Section 1- B Fill in Blank Questions (5 marks) 1. ( ) indicate the amount and timing of future financing needs and provide the basis for performance evaluation. 2. ( ) is the maximum rate of growth that a firm can sustain without having to increase financial leverage or look for outside financing 3. The amount of assets required per dollar of sales, one of key determinants of external funds requirements is called as ( ) ratio. 4. The ( ) is a ratio used to analyze a company's debt and equity financing strategy. A higher ratio means that more assets were funding by debt than by equity. 5. ( ) ratio, a kind of market value ratios, shows how much investors are willing to pay for $1 of earnings. Section 1-C Essay Question (4 marks) 1. Why is it sometime misleading to compare a company's financial ratio with those other firms that operate in the same industry