Accounting Ch. 14 sample

If bonds are issued initially at a premium and the effective-interest method of amortization is used, interest expense in the earlier years will be a. greater than if the straight-line method were used. b. greater than the amount of the interest payments. c the same as if the straight-line method were used. d. less than if the straight-line method were used.

A

Reich, Inc. issued bonds with a maturity amount of $200,000 and a maturity ten years from the date of issue. If the bonds were issued at a premium, this indicates that a. the effective yield or market rate of interest exceeded the stated (nominal) rate. b. the nominal rate of interest exceeded the market rate. c. the market and nominal rates coincided. d. no necessary relationship exists between the two rates.

B

Bond interest paid is equal to the a. carrying value of the bonds multiplied by the effective-interest rate. b. carrying value of the bonds multiplied by the stated interest rate. c. face amount of the bonds multiplied by the stated interest rate. d. face amount of the bonds multiplied by the effective-interest rate.

C

If a company chooses the fair value option, a decrease in the fair value of the liability is recorded by crediting a. Bonds Payable. b. Gain on Restructuring of Debt. c. Unrealized Holding Gain/Loss-Income. d. Realized Holding Gain.

C

An early extinguishment of bonds payable, which were originally issued at a premium, is made by purchase of the bonds between interest dates. At the time of reacquisition a. any costs of issuing the bonds must be amortized up to the purchase date. b. the premium must be amortized up to the purchase date. c. interest must be accrued from the last interest date to the purchase date. d. All of these answers are correct.

D

The rate of interest actually earned by bondholders is called the a. stated rate. b. coupon rate. c. nominal rate. d. effective rate.

D

Under the effective-interest method of bond discount or premium amortization, the periodic interest expense is equal to a. the stated (nominal) rate of interest multiplied by the face value of the bonds. b. the market rate of interest multiplied by the face value of the bonds. c. the stated rate multiplied by the beginning-of-period carrying amount of the bonds. d. the market rate multiplied by the beginning-of-period carrying amount of the bonds.

D

Discount

Stated Rate < Market Rate

Premium

Stated rate > Market rate

Par Value

Stated=Market

Stated Rate

the rate of cash interest per period stated in the bond contract