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The information below is taken from the records of two companies in the same industry. The companies are X Ltd and Y Ltd; and the data is as follows:Answer each of the following questions by making a
The following information was taken from the financial statements of XYZ Ltd (amount in thousand of rupees)Calculate those ratios which indicate the efficient use of assets and discuss potential
From the ratios and other data set forth below for the Auto Accessories Ltd, indicate your interpretation of the company’s financial condition: Particulars Current ratio (per cent) Acid-test ratio
Below is given the balance sheet of Best Ltd, as on March 31, of the current year:The following additional information is available:(1) Fixed assets costing ₹10,00,000 to be installed on April 1,
You have been supplied data for the Supreme Plastic Company Ltd, and its industry averages:1. Determine the indicated ratios for the Supreme Plastic Company.2. Indicate the company’s strengths and
From the following particulars, prepare the balance sheet of Shri Mohan Ram and Co. Ltd as at March 31, current year. Current ratio, 2 Working capital, *4,00,000 Capital block to current asset, 3:2
As the manager of a financial services company, you have received a proposal seeking a term loan of ₹300 lakh, from a firm planning an investment in fixed assets of ₹500 lakh in a new project.
The following items appear in the accounts of XYZ Ltd as at March 31, current year:Note:The values of all fixed assets reflect current price levels after provision of depreciation.You are required to
Towards the end of previous year, the directors of A Ltd decided to expand the business. The annual accounts of the company for the previous year and current year are summarised as given:You are
Hypothetical Industries Ltd (HIL) has submitted the following projections. (₹lakh) You are required to determine yearly debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and the average DSCR and comment.The net
The financial statement of Excel AMP Graphics Limited are as under: Balance sheet as at 31st March, 2013 Sources of funds: Shareholders' funds Share capital Reserves and surplus 2013 1,121 8,950
The financial statistics pertaining to profitability of Asian Paints (India) Limited for years 1–6 are tabulated below: Particulars EBIT Interest EBT Tax provisions EAT Sales Total assets Average
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:(i) Current ratio and acid-test ratio of a business firm are virtually the same; this implies that the firm has low investment in
Fill in the blanks with the correct answer (out of the choices provided).(i) An analyst applied the DuPont System to the following data of a company: (a) equity turnover 4.2, (b) net profit margin
There are four groups of financial ratios; liquidity, leverage, activity, and profitability. Financial analysis is conducted by four types of analysts: management, equity investors, long-term
What is the importance of ratio analysis? Briefly discuss the importance of the following accounting ratios:(a) Liquidity ratio, (b) Debt-equity ratio, (c) Stock-turnover rate, and (d) Ratio of
What procedure would you adopt to study the liquidity of a business firm?
How would you analyse the financial position of a company from the point of view of(a) an investor, (b) a creditor, and (c) a financial executive of the company?
Discuss the importance of ratio analysis for interfirm and intrafirm comparisons, including circumstances responsible for its limitations. If any.
Distinguish between percentage analysis and ratio analysis relating to the interpretation of financial statements. What is the value of these two types of analysis?
How does the acid-test ratio differ from the current ratio? How are they similar? What is the usefulness of the defensive interval ratio?
What is the relationship of the assets turnover rate to the rate of return on total assets?
Two companies have the same amount of working capital. The current debt paying ability of one company is much weaker than that of the other. Explain how this could occur.
(a) Discuss some inherent limitations of single-year financial statements for purposes of analysis and interpretation.(b) To what extent are these limitations overcome by the use of comparative
What is indicated when the average age of accounts receivable for a firm is 45 days, but credit terms require customers to pay accounts within 30 days?
What are the limitations of financial ratios as a technique for appraising the financial position of a company?
‘A uniform system of accounts, including identical forms for balance sheets and income statements is a prerequisite of inter firm comparisons.’ Elucidate.
You have been furnished with the financial information of Aditya Mills Ltd. for the current year.Sundry debtors and stock at the beginning of the year were ₹3,00,000 and ₹4,00,000
The XYZ Ltd’s financial statement contains the following information: From the above, appraise the financial position of the company from the points of view of (a) liquidity, (b) solvency, (c)
A partial list of trend and common-size percentage for ABC Ltd. for years 1 and 2 is given below:(a) Determine the missing trend and common-size percentages.(b) Compute the net income for year 2.
You have been supplied data for Royal Plastic Ltd. and its industry averages.(a) Determine the indicated ratios for the Royal Plastic Ltd.(b) Indicate the company’s strengths and weaknesses in
Presented below is the financial information of two companies—A and B, belonging to the same industry:Assume you are loan officer of a bank and both the companies have requested a loan of equal
Below are selected ratios for two companies in the same industry, along with industry average:Can we say on the basis of above ratios and information that company B is better than company A because
Below are selected ratios for three years ending March 31 for the Worst Company Ltd:Outline possible explanations for the drastic changes in some of the ratios during these years. Ratios Current
From the following details, prepare a statement of proprietory funds with as many details as possible:The gross profit was ₹60,000; Reserves and surplus amounted to ₹20,000; Closing stock was
From the following information of a textile company complete the proforma balance sheet if its sales are ₹32,00,000. Sales to net worth (times) Current debt to net worth (ratio) Total debt to net
The following data are extracted from the published accounts of two companies, ABC Ltd. and XYZ Ltd., in an industry.Prepare a statement of comparative ratios showing liquidity, profitability,
Hypothetical Industries Ltd. (HIL) has submitted the following projections (₹lakh). You are required to determine yearly debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and the average DSCR and comment.The net
Human resource management is the process of ____________, developing, and maintaining a high-quality workforce.(a) attracting(b) compensating(c) appraising(d) training
____________ programs are designed to ensure equal employment opportunities for persons historically underrepresented in the workforce.(a) Realistic recruiting(b) External recruiting(c) Employment
The intent of the human rights code in Canada is to ensure the right of all citizens to gain and keep employment based only on ____________.(a) their ability to do the job and their performance on
____________ is the idea that jobs that are similar in terms of their importance to the organization should be compensated at the same level.(a) Employment equity(b) Realistic pay(c) Merit pay(d) Pay
A ____________ is a criterion that can be legally justified for use in screening candidates for employment.(a) job description(b) bona fide occupational requirement(c) job specification(d) BARS
The first step in strategic human resource management is to ____________.(a) forecast human resource needs(b) forecast labour supplies(c) assess the existing workforce(d) review organizational
In human resource planning, a(n) ____________ is used to determine exactly what is done in an existing job.(a) critical-incident technique(b) assessment centre(c) job analysis(d) multi person
If an employment test yields different results over time when taken by the same person, it lacks ____________; if it bears no relation to actual job performance, it lacks ____________.(a) equity,
Which phrase is most consistent with a recruiter offering a job candidate a realistic job preview?(a) “There are just no downsides to this job.”(b) “No organization is as good as this
Socialization of newcomers occurs during the ____________ step of the staffing process.(a) recruiting(b) orientation(c) selecting(d) training
The ____________ purpose of performance appraisal is being addressed when a manager describes training options that might help an employee improve future performance.(a) development(b) evaluation(c)
When a team leader is required to rate 10 percent of team members as “superior,” 80 percent as “good,” and 10 percent as “unacceptable”for their performance on a project, this is an
An employee with domestic problems due to substance abuse would be pleased to learn that their employer had a(n) ____________ plan to help on such matters.(a) employee assistance(b) cafeteria
Whereas bonus plans pay employees for special accomplishments, gain-sharing plans reward them for ____________.(a) helping to increase social responsibility(b) regular attendance(c) positive work
In labour–management relations, the process of negotiating, administering, and interpreting a labour contract is known as ____________.(a) arbitration(b) mediation(c) reconciliation(d) collective
What are the different advantages of internal and external recruitment?
Why is a BARS potentially superior to a graphic rating scale for use in performance appraisals?
Sy Smith is not doing well in his job. The problems began to appear shortly aft er Sy’s job was changed from a manual to computer-based operation. He has tried hard but is just not doing well in
Someone with a clear sense of the future and the actions needed to get there is considered a ____________ leader.(a) task-oriented(b) people-oriented(c) transactional(d) visionary
Leader power = ____________ power + ____________ power.(a) reward, punishment(b) reward, expert(c) legitimate, position(d) position, personal
A manager who says “Because I am the boss, you must do what I ask” is relying on ____________ power.(a) reward(b) legitimate(c) expert(d) referent
When a leader assumes that others will do as she asks because they want to positively identify with her, she is relying on ____________ power to influence their behaviour.(a) expert(b) referent(c)
The personal traits now considered important for managerial success include ____________.(a) self-confidence(b) gender(c) age(d) height
In the leader-behaviour approaches to leadership, someone who does a very good job of planning work, setting standards, and monitoring results would be considered a(n) ____________ leader.(a)
When leader behaviour researchers concluded that “high-high”was the pathway to leadership success, what were they referring to?(a) High initiating structure and high integrity.(b) High concern
A leader whose actions indicate an attitude of “do as you want, and don’t bother me” would be described as having a(n) ____________ leadership style.(a) autocratic(b) country club(c)
In Fiedler’s contingency model, both highly favourable and highly unfavourable leadership situations are best dealt with by a ____________ leader.(a) task-motivated(b) laissez-faire(c)
____________ leadership model suggests that leadership style is strongly anchored in personality and therefore hard to change.(a) Trait(b) Fiedler’s(c) Transformational(d) Path-goal
House’s ____________ theory of leadership says that successful leaders find ways to add value to leadership situations.(a) trait(b) path–goal(c) transformational(d) life-cycle
A leader who ____________ would be described as achievement oriented in the path–goal theory.(a) sets challenging goals for others(b) works hard to achieve high performance(c) gives directions and
The critical contingency variable in the Hersey-Blanchard situational model of leadership is ____________.(a) followers’ maturity(b) LPC(c) task structure(d) LMX
Vision, charisma, integrity, and symbolism are all on the list of attributes typically associated with ____________ leaders.(a) contingency(b) informal(c) transformational(d) transactional
The interactive leadership style, sometimes associated with women, is characterized by ____________.(a) inclusion and information sharing(b) use of rewards and punishments(c) command and control(d)
What are the three variables that Fiedler’s contingency model uses to diagnose the favourability of leadership situations, and what does each mean?
When Marcel Henry took over as leader of a new product development team, he was both excited and apprehensive. “I wonder,” he said to himself on the first day in his new assignment, “if I can
In the psychological contract, job security is a(n) ____________, whereas loyalty is a(n) ____________.(a) satisfier factor, hygiene factor(b) intrinsic reward, extrinsic reward(c) inducement,
Self-serving bias is a form of attribution error that involves ____________.(a) blaming yourself for problems caused by others(b) blaming the environment for problems you caused(c) poor emotional
If a new team leader changes job designs for persons on her work team mainly “because I would prefer to work the new way rather than the old,” the chances are that she is committing a perceptual
If a manager allows one characteristic of a person, say a pleasant personality, to bias performance ratings of that individual overall, the manager is committing a perceptual distortion known as
Use of special dress, manners, gestures, and vocabulary words when meeting a prospective employer in a job interview are all examples of how people use ____________ in daily life.(a) projection (b)
A person with a(n) ____________ personality would most likely act unemotionally and manipulatively when trying to influence others to achieve personal goals.(a) extraverted(b) sensation-thinking(c)
When a person believes that he or she has little influence over things that happen in life, this indicates a(n) ____________ personality.(a) low emotional stability(b) external locus of control(c)
Among the Big Five personality traits, ____________ indicates someone who is responsible, dependable, and careful with respect to tasks.(a) authoritarianism(b) agreeableness(c) conscientiousness(d)
The ____________ component of an attitude is what indicates a person’s belief about something, whereas the ____________ component indicates a specific positive or negative feeling about it.(a)
The term used to describe the discomfort someone feels when his or her behaviour is inconsistent with an expressed attitude is ____________.(a) alienation(b) cognitive dissonance(c) job
Job satisfaction is known from research to be a good predictor of ____________.(a) job performance(b) job burnout(c) conscientiousness(d) absenteeism
A person who is always willing to volunteer for extra work or to help someone else with his or her work is acting consistent with strong ____________.(a) job performance (b) self-serving bias (c)
Which statement about the job satisfaction–job performance relationship is most likely based on research?(a) A happy worker will be a productive worker.(b) A productive worker will be a happy
A(n) ____________ represents a rather intense but short-lived feeling about a person or a situation, whereas a(n) ____________ describes a more generalized positive or negative state of mind.(a)
Through ____________, the stress people experience in their personal lives can create problems for them at work while the stress experienced at work can create problems for their personal lives.(a)
What is a healthy psychological contract?
When Scott Yaremchuk picked up a magazine article on how to manage health care workers, he was pleased to find some advice.Scott was concerned about poor or mediocre performance on the part of
Lower-order needs in Maslow’s hierarchy match well with ____________ needs in ERG theory.(a) growth(b) affiliation(c) existence(d) achievement
When a team member shows strong ego needs in Maslow’s hierarchy, the team leader should find that ____________ will be motivating to him or her.(a) alternative work schedules(b) praise and
A worker with a high need for ____________ power in McClelland’s theory tries to use power for the good of the organization.(a) position(b) expert(c) personal(d) social
In Herzberg’s two-factor theory, base pay is considered a(n) ____________ factor.(a) valence(b) satisfier(c) equity(d) hygiene
Which of the following is a correct match?(a) McClelland—ERG theory(b) Skinner—reinforcement theory(c) Vroom—equity theory(d) Locke—expectancy theory
The expectancy theory of motivation says that motivation = expectancy × ____________ × ____________.(a) rewards, valence(b) instrumentality, valence(c) equity, instrumentality(d) valence, equity
When someone has a high and positive “expectancy” in the expectancy theory of motivation, this means that the person ____________.(a) believes he or she can meet performance expectations(b)
In the ____________ theory of motivation, someone who perceives herself under-rewarded relative to a co-worker might be expected to reduce his or her performance in the future.(a) ERG(b) acquired
In goal-setting theory, the goal of “doing a better job” would not be considered a good source of motivation because it fails the test of goal ____________.(a) acceptance (b) specificity (c)
The law of ____________ states that behaviour followed by a positive consequence is likely to be repeated, whereas behaviour followed by an undesirable consequence is not likely to be repeated.(a)
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