1. [单选题]18 Which of the following statements about accounting ratios and their interpretation are correct?
1 A low-geared company is more able to survive a downturn in profit than a highly-geared company. 2 If a company has a high price earnings ratio, this will often indicate that the market expects its profits to rise. 3 All companies should try to achieve a current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) of 2:1.
A. 2 and 3 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 1 and 2 only
D. All three statements are correct
2. [单选题]A company predicted that the learning rate for production of a new product would be 80%. The actual learning rate was 75%. The following possible reasons were stated for this:
A. (i) The number of new employees recruited was lower than expected
B. (ii) Unexpected problems were encountered with production
C. (iii) Unexpected changes to Health and Safety laws meant that the company had to increase the number of breaks during production for employees
D. Which of the above reasons could have caused the difference between the expected rate of learning and the actual rate of learning?
E. All of the above
F. (ii) and (iii) only
G. (i) only
H. None of the above
3. [单选题]Hindberg is a car retailer. On 1 April 2014, Hindberg sold a car to Latterly on the following terms:
A. Latterly paid $12,650 (half of the cost) on 1 April 2014 and would pay the remaining $12,650 on 31 March 2016 (two years after the sale). Hindberg’s cost of capital is 10% per annum.
B. What is the total amount which Hindberg should credit to profit or loss in respect of this transaction in the year ended 31 March 2015?
C. $23,105
D. $23,000
E. $20,909
F. $24,150
4. [单选题]In 2014 Mr Yuan inherited an estate of RMB2 million from his uncle who had died two months earlier.
A. What is the correct treatment of the estate income for individual income tax purposes?
B. The estate income is not taxable
C. The estate income will be taxed as occasional (ad hoc) income
D. The estate income will be taxed as other income
E. The estate income will be taxed as service income
5. [单选题]C Co uses material B, which has a current market price of $0·80 per kg. In a linear program, where the objective is to maximise profit, the shadow price of material B is $2 per kg. The following statements have been made:
A. (i) Contribution will be increased by $2 for each additional kg of material B purchased at the current market price
B. (ii) The maximum price which should be paid for an additional kg of material B is $2
C. (iii) Contribution will be increased by $1·20 for each additional kg of material B purchased at the current market price
D. (iv) The maximum price which should be paid for an additional kg of material B is $2·80
E. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
F. (ii) only
G. (ii) and (iii)
H. (i) only
I. (i) and (iv)
