EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
◉ Compliance in Accounting. Answer: Sarbanes act was created in
2002 to protect shareholders
◉ What are dividends?. Answer: a sum of money paid regularly by a
company to its shareholders out of its profits
◉ _ can be allocated as fixed amount per share. Answer: Dividends
◉ Dividends. Answer: can only be received one or more regular
payment stream
◉ Cash dividend. Answer: paid out of currency of the company
Are usually taxable
◉ stock dividend. Answer: Paid out in form of stock
◉ Property. Answer: paid out in form of asset
, ◉ Interim. Answer: made before a companies annual general
meeting and final financial statement
◉ Common stock. Answer: allows owners to vote at shareholder
meetings and receive dividends
◉ preffered stock. Answer: stock that gives stockholders preference
in earnings and other rights
◉ Growth stock. Answer: earnings grow faster than market average
Dividends rarely paid
Investors buy them
Startup technology company likely has them
◉ Income stock. Answer: pays higher-than-average dividends
compared to other stock issues