[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]24 What figure should appear in the consolidated balance sheet of the J group as at 31 December 2004 for minority

interest?

正确答案 ：D

$24,000

解析：20% x 120,000

[单选题]A corporate taxpayer has under-reported its taxable revenue in 2002 and hence underpaid value added tax (VAT) and enterprise income tax (EIT). In 2014, the taxpayer was charged by the tax authority with committing an act of tax evasion in 2002.

正确答案 ：E

The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes and a late payment surcharge but not a penalty as the statute of limitation is five years for penalties

解析：

Per Article 86 of the Tax Collection and Administrative Law, the statute of limitation for an administrative penalty on non-compliances is five years.

[单选题]25 What should the minority interest figure be in the group’s consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2005?

正确答案 ：A

$240,000

解析：20% x (400,000 + 800,000)

[单选题]14 Alpha buys goods from Beta. At 30 June 2005 Beta’s account in Alpha’s records showed $5,700 owing to Beta.

Beta submitted a statement to Alpha as at the same date showing a balance due of $5,200. Which of the following could account fully for the difference?

正确答案 ：D

Beta has issued a credit note for $500 to Alpha which Alpha has not yet received.

[单选题]Which of the following statements relating to internal and external auditors is correct?

正确答案 ：B

Internal auditors’ scope of work should be determined by those charged with governance

解析：

A is incorrect as internal auditors are not required to be members of any professional body. C is incorrect as external auditors report to shareholders rather than those charged with governance. D is incorrect as internal auditors can be independent of the company, if, for example, the internal audit function has been outsourced.

[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]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]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]Faithful representation is a fundamental characteristic of useful information within the IASB’s Conceptual framework for financial reporting.

正确答案 ：E

Allocating part of the sales proceeds of a motor vehicle to interest received even though it was sold with 0% (interest free) finance

解析：

The substance is that there is no ‘free’ finance; its cost, as such, is built into the selling price.

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