1. You are estimating your company’s external
financing needs for the next year. Your first-pass pro forma financial
statements showed a large financing deficit for next year. Which of the
following changes to your company’s operating plan would reduce the financing
deficit if incorporated in revised pro forma financial statements?
Sol: Reduce the collection period
2. To estimate H-32 Corporation’s external financing needs,
the CFO needs to figure out how much equity her firm will have at the end of
next year. At the end of the most recent fiscal year, H-32’s retained earnings
were $158,000. The controller has estimated that over the next year, gross
profits will be $360,700, earnings after tax will total $23,400, and H-32 will
pay $10,400 in dividends. What are the estimated retained earnings at the end
of next year?
Sol: $171,000
3. The most common approach to developing pro forma
financial statements is called the
Sol: percent-of-sales method.
4. Which of the following are viable techniques to cope with
the uncertainty inherent in realistic financial projections?
- Simulation
- Ad
hoc adjustments
- Scenario
analysis
- Sensitivity
analysis
Sol: 1, 3, and 4 only
5. Which one of the following statements is correct
concerning the cash balance of a firm?
Sol: A cumulative cash deficit on a cash budget indicates
the need to acquire additional funds.
6. Assume each month has 30 days and AmDocs has a 60-day
accounts receivable period. During the second calendar quarter of the year
(April, May, and June), AmDocs will collect payment for the sales it made
during which of the months listed below?
Sol: February, March, and April
7. The Limited collects 25% of sales in the month of sale,
60% of sales in the month following the month of sale, and 15% of sales in the
second month following the month of sale. During the month of April, the firm
will collect
Sol: 60% of March sales.
8. Steve has estimated the cash inflows and outflows for his
sporting goods store for next year. The report that he has prepared summarizing
these cash flows is called a
Sol: cash budget.
9. You are developing a financial plan for a corporation.
Which of the following questions will be considered as you develop this plan?
1.
How much will our sales grow?
2.
Will additional fixed assets be required?
3.
Will dividends be paid to shareholders?
4.
How much new debt must be obtained?
Sol: 1, 2, 3, and 4
10. Ruff Wear expects sales of $560, $650, $670, and $610
for the months of May through August, respectively. The firm collects 20% of
sales in the month of sale, 70% in the month following the month of sale, and
8% in the second month following the month of sale. The remaining 2% of sales
is never collected. How much money does the firm expect to collect in the month
of August?
Sol: $643
11. Which of these ratios are determinants of a firm’s
sustainable growth rate?
- Assets-to-equity
ratio
- Profit
margin
- Retention
ratio
- Asset
turnover ratio
Sol: 1, 2, 3, and 4
12. The retention ratio is
Sol: the percentage of net income available to the firm
to fund future growth.
13. Which of the following statements is true?
Sol: It is possible for fast-growing companies to run out
of cash, even when they are profitable.
14. Which one of the following correctly defines the
retention ratio?
Sol: Additions to retained earnings divided by net income
15. Which one of the following policies most directly
affects the projection of the retained earnings balance to be used on a pro
forma statement?
Sol: Dividend policy
16. Which of the following actions would help resolve the
problem of having actual growth greater than sustainable growth?
1.
Increase financial leverage
2.
Sell additional equity
3.
Decrease prices
4.
Outsource production
Sol: 1, 2, and 4 only
17. The sustainable growth rate of a firm is best described
as the
Sol: maximum growth rate achievable without raising new
equity or increasing financial leverage.
18. The sustainable growth rate
Sol:
assumes the debt-equity ratio remains constant.
19. Which of the following can affect a firm's
sustainable rate of growth?
- Asset
turnover
- Profit
margin
- Dividend
policy
- Financial
leverage
Sol: 1, 2, 3, and 4
20. Gujarat Corporation doubled its shareholders’
equity during 2022. Gujarat did not issue any new equity, repurchase any
equity, or pay out any dividends during the year. What is Gujarat’s sustainable
growth rate for 2022?
Sol: 100
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