Needles, Marian Powers, Susan Crosson Solutions Manual (All Chapters,
100% Original Verified, A+ Grade questions and answers respectively)
% sales equation - ANSWER -=each row/largest number(typically net sales)
2 main types of accounting - ANSWER -financial and managerial
3 major steps of managerial accounting - ANSWER -plan, control, evaluate
A company is developing a financial forecast for the next year. The company plans to
implement a new factory that will increase production and resulting sales by 20%.
Since the company's assets are increasing significantly, what else must increase? -
ANSWER -Financing
A company reports these data:
Total sales revenue = $250,000
Number of units sold = 50,000 units
Variable costs = $100,000
If the company is operating at its break-even point, what is the company's total
contribution margin? - ANSWER -150,000
A company she has invested in, Quiet Flag Industries, just released its annual report.
Which kind of method should Maria use to see if the company has improved? -
ANSWER -Trend analysis
A financial manager at a company is trying to determine whether to issue new stocks
or new bonds to cover the costs of a project the company is doing the next year.
Which main task in business finance is this situation an example of? - ANSWER -
Making financing decisions
accounting - ANSWER -analysis of events
record and report financial effects of business activities
aicpa - ANSWER -american institute of certified public accountants
administers the cpa exam.
enforces professional sanction by taking away cpa license when acted unethically.
balance sheet - ANSWER -reports assets and liabilities. basic.
list as of a point in time. as of today, as of yesterday
balance sheet equation - ANSWER -assets = liabilities + owners equity
bookkeeping - ANSWER -day to day keeping of transcations
, break even - ANSWER -how much to sell to break even at 0 profit 0 loss
sales revenue - variable cost- fixed cost = 0
budget layers - ANSWER -sales budget --> production budget --> direct materials
budget --> direct labor budget --> manufacturing overhead budget --> sell and admin
expense budget
budgeting - ANSWER -estimating how much revenue will be received or how many
products will be sold & determining how much production must occur to meet that
demand
budgeting cash receipts - ANSWER -accounts receivable, allows forecasting cash
receipts and develop cash budget which allows company to anticipate $ needs
business organization level - ANSWER -manufacturing- ford
merchandising - walmart
services - consulting firm
capital budget - ANSWER -planning for acquisition of property, plant and equipment
cash budget - ANSWER -short term schedule of expected cash inflow and outflow
during period
cash collected from customer equation - ANSWER -( current period revenue * current
period collection rate) + cash collected from prev period sales.
cash inflow - ANSWER -receiving cash investments form owners, cash from bank
when borrowing $, cash from customers, cash from sale of old machines, buildings,
etc
cash outflow - ANSWER -paying to buy new machines, buildings, paying employee
wages, suppliers for inventory purchases, interst on loans, principal on loans,
dividends
cash payments to suppliers equation - ANSWER -(current period pymts * current
period pymt rate) + cash paid on prev period purchases
cik- what does it stand for and what is it - ANSWER -central index key
unique indentifying number for each company in sec EDGAR system
common size financial stmts and types - ANSWER -dividing one number by another
to get a percentage
horizontal and vertical
comparative financial stmts - ANSWER -current year and preceding year to identify
particular items