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The financial statements of Burnaby Mountain Trading Company are given below. The financial statements of Burnaby Mountain Trading Company are given below.   Note: The common shares are trading in the stock market for $27 each. -Refer to the financial statements of Burnaby Mountain Trading Company.The firm's P/E ratio for 2008 is _________. A)  2.80 B)  3.60 C)  6.00 D)  11.11 Note: The common shares are trading in the stock market for $27 each. -Refer to the financial statements of Burnaby Mountain Trading Company.The firm's P/E ratio for 2008 is _________.


A) 2.80
B) 3.60
C) 6.00
D) 11.11

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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A firm has a ROE of 20% and a market-to-book ratio of 2.38.Its P/E ratio is _________.


A) 8.40
B) 11.90
C) 17.62
D) 47.60

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The firms leverage ratio is 1.2,interest burden ratio is .81,profit margin is .25,and its asset turnover is 1.10.What is the firm's compound leverage factor?


A) .243
B) .267
C) .826
D) .972

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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If the interest rate on debt is higher than the ROA,then a firm's ROE will _________.


A) decrease
B) increase
C) not change
D) change but in an indeterminable manner

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Economic Value Added (EVA) is:


A) The difference between the return on assets and the opportunity cost of capital times the capital base
B) ROA x ROE
C) A measure of the firm's abnormal return
D) Largest for high growth firms

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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In 2006 Hewlett Packard repurchased shares of common stock worth $5,241 million and made dividend payments of $894 million.Other financing activities raised $196 million and Hewlett-Packard's total cash flow from financing was -$6,077 million.How much did the long term debt accounts of Hewlett Packard change?


A) Increased $138 million
B) Decreased $138 million
C) Increased $836 million
D) Decreased $836 million

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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A firm purchases goods on credit worth $100.The same firm pays off $80 in old credit purchases.An investment is made via the purchase of a new facility and equity is issued in the amount of $200 to pay for the purchase.What is the change in net cash provided by financing?


A) $20 increase
B) $80 increase
C) $100 increase
D) $200 increase

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The level of real income of a firm can be distorted by the reporting of depreciation and interest expense.During periods of low inflation,the level of reported depreciation tends to __________ income,and the level of interest expense reported tends to __________ income.


A) understate; overstate
B) understate; understate
C) overstate; understate
D) overstate; overstate

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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The term quality of earnings refers to ________.


A) how well reported earnings conform to GAAP
B) the realism and sustainability of reported earnings
C) whether actual earnings matched expected earnings
D) how well reported earnings fit a trend line of earnings growth

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Quick ratio is a measure of firm's __________.


A) asset turnover
B) market valuation
C) liquidity
D) interest burden

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following transactions will result in a decrease in cash flow from operations?


A) Increase in accounts receivable
B) Decrease in inventories
C) Decrease in taxes payable
D) Decrease in bonds outstanding

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Look at the following table of data for Key Biscuit Company: Look at the following table of data for Key Biscuit Company:   What must have caused the firm's ROE to drop? A)  Because the firm began using more debt as a percentage of financing B)  Because the firm began using less debt as a percentage of financing C)  Because the compound leverage ratio was less than 1 D)  Because the operating ROA was declining What must have caused the firm's ROE to drop?


A) Because the firm began using more debt as a percentage of financing
B) Because the firm began using less debt as a percentage of financing
C) Because the compound leverage ratio was less than 1
D) Because the operating ROA was declining

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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A firm has a tax burden of 0.7,a leverage ratio of 1.3,an interest burden of 0.8,and a return on sales ratio of 10%.The firm generates $2.28 in sales per dollar of assets.What is the firm's ROE?


A) 12.4%
B) 14.5%
C) 16.6%
D) 17.8%

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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By 2008,over 100 countries have adopted financial reporting standards which are in conformance with ________.


A) GAAP
B) IFRS
C) FASB
D) GASB

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Another term for EVA is ______.


A) net income
B) operating income
C) residual income
D) market based income

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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A firm has an ROA of 8%,a debt/equity ratio of 0.5,its ROE is _________.


A) 4%
B) 6%
C) 8%
D) 12%

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The major difference between IFRS and GAAP is that U.S.standards are ___________ and IFRS standards are _________.


A) strictly enforced; weakly enforced
B) rules based; principles based
C) evolutionary; devolutionary
D) based on government standards; based on corporate practice

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The financial statements of Flathead Lake Manufacturing Company are given below: The financial statements of Flathead Lake Manufacturing Company are given below:   Note: The common shares are trading in the stock market for $15 per share -Refer to the financial statements of Flathead Lake Manufacturing Company.The firm's ATO for 2007 is _________.Please keep in mind that when a ratio involves both income statement and balance sheet numbers,the balance sheet numbers for the beginning and end of the year must be averaged. A)  3.56 B)  3.26 C)  3.14 D)  3.02 Note: The common shares are trading in the stock market for $15 per share -Refer to the financial statements of Flathead Lake Manufacturing Company.The firm's ATO for 2007 is _________.Please keep in mind that when a ratio involves both income statement and balance sheet numbers,the balance sheet numbers for the beginning and end of the year must be averaged.


A) 3.56
B) 3.26
C) 3.14
D) 3.02

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The tax burden of the firm is 0.5,the interest burden is 0.55,the profit margin is 0.25,the asset turnover is 1.5,and the leverage ratio is 1.65.What is the ROE of the firm?


A) 1.88%
B) 6.68%
C) 12.15%
D) 17.02%

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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What ratio will definitely increase when a firm increases its annual sales with no corresponding increase in assets?


A) Asset turnover
B) Current ratio
C) Liquidity ratio
D) Quick ratio

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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