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Corporate Finance - Quiz 3 Question 1 Marks: 1 Assuming trade credit terms of 2/10 net 40, paying the supplier on the 30th day creates an annualized cost of trade credit (%) closest to: Choose one answer. a. 44.6 b. 109 c. 27.9 Question 2 Marks: 1 Which of the following methods would be least likely to improve the cash collections of a retail organization? Choose one answer. a. Lockbox b. Debit cards c. Electronic checks Question 3 Marks: 1 Assuming current assets and current liabilities remain a constant proportion of sales (30 percent and 20 percent respectively), as sales grow 5 percent annually, through time the current ratio will most likely: Choose one answer. a. remain unchanged. b. decrease. c. increase. Question 4 Marks: 1 A company extends its trade credit terms by four days to all its credit customers. The most likely effect of this change to the company’s credit customers is a four day:
Choose one answer. a. increase in their operating cycle. b. decrease in their operating cycle. c. decrease in their net operating cycle. Question 5 Marks: 1 Which is most likely considered a secondary source of liquidity? Choose one answer. a. Liquidating long-term assets. b. Centralized cash management system. c. Trade credit. Question 6 Marks: 1 In a sales-driven pro forma analysis, retained earnings is most accurately forecasted as: Choose one answer. a. previous retained earnings plus forecasted net income less forecasted dividends. b. previous retained earnings plus forecasted financing surplus or deficiency. c. a percentage of forecasted sales. Question 7 Marks: 1 Other factors held constant, the reduction of a company’s average accounts payables due to suppliers offering less trade credit will most likely: Choose one answer. a. reduce the operating cycle. b. not affect the operating cycle. c. increase the operating cycle. Question 8 Marks: 1 An inventory system that reduces average inventory without affecting sales will most likely reduce the:
Choose one answer. a. cash conversion cycle. b. inventory turnover. c. quick ratio. Question 9 Marks: 1 A company currently has sales of €1,200 thousand and it makes the following forecasts for the next year: Sales growth next year: 10% Cost of goods sold as a proportion of sales: 75% Salary, general, and administrative expenses as a proportion of sales: 10% The expected gross profit for next year (in thousands) is closest to: Choose one answer. a. €300. b. €330. c. €198. Question 10 Marks: 1 The annual cost of trade credit assuming a 365-day year for terms 3/10 net 40 is closest to: Choose one answer. a. 45% b. 32% c. 43%
Question 11 Marks: 1 The following information applies to a companys preferred stock: Current price $47.00 per share Par value $50.00 per share Annual dividend $3.50 per share If the companys marginal corporate tax rate is 34 percent, the after-tax cost of preferred stock is closest to: Choose one answer. a. 7.45%. b. 4.62%. c. 7.00%. d. 4.91%. Question 12 Marks: 1 A manufacturing company is expected to pay cash dividends of $6 one year from today and growth is expected to be 7 percent. The current market price of the companys common stock is $72 per share. The companys tax rate is 34 percent. Based on this information, the companys after-tax cost of retained earnings is closest to: Choose one answer. a. 15.33%. b. 15.92%. c. 10.12%. d. 14.79%. Question 13 Marks: 1 Financial leverage differs from operating leverage because financial leverage accounts for a companys: Choose one answer.
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