Connect Questions Flashcards
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Strategic planning and financial planning process involves the following steps:
Decisions, Performance, Planning, and Thinking
The purpose of short term financial forecasting is to ensure what?
Sufficient cash balances are available to pay bills as they come due
A company should be able to estimate which of the following on the basis of its projected financial statements?
accounts receivable, inventory, and payables
According to the text, if there is one talent essential to the financial manager it is the ability to ___________________.
plan ahead and to make necessary adjustments before actual events occur.
Computerized spreadsheets allow for _____ forecasts under different assumptions resulting in ______ levels of forecasted profits.
multiple; multiple
Careful collection of data and analysis is part of which of the following strategic planning and financial planning process:
thinking
Financial forecasting tend to focus on what time period?
Short-run
The most comprehensive means of financial forecasting is to
develop a series of projected, or pro forma, financial statements.
Financial forecasting is essential to the strategic _____ of the firm.
Growth
The importance of the pro forma income statement is to provide a projection of how much _____ is anticipated over the ensuing time period.
Profit
Computerized spreadsheets of pro forma financial statement allow(s) for what type(s) of analysis?
what-if, sensitivity
The first step in developing the pro forma income statement is to
establish a sales projection
Using a systems approach, the first pro forma statement to be constructed is the
Income Statement
The ____________ provides a projection of how much profit the firm anticipates making over the ensuing time period.
pro forma income statement
______ analysis calls for the sales department to survey their salespeople within their territories.
Internal
Following the steps needed to develop the pro forma income statement. Place each step in its proper order.
- Establish a sales project
- Determine a production schedule
- Compute Other expenses
- Determine Profit
The crucial starting point in constructing pro forma financial statements is the __________.
sales projection.
This formula is used to determine the firm’s _____ requirements:_____________ = Projected sales + Desired ending inventory - Beginning inventory
Production
A firm using the FIFO inventory valuation method has beginning inventory of 300 units at a cost of $15 each. During the period the firm produced 700 units at a cost of $17 each. If the firm sold 800 units during the period, the cost of goods sold is
13,000
The projected price of a product is based on the following:
firm’s anticipated response to competitor’s price, firm’s cost structure, and firm’s marketing effort
A firm’s operating profit is $50,000, interest expense is $4,000, the tax rate is 35%, and common stock dividends are $2,500. Calculate the firm’s earnings after taxes:
29,900
A company has sales of $1,000,000, cost of goods sold at 60% of sales, general and administrative expenses of $250,000, interest expenses of $25,000, and a tax rate of 40%. The firm’s earnings after taxes is
75,000,
Multiple Choice Question
The firm projects sales at 500,000 units and requires an ending inventory of 25,000 units. If the firm’s beginning inventory is 50,000 units, what is the firm’s production requirement for the period?
475,000 units
500k +25k-50k=475 k
A firm using the FIFO inventory valuation method has beginning inventory of 300 units at a cost of $15 each. During the period the firm produced 700 units at a cost of $17 each. If the firm sold 800 units during the period, what is the value of ending inventory?
$3,400
Reason: Sold 300 @ $15 and 500 @ $17, leaving 200 @ $17 in ending inventory = $3,400