

Question 16

A corporation is a legal entity separate from its owners.

Question 17

Common shareholders always share equally with all other shareholders in dividends.

Question 18

Corporations avoid many of the state regulations and controls that proprietorships and partnerships are subject to.

Question 19

Paid-in capital is the total amount of cash and other assets the corporation receives from its stockholders in exchange for its stock.

Question 20

Stated value stock is no-par stock that is assigned a "stated" value per share by the corporation's board of directors.

Question 21

Dividend yield shows the annual amount of cash dividends distributed to common shares relative to the stock's market price.

Question 22

The term restricted retained earnings refers to statutory but not contractual restrictions.

Question 23

Growth stocks generally pay large dividends on a regular basis.

Question 24

The price-earnings ratio is computed by dividing earnings per share by the market price per share.

Question 25

Retained earnings generally consist of a company's cumulative net income less any net losses and dividends declared since its inception.

Question 26

Changes in accounting estimates are accounted for in current and future periods.

Question 27

Dividend yield is computed by dividing earnings per share by the market value per share.

Question 28

Dividend yield is defined as the annual cash dividends per share divided by the market price per share of a company's stock.

Question 29

Book value per share reflects the value per share if a company is liquidated at balance sheet amounts.

Question 30

Earnings per share is the amount of income earned per share of a company's outstanding (weighted-average)common stock.

Question 31

Stocks with a price-earnings ratio less than 20 to 25 are likely to be overpriced.

Question 32

If a company has no preferred stock,basic earnings per share is equal to net income divided by the number of weighted average common shares outstanding.

Question 33

A company has earnings per share of $6.50.Its dividend per share is $0.50,and its market price per share is $80.Its price-earnings ratio equals 13.

Question 34

A company made an error in recording the Year 1 purchase of computer equipment as an expense.This was discovered in Year 2.The item should be reported as a prior period adjustment on the Year 2 income statement.

Question 35

If a company has noncumulative preferred stock,basic earnings per share is equal to net income less preferred dividends declared divided by the number of weighted average common shares outstanding.

Question 36

A common statutory restriction is reported on the income statement whereas; a common contractual restriction is reported in the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet.

Question 37

The price-earnings ratio reveals information about the stock market's expectations for a company's future earnings growth.

Question 38

Robin Company had net income of $67,000.The company had 9,000 weighted average common shares outstanding.The basic earnings per share equal $7.44 per share.

Question 39

Retained earnings are part of the stockholders' claims on the company's net assets.

Question 40

If the dividends account is not recorded as a reduction to Retained Earnings on the date of declaration,the dividends account is closed to Retained Earnings at the end of the accounting period.

Question 41

A stock dividend does not reduce a corporation's assets or its stockholders' equity.

Question 42

When no-par stock is not assigned a stated value,the total amount received is recorded in the Common Stock account.

Question 43

If a corporation receives assets other than cash in exchange for stock,it records the assets received at their market value as of the date of the transaction.

Question 44

Small stock dividends are recorded at par or stated value.

Question 45

A large stock dividend only occurs when a distribution of more than 50% of previously outstanding shares is issued.

Question 46

A debit balance in retained earnings is referred to as an accumulated deficit.

Question 47

The main limitation in using book value per share for stock valuation models is the potential difference between recorded value and market value for both assets and liabilities.

Question 48

The journal entry to record the declaration of dividends on common stock includes a debit to Retained Earnings and a credit to Common Dividend Payable.

Question 49

A corporation may not legally give shares of its stock to promoters in exchange for their services in organizing the corporation.

Question 50

Common Stock Dividend Distributable is an equity account.

Question 51

A stock split increases total stockholders' equity.

Question 52

Declaration of a stock dividend results in a liability being recorded.

Question 53

Dividing stockholders' equity applicable to common shares by the number of common shares outstanding yields the book value per common share.

Question 54

A reverse stock split increases the market value per share and the par value per share of stock.

Question 55

Common Stock Dividend Distributable is a liability account.

Question 56

The date of record is the date that directors vote to pay a cash dividend to shareholders.

Question 57

Large stock dividends are recorded at par or stated value.

Question 58

A stock split is the distribution of additional shares of stock to stockholders according to their percent of ownership.

Question 59

A stock dividend is a distribution of corporate assets that returns part of the original investment to shareholders.

Question 60

The declaration of cash dividends increases retained earnings.

Question 61

A stock dividend,declared by a corporations's directors,is a distribution of additional shares of the corporation's own stock to its stockholders without the receipt of any payment in return.

Question 62

The Paid-in Capital,Treasury Stock account can never have a debit balance.

Question 63

All stock dividends are recorded at par value so there would never be a credit to the paid-in capital in excess of par value account.

Question 64

A liability for a dividend does not exist until the directors declare a dividend.

Question 65

When a corporation has only one class of stock,the stock is called:

A) Preferred stock.
B) Common stock.
C) Par value stock.
D) Stated value stock.
E) No-par value stock.

Question 66

The number of shares that a corporation's charter allows it to sell is referred to as:

A) Issued stock.
B) Outstanding stock.
C) Common stock.
D) Preferred stock.
E) Authorized stock.

Question 67

The Paid-in Capital,Treasury Stock account can have a zero or credit balance.

Question 68

Participating preferred stock has a feature that allows its holders to share with common shareholders in any dividends paid in excess of the percent or dollar amount stated on the preferred stock.

Question 69

If a company resells treasury stock below the acquisition cost,a loss from the sale of treasury stock is recorded.

Question 70

Cumulative preferred stock has a right to be paid both current and prior periods' unpaid dividends before any dividend is paid to common shareholders.

Question 71

Corporations issue preferred stock to raise capital without sacrificing control of the corporation and/or to boost the return earned by common shareholders.

Question 72

A stock dividend decreases the market price of the company's stock.

Question 73

The costs of bringing a corporation into existence,including legal fees,promoter fees,and amounts paid to obtain a charter are called:

A) Minimum legal capital.
B) Stock subscriptions.
C) Organization expenses.
D) Selling expenses.
E) Prepaid fees.

Question 74

Purchasing treasury stock reduces the corporation's assets and stockholders' equity by unequal amounts.

Question 75

The right of common shareholders to purchase their proportional share of any common stock later issued by the corporation is called a:

A) Preemptive right.
B) Proxy right.
C) Right to call.
D) Financial leverage.
E) Voting right.

Question 76

Paid and declared preferred dividends are called dividends in arrears.

Question 77

Treasury stock is stock that has been authorized,issued,and is outstanding.

Question 78

Par value of a stock refers to the:

A) Issue price of the stock.
B) Value assigned per share by the corporate charter.
C) Market value of the stock on the date of the financial statements.
D) Maximum selling price of the stock.
E) Dividend value of the stock.

Question 79

A proxy is:

A) A document that delegates a stockholder's voting rights to an agent.
B) A contractual commitment by an investor to purchase unissued shares of stock.
C) An amount of assets defined by state law that stockholders must invest and leave invested in a corporation.
D) The right of common stockholders to protect their proportionate interests in a corporation by having the first opportunity to purchase additional shares of common stock issued by the corporation.
E) An arbitrary amount assigned to no-par stock by the corporation's board of directors.

Question 80

The board of directors of a corporation:

A) Are elected by the corporate registrar.
B) Are responsible for day-to-day operations of the business.
C) Do not have the power to bind the corporation to contracts, due to lack of mutual agency.
D) May not also be executive officers of the corporation, due to the separate entity principle.
E) Are responsible for and have final authority for managing corporate activities.