Sept 17 Quiz Flashcards

1
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In globalization today, major flows of capital move from…

A

Emerging market economies to more developed economies

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2
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Variable rate loans reduce the potential interest rate risk of…

A

Both borrowers and lenders

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3
Q

In contrast to local and wide area networks, corporate intranets are typically characterized by…

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Higher security risk and lower cost

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4
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What is the cost of capital of preferred stock with a par value of $70 per share, a dividend rate of 7%, issued at $73 per share with issuance costs of $5?

A

Capital cost = ($70 x 0.7)/(73 - 5)

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5
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Number of days in operating cycle equation

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Number of days in operating cycle =

number of days sales in inventory + number of days sales in A/R

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6
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Payback reciprocal can be used to approximate a project’s…

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Internal rate of return if cash flow pattern is relatively stable

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7
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Producing more units than planned for in the master budget will…

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Not effect material efficiency variance

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8
Q

Six sigma quality is…

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99.999997% perfect

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9
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Which of the following components of internal control encompass policies and procedures that ensure that management’s directives are carried out?

A

Control activities

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10
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What type of cost is assigned to goods that were either purchased or manufactured for resale?

A

Product costs

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11
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To prevent interrupted information systems operation, which of the following controls are typically included in an organizations’ disaster recovery plan? 2

A

Backup and downtime controls

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12
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Product costs for a job include 4

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Product costs =

direct materials + direct labor + material handling + quality inspection

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13
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The rate of unemployment caused by changes in composition of employment opportunities over time is referred to as…

A

Structural unemployment

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14
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The organization evaluates and communicates internal control deficiencies in a timely manner, this is a principle of…

It’s not a principle of…

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Principle of the monitoring component

Not risk assessment

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15
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Parity checks, read after write checks and duplicate circuitry are computer controls that are designed to detect…

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Erroneous internal handling of data

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16
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With the growth of microcomputers, some organizations are allowing end users to develop their own applications. One of the organizational risks of this policy is…

A

Reduced control of data

17
Q

The market value of a firm’s outstanding common shares will be higher, everything else equal if…

A

Investors have a lower required return on equity

18
Q

Monitoring is one of the eight components of…

A

COSO’s enterprise risk management framework

19
Q

According to internal auditors international standards,mute chief audit executive should establish…

A

A risk based approach to determine audit priorities

20
Q

Which of the following rates is most commonly compared to the internal rate of return to evaluate whether to make an investment?

A

Weighted avg. cost of capital

21
Q

When adjusting a budget for inflation what are 2 costs that won’t be multiplied by inflation?

A

1 depreciation

2 interest expense

22
Q

Which of the following committees of the board of directors generally has the responsibility of overseeing CEO succession?

A

Nominating corporate governance committee

23
Q

Multiple regression differs from simple regression in that it…

A

Has more independent variables

24
Q

Maintaining the image of the company as the industry leader would be considered in…

A

A strategic plan

25
Q

The net present value of a proposed investment is negative, therefore, the discount rate used must be…

A

Greater than the project’s internal rate of return

26
Q

The measure of project risk is provided by the capital budgeting technique of…

A

Payback

27
Q

What software converts images of paper documents as read by a scanning device into text document computer files?

A

Optical character recognition (OCR)