[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.

正确答案 ：C

1 and 2 only

[单选题]17 A business income statement for the year ended 31 December 2004 showed a net profit of $83,600. It was later

found that $18,000 paid for the purchase of a motor van had been debited to motor expenses account. It is the company’s policy to depreciate motor vans at 25 per cent per year, with a full year’s charge in the year of acquisition. What would the net profit be after adjusting for this error?

正确答案 ：C

$97,100

解析：83,600 + 18,000 – 4,500 = 97,100

[单选题]Is the following statement true or false?

正确答案 ：B

True

解析：

Where there is a significant change in ownership of the company, ISA 210 Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements recommends that a new audit engagement letter is sent to avoid misunderstandings.

[单选题]The following information is available for a manufacturing company which produces multiple products:

正确答案 ：G

(i), (ii) and (iii) only

解析：

The method of apportioning general fixed costs is not required to calculate the break-even sales revenue.

[单选题]19 What is the company’s return on shareholders’ equity?

正确答案 ：C

15/100 = 15%

[单选题]The following statements have been made about life cycle costing:

正确答案 ：G

(iii) only

解析：

All of the statements are false except statement (iii).

[单选题]8 P and Q are in partnership, sharing profits in the ratio 2:1. On 1 July 2004 they admitted P’s son R as a partner. P

guaranteed that R’s profit share would not be less than $25,000 for the six months to 31 December 2004. The profitsharing arrangements after R’s admission were P 50%, Q 30%, R 20%. The profit for the year ended 31 December 2004 is $240,000, accruing evenly over the year. What should P’s final profit share be for the year ended 31 December 2004?

正确答案 ：B

$139,000

解析：80,000 + 60,000 – 1,000 = 139,000

[单选题]15 Which of the following statements about intangible assets are correct?

1 If certain criteria are met, research expenditure must be recognised as an intangible asset. 2 Goodwill may not be revalued upwards. 3 Internally generated goodwill should not be capitalised.

正确答案 ：A

2 and 3 only

[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:

正确答案 ：I

(i) and (iv)

解析：

Statement (ii) is wrong as it reflects the common misconception that the shadow price is the maximum price which should be paid, rather than the maximum extra over the current purchase price.

Statement (iii) is wrong but could be thought to be correct if (ii) was wrongly assumed to be correct.

[单选题]Mr Li, a photographer, had his photos published in the July 2014 edition of the tourism journal. The total fee was RMB20,000 and the publisher agreed to pay Mr Li by two instalments, one of RMB18,000 in June 2014 and the balance of RMB2,000 in August 2014. The same photos were republished by the government in a promotion brochure in August 2014 and Mr Li was paid a further fee of RMB3,000 by the government.

正确答案 ：D

RMB2,548

解析：

20,000 x (1 – 20%) x 20% x 70% + (3,000 – 800) x 20% x 70% = RMB2,548

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