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bus421 ch11

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a pattern of earning management?

a)

Take a shower

b)

Take a break

c)

Take a bath

d)

Take a picture

2.

Which of the following are the factors that motivate earnings management?

a)

Meet analysts' earning forecast

b)

Avoid reporting loss

c)

Protect company's reputation

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

3.

The accrued expense account would ____ and lower the future earning.

a)

Accrue

b)

Reverse

c)

Accumulate

d)

None of above

4.

When you adjust this year's earning as similar as last year's, which pattern of earning management have you used?

a)

Income smoothing

b)

Income maximization

c)

Income minimization

d)

take a bath

5.

Which is the reason investor believe pro forma earning is better than GAAP earning?

a)

Limited attention

b)

Overreaction

c)

Conservative

d)

Motivated reasoning

6.

How market response to bad earning management?

a)

ERC increase

b)

ERC decrease

c)

ERC stay constant

7.

which of the following option about IAS 37 is true when recording a provision?

a)

When recording a provision, it must be at market value.

b)

Uncertainty is the only reason justify the provision.

c)

The provision is probable

d)

The provision can only be recorded if it is incapable to estimate.

8.

Earnings management for debt covenant purposes follows from which of the following theory we learned?

a)

Opportunism

b)

Efficient Contracting

c)

Positive Accounting

d)

Normative Accounting

9.

In the article, “Determinants of Earnings Management Ethics Among Accountants” by Rafik Elias, it was determined that individuals high in idealism will view earnings management more leniently while individuals high in relativism will view earnings management more harshly.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Firms will only incur monetary cost when they fail to meet debt covenant.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

All of the following are findings of the study, “Meeting or Beating Analyst Expectations in the Post-Scandals World”, except?

a)

Stock market became less enamored of firms who meet/beat analysts’ expectations.

b)

Shift in the mix of methods managers use to meet or beat analysts’ expectations.

c)

Pressure to meet analyst forecasts has been completely eliminated due to increased use of expectations management.

d)

Meeting/beating expectations has become a stronger signal of potential FCF.

12.

Expectation management is more costly than earnings management and that is why managers were obsessed with earnings management before the scandals.

a)

True

b)

False