CHAPTER 1 - AN OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND THE FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT

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CHAPTER 1 - AN OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND THE FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT

• The form of organization of a business is an important issue that reflects in some typical stages in the

corporate life cycle.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: The Corporate Life Cycle

TOPICS: (1.3) Firm organization

• Three disadvantages of a proprietorship are (1) the relative difficulty of raising new capital, (2) the owner’s

unlimited personal liability for the business’s debts, and (3) that the proprietorship is easily but expensively formed.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: The Corporate Life Cycle

TOPICS: (1.3) Proprietorship

• Limited partners who are too involved in the business operation can keep their limited liability status.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: The Corporate Life Cycle

TOPICS: (1.3) Limited partnership

• Since a company’s value is determined by properties of its cash flows, managers could increase the size of the

expected cash flows or speed up their receipt to maximize the firm’s value.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: The Primary Objective of the Corporation: Value Maximization 1 / 3

TOPICS: (1.4) Value maximization

• If Firm A’s business is to obtain funds from savers in exchange for its own securities and then to use the

money to invest in other businesses’ securities, Firm A is a financial intermediary.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: An Overview of the Capital Allocation Process

TOPICS: (1.5) Financial intermediaries

• Today, banks can never provide trustee services and the difference between trusts and banks has become clear

over time.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: Financial Institutions

TOPICS: (1.8) Financial institutions

• If an individual investor trades currently outstanding common shares through a broker, this is a primary

market transaction.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: Types of Financial Markets

TOPICS: (1.9) Financial markets

• In a limited liability partnership (LLP), only some partners enjoy limited liability with regard to their business

partners’ professional negligence, and their potential losses are limited to their investment in the LLP.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM

REFERENCES: The Corporate Life Cycle

TOPICS: (1.3) Partnership

• Two key advantages to a proprietorship are that, as a business, it pays no corporate income tax and it is easy

for a proprietorship to obtain the capital needed for growth.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1 2 / 3

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM

REFERENCES: The Corporate Life Cycle

TOPICS: (1.3) Proprietorship

• Equity instruments are a claim upon a residual value, but preferred shares have some features like debt and

some like equity.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: Financial Securities

TOPICS: (1.6) Preferred shares

• Which of the following statements best describes firm organization?
• One of the disadvantages of a corporation is that the owners have unlimited liability when the firm

goes bankrupt, which means losses can exceed the funds invested.

• In a sole proprietorship, the proprietor has limited personal liability for the business’s debts and

losses are limited to the money the proprietor invested in the business.

• Sole proprietorships and partnerships generally have a tax advantage over corporations, especially

large ones.

• In both regular and limited partnerships, all partners are liable for the debts of the partnership.

ANSWER: c

RATIONALE: Sole proprietorships and partnerships pay personal income tax, but they avoid corporate income tax.

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: The Corporate Life Cycle

TOPICS: (1.3) Firm organization

KEYWORDS: Bloom's Remember

• Which of the following statements best describes firm organization?
• One of the advantages of a corporation is that managers are always acting in the best interests of the

owners, rather than their own best interests.

• It is generally more difficult to transfer one’s ownership interest in a corporation than in a

partnership.

• One of the advantages of the corporate form of organization is that its income is subject to only

corporate taxation, rather than being taxed as a part of the proprietor’s personal income.

• One of the disadvantages of a sole proprietorship is that the proprietor is exposed to unlimited

liability.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: EASY

REFERENCES: The Corporate Life Cycle

TOPICS: (1.3) Firm organization

KEYWORDS: Bloom's Remember

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