CPA Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) : Financial Risk Management

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例子问uestion #19 :Cpa Business Environment And Concepts (Bec)

When a firm finances each asset with a financial instrument of the same approximate maturity as the life of the asset, it is applying:

Possible Answers:

Working capital management

Return maximization

Financial leverage

Operating leverage

Correct answer:

Working capital management

Explanation:

Working capital management matches the maturity life of each asset with the length of the financial instrument used to finance that asset.

例子问uestion #1 :Financial Risk Management

If a firm increases its cash balance by issuing additional shares of common stock, working capital:

Possible Answers:

Remains unchanged and the current ratio remains unchanged

Increases and the current ratio remains unchanged

Increases and the current ratio decreases

Increases and the current ratio increases

Correct answer:

Increases and the current ratio increases

Explanation:

An increase in cash balance by issuing more common stock would increase assets and equity, thus increasing working capital and current ratio.

例子问uestion #1 :Financial Risk Management

The main reason that a firm would strive to reduce the days sales in accounts receivable is to increase:

Possible Answers:

Cash

Contribution margin

Accounts receivable

Reducing the A/R cycle increases cash collected and on hand.

Cost of good sold

Correct answer:

Cash

Explanation:

Reducing the A/R cycle increases cash collected and on hand.

例子问uestion #1 :Financial Risk Management

Which of the following would increase the working capital of a firm?

Possible Answers:

Purchase of a new plant financed by a 20 year mortgage

Refinancing a short term note payable with a two year note payable

Payment of a 20 year mortgage payable with cash

Cash collection of A/R

Correct answer:

Refinancing a short term note payable with a two year note payable

Explanation:

This answer would increase the working capital of a firm as the amount of this current liability is transferred to a long term liability.

例子问uestion #1 :Financial Risk Management

The working capital financing policy that subjects the firm to the greatest risk of being unable to meet the firm's maturing obligations is the policy that finances:

Possible Answers:

Permanent current assets with short term debt

Permanent current assets with long term debt

Fluctuating current assets with long term debt

Fluctuating current assets with short term debt

Correct answer:

Permanent current assets with short term debt

Explanation:

The working capital financing policy that finances permanent current assets with short term debt subjects the firm to the greatest risk of being unable to meet the firm's maturing obligations.

例子问uestion #4 :Financial Risk Management

Fewer days sales in accounts receivable are:

Possible Answers:

Not ideal

Ideal as long as the company does not lose too many sales

Ideal

Irrelevant

Correct answer:

Ideal as long as the company does not lose too many sales

Explanation:

Reducing the number of days it takes to collect cash is ideal for a company, as long as it does not reduce the number of sales to customers. Customers may not like this shortened receivable policy.

例子问uestion #1 :Financial Risk Management

Portfolio managers develop portfolios of different investments to combine, offset, and thereby reduce overall risk. However, not all risks can be eliminated by development of a portfolio. Risks that cannot be eliminated through diversification are called:

Possible Answers:

Non-market risks

Systematic risks

Firm-specific risks

Unsystematic risks

Correct answer:

Systematic risks

Explanation:

Risk that cannot be mitigated by diversification is known as systematic risk.

例子问uestion #1 :Financial Risk Management

A financial institution is looking to assess its investment portfolio's exposure to price changes. Which of the following techniques would most likely be employed by the institution?

Possible Answers:

Earnings at risk analysis

Cash flow at risk analysis

Back testing analysis

Market value at risk analysis

Correct answer:

Market value at risk analysis

Explanation:

公关ice risk is the exposure that an investor has to a decline in the value of a portfolio or individual securities. Being able to understand the value at risk is an important step in managing price risk.

例子问uestion #7 :Financial Risk Management

下面哪个类型的风险可以减少d by diversification?

Possible Answers:

Recessions

Labor strikes

Inflation

High interest rates

Correct answer:

Labor strikes

Explanation:

This risk can be mitigated by diversification. This form of risk is also known as unsystematic risk.

例子问uestion #1 :Financial Risk Types

蚂蚁的管理者icipate greater return for greater risk are referred to as having what attitude toward risk?

Possible Answers:

Risk indifferent

Cautious

Risk seeking

Risk averse

Correct answer:

Risk averse

Explanation:

This behavior describes managers who demand more return on an investment as risk increases.

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