Accounting Test IV
Which of the following solvency ratios is the best measure of a company's ability to pay interest and maturing principal amounts on its long-term debt?
Debt service coverage ratio
Which of the following is considered a profitability ratio?
Eamings per share
When using the direct method, how is the issuance of stock for cash shown on the statement of cash flows?
Financing activity
Occasionally, companies engage in important investing and financing activities which do not affect cash. If the amount of the transaction is significant, how should it be disclosed when financial statements are prepared?
In a note to the financial statements or in a supplemental schedule.
When using the indirect method, the gain from selling a long-term investment is recognized in which of the following?
In the operating activity section and the investing activity section of the statement of cash flows.
Which of the following ratios is the best measure in analyzing a company's ability to pay interest on long-term debt and to repay the long-term debt over several years?
Debt service coverage ratio
Carson City Saloon purchased a $25,000 truck for catering from its restaurant. It made a down payment of one-fourth of the price. What combination of amounts would affect the income statement and statement of cash flows for the purchase of the truck? Income Statement Cash Flow Statement
$-0- ($6,250)
Parks Company reported an increase of $370,000 in its accounts receivable during the year 2016. The company's statement of cash flows for 2016 reported $1 million of cash received from customers. What amount of net sales must Parks have recorded in 2016
$1,370,000
The following items were reported on the balance sheets and income statement for Centerton Inc., a service company: Accounts payable, December 31, 2016 $ 64,000 Accounts payable, December 31, 2017 Operating expenses-2017 48,000 170,000 What amount would be reported in the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for payments for operating expenses under the direct method?
$186,000
Below are the transactions for the Louisville Company: Proceeds from issuance of bonds payable $635,000 Payment to purchase equipment $275,000 $115,000 Payment of wages $155,000 $195,000 Payment of dividends Payment to pay off notes payable Based on these transactions, what is the net cash flow from financing activities?
$285,000 net cash provided by financing activities.
Kelly Corp. reported the following information for 2016 and 2017. x Salaries payable, December 31, 2016 Salaries payable, December 31, 2017 $3,700 1,800 Salaries expense-2017 57,000 How much cash was paid for salaries during 2017?
$58.900
Use the information below for Soho Inc. for 2016 and 2017 to answer the following question. Equipment, December 31, 2016 $65.000 Equipment, December 31, 2017 Accumulated depreciation, December 31, 2016 Accumulated depreciation, December 31, 2017 72,000 39.000 30,000 During 2016, Soho Inc. sold equipment with a cost of $30,000 and accumulated depreciation of $25,000. A gain of $3,000 was recognized on the sale of the equipment This was the only equipment sale during the year. What amount would be reported as the cash proceeds from the sale of equipment?
$8,000
Presented below are selected data from the financial statements of Provost Corp. 2017 Net income $110,000 $42,000 Cash dividends paid on common stock $123,000 $38,000 Market price per share of common stock at the end of the year $16.00 140,000 2016 $13.00 140,000 Shares of common stock outstanding The dividend payout ratio for 2017 is
38.0% (Rationale: $42,000/140,000=0.30 $110,000/140,000=0.79 0.30/0.79 38.0%)
Auto Industries Company reported the following on its income statement: Income before income taxes. Income tax expense $420,000 120,000 Net income $300,000 If the income statement also shows interest expense equal to $80,000, what is the company's times interest earned ratio?
6.25 times
Presented below are selected data from the financial statements of Parade Corp. 2016 $150,000 105,000 $12.00 Net income Weighted average number of common shares outstanding year 2017 $123,000 95,000 $10.00 Market price per share of common stock at the end of the The price/earnings ratio for 2017 is
8.39 to 1
Which of the following statements is false?
A statement of retained earnings reports the amount of cash received from operating activities and the amount of cash paid for dividends.
The following items were reported on the balance sheets and income statement for the Flying Mullet Company: Accounts receivable, December 31, 2016 $ 85,000 Accounts receivable, December 31, 2017 98,000 Sales-2017 750,000 How would the change in accounts receivable be reported in the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows under the indirect method?
As a deduction from net income
Which of the following measures can be used to evaluate a company's ability to meet future debt obligations after paying income taxes and interest and making capital expenditures?
Cash flow adequacy ratio
Which of the following formulas gives the inventory turnover ratio?
Cost of goods sold Average inventory
Which of the following ratios is used to analyze a company's liquidity?
Inventory turnover ratio
When using the direct method, how is the sale of long-term investments for cash reported on the statement of cash flows?
Investing activity
Which of the following statements is false? (2)
Investments in stock are reported as a financing activity on the statement of cash flows.
Which balance sheet accounts are most affected by investing activities?
Long-term assets
Which balance sheet accounts are most affected by financing activities?
Long-term liabilities and stockholders' equity
When using the direct method, how is depreciation expense recorded on the statement of cash flows?
Not reported on the statement of cash flows
When using the direct method, how are salaries paid to employees reported on the statement of cash flows?
Operating activity
When using the indirect method, how is an increase in accounts receivable during the year shown on the statement of cash flows?
Operating activity
Which of the following profitability ratios is most useful in indicating the "quality" of a company's earnings?
Price/earnings ratio
Which profitability ratio requires the use of earnings per share in its calculation?
Price/earnings ratio
Presented below is the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for Feline Friends Corp. for 2016: Operating activities. $165,000 Cash collected from customers Cash payments for merchandise (83,000) (58,000) Cash payments for operating expenses Net cash inflow from operating activities. $24,000 Which method of preparing the operating activities section has Feline used?
The direct method
Which of the following items would be considered a cash equivalent if it was held at the balance sheet date?
U.S. Treasury bill purchased when there were 90 days until maturity.
Which of the following is a total dollar measure of liquidity?
Working Capital
Which of the following is an addition to net income when the indirect method is used?
a loss on sale of equipment
Washington Corp. reported the following information for 2016 and 2017. 2016 $101,000 Accounts receivable 2017 Prepaid expenses Accounts payable $93,000 6,000 76,000 5,000 71,000 Salaries payable 5,000 Net income 4,000 80,000 Depreciation expense Gain on sale of equipment 9,000 5,000 If Washington uses the indirect method to prepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows, what amount will be reported as net cash inflow from operating activities for 2017? a. $95.000 b. $83,000 c. $73,000 d. $105,000
a. $95,000 (Rationale: $80,000 ($101,000-93,000)-($6,000-5,000)+($76,000-71,000)-($5,000-4,000) + $9,000-5,000 = $95,000)
Following are selected data from Westmoreland Company's financial statements. Westmoreland's debt-to-equity ratio for 2017 is:
an indicator that for every $1 of capital that stockholders provided, creditors provided $0.83.
Which of the following is a measure of the time that it takes to convert current assets into cash?
cash to cash operating cycle
The dollar change and percentage change in the accounts receivable account from 2016 to 2017 is calculated for Allison Corporation. This is an example of
horizontal analysis
Return ratios are measures of the relationship between the
income earned and the investment made in the company by the various groups.
Seashell Company is considered "very liquid" for the year ended December 31, 2016. This means that Seashell
is able to pay its current debts using its current assets.
Which of the following financing activities results in a cash inflow?
issuing bonds
Trend analysis is analysis.
of dollar changes and percentage changes over several years.
The operating cycle of a manufacturer is the length of time between the
purchase of raw materials and collection of any outstanding receivables from the sale of the product
Each of the following transactions would be classified as either an investing or a financing activity except
stock is issued to acquire land.
Most companies
strive for a balance between current assets and current liabilities.
Upon review of Jan's Lakeside Resort statement of cash flows, the following was noted; Cash flows from operating activities $ 35,000 Cash flows from investing activities 75,000 Cash flows from financing activities From this information, the most likely explanation is that Jan is (125,000)
using cash from operations and selling long-term assets to pay back debt.