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		| 1.  | _____________________ is NOT a sign of revenue base erosion: | 
	
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		| 2.  | When considering a special order that will enable a company to make use of currently idle capacity, which of the following costs is irrelevant? | 
	
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		| 3.  | High levels of merchandise returns are NOT caused by: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 2: Inventory And  Production Shortfalls' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 4.  | __________________ is NOT a cause for low turnover of merchandise: | 
	
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		| 5.  | Which condition justifies a low inventory turnover ratio? | 
	
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		| 6.  | For inventory management, ignoring safety stocks, which of the following is a valid computation of the reorder point? | 
	
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		| 7.  | The carrying costs associated with inventory management include: | 
	
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		| 8.  | The order costs associated with inventory management include: | 
	
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		| 9.  | The purpose of the economic order quantity (EOQ) model is to: | 
	
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		| 10.  | The economic order quantity (EOQ) will rise following: | 
	
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		| 11.  | The economic order quantity (EOQ) formula assumes that: | 
	
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		| 12.  | ______________ is used in enterprise supply chain management to improve the efficiency of inventory tracking and management.  | 
	
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		| 13.  | Lack of inventory storage space may be a result of | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 3: Profit Targets Are Off' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 14.  | ______________________ is the degree or amount that sales may decline before losses are incurred: | 
	
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		| 15.  | Contribution margin is the excess of revenues over: | 
	
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		| 16.  | The most likely strategy to reduce the breakeven point would be to: | 
	
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		| 17.  | Basic break-even and CVP models are subject to limiting assumptions such as: | 
	
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		| 18.  | Generally, the lower the break-even point, the higher the profit and the less the ______________, other things being equal. F | 
	
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		| 19.  | When used in cost-volume-profit analysis, sensitivity (what-if) analysis: | 
	
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		| 20.  | The difference between sales and total variable costs is: | 
	
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		| 21.  | Problems of weak sales mix are caused by all EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| 22.  | Falling sales and/or profit margin is usually NOT a result of: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 4: Risk-Return Unbalance' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 23.  | What are the risk and the risk-return trade-off: | 
	
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		| 24.  | Which of the following are components of interest-rate risk? | 
	
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		| 25.  | Lack of diversification can be identified by all EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| 26.  | The type of risk that is NOT diversifiable and affects the value of a portfolio is: | 
	
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		| 27.  | The risk that securities cannot be sold at a reasonable price on short notice is called: | 
	
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		| 28.  | A warning sign of financial problems does NOT include: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 5: Inability To Finance Weakens Business Development' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 29.  | Market price drops of stock can be caused by all EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| 30.  | Moody's and Standard & Poor's debt ratings depend on: | 
	
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		| 31.  | If a bond is rated below BBB, it is called: | 
	
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		| 32.  | Dividends per share/market price per share is | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 6: Business Control Threatened' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 33.  | Which of the following cannot lead to bankruptcy? | 
	
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		| 34.  | Management can take many steps to protect itself against business failure excludes | 
	
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		| 35.  | An investor has calculated Altman's Z-Score for each of four possible investment alternatives. Each firm is a public industrial firm. The calculated scores for the four investments were as follows:  Firm W = 3. 89; Firm X = 2. 48; Firm Y = 2. 00 and Firm Z = 1. 10.   Given this info, which statement is true? | 
	
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		| 36.  | A defensive measure defines as when the target buys back stock accumulated by the raider at a premium price is: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 7: Cash Flow Disturbances' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 37.  | Cash-related ratios to be computed by management do NOT include: | 
	
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		| 38.  | To generate adequate cash flow, you do the following EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| 39.  | When investing surplus funds, aggressive cash managers seek: | 
	
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		| 40.  | Which of the following is NOT an early warning sign for going broke? | 
	
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		| 41.  | The average collection period for a firm measures the number of days: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 8: Mess In Accounts Payable And Receivable' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 42.  | Vendor’s price increases can be prevented by all EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| 43.  | Using a 360-day year, what is the opportunity cost to a buyer of not accepting terms 2/10, net 30? | 
	
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		| 44.  | _______________________ do(es) NOT affect credit ratings: | 
	
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		| 45.  | Which of the following measures does NOT aim at preventing check fraud and improper payments? | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 9: Lackluster Financial Statements' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 46.  | ___________________ is NOT an example of liquidity ratio: | 
	
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		| 47.  | An early warning signal of inadequate liquidity does NOT include: | 
	
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		| 48.  | Return on Investment (ROI) CANnot be enhanced by management: | 
	
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		| 49.  | ROE is: | 
	
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		| 50.  | A lower rate of return can be detected early by | 
	
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		| 51.  | Which of the following is NOT a sign for poor-quality earnings? | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 10: Costs Out Of Control' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 52.  | Stability in product revenue can be determined by computing the ____________ in sales over five to ten years.  | 
	
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		| 53.  | Excessive labor costs are caused by all EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| 54.  | The percentage change in earnings before interest and taxes associated with the percentage change in revenues is the degree of: | 
	
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		| 55.  | An accounting system that collects financial and operating data on the basis of the underlying nature and extent of the cost drivers is: | 
	
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		| 56.  | A profit-maximizing firm would never choose to lower its price in the ____________ range of its demand curve.  | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 11: Budgeting And Cost Control Problems' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 57.  | Actual costs exceeding budgeted costs are caused by all EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| 58.  | An efficiency variance equals: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 12: Fragile Internal Controls' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 59.  | Record keeping errors can be identified by all EXCEPT: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 13: Tax Planning And Preparation' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 60.  | Which of the following statement is false regarding the election of an S corporation? | 
	
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