Chapter 12, 13, 14 True / False

Question 1

Corporations purchase investments in debt or stock securities generally for one of two reasons.

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true

Question 2

A reason some companies purchase investments is because they generate a significant portion of their earnings from investment income.

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true

Question 3

The accounting for short-term debt investments and for long-term debt investments is similar.

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true

Question 4

When debt investments, are sold, the gain or loss is the difference between the net proceeds from the sale and the fair value of the bonds.

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true

Question 5

Debt investments are investments in government and corporation bonds.

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true

Question 6

In accordance with the cost principle, brokerage fees should be added to the cost of an investment.

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true

Question 7

In accordance with the cost principle, the cost of debt investments includes brokerage fees and accrued interest.

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true

Question 8

In accounting for stock investments of less than 20%, the equity method is used.

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true

Question 9

Dividends received on stock investments of less than 20% should be credited to the Stock Investments account.

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true

Question 10

If an investor owns between 20% and 50% of an investors common stock, it is presumed that the investor has significant influence on the investee.

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true

Question 11

The Stock Investments account is debited at acquisition under both the equity method and cost method of accounting for investments in common stock.

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true

Question 12

Under the equity method, the investment in common stock is initially recorded at cost, and the Stock Investments account is adjusted manually.

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true

Question 13

Under the equity method, the receipt of dividends from the investee company results in an increase in the Stock Investments account.

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true

Question 14

Consolidated financial statements are appropriate when an investor controls an investee by ownership of more than 50% of the investors common stock.

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true

Question 15

Consolidated financial statements are prepared in place of the financial statements for that parent and subsidiary companies.

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true

Question 16

Consolidated financial statements should be prepared only when a subsidiary company has a controlling interest in the parent company.

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true

Question 17

The valuation of non-trading securities is similar to the procedures followed for trading securities, except that changes in fair value are not recognized in current income.

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true

Question 18

An unrealized gain or loss on trading securities is reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity.

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true

Question 19

For non-trading securities, the unrealized gain or loss account is carried forward to future periods.

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true

Question 20

A decline in the fair value of a trading security is recorded by debiting an unrealized loss account and crediting the Fair Value Adjustment account.

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true

Question 21

The statement of cash flows is a required statement that must be prepared along with an income statement, balance sheet,and retained earnings statement.

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true

Question 22

For external reporting, a company must prepare either an income statement ora statement of cash flows, but not both.

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true

Question 23

A primary objective of the statement of cash flows is to show the income or loss on investing and financing transactions.

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true

Question 24

A statement of cash flows indicates the sources and uses of cash during a period.

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true

Question 25

A statement of cash flows should help investors and creditors assess the entity's ability to generate future income.

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true

Question 26

The information in a statement of cash flows helps investors and creditors assess the company's ability to pay dividends and meet obligations.

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true

Question 27

Financial statement readers can determine future investing and financing transactions by examining a company's statement of cash flows.

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true

Question 28

In preparing a statement of cash flows, the issuance of debt should be reported separately from the retirement of debt.

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true

Question 29

Non-cash investing and financing activities must be reported in the body of a statement of cash flows.

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true

Question 30

The statement of cash flows classifies cash receipts and payments as operating, non operating, financial and extraordinary activities.

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true

Question 31

The sale of land for cash would be classified as a cash inflow from an investing activity.

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true

Question 32

Cash flow from investing activities is considered the most important category on the statement of cash flows because it is considered the best measure of expected income.

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true

Question 33

The receipt of dividends from long-term investments in stock is classified as a cash inflow from investing activities.

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true

Question 34

The payment of interest on bonds payable is classified as a cash outflow from operating activities.

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true

Question 35

Any item that appears on the income statement would be considered as either a cash inflow or cash outflow from operating activities.

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true

Question 36

The acquisition of a building by issuing bonds would deb considered an investing and financing activity that did not affect cash.

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true

Question 37

All major financing and investing activities affect cash.

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true

Question 38

Cash provided by operations is generally equal to operating income.

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true

Question 39

Using the indirect method, an increase in accounts receivable during a period is deducted from net income in calculating cash provided by operations.

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true

Question 40

Using the indirect method, an increase in accounts payable during a period is deducted from net income in calculating cash provided by operations.

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true

Question 41

Intracompany comparisons of the same financial statement items can often detect changes in financial relationships and significant trends.

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true

Question 42

Calculating financial ratios is a financial reporting requirement under generally accepted accounting principles.

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true

Question 43

Measures of a company's liquidity are concerned with the frequency and amounts of dividend payments.

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true

Question 44

Analysis of financial statements is enhanced with the use of comparative data.

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true

Question 45

Comparisons of company data with industry averages can provide some insight into the company's relative position in the industry.

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true

Question 46

Vertical and horizontal analyses are concerned with the format used to prepare financial statements.

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true

Question 47

Horizontal, vertical and circular analyses are the most common tools of financial statement analysis.

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true

Question 48

Horizontal analysis is a technique for evaluating a financial statement item in the current year with other items in the current year.

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true

Question 49

Another name for trend analysis is horizontal analysis.

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true

Question 50

If a company has sales of $110 in 2012 and $154 in 2013, the percentage increase in sales from 2012 to 2013 is 140%.

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true

Question 51

In horizontal analysis, if an item has a negative amount in the base year,and a positive amount in the following year, no percentage change for that item can be computed.

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true

Question 52

Common size analysis expresses each item within a financial statement in terms of a percent of a base amount.

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true

Question 53

Vertical analysis is a more sophisticated analytical tool than horizontal analysis.

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true

Question 54

Vertical analysis is useful in making comparisons of companies of different sizes.

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true

Question 55

Meaningful analysis of financial statements will include either horizontal or vertical analysis, but not both.

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true

Question 56

Using vertical analysis of the income statement, a company's net income as a percentage of net sales is 10%; therefore, the cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales must be 90%.

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true

Question 57

In the vertical analysis of the income statement, each item is generally stated as a percentage of net income.

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true

Question 58

A ratio can be expressed as a percentage, a rate, or a proportion.

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true

Question 59

A solvency ratio measures the income or operating success of an enterprise for a given period of time.

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true

Question 60

The current ratio is a measure of all the ratios calculated for the current year.

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true

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