Business Ratios Quiz

The current ratio and the quick ratio help track the profitability of a business.

• True

• False

Sarbanes-Oxley Act placed _______ regulation on publicly traded companies and their auditors.

• less

• the same amount of

• more

• none of these are correct answers

Which of the following is not an issuer of bonds?

• Households

• Corporations

• Government Agencies

• The U.S. Treasury

A debt obligation with long-term maturities that is commonly issued by governments or corporations to obtain long-term funds is called what?

• behavioral finance

• mutual funds

• securities

• bonds

Funds are provided to the initial issuer of securities in the

• deficit market

• secondary market

• primary market

• surplus market

Initial public offerings tend to occur more frequently during ______________ stock markets.

• bull

• elephant

• lizard

• bear

When a company combines the funds of many different investors and then invests that money in a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds.

• Mutual Funds

• Speculative investments

• Bonds

• Stocks

Which of the following are not major investors in stocks?

• Mutual Funds

• Pension Funds

• Insurance companies

• Commercial Banks

The balance sheet shows how much a business is worth as of a specific date.

• True

• False

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established by the

• McFadden Act

• Glass-Steagall Act

• Securities Exchange Act of 1934

• Federal Reserve Act

• None of the above