OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
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1. Asset Turnover Ratio - ANSWER ✓ net sales/average total assets
2. Profit Margin Ratio - ANSWER ✓ net income/total sales
3. Rate of return on assets - ANSWER ✓ net income/average total assets
4. Current ratio - ANSWER ✓ current assets/current liabilities
5. Acid-test ratio - ANSWER ✓ (cash + short-term investments + net
receivables) / current liabilities
6. Rate of return on common stock equity - ANSWER ✓ (net income -
preferred dividends) / average common stockholders' equity
7. Payout ratio - ANSWER ✓ cash dividends / (net income - preferred
dividends)
8. Book value per share - ANSWER ✓ common stockholders' equity /
outstanding shares
9. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method - ANSWER ✓ Accelerated depreciation
with higher depreciation cost in beginning and lower charges in the end.
Numerator is the # of years of est. life remaining at the 1st of the year,
, denominator is sum of the years individually. (e.g. 5/15, 4/15, 3/15, 2/15,
1/15)
10.Debt to assets ratio - ANSWER ✓ total liabilities / total assets
11.Debt equity ratio - ANSWER ✓ total liabilities/total equity
12.The preemptive right enables a stockholder to - ANSWER ✓ receive the
same amount of dividends on a percentage basis as the preferred
stockholders.
13.Stockholders' equity is comprised of - ANSWER ✓ Capital stock (common
and preferred), additional paid in capital, retained earnings, treasury stock as
a contra account.
14.Stockholders' equity is generally classified into two major categories -
ANSWER ✓ earned capital and contributed capital.
15.Stock may be issued in exchange for cash, property or services. How is it
recorded? - ANSWER ✓ Property or service is recorded at the fair or market
value of the stock. If the fair or market value is not available, the fair or
market value of the property or services received is used.
16.Journal entry to record the exchange of stock for land if the fair value of the
land is unknown - ANSWER ✓ Debit land, credit common stock, credit
additional paid-in capital (fair value of stock vs par value).
17.Journal entry to record the exchange of stock for land if the fair value of the
stock is unknown. - ANSWER ✓ Debit land, credit common stock, credit
additional paid-in capital (fair value of land vs par value of stock).
18.Journal entry to record the exchange of stock for land if the fair value of
stock and land are unknown, but an appraiser values the land. - ANSWER ✓
Debit land, credit common stock, credit additional paid in capital.
19.Direct costs incurred to sell stock such as underwriting costs, accounting,
and legal fees, and printing cost should be shown as - ANSWER ✓ a debit to
additional paid in capital.
,20.Purchase of treasury stock - ANSWER ✓ Debit treasury stock (cost), credit
cash.
21.Sale of treasury stock above cost - ANSWER ✓ Debit cash, credit treasury
stock (cost), credit paid in capital from treasury stock.
22.Sale of treasury stock below cost - ANSWER ✓ Debit cash, debit paid in
capital from treasury stock (remove any previous credit balance in this
account), debit retained earnings (plug figure to balance debit and credit
columns), credit treasury stock (cost).
23.Journal entry for dividends at the declaration - ANSWER ✓ Debit retained
earnings, credit dividends payable.
24.Journal entry for payment of dividends - ANSWER ✓ Debit dividends
payable, credit cash.
25.Journal entry for a partial return of stockholders' investment - ANSWER ✓
At declaration, debit retained earnings, debit paid in capital in excess of par -
common stock, credit dividends payable.
26.Which method should be used to handle indirect costs of self-constructed
assets?
Assigning no variable overhead to a constructed asset
Allocating overhead on the basis of gained production
Assigning a pro rata portion of all overhead to the asset
Allocating the total overhead to the asset - ANSWER ✓ Assigning a pro rata
portion of all overhead to the asset
27.A company purchases land for development into a subdivision. The land has
a factory building on it that will need to be demolished.
Where should the interest costs be allocated?
Interest expenses
General administrative expenses
Cost of the land
Cost of the plant - ANSWER ✓ Cost of land
, 28.In which situation can capitalization of interest be included in the cost of
land?
When holding the land as an investment
When purchasing land with the intension of developing it for lots sales
When selling the land
When building a structure on the land - ANSWER ✓ When purchasing land
with the intension of developing it for lots sales
29.Which value should be used to record machinery that was purchased with a
long-term note?
Sum of all estimated payments
Market price of the machinery
Present value of the future payments
Appraised value of the machinery - ANSWER ✓ Present value of the future
payments
30.Which item is considered to be a technology-related intangible asset?
Trade secrets
Goodwill
Artistic-related rights
Licensing agreements - ANSWER ✓ Trade Secrets
31.Pay out ratio - ANSWER ✓ Pay out ratio = cash dividends/net income (less
preferred dividends, if applicable)
32.Return on common stockholders' equity - ANSWER ✓ Return on Common
Stockholders' Equity = (Net Income - Preferred Dividends) / Average
Common Stockholders' Equity
33.Book value per share - ANSWER ✓ Book Value per Share = common
stockholders equity/outstanding shares
34.Dilutive Securities - ANSWER ✓ Are securities that can be converted to
common stock. Upon conversion or exercise by the holder, the dilutive
securities reduce (dilute) earnings per share
35.Antidilutive securities - ANSWER ✓ Securities, which upon conversion or
exercise, increase earnings per share (or reduce the loss per share).