Explore topic-wise MCQs in Finance & Accounting.

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1.

Which of the following statements about market segmentation is true?

A. It is a process of identifying and profiling distinct groups of buyers who differ in their needs and wants.
B. It is a process of creating an image or identity of the product in the minds of the target market.
C. It is a process of evaluating each segment's attractiveness and selecting one or more to enter.
D. It involves changing the identity of a product, relative to the identity of competing products, in the collective minds of the target market.
Answer» B. It is a process of creating an image or identity of the product in the minds of the target market.
2.

Which of the following is not true about enterprise systems?

A. Enterprise software is expressly built to allow companies to mimic their unique business practices.
B. Enterprise software includes analytical tools to evaluate overall organizational performance.
C. Enterprise system data have standardized definitions and formats that are accepted by the entire organization.
D. Enterprise systems help firms respond rapidly to customer requests for information or products.
Answer» B. Enterprise software includes analytical tools to evaluate overall organizational performance.
3.

Which of the following is not economic investment?

A. the piling up of inventories on a grocer's shelf
B. the purchase of a drill press by the Ajax Manufacturing Company
C. construction of a suburban housing project
D. the purchase of 100 shares of AT&T by a retired business executive
Answer» E.
4.

Which among the following is an asset for a bank?

A. The loans disbursed by Bank to its customers
B. Cash Deposits of Customers
C. Investments made by Bank’s customers in its financial Products
D. All of the above
Answer» B. Cash Deposits of Customers
5.

When an account becomes uncollectible and must be written off

A. Accounts Receivable should be credited
B. Sales Revenue should be debited
C. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should be credited
D. Bad Debt Expense should be credited
Answer» B. Sales Revenue should be debited
6.

Which of the following best describes term life insurance?

A. The insured pays a premium for a specified number of years.
B. The insured is covered during his or her entire lifetime.
C. The insured pays the premium until his or her death.
D. The insured can borrow or collect the cash value of the policy.
Answer» B. The insured is covered during his or her entire lifetime.
7.

when a purchase on account is made the invoice becomes

A. debt
B. credit
C. both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» B. credit
8.

What type of account is accounts receivable?

A. Asset
B. Liability
C. Expense
D. Equity
Answer» B. Liability
9.

What determines the value of an item?

A. the capital required to build the factory
B. the unlimited wants of the consumers
C. the resources consumed in production
D. the amount of goods that are produced
Answer» B. the unlimited wants of the consumers
10.

The APC is calculated as

A. consumption/income
B. change in income/change in consumption
C. income/consumption
D. change in consumption/change in income
Answer» B. change in income/change in consumption
11.

The largest component of National Income in India is ____ ?

A. Service Sector
B. Industrial Sector
C. Agriculture Sector
D. Trade Sector
Answer» B. Industrial Sector
12.

Unearned revenue is classified as

A. Liability
B. Owner's equity
C. Asset
D. Income
Answer» B. Owner's equity
13.

The journal entry to record a credit sale is

A. Accounts Receivable
B. Accounts Payable
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Accounts Payable
14.

The principle of diversification tells us that

A. spreading an investment across many diverse assets will eliminate some of the total risk
B. concentrating an investment in two or three large stocks will eliminate all of the unsystematic risk
C. spreading an investment across five diverse companies will not lower the total risk
D. concentrating an investment in three companies all within the same industry will greatly reduce the systematic risk
Answer» B. concentrating an investment in two or three large stocks will eliminate all of the unsystematic risk
15.

The accounting process involves all of the following except

A. identifying economic transactions that are relevant to the business
B. analyzing and interpreting financial reports
C. communicating financial information to users by preparing financial reports
D. recording nonquantifiable economic events
Answer» C. communicating financial information to users by preparing financial reports
16.

Other things the same, when the interest rate rises

A. people would want to lend less, making the supply of loanable funds decrease.
B. people would want to lend less, making the quantity of loanable funds supplied decrease.
C. people would want to lend more, making the supply of loanable funds increase.
D. people would want to lend more, making the quantity of loanable funds supplied increase.
Answer» E.
17.

On a bank reconciliation, deposits in transit are

A. added to the book balance
B. added to the bank balance
C. deducted from the book balance
D. None of the above
Answer» C. deducted from the book balance
18.

In a general sense, "cash flow" can be said to equal

A. operating income less taxes
B. operating income after taxes minus depreciation
C. operating income less taxes plus depreciation
D. operating income before depreciation and taxes plus depreciation
Answer» C. operating income less taxes plus depreciation
19.

Invoice is an example of

A. Accounts Receivable
B. Accounts Payable
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Accounts Payable
20.

Goods that are excludable include both

A. public goods and common resources
B. common resources and private goods
C. natural monopolies and public goods
D. private goods and natural monopolies
Answer» E.
21.

Credit sales are recorded as

A. Accounts Receivable
B. Accounts Payable
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Accounts Payable
22.

'Equity schemes managed strong NAV gains, which boost their assets' was a news in some financial newspapers. What is the full form of the term NAV as used in above head lines ?

A. Nil Accounting Variation
B. New Asset Venture
C. Net Accounting Venture
D. Net Asset Value
Answer» E.
23.

Assets minus liabilities equals

A. Equity
B. Net income
C. Working capital
D. Net assets
Answer» B. Net income