CFA level 1 question and answers graded A+ already passed 2023
faithful representation, substance over form, prudence, neutrality, completeness - correct answer According to the IFRS what are the 5 qualities of financial information that improve reliability
Costs can be reliably measured - correct answer According to IFRS what condition must be met for revenue recognition to occur?
Current ratio will decrease. Accruing wages increases both current liabilities and expenses, but collecting receivables has no effect on current assets or sales therefore the current ratio and net income both decrease. - correct answer A company accrued wages of $2,000 and collected accounts receivable of $10,000. What best describes the effect of these two transactions on the company?
200,000 for both the stock split and the stock dividend. Stock dividends and splits are treated in the same way for purposes of determining weighted average number of shares outstanding the adj in the # of shares is made as if the stock split or dividend occurred at the beginning of the year. - correct answer A company had 100,000 shares outstanding on 1 Jan 2009. The company has no plans to issue additional shares or purchase treasury shares during the year, but is planning either a two-for-one stock split or a 100 percent stock dividend on 1 July. The number of shares used to determine eps at 31 Dec 2009 is
general requirement for financial statements. - correct answer Under IFRS the preparation of a complete set of financial statements is best described as a:
Amortized Cost
Bonds payable issued by a company are financial liabilities that are measured at amortized cost. - correct
answer A company issued bonds in 2009 that mature in 2019. The measurement basis that will most likely be used on the 2009 balance sheet for the bonds is: Noncurrent Assets and noncurrent liabilities are listed before current assets and current liabilities. Also, minority interest must be shown as a component of equity. - correct answer What features are unique to
financial statements in IFRS
Current assets and current liabilities are listed before noncurrent assets and noncurrent liabilities. Minority interest is listed separately from equity or liabilities. - correct answer What features are unique to financial statements in U.S. GAAP
The debt to equity ratio but not the interest coverage ratio. The adjustments to convert operating leases would increase the amount of total debt in the debt-equity ratio thus increasing the ratio; the portion of the lease payments estimated to be lease interest expense would lower the interest coverage ratio. - correct answer An analyst makes the appropriate adjustments to the financial statements of retail companies that are lessees using a substantial number of operating leases. Compared to ratios computed from the unadjusted statements, the ones computed from the adjusted statements would most likely be higher for: debt to equity or interest coverage?
the common-size balance sheets.
because it expresses all data as a percentage of total assets.
note: current ratio is a measure of a company's ability to repay its short term debt - correct answer To gain insight into what portion of a company's assets is liquid, an analyst will most likely use:
Has a higher net profit margin
Dupont Analysis: Sales/Total Assets (asset turnover) =1.71 for A and 2.14 for B
equity(assets -liabilities)=45 for A and 100 for B
financial leverage mult. (assets/equity)=1.56 for A and 1.4 for B
ROE = profit mgn x asset turnover x financial leverage mult.
thus prft mgn A = 5.6% prft mgn B = 5% - correct answer The following info is available Company A Company B
Sales 120M 300M
Assets 70M 140M
liabilities 25M 40M
If both companies achieve a ROE = 15%, company B compared to company A, regarding profit margin, total asset turnover, and financial leverage will have:
faithful representation, substance over form, prudence, neutrality, completeness - correct answer According to the IFRS what are the 5 qualities of financial information that improve reliability
Costs can be reliably measured - correct answer According to IFRS what condition must be met for revenue recognition to occur?
Current ratio will decrease. Accruing wages increases both current liabilities and expenses, but collecting receivables has no effect on current assets or sales therefore the current ratio and net income both decrease. - correct answer A company accrued wages of $2,000 and collected accounts receivable of $10,000. What best describes the effect of these two transactions on the company?
200,000 for both the stock split and the stock dividend. Stock dividends and splits are treated in the same way for purposes of determining weighted average number of shares outstanding the adj in the # of shares is made as if the stock split or dividend occurred at the beginning of the year. - correct answer A company had 100,000 shares outstanding on 1 Jan 2009. The company has no plans to issue additional shares or purchase treasury shares during the year, but is planning either a two-for-one stock split or a 100 percent stock dividend on 1 July. The number of shares used to determine eps at 31 Dec 2009 is
general requirement for financial statements. - correct answer Under IFRS the preparation of a complete set of financial statements is best described as a:
Amortized Cost
Bonds payable issued by a company are financial liabilities that are measured at amortized cost. - correct
answer A company issued bonds in 2009 that mature in 2019. The measurement basis that will most likely be used on the 2009 balance sheet for the bonds is: Noncurrent Assets and noncurrent liabilities are listed before current assets and current liabilities. Also, minority interest must be shown as a component of equity. - correct answer What features are unique to
financial statements in IFRS
Current assets and current liabilities are listed before noncurrent assets and noncurrent liabilities. Minority interest is listed separately from equity or liabilities. - correct answer What features are unique to financial statements in U.S. GAAP
The debt to equity ratio but not the interest coverage ratio. The adjustments to convert operating leases would increase the amount of total debt in the debt-equity ratio thus increasing the ratio; the portion of the lease payments estimated to be lease interest expense would lower the interest coverage ratio. - correct answer An analyst makes the appropriate adjustments to the financial statements of retail companies that are lessees using a substantial number of operating leases. Compared to ratios computed from the unadjusted statements, the ones computed from the adjusted statements would most likely be higher for: debt to equity or interest coverage?
the common-size balance sheets.
because it expresses all data as a percentage of total assets.
note: current ratio is a measure of a company's ability to repay its short term debt - correct answer To gain insight into what portion of a company's assets is liquid, an analyst will most likely use:
Has a higher net profit margin
Dupont Analysis: Sales/Total Assets (asset turnover) =1.71 for A and 2.14 for B
equity(assets -liabilities)=45 for A and 100 for B
financial leverage mult. (assets/equity)=1.56 for A and 1.4 for B
ROE = profit mgn x asset turnover x financial leverage mult.
thus prft mgn A = 5.6% prft mgn B = 5% - correct answer The following info is available Company A Company B
Sales 120M 300M
Assets 70M 140M
liabilities 25M 40M
If both companies achieve a ROE = 15%, company B compared to company A, regarding profit margin, total asset turnover, and financial leverage will have:
