1. (TCO A) Which of the following is an advantage of the sole proprietorship relative to the corporate form of business organization

Limited liability of investor

Transferability of ownership

Simple to establish

Unlimited life

2. (TCO A) The payment of cash dividends is recorded in the _____.

operating section of the statement of cash flows

investing section of the statement of cash flows

financing section of the statement of cash flows

noncash investing and financing section of the statement of cash flows

3. (TCOs A, B) Below is a partial list of account balances for Landon Company::

Cash $10,000

Prepaid insurance 700

Accounts receivable 3,500

Accounts payable 2,800

Notes payable 4,200

Common stock 1,400

Dividends 700

Revenues 21,000

Expenses 17,500

What did Landon Company show as total debits

$32,400

$29,400

$34,500

$35,200

4. (TCOs B, E) Under the accrual basis of accounting, revenues are recorded and reported _____.

when companies receive payments for jobs performed or products provided

when companies have provided products or performed services

when companies receive payments prior to providing products or performing services

when companies receive payments after providing products or performing services

5. (TCO D) Three companies report the same cost of goods available for sale, but each employs a different inventory costing method. If the price of goods has increased during the period, then the company using _____.

FIFO will have the highest income tax expense

average cost will have the income tax expense

LIFO will have the highest income tax expense

All three methods will result in the same income tax expense.

6. (TCOs A, E) Equipment with a cost of $212,000 has an estimated salvage value of $12,000 and an estimated life of 5 years or 15,000 hours. It is to be depreciated by the straight-line method. What is the amount of depreciation for the first full year, during which the equipment was used 6,000 hours?

$80,000

$84,800

$42,400

$40,000

7. (TCO D, G) Payne Corporation issues 100 twenty-year, 6%, $1,000 bonds dated July 1, 2010, at 105. The journal entry to record the issuance will show a _____.

debit to Discount on Bonds Payable of $5,000

debit to Premium on Bonds Payable of $5,000

credit to Discount on Bonds Payable of $5,000

credit to Premium on Bonds Payable of $5,000

8. (TCO C) Accounts receivable arising from sales to customers amounted to $80,000 and $120,000 at the beginning and end of the year, respectively. Income reported on the income statement for the year was $2,000,000. Exclusive of the effect of other adjustments, the cash flows from operating activities to be reported on the statement of cash flows is _____.

$2,040,000

$2,000,000

$1,200,000

$1,960,000

9. (TCO F) If you are making comparisons with other companies to provide insight into a company’s competitive position, you are performing what type of analysis

Common-size analysis

Intercompany analysis

Intracompany analysis

Industry average analysis

10. (TCO F) In a common size income statement, the 100% figure is _____.

Total Assets

Total Stockholders’ Equity

Net Sales

Net Income

11. (TCO F) Horizontal analysis of comparative financial statements includes the _____.

development of common-size statements

calculation of liquidity ratios

calculation of dollar amount changes and percentage changes from the previous year to the current year

evaluation of financial statement data that expresses each item in a financial statement as a percentage of a base amount

12. (TCO F) A common measure of solvency is the _____.

asset turnover

current cash debt coverage ratio

cash debt coverage ratio

current ratio

13. (TCO F) Short-term creditors would be most interested in which of the following ratios?

Average collection period

Times interest earned

Cash debt coverage

Free cash flow

14. (TCO G) To calculate the market value of a bond, we need to _____.

multiply the bond price times the interest rate

calculate the present value of the principal only

calculate the present value of the interest only

calculate the present value of both the principal and interest payments