74.Standards for comparisons in financial statement analysis do not include:
A. Intra-company standards.
B. Competitors' standards.
C. Industry standards.
D. Management standards.
E. Guidelines (rules of thumb).
75.Intra-company standards for financial statement analysis:
A. Are based on a company's prior performance and relations between its financial items.
B. Are often set by competitors.
C. Are set by the company's industry through published statistics.
D. Are based on rules of thumb.
E. Are published in Dun and Bradstreet.
76.Industry standards for financial statement analysis:
A. Are based on a single competitor's financial performance.
B. Are set by the government.
C. Are available for the financial performance and condition of the company's industry.
D. Are based on rules of thumb.
E. Compare a company's income with its prior year's income.
77.Guidelines (rules-of-thumb) are general standards of comparison developed from:
A. Industry statistics from the government.
B. Past experience.
C. Analysis of competitors.
D. Relations between financial items.
E. Dun and Bradstreet.
78.Three of the most common tools of financial analysis are:
A. Financial reporting, ratio analysis, vertical analysis.
B. Ratio analysis, horizontal analysis, financial reporting.
C. Horizontal analysis, vertical analysis, ratio analysis.
D. Trend analysis, financial reporting, ratio analysis.
E. Vertical analysis, political analysis, horizontal analysis.
79.The comparison of a company's financial condition and performance across time is known as:
A. Horizontal analysis.
B. Vertical analysis.
C. Political analysis.
D. Financial reporting.
E. Investment analysis.
80.The measurement of key relations among financial statement items is known as:
A. Financial reporting.
B. Horizontal analysis.
C. Investment analysis.
D. Ratio analysis.
E. Risk analysis.
81.The comparison of a company's financial condition and performance to a base amount is known as:
A. Financial reporting.
B. Horizontal ratios.
C. Investment analysis.
D. Risk analysis.
E. Vertical analysis.
82.A financial statement analysis report does not include:
A. An auditor statement.
B. An analysis overview.
C. Evidential matter.
D. Qualitative and quantitative key factors.
E. Inferences such as forecasts.
83.The background on a company, its industry, and its economic setting is usually included in which of the following sections of a financial statement analysis report?
A. Executive summary.
B. Analysis overview.
C. Evidential conclusions.
D. Factor analysis.
E. Inferences.