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

正确答案 ：C

15/100 = 15%

[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]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:

正确答案 ：G

(i) only

解析：

The learning rate was actually better than expected and only (i) could cause it to improve.

[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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