Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 12e (Ross)Chapter 3 Working with Financial Statements1) Which one of the following is a source of cash for a tax-exempt firm?A) Increase in accounts receivableB) Increase in depreciationC) Decrease in accounts payableD) Increase in common stockE) Increase in inventory2) Which one of the following is a use of cash?A) Decrease in fixed assetsB) Decrease in inventoryC) Increase in long-term debtD) Decrease in accounts receivablesE) Decrease in accounts payable3) Which one of the following is a source of cash?A) Repurchase of common stockB) Acquisition of debtC) Purchase of inventoryD) Payment to a supplierE) Granting credit to a customer4) Which one of the following is a source of cash?A) Increase in accounts receivableB) Decrease in common stockC) Increase in fixed assetsD) Decrease in accounts payableE) Decrease in inventory5) On the statement of cash flows, which one of the following is considered a financing activity?A) Increase in inventoryB) Decrease in accounts payableC) Increase in net working capitalD) Dividends paidE) Decrease in fixed assets6) On the statement of cash flows, which one of the following is considered an operating activity?A) Increase in net fixed assetsB) Decrease in accounts payableC) Purchase of equipmentD) Dividends paidE) Repayment of long-term debt7) According to the statement of cash flows, an increase in inventory will ________ the cash flow from ________ activities.A) increase; operatingB) decrease; financingC) decrease; operatingD) increase; financingE) increase; investment8) According to the statement of cash flows, an increase in interest expense will ________ the cash flow from ________ activities.A) decrease; operatingB) decrease; financingC) increase; operatingD) increase; financingE) Increase; investment9) Activities of a firm that require the spending of cash are known as:A) sources of cash.B) uses of cash.C) cash collections.D) cash receipts.E) cash on hand.10) The sources and uses of cash over a stated period of time are reflected on the:A) income statement.B) balance sheet.C) tax reconciliation statement.D) statement of cash flows.E) statement of operating position.11) A common-size income statement is an accounting statement that expresses all of a firm's expenses as a percentage of:A) total assets.B) total equity.C) net income.D) taxable income.E) sales.12) Which one of the following standardizes items on the income statement and balance sheet relative to their values as of a chosen point in time?A) Statement of standardizationB) Statement of cash flowsC) Common-base year statementD) Common-size statementE) Base reconciliation statement13) On a common-size balance sheet all accounts for the current year are expressed as a percentage of:A) sales for the period.B) the base year sales.C) total equity for the base year.D) total assets for the current year.E) total assets for the base year.14) On a common-base year financial statement, accounts receivables for the current year will be expressed relative to which one of the following?A) Current year salesB) Current year total assetsC) Base-year salesD) Base-year total assetsE) Base-year accounts receivables15) Which one of the following ratios is a measure of a firm's liquidity?A) Cash coverage ratioB) Profit marginC) Debt-equity ratioD) Quick ratioE) NWC turnover16) An increase in current liabilities will have which one of the following effects, all else held constant? Assume all ratios have positive values.A) Increase in the cash ratioB) Increase in the net working capital to total assets ratioC) Decrease in the quick ratioD) Decrease in the cash coverage ratioE) Increase in the current ratio17) An increase in which one of the following will increase a firm's quick ratio without affecting its cash ratio?A) Accounts payableB) CashC) InventoryD) Accounts receivableE) Fixed assets18) A supplier, who requires payment within 10 days, should be most concerned with which one of the following ratios when granting credit?A) CurrentB) CashC) Debt-equityD) QuickE) Total debt19) A firm has an interval measure of 48. This means that the firm has sufficient liquid assets to do which one of the following?A) Pay all of its debts that are due within the next 48 hoursB) Pay all of its debts that are due within the next 48 daysC) Cover its operating costs for the next 48 hoursD) Cover its operating costs for the next 48 daysE) Meet the demands of its customers for the next 48 hours20) Ratios that measure a firm's liquidity are known as ________ ratios.A) asset managementB) long-term solvencyC) short-term solvencyD) profitabilityE) book value21) Which one of the following statements is correct?A) If the total debt ratio is greater than .50, then the debt-equity ratio must be less than 1.0.B) Long-term creditors would prefer the times interest earned ratio be 1.4 rather than 1.5.C) The debt-equity ratio can be computed as 1 plus the equity multiplier.D) An equity multiplier of 1.2 means a firm has $1.20 in sales for every $1 in equity.E) An increase in the depreciation expense will not affect the cash coverage ratio.22) If a firm has a debt-equity ratio of 1.0, then its total debt ratio must be which one of the following?A) 0B) .5C) 1.0D) 1.5E) 2.023) The cash coverage ratio directly measures the ability of a company to meet its obligation to pay:A) an invoice to a supplier.B) wages to an employee.C) interest to a lender.D) principal to a lender.E) a dividend to a shareholder.24) All-State Moving had sales of $899,000 in 2017 and $967,000 in 2018. The firm's current accounts remained constant. Given this information, which one of the following statements must be true?A) The total asset turnover rate increased.B) The days' sales in receivables increased.C) The net working capital turnover rate increased.D) The fixed asset turnover decreased.E) The receivables turnover rate decreased.25) The Corner Hardware has succeeded in increasing the amount of goods it sells while holding the amount of inventory on hand at a constant level. Assume that both the cost per unit and the selling price per unit also remained constant. This accomplishment will be reflected in the firm's financial ratios in which one of the following ways?A) Decrease in the inventory turnover rateB) Decrease in the net working capital turnover rateC) Increase in the fixed asset turnover rateD) Decrease in the day's sales in inventoryE) Decrease in the total asset turnover rate26) RJ's has a fixed asset turnover rate of 1.26 and a total asset turnover rate of .97. Sam's has a fixed asset turnover rate of 1.31 and a total asset turnover rate of .94. Both companies have similar operations. Based on this information, RJ's must be doing which one of the following?A) Utilizing its fixed assets more efficiently than Sam'sB) Utilizing its total assets more efficiently than Sam'sC) Generating $1 in sales for every $1.26 in net fixed assetsD) Generating $1.26 in net income for every $1 in net fixed assetsE) Maintaining the same level of current assets as Sam's27) Ratios that measure how efficiently a firm manages its assets and operations to generate net income are referred to as ________ ratios.A) asset managementB) long-term solvencyC) short-term solvencyD) profitabilityE) turnover28) If a company produces a return on assets of 14 percent and also a return on equity of 14 percent, then the firm:A) may have short-term, but not long-term debt.B) is using its assets as efficiently as possible.C) has no net working capital.D) has a debt-equity ratio of 1.0.E) has an equity multiplier of 1.0.29) Which one of the following will decrease if a firm can decrease its operating costs, all else constant?A) Return on equityB) Return on assetsC) Profit marginD) Total asset turnoverE) Price-earnings ratio30) Al's has a price-earnings ratio of 18.5. Ben's also has a price-earnings ratio of 18.5. Which one of the following statements must be true if Al's has a higher PEG ratio than Ben's?A) Al's has more net income than Ben's.B) Ben's is increasing its earnings at a faster rate than Al's.C) Al's has a higher market value per share than does Ben's.D) Ben's has a lower market-to-book ratio than Al's.E) Al's has a higher earnings growth rate than Ben's.31) Tobin's Q relates the market value of a firm's assets to which one of the following?A) Initial cost of creating the firmB) Current book value of the firmC) Average asset value of similar firmsD) Average market value of similar firmsE) Today's cost to duplicate those assets32) The price-sales ratio is especially useful when analyzing firms that have:A) volatile market prices.B) negative earnings.C) positive PEG ratios.D) a high Tobin's Q.E) increasing sales.33) Mortgage lenders probably have the most interest in the ________ ratios.A) return on assets and profit marginB) long-term debt and times interest earnedC) price-earnings and debt-equityD) market-to-book and times interest earnedE) return on equity and price-earnings34) Relationships determined from a company's financial information and used for comparison purposes are known as:A) financial ratios.B) identities.C) dimensional analysis.D) scenario analysis.E) solvency analysis.35) DL Farms currently has $600 in debt for every $1,000 in equity. Assume the company uses some of its cash to decrease its debt while maintaining its current equity and net income. Which one of the following will decrease as a result of this action?A) Equity multiplierB) Total asset turnoverC) Profit marginD) Return on assetsE) Return on equity36) Which one of these identifies the relationship between the return on assets and the return on equity?A) Profit marginB) Profitability determinantC) Balance sheet multiplierD) DuPont identityE) Debt-equity ratio37) Which one of the following accurately describes the three parts of the DuPont identity?A) Equity multiplier, profit margin, and total asset turnoverB) Debt-equity ratio, capital intensity ratio, and profit marginC) Operating efficiency, equity multiplier, and profitability ratioD) Return on assets, profit margin, and equity multiplierE) Financial leverage, operating efficiency, and profitability ratio38) An increase in which of the following must increase the return on equity, all else constant?A) Total assets and salesB) Net income and total equityC) Total asset turnover and debt-equity ratioD) Equity multiplier and total equityE) Debt-equity ratio and total debt39) Which one of the following is a correct formula for computing the return on equity?A) Profit margin × ROAB) ROA × Equity multiplierC) Profit margin × Total asset turnover × Debt-equity ratioD) Net income/Total assetsE) Debt-equity ratio × ROA40) The DuPont identity can be used to help managers answer which of the following questions related to a company's operations?I. How many sales dollars are being generated per each dollar of assets?II. How many dollars of assets have been acquired per each dollar in shareholders' equity? III. How much net profit is being generating per dollar of sales?IV. Does the company have the ability to meet its debt obligations in a timely manner?A) I and III onlyB) II and IV onlyC) I, II, and III onlyD) II, III and IV onlyE) I, II, III, and IV41) The U.S. government coding system that classifies a company by the nature of its business operations is known as the:A) Centralized Business Index.B) Peer Grouping codes.C) Standard Industrial Classification codes.D) Governmental ID codes.E) Government Engineered Coding System.42) Which one of the following statements is correct?A) Book values should always be given precedence over market values.B) Financial statements are rarely used as the basis for performance evaluations.C) Historical information is useful when projecting a company's future performance.D) Potential lenders place little value on financial statement information.E) Reviewing financial information over time has very limited value.43) The most acceptable method of evaluating the financial statements is to compare the company's current financial:A) ratios to the company's historical ratios.B) statements to the financial statements of similar companies operating in other countries.C) ratios to the average ratios of all companies located within the same geographic area.D) statements to those of larger companies in unrelated industries.E) statements to the projections that were created based on Tobin's Q.44) All of the following issues represent problems encountered when comparing the financial statements of two separate entities except the issue of the companies:A) being conglomerates with unrelated lines of business.B) having geographically varying operations.C) using differing accounting methods.D) differing seasonal peaks.E) having the same fiscal year.45) Which one of these is the least important factor to consider when comparing the financial situations of utility companies that generate electric power and have the same SIC code?A) Type of ownershipB) Government regulations affecting the firmC) Fiscal year endD) Methods of power generationE) Number of part-time employees46) At the beginning of the year, Brick Makers had cash of $183, accounts receivable of $392, accounts payable of $463, and inventory of $714. At year end, cash was $167, accounts payables was $447, inventory was $682, and accounts receivable was $409. What is the amount of the net source or use of cash by working capital accounts for the year?A) Net use of $16 cashB) Net use of $17 cashC) Net source of $17 cashD) Net source of $15 cashE) Net use of $15 cash47) During the year, Al's Tools decreased its accounts receivable by $160, increased its inventory by $115, and decreased its accounts payable by $70. How did these three accounts affect the sources of uses of cash by the firm?A) Net source of cash of $120B) Net source of cash of $205C) Net source of cash of $45D) Net use of cash of $115E) Net use of cash of $2548) Lani's generated net income of $911, depreciation expense was $47, and dividends paid were $25. Accounts payables increased by $15, accounts receivables increased by $28, inventory decreased by $14, and net fixed assets decreased by $8. There was no interest expense. What was the net cash flow from operating activity?A) $776B) $865C) $959D) $922E) $98549) For the past year, Jenn's Floral Arrangements had taxable income of $198,600, beginning common stock of $68,000, beginning retained earnings of $318,750, ending common stock of $71,500, ending retained earnings of $316,940, interest expense of $11,300, and a tax rate of 21 percent. What is the amount of dividends paid during the year?A) $157,280B) $159,935C) $163,200D) $153,555E) $158,70450) The Floor Store had interest expense of $38,400, depreciation of $28,100, and taxes of $19,600 for the year. At the start of the year, the firm had total assets of $879,400 and current assets of $289,600. By year's end total assets had increased to $911,900 while current assets decreased to $279,300. What is the amount of the cash flow from investment activity for the year?A) −$51,150B) $21,850C) $29,300D) −$70,900E) −$89,40051) Williamsburg Market is an all-equity firm that has net income of $96,200, depreciation expense of $6,300, and an increase in net working capital of $2,800. What is the amount of the net cash from operating activity?A) $91,300B) $99,700C) $93,400D) $105,300E) $113,70052) The accounts payable of a company changed from $136,100 to $104,300 over the course of a year. This change represents a:A) use of $31,800 of cash as investment activity.B) source of $31,800 of cash as an operating activity.C) source of $31,800 of cash as a financing activity.D) source of $31,800 of cash as an investment activity.E) use of $31,800 of cash as an operating activity.53) Oil Creek Auto has sales of $3,340, net income of $274, net fixed assets of $2,600, and current assets of $920. The firm has $430 in inventory. What is the common-size statement value of inventory?A) 12.22 percentB) 44.16 percentC) 16.54 percentD) 13.36 percentE) 46.74 percent54) Pittsburgh Motors has sales of $4,300, net income of $320, total assets of $4,800, and total equity of $2,950. Interest expense is $65. What is the common-size statement value of the interest expense?A) .89 percentB) 1.51 percentC) 1.69 percentD) 2.03 percentE) 1.35 percent55) Last year, which is used as the base year, a firm had cash of $52, accounts receivable of $223, inventory of $509, and net fixed assets of $1,107. This year, the firm has cash of $61,accounts receivable of $204, inventory of $527, and net fixed assets of $1,216. What is this year's common-base-year value of inventory?A) .67B) .91C) .88D) 1.04E) 1.1856) Duke's Garage has cash of $68, accounts receivable of $142, accounts payable of $235, and inventory of $318. What is the value of the quick ratio?A) 2.25B) .53C) .71D) .89E) 1.3557) Uptown Men's Wear has accounts payable of $2,214, inventory of $7,950, cash of $1,263, fixed assets of $8,400, accounts receivable of $3,907, and long-term debt of $4,200. What is the value of the net working capital to total assets ratio?A) .31B) .42C) .47D) .51E) .5658) DJ's has total assets of $310,100 and net fixed assets of $168,500. The average daily operating costs are $2,980. What is the value of the interval measure?A) 31.47 daysB) 47.52 daysC) 56.22 daysD) 68.05 daysE) 104.62 days59) Corner Books has a debt-equity ratio of .57. What is the total debt ratio?A) .36B) .30C) .44D) 2.27E) 2.7560) SS Stores has total debt of $4,910 and a debt-equity ratio of 0.52. What is the value of the total assets?A) $16,128.05B) $7,253.40C) $9,571.95D) $11,034.00E) $14,352.3161) JK Motors has sales of $96,400, costs of $53,800, interest paid of $2,800, and depreciation of $7,100. The tax rate is 21 percent. What is the value of the cash coverage ratio?A) 15.21B) 12.14C) 17.27D) 23.41E) 12.6862) Terry's Pets paid $2,380 in interest and $2,200 in dividends last year. The times interest earned ratio is 2.6 and the depreciation expense is $680. What is the value of the cash coverage ratio?A) 1.42B) 2.72C) 2.94D) 2.89E) 2.4663) The Up-Towner has sales of $913,400, costs of goods sold of $579,300, inventory of $123,900, and accounts receivable of $78,900. How many days, on average, does it take the firm to sell its inventory assuming that all sales are on credit?A) 74.19 daysB) 84.69 daysC) 78.07 daysD) 96.46 daysE) 71.01 days64) Flo's Flowers has accounts receivable of $4,511, inventory of $1,810, sales of $138,609, and cost of goods sold of $64,003. How many days does it take the firm to sell its inventory and collect the payment on the sale assuming that all sales are on credit?A) 11.88 daysB) 22.20 daysC) 16.23 daysD) 14.50 daysE) 18.67 days65) The Harrisburg Store has net working capital of $2,715, net fixed assets of $22,407, sales of $31,350, and current liabilities of $3,908. How many dollars' worth of sales are generated from every $1 in total assets?A) $1.08B) $1.14C) $1.19D) $84E) $9366) TJ's has annual sales of $813,200, total debt of $171,000, total equity of $396,000, and a profit margin of 5.78 percent. What is the return on assets?A) 8.29 percentB) 6.48 percentC) 9.94 percentD) 7.78 percentE) 8.02 percent67) Frank's Used Cars has sales of $807,200, total assets of $768,100, and a profit margin of 6.68 percent. The firm has a total debt ratio of 54 percent. What is the return on equity?A) 13.09 percentB) 12.04 percentC) 11.03 percentD) 8.56 percentE) 15.26 percent68) Bernice's has $823,000 in sales. The profit margin is 4.2 percent and the firm has 7,500 shares of stock outstanding. The market price per share is $16.50. What is the price-earnings ratio?A) 3.58B) 3.98C) 4.32D) 3.51E) 4.2769) Hungry Lunch has net income of $73,402, a price-earnings ratio of 13.7, and earnings per share of $.43. How many shares of stock are outstanding?A) 13,520B) 12,460C) 165,745D) 171,308E) 170,70270) A firm has 160,000 shares of stock outstanding, sales of $1.94 million, net income of $126,400, a price-earnings ratio of 21.3, and a book value per share of $7.92. What is the market-to-book ratio?A) 2.12B) 1.84C) 1.39D) 2.45E) 2.6971) Taylor's Men's Wear has a debt-equity ratio of 48 percent, sales of $829,000, net income of $47,300, and total debt of $206,300. What is the return on equity?A) 19.29 percentB) 11.01 percentC) 15.74 percentD) 18.57 percentE) 14.16 percent72) Nielsen's has inventory of $29,406, accounts receivable of $46,215, net working capital of $4,507, and accounts payable of $48,919. What is the quick ratio?A) 1.55B) .49C) 1.32D) .94E) .9273) The Strong Box has sales of $859,700, cost of goods sold of $648,200, net income of $93,100, and accounts receivable of $102,300. How many days of sales are in receivables?A) 57.60 daysB) 40.32 daysC) 54.53 daysD) 29.41 daysE) 43.43 days74) Corner Books has sales of $687,400, cost of goods sold of $454,200, and a profit margin of 5.5 percent. The balance sheet shows common stock of $324,000 with a par value of $5 a share, and retained earnings of $689,500. What is the price-sales ratio if the market price is $43.20 per share?A) 4.28B) 12.74C) 6.12D) 4.07E) 14.5175) Gem Jewelers has current assets of $687,600, total assets of $1,711,000, net working capital of $223,700, and long-term debt of $450,000. What is the debt-equity ratio?A) .87B) .94C) 1.21D) 1.15E) 1.0676) Russell's has annual sales of $649,200, cost of goods sold of $389,400, interest of $23,650, depreciation of $121,000, and a tax rate of 21 percent. What is the cash coverage ratio for the year?A) 8.43B) 10.99C) 11.64D) 5.87E) 18.2277) Lawn Care, Inc., has sales of $367,400, costs of $183,600, depreciation of $48,600, interest of $39,200, and a tax rate of 25 percent. The firm has total assets of $422,100, long-term debt of $102,000, net fixed assets of $264,500, and net working capital of $22,300. What is the return on equity?A) 24.26 percentB) 15.38 percentC) 38.96 percentD) 29.96 percentE) 17.06 percent78) Frank's Welding has net fixed assets of $36,200, total assets of $51,300, long-term debt of $22,000, and total debt of $29,700. What is the net working capital to total assets ratio?A) 12.18 percentB) 16.82 percentC) 14.42 percentD) 17.79 percentE) 9.90 percent79) The Green Fiddle has current liabilities of $28,000, sales of $156,900, and cost of goods sold of $62,400. The current ratio is 1.22 and the quick ratio is .71. How many days on average does it take to sell the inventory?A) 128.13 daysB) 74.42 daysC) 199.81 daysD) 147.46 daysE) 83.53 days80) Green Yard Care has net income of $62,300, a tax rate of 21 percent, and a profit margin of 6.7 percent. Total assets are $1,100,500 and current assets are $328,200. How many dollars of sales are being generated from every dollar of net fixed assets?A) $2.83B) $1.37C) $.84D) $1.20E) $1.2381) Jensen's Shipping has total assets of $694,800 at year's end. The beginning owners' equity was $362,400. During the year, the company had sales of $711,000, a profit margin of 5.2 percent, a tax rate of 21 percent, and paid $12,500 in dividends. What is the equity multiplier at year-end?A) 1.67B) 1.72C) 1.93D) 1.80E) 1.8682) Western Gear has net income of $12,400, a tax rate of 21 percent, and interest expense of $1,600. What is the times interest earned ratio for the year?A) 9.63B) 7.75C) 10.81D) 14.97E) 10.9783) Big Tree Lumber has earnings per share of $1.36. The firm's earnings have been increasing at an average rate of 2.9 percent annually and are expected to continue doing so. The firm has 21,500 shares of stock outstanding at a price per share of $23.40. What is the firm's PEG ratio?A) 2.27B) 11.21C) 4.85D) 3.94E) 5.9384) Townsend Enterprises has a PEG ratio of 5.3, net income of $49,200, a price-earnings ratio of 17.6, and a profit margin of 7.1 percent. What is the earnings growth rate?A) 2.48 percentB) 1.06 percentC) 3.32 percentD) 5.20 percentE) 10.60 percent85) A firm has total assets with a current book value of $71,600, a current market value of $82,300, and a current replacement cost of $90,400. What is the value of Tobin's Q?A) .85B) .87C) .90D) .94E) .9186) Dixie Supply has total assets with a current book value of $368,900 and a current replacement cost of $486,200. The market value of these assets is $464,800. What is the value of Tobin's Q?A) .79B) .76C) .96D) 1.26E) 1.0587) Dandelion Fields has a Tobin's Q of .96. The replacement cost of the firm's assets is $225,000 and the market value of the firm's debt is $101,000. The firm has 20,000 shares of stock outstanding and a book value per share of $2.09. What is the market-to-book ratio?A) 2.75 timesB) 3.18 timesC) 3.54 timesD) 4.01 timesE) 4.20 times88) The Tech Store has annual sales of $416,000, a price-earnings ratio of 18, and a profit margin of 3.7 percent. There are 12,000 shares of stock outstanding. What is the price-sales ratio?A) .97B) .67C) 1.08D) 1.15E) .8689) Lassiter Industries has annual sales of $328,000 with 8,000 shares of stock outstanding. The firm has a profit margin of 4.5 percent and a price-sales ratio of 1.20. What is the firm's price-earnings ratio?A) 21.9B) 17.4C) 18.6D) 26.7E) 24.390) Drive-Up has sales of $31.4 million, total assets of $27.6 million, and total debt of $14.9 million. The profit margin is 3.7 percent. What is the return on equity?A) 6.85 percentB) 9.15 percentC) 11.08 percentD) 13.31 percentE) 14.21 percent91) Corner Supply has a current accounts receivable balance of $246,000. Credit sales for the year just ended were $2,430,000. How many days on average did it take for credit customers to pay off their accounts during this past year?A) 44.29 daysB) 55.01 daysC) 55.50 daysD) 36.95 daysE) 41.00 days92) BL Industries has ending inventory of $302,800, annual sales of $2.33 million, and annual cost of goods sold of $1.41 million. On average, how long did a unit of inventory sit on the shelf before it was sold?A) 47.43 daysB) 22.18 daysC) 78.38 daysD) 61.78 daysE) 83.13 days93) Billings Inc. has net income of $161,000, a profit margin of 7.6 percent, and an accounts receivable balance of $127,100. Assume that 66 percent of sales are on credit. What is the days' sales in receivables?A) 21.90 daysB) 27.56 daysC) 33.18 daysD) 35.04 daysE) 36.19 days94) Stone Walls has a long-term debt ratio of .6 and a current ratio of 1.2. Current liabilities are $800, sales are $7,800, the profit margin is 6.5 percent, and return on equity is 15.5 percent. What is the amount of the firm's net fixed assets?A) $8,880.15B) $8,017.43C) $7,666.67D) $5,848.15E) $8,977.43。