In its most recent annual report, Sunrise Enterprises reported current assets of $1,090,000 and current liabilities of $602,000.

Required:
Determine for each of the following transactions whether the current ratio, and each of its two components, for Sunrise will increase, decrease, or have no change:
(1) Sold long-term assets for cash,
(2) Accrued severance pay for terminated employees,
(3) Wrote down the carrying value of certain inventory items that were deemed to be obsolete, and
(4) Acquired new inventory by signing an 18-month promissory note (the supplier was not willing to provide normal credit terms).