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7. If Firm A's business is to obtain savings from individuals and then invest them in financial assets
issued by other firms or individuals, Firm A is a financial intermediary.
8. If an individual investor buys or sells a currently outstanding stock through a broker, this is a primary
market transaction.
9. Recently, Hale Corporation announced the sale of 2.5 million newly issued shares of its stock at a
price of $21 per share. Hale sold the stock to an investment banker, who in turn sold it to individual
and institutional investors. This is a primary market transaction.
10. One of the functions of NYSE specialists is to facilitate trading by keeping an inventory of shares of
the stocks in which they specialize, buying when investors want to sell and selling when they want to
buy. They change the bid and ask prices of the securities so as to keep supply and demand in balance.
11. The disadvantages associated with a proprietorship are similar to those under a partnership. One
exception relates to the more formal nature of the partnership agreement and the commitment of all
partners' personal assets. As a result, partnerships do not have difficulty raising large amounts of
capital.
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12. The facts that a proprietorship, as a business, pays no corporate income tax, and that it is easily and
inexpensively formed, are two key advantages to that form of business.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
16. Cheers Inc. operates as a partnership. Now the partners have decided to convert the business into a
regular corporation. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a. Assuming Cheers is profitable, less of its income will be subject to federal income taxes.
b. Cheers will now be subject to fewer regulations.
c. Cheers' shareholders (the ex-partners) will now be exposed to less liability.
d. Cheers' investors will be exposed to less liability, but they will find it more difficult to
transfer their ownership.
e. Cheers will find it more difficult to raise additional capital.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic
STA: DISC: Goals of the firm, role of finance, and analysis of public information
LOC: TBA TOP: Firm organization KEY: Bloom’s: Comprehension
MSC: TYPE: Multiple Choice: Conceptual
18. Which of the following could explain why a business might choose to operate as a corporation rather
than as a sole proprietorship or a partnership?
a. Corporations generally find it relatively difficult to raise large amounts of capital.
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b. Less of a corporation's income is generally subjected to taxes than would be true if the
firm were a partnership.
c. Corporate shareholders escape liability for the firm's debts, but this factor may be offset by
the tax disadvantages of the corporate form of organization.
d. Corporate investors are exposed to unlimited liability.
e. Corporations generally face relatively few regulations.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic
STA: DISC: Goals of the firm, role of finance, and analysis of public information
LOC: TBA TOP: Corporate form of organization KEY: Bloom’s: Comprehension
MSC: TYPE: Multiple Choice: Conceptual
19. You recently sold 100 shares of your new company, XYZ Corporation, to your brother at a family
reunion. At the reunion your brother gave you a check for the stock and you gave your brother the
stock certificates. Which of the following statements best describes this transaction?
a. This is an example of an exchange of physical assets.
b. This is an example of a primary market transaction.
c. This is an example of a direct transfer of capital.
d. This is an example of a money market transaction.
e. This is an example of a derivatives market transaction
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy
OBJ: LO: 1-4 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic
STA: DISC: Financial markets, institutions, and interest rates LOC: TBA
TOP: Financial transactions KEY: Bloom’s: Comprehension
MSC: TYPE: Multiple Choice: Conceptual
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