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28. XYZ Ltd. has a Debt Equity Ratio of 1.5 as compared to 1.3
Industry average. It means that the firm has:
(a) Higher Liquidity, (b)Higher Financial Risk,(c)Higher
Profitability,(d)Higher Capital Employed.
29. Ratio Analysis can be used to study liquidity, turnover,
profitability, etc. of a firm. What does Debt-Equity Ratio help
to study?
(a)Solvency,(b)Liquidity,(c)Profitability,(d) Turnover,
30. In Inventory Turnover calculation, what is taken in the
numerator?
(a) Sales,(b)Cost of Goods Sold,(c)Opening Stock,(d) Closing
Stock.
[Answers : 1. (d); 2. (a) 3. (a); 4. (d); 5. (b); 6. (b); 7.
(b); 8. (b); 9. (b); 10. (d); 11. (b); 12. (c); 13. (c); 14.
(d); 15. (d); 16. (c); 17. (b); 18. (c);19. (a); 20. (c);21.
(b);22. (c);23. (b);24. (d);25. (b);26. (b); 27. (b); 28. (b);
29. (a); 30. (b)].
15. (b), 16. (c), 17. (c), 18. (d), 19. (b), 20. (d), 21. (c),
22. (c), 23. (b)]
25. State whether each of the following statements is
True (T) or False (F).
i. EBIT is also known as operating profits.
ii. If EBIT for two firms are same, then the EPS of these firms
would also always be same.
iii. EPS depends upon the composition of capital structure,
iv. Financial breakeven level occurs when EBIT is zero.
v. At financial breakeven level of EBIT, EPS would be zero.
vi. Indifference level of EBIT is one at which EPS is zero.
vii. Indifference level of EBIT is one at which EPS under two or
more financial plans would be same.
viii. All equity plan and Debt-equity plan have no indifference
level of EBIT.
ix. Preference dividend is not a factor of indifference level of
EBIT.
x. EBIT-EPS Analysis is an extension of financial leverage
analysis.
xi. Trading on equity is resorted to with a view to decrease
EPS.
[Answers : (i) T, (ii) F, (iii) T, (iv) F, (v) T, (vi) F, (vii) T,
(viii) F (ix) F, (x) T, (xi) F]
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29. Which of the following statements is True (T) or
False
(i) Dividend is a part of retained earnings.
(ii)Dividend is compulsorily payable to preference share-
holders.
(iii) Effective dividend policy is an important tool to achieve
the goal of wealth maximization.
(iv) Retained earnings are an easily available source of funds
at no explicit cost.
(v)Dividend payout ratio refers to that portion of total earnings
which is distributed among shareholders.
(vi) % rate of dividend is also known as dividend payout ratio.
(vii) There is a difference of opinion on relationship between
dividend payment and value of the firm.
(viii) Walters model supports the view that dividend is relevant
for value of the firm.
(ix) Gordon's model suggests that dividend payment does not
affect the market price of the share.
(x) In the Walters model, the DP ratio should depend upon the
relationship between r and ke
(xi) Residual theory says that dividend decision is no decision.
(xii) MM model deals with irrelevance of dividend decision
(xiii) MM model is a fool proof model of dividend irrelevance.
(xiv) In the arbitrage process of MM model, the dividends paid
by a company are replaced by fresh investment.
(xv) MM model asserts that value of the firm is not affected
whether the firm pays dividend or not.
[Answer (i) F, (ii) F, (iii) T, (iv) T, (v) T, (vi) F, (vii) T,
(viii) T, (ix) F, (x) T, (xi) T, (xii) T, (xiii) F, (xiv)T, (xv) T.]
25. An investor buys a bond today and sells after 3 months the
rate of return realised is known as
(a)Yield to Maturity,(b)Current yield,(c)Holding Period Return,
(d) Required Rate of Return.
[Answers 1. (d), 2. (c), 3. (c), 4. (b), 5. (b), 6. (b), 7. (c),
8. (c), 9. (a), 10. (a), 11. (b), 12. (b), 13. (a), 14. (c), 15.
(c), 16. (c), 17. (b), 18. (b), 19. (b), 20. (a), 21. (c), 22.
(c), 23. (b), 24. (b), 25. (c)]
(xxi) CML and SML have same shape and conveys same ideas.
(xxiii)CAPM can be used for risk-return relationship of any type
of asset.
[Answers (i) F, (ii) F, (iii) T, (iv) T, (v) F, (vi) T, (vii) T,
(viii) F, (ix) T, (x) T, (xi) F, (xii) F, (xiii) F, (xiv) T, (xv) F,
(xvi) T, (xvii) F, (xviii) T, (xix) T, (xx) F, (xxi) F, (xxii) F ,
(xxiii)T]