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]19 What is the company’s return on shareholders’ equity?
A. 15/40 = 37·5%
B. 20/100 = 20%
C. 15/100 = 15%
D. 20/150 = 13·3%
3. [单选题]Is the following statement true or false?
B. True
C. False
4. [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
5. [单选题]Faithful representation is a fundamental characteristic of useful information within the IASB’s Conceptual framework for financial reporting.
A. Which of the following accounting treatments correctly applies the principle of faithful representation?
B. Reporting a transaction based on its legal status rather than its economic substance
C. Excluding a subsidiary from consolidation because its activities are not compatible with those of the rest of the group
D. Recording the whole of the net proceeds from the issue of a loan note which is potentially convertible to equity shares as debt (liability)
E. Allocating part of the sales proceeds of a motor vehicle to interest received even though it was sold with 0% (interest free) finance
