A/R MANAGEMENT MCQ Flashcards
A firm’s inventory turnover (IT) is 5 times on a cost of goods sold (COGS) of $800,000. If the IT is improved to 8 times while the COGS remains the same, a substantial amount of funds is released from or additionally invested in inventory. In fact,
A. $160,000 is released.
B. $100,000 is additionally invested.
C. $60,000 is additionally invested.
D. $60,000 is released
D. $60,000 is released
Ninety-percent of Vogel Bird Seed’s total sales of $600,000 is on credit. If its year-end receivables turnover is 5, the average collection period (based on a 365-day year) and the year-end receivables are, respectively:
A. 365 days and $108,000.
B. 73 days and $120,000.
C. 73 days and $108,000.
D. 81 days and $108,000.
C. 73 days and $108,000.
If EOQ = 360 units, order costs are $5 per order, and carrying costs are $.20 per unit, what is the usage in units?
A. 129,600 units
B. 2,592 units
C. 25,920 units
D. 18,720 units
B. 2,592 units
Costs of not carrying enough inventory include:
A. lost sales.
B. customer disappointment.
C. possible worker layoffs.
D. all of these.
D. all of these.
Which of the following relationships hold true for safety stock?
A. the greater the risk of running out of stock, the smaller the safety of stock.
B. the larger the opportunity cost of the funds invested in inventory, the larger the safety stock.
C. the greater the uncertainty associated with forecasted demand, the smaller the safety stock.
D. the higher the profit margin per unit, the higher the safety stock necessary.
D. the higher the profit margin per unit, the higher the safety stock necessary
Increasing the credit period from 30 to 60 days, in response to a similar action taken by all of our competitors, would likely result in:
A. an increase in the average collection period.
B. a decrease in bad debt losses.
C. an increase in sales.
D. higher profits
A. an increase in the average collection period.
The credit policy of Spurling Products is “1.5/10, net 35.” At present 30% of the customers take the discount, 62% pay within the net period, and the rest pay within 45 days of invoice. What would receivables be if all customers took the cash discount?
A. Lower than the present level.
B. No change from the present level.
C. Higher than the present level.
D. Unable to determine without more information.
A. Lower than the present level.
An increase in the firm’s receivable turnover ratio means that:
A. it is collecting credit sales more quickly than before.
B. cash sales have decreased
C. it has initiated more liberal credit terms.
D. inventories have increased.
A. it is collecting credit sales more quickly than before.
Receiving a required inventory item at the exact time needed.
A. ABC
B. JIT
C. FOB
D. PERT
B. JIT
EOQ is the order quantity that over our planning horizon.
A. minimizes total ordering costs
B. minimizes total carrying costs
C. minimizes total inventory costs
D. the required safety stock
C. minimizes total inventory costs
A B2B exchange is a Internet marketplace that matches supply and demand by real-time auction bidding.
A. buyer-to-business
B. business-to-business
C. business-to-buyer
D. buyer-to-buyer
B. business-to-business
Companies can use their accounts receivable as collateral when obtaining a ________ (asset-based lending) or sell them through factoring.
A. Debt
B. Loan
C. Bond (finance)
D. Credit (finance)
B. Loan
On a company’s ________, accounts receivable is the money owed to that company by entities outside of the company.
A. Equity (finance)
B. Accountancy
C. Asset
D. Balance sheet
D. Balance sheet
Clark Garrison, Inc. uses an allowance for doubtful accounts. When they write off an uncollectible account receivable, total assets will
A) increase
B) decrease
C) remain the same
D) depends on the amount of the receivable
C) remain the same
Clark Garrison, Inc. uses an allowance for doubtful accounts. When they recover a previously written off account receivable, total assets will
A) increase
B) decrease
C) remain the same
D) depends on the amount of the receivable
C) remain the same
Brook Logan, Inc. uses the balance sheet approach for estimating bad debt expense. At year end, accounts receivable was valued at $200,000 and the allowance for doubtful accounts had a credit balance of $300. The allowance for doubtful accounts is estimated at 1% of accounts receivable. What is the bad debt expense for the year?
A) $1,700
B) $2,000
C) $2,300
D) some other amount
A) $1,700
If net credit sales for a given year are $400,000 and the average accounts receivable are $20,000, What is the accounts receivable turnover?
A) 20
B) 80
C) 200
D) 50
A) 20
If net credit sales for a given year are $600,000 and the average accounts receivable is $60,000, what is the average days to collect receivables?
A) 10
B) 60
C) 31
D) 36.5
D) 36.5
Imperial Grocery had net credit sales of $3,150,000 in 1999. It began the year with an accounts receivable balance of $78,200 and ended the year with a balance of $78,700. The accounts receivable turnover is:
A) 40.15 times
B) 40.28 times
C) 40.03 times
D) 9.09 times
A) 40.15 times
Catering Company borrowed $100,000 on December 5, 2000, by signing a 90-day note payable with an annual interest of 9 percent. The amount of interest expense on this note for December 2000 is:
A) $750
B) $641.10
C) $665.75
D) $616.44
B) $641.10
The due date of a 60-day note receivable signed on April 17 is
A) June 16
B) June 17
C) June 15
D) June 18
A) June 16
Allowance for doubtful accounts is a contra-asset.
A) True
B) False
A) True
The process of classifying accounts receivable by age groups is called a subsidiary ledger.
A) True
B) False
B) False
A significant portion of receivables due from a group of customers with a shared characteristic that is likely to be affected in a similar manner by changes in economic conditions is referred to as a concentration of credit risk.
A) True
B) False
A) True
A controlling account is a general ledger account that summarizes the content of a specific subsidiary ledger.
A) True
B) False
A) True