University of Texas ACCTG 9456 testbank p2

Chapter 1 — Business Combinations: America's Most Popular Business Activity, Bringing an End to the Controversy MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. An economic advantage of a business combination includes a. Utilizing duplicative assets. b. Creating separate management teams. c. Coordinated marketing campaigns. d. Horizontally combining levels within the marketing chain. ANS: C DIF: E OBJ: 1 2. A tax advantage of business combination can occur when the existing owner of a company sells out and receives: a. cash to defer the taxable gain as a "tax-free reorganization." b. stock to defer the taxable gain as a "tax-free reorganization." c. cash to create a taxable gain. d. stock to create a taxable gain. ANS: B DIF: E OBJ: 1 3. A controlling interest in a company implies that the parent company a. owns all of the subsidiary's stock. b. has influence over a majority of the subsidiary's assets. c. has paid cash for a majority of the subsidiary's stock. d. has transferred common stock for a majority of the subsidiary's outstanding bonds and debentures. ANS: B DIF: M OBJ: 2 4. Which of the following is a potential abuse that may arise when a business combination is accounted for as a pooling of interests? a. Assets of the buyer may be overvalued when the price paid by the investor is allocated among specific assets