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Accounting analysis affects:

  • Corporate strategy
  • analysis
  • Financial analysis
  • Business analysis
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Accounting analysis affects:

  • Corporate strategy
  • analysis
  • > Financial analysis
  • Business analysis
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How does an increase in the dividend ratio affects the cash flow to equity:

  • Increase
  • Not affected
  • Decreases
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How does an increase in the dividend ratio affects the cash flow to equity:

  • Increase
  • > Not affected
  • Decreases
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What are the changes to adidas 2018 balance sheet, if the discount rate increases:

  • A decrease of current debt by 41 mil eur
  • An increase in equity by 29 mil euro
  • An increase in non-current debt by 41
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What are the changes to adidas 2018 balance sheet, if the discount rate increases:

  • A decrease of current debt by 41 mil eur
  • > An increase in equity by 29 mil euro
  • An increase in non-current debt by 41
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What is NOT a distortion in the balance sheet approach:

  • Revenue distortion
  • Equity distortion
  • Liability distortion
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What is NOT a distortion in the balance sheet approach:

  • > Revenue distortion
  • Equity distortion
  • Liability distortion
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The US GAAP is more principles-based than the rule-based IFRS:

  • True
  • False
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The US GAAP is more principles-based than the rule-based IFRS:

  • True
  • > False
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What is the value of ABC’s equity today:

  • 300-399
  • 400-499
  • 500-599
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What is the value of ABC’s equity today:

  • 300-399
  • > 400-499
  • 500-599
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Which of the following does NOT have a “mean reversing” effect?

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Financial leverage

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How does an increase in trade receivables affect cash flow to equity holder?

  • Increase
  • Not affected
  • Decrease
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How does an increase in trade receivables affect cash flow to equity holder?

  • Increase
  • Not affected
  • > Decrease
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What is the amortization in 2018 of the capitalized research expense?

<5.000
5.000-7.499
7.500 – 10.000
>10.000

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What is the amortization in 2018 of the capitalized research expense?

<5.000
 5.000-7.499 -> 7.500 – 10.000
 >10.000
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Prior to IFRS 16, incorrectly treating a lease as operating lease helped to:

  • Overstate leverage
  • Understate turnover
  • Understate debt-to-equity
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Prior to IFRS 16, incorrectly treating a lease as operating lease helped to:

  • Overstate leverage
  • Understate turnover
  • > Understate debt-to-equity
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The problem of information asymmetry between entrepreneurs and investors is called:

  • Apple problem
  • Lemons problem
  • Plums problem
  • Akerlof’s problem
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The problem of information asymmetry between entrepreneurs and investors is called:

  • Apple problem
  • > Lemons problem
  • Plums problem
  • Akerlof’s problem
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When forecasting the following analysis is NOT important:
…
…
…
All 3 are important
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When forecasting the following analysis is NOT important:
…
…
…
-> All 3 are important
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What is the value of H&M based on the price-to-book ratio:

<300.000 mil eur
300.000 – 600.000 mil eur
>600.000 mil eur

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What is the value of H&M based on the price-to-book ratio:

-> <300.000 mil eur
300.000 – 600.000 mil
eur
>600.000 mil eur

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A company overstates its discount rate for the post-employment benefit obligations. We need to:

  • Increase non-current debt
  • Increase equity
  • Increase deferred tax liabilities
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A company overstates its discount rate for the post-employment benefit obligations. We need to:

  • > Increase non-current debt
  • Increase equity
  • Increase deferred tax liabilities
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Company atroox discloses the following information
Return on equity = 20%
NOPAT + NIPAT = 650.000 eur
Capital invest = 6.500.000 eur
Effective interest rate after tax = 7%

What is atroox’ financial leverage (debt-to-equity ratio)?

  • <1
  • 1-1.99
  • 2-3
  • > 3
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What is atroox’ financial leverage (debt-to-equity ratio)?

  • <1
  • 1-1.99
  • 2-3
  • > > 3
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How useful is dividend discounted model to valuate young companies:

  • Useful since price it covers the future payoff
  • As useful as for mature companies
  • Can merely cope with the characteristics of young companies
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How useful is dividend discounted model to valuate young companies:

  • Useful since price it covers the future payoff
  • As useful as for mature companies
  • > Can merely cope with the characteristics of young companies