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Chapter: working capital
1.

The financial decision making that relates to current assets or short term asset is known as __________________.

A. working capital
B. non-working capital
C. venture capital
D. all of the above
Answer» A. working capital
2.

In what order should current assets be present on a statement of financial position?

A. cash, bank, trade receivables, inventories
B. trade receivables, bank, cash, inventories
C. inventories, cash, bank, trade receivables
D. inventories, trade receivables, bank, cash
Answer» D. inventories, trade receivables, bank, cash
3.

If value of opening inventories increases, what happens to the value of gross profit?

A. decreases
B. increases
C. stays the same
D. gets closer to net profit
Answer» A. decreases
4.

What does the statement of comprehensive income show?

A. the liquidity position of a business at a point in time
B. the value of assets bought by a business over a period point in time
C. the profit or loss made by a business over a period of time
D. the value of a business at a point in time
Answer» C. the profit or loss made by a business over a period of time
5.

Depreciation is applied to non-current assets in the statement of financial position in order to

A. show a profitability valuation of the non-current assets
B. show a true and fair value of the non-current assets
C. show how the non-current assets are affected by inflation
D. show what the non-current assets could make if leased out
Answer» B. show a true and fair value of the non-current assets
6.

What would be the most likely impact on trade receivables days if invoice discounting was offered to and accepted by a large customer of a business?

A. trade receivables days would no longer exist
B. trade receivables days would reduce
C. trade receivables days would increase
D. trade receivable days would not be affected
Answer» B. trade receivables days would reduce
7.

___________in accounting, is when the costs to acquire an asset are expensed over the life of that asset rather than in the period it was incurred?

A. purchasing.
B. capitalization.
C. selling.
D. financing
Answer» B. capitalization.
8.

Capitalization is the sum of a corporation’s stock, long term debts &________?

A. liquid liability
B. retained earnings
C. fixed asset.
D. short term debts.
Answer» B. retained earnings
9.

__________ is a situation in which actual profits of a company are not sufficient enough to pay interest on debentures, on loans and pay dividends on shares over a period of time?

A. under capitalization
B. over capitalization
C. market capitalization
D. none of the above
Answer» B. over capitalization
10.

Asset structure = _________+__________.

A. current asset+fixed asset
B. tangible asset+fixed asset
C. fixed asset+current asset
D. intangible asset+current asset
Answer» C. fixed asset+current asset
11.

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.
12.

In deciding the appropriate level of current assets for the firm, management is confronted
with
_____________.

A. a trade-off between profitability and risk.
B. a trade-off between liquidity and marketability.
C. a trade-off between equity and debt.
D. a trade-off between current assets and profitability.
Answer» A. a trade-off between profitability and risk.
13.

Permanent working capital ___________.

A. varies with seasonal needs.
B. includes fixed assets.
C. is the amount of current assets required to meet a firm\s long-term minimum needs.
D. includes accounts payable.
Answer» C. is the amount of current assets required to meet a firm\s long-term minimum needs.
14.

Net working capital refers to ___________.

A. total assets minus fixed assets.
B. current assets minus current liabilities.
C. current assets minus inventories.
D. current assets.
Answer» B. current assets minus current liabilities.
15.

To financial analysts, "gross working capital" means the same thing as ________.

A. fixed assets.
B. current assets.
C. working capital.
D. cost of capital.
Answer» B. current assets.
16.

An example of fixed asset is________.

A. live stock.
B. value stock.
C. income stock.
D. all of the above.
Answer» A. live stock.
17.

Which one of the following is not the determinant of the working capital?

A. size of the firm
B. operating cycle
C. terms of credit
D. competitors
Answer» D. competitors
18.

Permanent working capital ___

A. will vary at all times
B. will vary with volumes
C. fixed at all times
D. fluctuates according to the season
Answer» C. fixed at all times
19.

Which one of the following is not a method to find working capital requirement?

A. percent of sales method
B. working capital components method
C. operating cycle method
D. physical method
Answer» D. physical method
20.

The Capital used for meeting routine and repetitive expenses of day to day business operations is called____.

A. reserve capital
B. working capital
C. fixed capital
D. regular capital
Answer» B. working capital
21.

Gross working capital represents __________.

A. total current liabilities
B. the excess of current assets over current liabilities
C. total current assets
D. total liquid assets
Answer» C. total current assets
22.

Net working capital is the excess of current assets over ________.

A. current liabilities
B. long term liabilities
C. contingent liabilities
D. fixed liabilities
Answer» A. current liabilities
23.

A positive (net) working capital will arise when current assets exceed _________.

A. fixed liabilities
B. contingent liabilities
C. long term liabilities
D. current liabilities
Answer» D. current liabilities
24.

The net working capital, being the difference between current assets and current liabilities is a _______.

A. misleading concept
B. quantitative concept
C. qualitative concept
D. none of the above
Answer» C. qualitative concept
25.

The Funds required by way of permanent working capital should be provided by __________.

A. indigenous banks
B. commercial banks
C. rbi
D. proprietors
Answer» D. proprietors
26.

Service and Financial concerns may have _____.

A. longest operating cycle
B. shortest operating cycle
C. manufacturing phase
D. none of these
Answer» B. shortest operating cycle
27.

_____ is that minimum amount which should always be present in the business to carry out the activities without a break.

A. net working capital
B. gross working capital
C. permanent working capital
D. temporary working capital
Answer» C. permanent working capital
28.

Working capital over and above the fixed working capital would be termed as _______.

A. temporary working capital
B. permanent working capital
C. net working capital
D. gross working capital
Answer» A. temporary working capital
29.

__________ denotes a situation of too much or excessive working capital.

A. gross working capital
B. redundant working capital
C. permanent working capital
D. temporary working capital
Answer» B. redundant working capital
30.

_________ being the life blood of a business requires to be maintained in reasonably adequate quantity to run business successfully.

A. working capital
B. proper documents
C. assets
D. petty cash
Answer» A. working capital
31.

According to ________ working capital refers to the company’s total investment in current assets.

A. net concept
B. gross concept
C. equal concept
D. accounting concept
Answer» B. gross concept
32.

According to ________ working capital refers to the difference between current assets and current liabilities.

A. equal concept
B. accounting concept
C. net concept
D. gross concept
Answer» C. net concept
33.

The funds required for running an organisation are generally called as ____________.

A. overdraft
B. cash credit
C. working capital
D. operating profit
Answer» C. working capital
34.

The __________ is required to ensure circulation of operating cycle.

A. regular working capital
B. fixed working capital
C. reserve working capital
D. variable working capital
Answer» A. regular working capital
35.

________ is the excess amount over the requirement for regular working capital.

A. variable working capital
B. fixed working capital
C. reserve working capital
D. regular working capital
Answer» C. reserve working capital
36.

The working capital required to meet the seasonal need of the business is called _______.

A. fixed working capital
B. variable working capital
C. special working capital
D. seasonal working capital
Answer» D. seasonal working capital
37.

___________ is required to meet special exigencies such as launching of extensive marketing campaigns for conducting research.

A. seasonal working capital
B. special working capital
C. reserve working capital
D. regular working capital
Answer» B. special working capital
38.

The statement of changes in financial position prepared to determine only the sources and uses of working capital between two dates of balance sheet is known as __________.

A. cash flow statement
B. memorandum balance sheet
C. fund flow statement
D. profit and loss account
Answer» C. fund flow statement
39.

What are the aspects of working capital management?

A. inventory management
B. receivable management
C. cash management
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
40.

_________ function includes a firm’s attempts to balance cash inflows and outflows.

A. finance
B. liquidity
C. investment
D. dividend
Answer» B. liquidity
41.

Firms which are capital intensive rely on _________.

A. equity
B. short term debt
C. debt
D. retained earnings
Answer» C. debt
42.

Hirer is entitled to claim ___________.

A. depreciation
B. salvage value
C. hp payments
D. none of above
Answer» A. depreciation
43.

Which of the following is not an advantages of trade credit?

A. easy availability
B. flexibility
C. informality
D. buyout financing
Answer» D. buyout financing
44.

Which of the following are theories for dividend relevance?

A. walter’s model
B. mm approach
C. game theory
D. market value theory
Answer» A. walter’s model
45.

What is not a form of dividend?

A. cash dividends
B. bonus shares(stock dividend)
C. share split
D. split reverse
Answer» D. split reverse
46.

The percentage of earnings paid as dividends is called __________.

A. dividend policy
B. payout ration
C. cash dividends
D. reverse split
Answer» B. payout ration
47.

What are the various methods of estimating cash?

A. receipts and payment method
B. adjusted profit & loss method
C. balance sheet method
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
48.

The art of managing, within the acceptable level of risk, the consolidated funds optimally and profitably is called _________.

A. integrated treasury
B. treasury management
C. merchant banking
D. none of the above
Answer» B. treasury management
49.

What are the different types of underlying assets?

A. stocks
B. bonds
C. currency
D. stock indices
Answer» D. stock indices
50.

What are people who buy or sell in the market to make profits called?

A. hedgers
B. speculators
C. arbitrageurs
D. none of the above
Answer» B. speculators

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