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Chapter: Financial Management
51.

The objective of financial management is to:

A. Maximize earnings per share
B. Maximize the value of the firm’s common stock
C. Maximize return on investment
D. Maximize market share
Answer» C. Maximize return on investment
52.

“Financial management is that activity of management which is concerned with the planning, procuring and controlling of the firm’s financial resources”. Who says this?

A. Weston and Brigham
B. J.F. Bradlery
C. Deepika& Maya Rani
D. Ezra Solomon
Answer» C. Deepika& Maya Rani
53.

“Financial management is an area of financial decision making, harmonizing individual motives and enterprise goals”. Who define this?

A. J.F. Bradlery
B. Ezra Solomon
C. Deepika& Maya Rani
D. Weston and Brigham
Answer» D. Weston and Brigham
54.

“Financial management is the area of business management devoted to a judicious use of capital and a careful selection of sources of capital in order to enable a business firm to move in the direction of reaching its goals” Who says this?

A. Guthman and Dougal
B. Weston and Brigham
C. J.F. Bradlery
D. Deepika& Maya Rai
Answer» C. J.F. Bradlery
55.

“Financial management is properly viewed as an integral part of overall management rather than as a staff specially concerned with funds raising operations”.

A. Deepika& Maya Rai
B. J.F. Bradlery
C. Guthman and Dougal
D. Ezra Solomon
Answer» C. Guthman and Dougal
56.

“The activity concerned with the planning, raising, controlling and administering of funds used in the business”. Who defines this?

A. Ezra Solomon
B. J.F. Bradlery
C. Guthman and Dougal
D. Weston Brigham
Answer» D. Weston Brigham
57.

The most common cause of financial problems are:

A. Undercapitalization
B. Inadequate expense control
C. Credit terms
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
58.

A statement that projects management’s expectations for revenues and, based on those financial expectations, allocates the use of specific resources throughout the firm is called:

A. Capital budget
B. Operating budget
C. Cash budget
D. Resource budget
Answer» D. Resource budget
59.

An example of fixed asset is

A. Live stock
B. Value stock
C. Income stock
D. All of the above
Answer» A. Live stock
60.

The total cost that arises when the quantity produced is increased by one unit is called

A. The number of people employed in the firm
B. The book value of the firm’s assets less the book value of its liabilities
C. The amount of salary paid to its employees
D. The market price per share of the firm’s common stock
Answer» B. The book value of the firm’s assets less the book value of its liabilities
61.

______ varies inversely with profitability.

A. Liquidity
B. Risk
C. Financing
D. Liabilities
Answer» A. Liquidity
62.

_________ of a firm refers to the composition of its long term funds and its capital structure.

A. Capitalisation
B. Over-capitalistion
C. Under-capitalisation
D. Market capitalisation
Answer» A. Capitalisation
63.

In finance, “working capital” means the same thing as

A. Total assets
B. Fixed assets
C. Current assets
D. Current assets minus current liabilities
Answer» C. Current assets
64.

Which of the following would be consistent with a more aggressive approach to financing working capital

A. Financing short term needs with short term funds
B. Financing permanent inventory build up with long term debt
C. Financing seasonal needs with short term funds
D. Financing some long term needs with short term funds
Answer» D. Financing some long term needs with short term funds
65.

Which of the following is not the responsibility of financial management?

A. Allocation of funds to current and capital assets
B. Obtaining the best mix of financing alternatives
C. Preparation of the firm’s accounting statements
D. Development of an appropriate dividend policy
Answer» C. Preparation of the firm’s accounting statements
66.

Uses of funds include a(an):

A. Decrease in cash
B. Increase in any liability
C. Tax refund
D. Increased in fixed assets
Answer» C. Tax refund
67.

A capital investment is one that

A. Has the prospect of long term benefits
B. Has the prospect of short term benefits
C. Is only undertaken by large corporations
D. Applies only to investment in fixed assets
Answer» A. Has the prospect of long term benefits
68.

Which one of the following factors that influence educational finance?

A. Demand for education
B. Financial control
C. Concentration of wealth
D. Level of national income
Answer» A. Demand for education
69.

The main problem of financing a scheme of post-secondary education that faced with serious difficulties

A. expansion of educational services
B. Removal of disparities in educational opportunities
C. Inadequacy of funds
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Inadequacy of funds
70.

Modern industrial development has caused________

A. Private enterprise
B. Economic imbalances
C. Social change
D. Economic contribution
Answer» B. Economic imbalances
71.

The control of________ is a very important problem because ‘power follows the purse’ and this power may be easily misused

A. Economy
B. Population
C. Government
D. Finance
Answer» D. Finance
72.

Economists believe in the law of diminishing marginal utility’. This ‘utility’ means

A. Ability
B. Efficiency
C. Satisfaction
D. Reduction
Answer» C. Satisfaction
73.

Efficiency can be much improved if there is only a________ planning.

A. Short term and long term
B. Short term
C. Long term
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Long term
74.

It has been decided that______ of schooling will be made available to majority of our youth

A. 12 years
B. 10 years
C. 5 years
D. None of the above
Answer» A. 12 years
75.

To solve the problem of mobility of population and overcrowding in the cities the government has to adopt

A. Appropriate measures both at the economic and educational levels
B. Evolving a new finance structure in which the Central government will have to play significant role
C. Maintenance of a high level of national income
D. Financing of education
Answer» A. Appropriate measures both at the economic and educational levels
76.

Which one is not educational finances needed for purposes in education?

A. Maintenance of normal educational services
B. Expansion of educational services
C. Expansion of disparities in educational opportunities
D. Planning, organising, directing and controlling the financial activities
Answer» D. Planning, organising, directing and controlling the financial activities
77.

The most important method used in Ancient and medieval times in financing education is

A. Land grants and income yielding endowmwnts
B. Learning while earning
C. Donation from the public
D. Government funds
Answer» A. Land grants and income yielding endowmwnts
78.

One of the following is not include in the important activities in the field of education undertaken by UNESCO

A. Centre for Educational Technology
B. Secondary School Teaching License Project
C. Organisation of meetings, seminars, workshops etc
D. Expansion of educational services
Answer» D. Expansion of educational services
79.

An important problem of social change, which cannot be solved by half-harted measures is

A. Unemployment of youth
B. Population mobility
C. Age distribution of population
D. Extension of educational opportunities
Answer» C. Age distribution of population
80.

Besides the provision for special education, ___________ will require additional adjustments in the policies of educational financing

A. Vocational education, professional training course etc
B. Financial resource
C. Distribution of funds
D. School fees
Answer» A. Vocational education, professional training course etc

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