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  1. What refers to the cost of borrowing money or the amount earned by a unit principal per unit time?

  2. A.

     Yield rate

    B.

     Rate of return

    C.

     Rate of interest

    D.

     Economic return


  3. What is the market situation exist when there are many buyers and many sellers?

  4. A.

     Perfect competition

    B.

     Oligopoly

    C.

     Oligopsony

    D.

     Monopoly


  5. The product of CAF (S P) and PWF (S P) is:

  6. A.

     1/2

    B.

     1

    C.

     1/3

    D.

     1/4


  7. In a cash-flow diagram:

  8. A.

     Time 0 is considered to be the present

    B.

     Time 1 is considered to be the end of time period 1

    C.

     A vertical arrow pointing up indicates a positive cash flow

    D.

     All of these


  9. Lands, buildings, plants and machineries are example of what type of asset?

  10. A.

     Current asset

    B.

     Trade investment asset

    C.

     Fixed asset

    D.

     Intangible asset


  11. What represents the ownership of stockholders who have a residual claim on the assets of the corporation after all other claims have been settled?

  12. A.

     Authorized capital stock

    B.

     Preferred stock

    C.

     Incorporator stock

    D.

     Common stock


  13. The institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) is planning to put up its own building. Two proposals being considered are:
    A. The construction of the building now to cost P 400,000
    B. The construction of a smaller building now to cost P300,000 and at the end of 5 years, an extension to be added to cost P 200,000.
    By how much is proposal B more economical than proposal A if interest rate is 20% and depreciation to be neglected?

  14. A.

     P 19,122.15

    B.

     P 19,423.69

    C.

     P 19,518.03

    D.

     P 19,624.49


  15. What refers to the residual value of a company’s assets after all outside liabilities (shareholders excluded) have been allowed for?

  16. A.

     Dividend

    B.

     Equity

    C.

     Return

    D.

     Par value


  17. What refers to the amount of money paid for the use of borrowed capital?

  18. A.

     Interest

    B.

     Rate of interest

    C.

     Simple interest

    D.

     Principal


  19. Which is true about corporation?

  20. A.

     It is worse type of business organization.

    B.

     The minimum number of incorporators to start a corporation is three.

    C.

     Its life is dependent on the lives of the incorporators.

    D.

     The stock holders of the corporation are only liable to the extent of their investments.