Financial & Managerial Accounting for
MBAs, 5th Edition by Easton, Halsey,
McAnally, Hartgraves & Morse
Practice Quiz Solutions
Module 1 – Financial Accounting for MBAs
1. Which of the following organizations does not contribute to the formation of GAAP?
a. FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
b. IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
c. AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
d. SEC (Securities and Exchange
Commission) Answer: b
2. Rocky Beach reports the following dollar balances in its retained earnings account.
,3. At the beginning of a recent year, The Walt Disney Company’s liabilities equaled
$26,197 million. During the year, assets increased by $400 million and year-end assets
equaled $50,388 million. Liabilities decreased $100 million during the year.
What were beginning and ending amounts for Walt Disney’s equity?
a. $26,197 million beginning equity and $24,291 million ending equity
b. $23,791 million beginning equity and $27,042 million ending equity
c. $23,791 million beginning equity and $24,291 million ending equity
d. $27,042 million beginning equity and $25,183 million
ending equity Answer: c
Using the accounting equation at the beginning of the year:
Using the accounting equation at the end of the year:
Assets($50,388) = Liabilities($26,197 - $100) + Equity(?)
Thus: Ending Equity = $24,291
4. Assume that Starbucks reported net income for a recent year of $564 million. Its
stockholders’equity is $2,229 million and $2,090 million, respectively.
Compute its return on
equity. a. 13.0%
b. 22.8%
c. 26.1%
d. 32.7%
Answer: c
ROE = Net income / Average stockholders’ equity
= $564 million / [($2,229 million + $2,090 million) / 2] = 26.1%
5. Nokia manufactures, markets, and sells phones and other electronics. Assume that Nokia
reportednet income of €3,582 on sales of €34,191 and total stockholders’ equity of €14,576
and €14,871, respectively.
What is Nokia’s return on
equity?a. 24.3%
b. 42.3%
c. 17.7%
d. 10.5%
, 6. The total assets of Dell, Inc. equal $15,470 million and its equity is $4,873 million.
What is theamount of its liabilities, and what percentage of financing is provided by
Dell’s owners?
a. $20,343 million, 24.0%
b. $10,597 million, 31.50%
c. $10,597 million, 68.5%
d. $20,343 million, 76.0%
Dell receives more of its financing from nonowners ($10,597 million) versus owners
($4,873 million). Its owner financing comprises 31.5% of its total financing ($4,873 million/
$15,470 million).
7. The total assets of Ford Motor Company equal $315,920 million and its liabilities equal
$304,269million. What is the amount of Ford’s equity and what percentage of financing
is provided by its owners?
a. $ 11,651 million, 3.9%
b. $620,189 million, 49.1%
c. $620,189 million, 50.9%
d. $ 11,651 million, 3.7%
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