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Engineering Economy Quiz - JCSF Reviewer 60 items

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is regularly deposited at compound interest in a real or imaginary fund in order to accumulate an amount equal to the total depreciation of an asset's estimated life.

a)

Straight line

b)

sinking fund method

c)

declining balance

d)

SYD method

2.

Which is not an essential element of an ordinary annuity?

a)

the amount of all the payments are equal

b)

they are made at equal interval of time

c)

the first payments is made at the beginning of each period

d)

compound interest is paid on all amounts in the annuity

3.

Double taxation is disadvantage of which business organization?

a)

sole proprietorship

b)

partnership

c)

corporation

d)

enterprise

4.

Lands, buildings, plant and machinery are examples of;

a)

current assets

b)

fixed assets

c)

trade investments

d)

intangible assets

5.

The cumulative effect of elapsed time on the money value of an event, based on the earning power of equivalent invested funds capital should or will earn.

a)

present worth factor

b)

interest factor

c)

time value of money

d)

yield

6.

A method of computing depreciation in which the annual charge is a fixed percentage of the depreciated book value at the beginning of the year to which the depreciation applies.

a)

straight

b)

sinking fund

c)

sum of-the years digit

d)

declining balance

7.

Capitalized cost of any structure or property is equal to ?

a)

first cost + interest

b)

annual cost of the first cost

c)

first cost+ cost of perpetual maintenance, operation and replacement

d)

first cost + salvage value

8.

Defined as the future value minus the present value in a negotiable paper.

a)

interest

b)

rate of return

c)

discount

d)

capital

9.

A market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for which there are no goods substitute.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Monopsony

c)

oligopoly

d)

Oligopsony

10.

The function of interest rate and time that determines the cumulative amount of a sinking fund resulting from specific periodic deposits.

a)

sinking fund factor

b)

present worth factor

c)

capacity factor

d)

demand factor

11.

The intangible item of value the exclusive right of a company to provide a specific product or service in a stated region of the country.

a)

market value

b)

book value

c)

goodwill value

d)

franchise value

12.

The lessening of the value of an asset due to the decrease in the quantity available (referring to the natural resources, coal, etc.)

a)

depreciation

b)

depletion

c)

inflation

d)

incremental cost

13.

A type of bond where the corporation's owner name are recorded and the interest is paid periodically to the owners with their asking for it.

a)

registered bond

b)

preferred bond

c)

incorporator's bond

d)

all of these

14.

It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals of time where the first payment is made after several periods, after the beginning of the payment.

a)

Deferred annuity

b)

delayed annuity

c)

progressive annuity

d)

simple annuity

15.

A type of annuity where the payments are made at the end of each payment period starting from the first period.

a)

ordinary annuity

b)

annuity due

c)

deferred annuity

d)

perpetuity

16.

The amount of a property in which a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller for the property when neither one is under the compulsion to buy nor sell.

a)

Fair value

b)

Goodwill value

c)

Book value

d)

Market value

17.

A condition where only few individual produce a certain product that action of one will lead to almost the same action by the other.

a)

monopoly

b)

oligopoly

c)

semi-monopoly

d)

perfect competition

18.

The deliberate lowering of the price of a nation's currency in terms of the accepted standard (gold,   American dollar, or the British pound) is known as

a)

currency appreciation

b)

currency devaluation

c)

currency float

d)

currency depreciation

19.

The amount of company's profits that the board of directors of the corporation decides to distribute to ordinary shareholders.

a)

dividend

b)

return

c)

share of stock

d)

par value

20.

A type of annuity where the payments are made at the start of its period, beginning from the first period.

a)

Ordinary annuity

b)

Annuity due

c)

deferred annuity

d)

perpetuity

21.

A document that shows proof of legal ownership of a financial security.

a)

bond

b)

bank note

c)

coupon

d)

check

22.

Is the simplest form of business organization?

a)

sole proprietorship

b)

partnership

c)

corporation

23.

An increase in the value of a capital asset is called;

a)

profit

b)

capital gain

c)

capital expenditure

d)

capital stock

24.

A saving which takes place goods are not available for consumption rather than the consumer really want to save.

a)

compulsory saving

b)

consumer saving

c)

forced saving

d)

all of these

25.

Defined as the capacity of commodity to satisfy human want

a)

discount

b)

necessity

c)

luxuries

d)

utility

26.

Which is true about partnership?

a)

It has perpetual life

b)

It will be dissolved if one partners ceases to be connected with the partnership

c)

It can be handed down from one generation of partners to another

d)

Its capitalization must be equal for each partner.

27.

The reduction of the value of an asset due to constant use and passage of time.

a)

scrap value

b)

depletion

c)

depreciation

d)

book value

28.

The flow back of profit plus depreciation from a given project is called?

a)

capital recovery

b)

cash flow

c)

economic return

d)

earning value

29.

In case of bankruptcy of a partnership

a)

The partners are not liable for the liabilities of the partnership

b)

The partnership assets (excluding the partners personal assets) only will be used to pay the liabilities

c)

The partners personal assets are attached to the debt of the partnership

d)

The partners may sell stock to generate additional capital

30.

Which is not a type of business organization?

a)

sole proprietorship

b)

corporation

c)

enterprise

d)

partnership

31.

It is the profit obtained by selling at a higher price than its original purchase price.

a)

debenture

b)

goodwill

c)

capital gain

d)

internal rate of return

32.

Bond whose security is a mortgage on certain specified assets of the corporation.

a)

registered bond

b)

coupon bond

c)

mortgage bond

d)

collateral trust bond

33.

The payment for the use of borrowed money is called

a)

loan

b)

maturity value

c)

interest

d)

principal

34.

It denotes the fall in the exchange rate of one currency in terms of other.

The term usually applies to floating exchange rates.

a)

currency appreciation

b)

currency devaluation

c)

currency float

d)

currency depreciation

35.

Any particular raw material or primary product (e.g. cloth, wool, flour, coffee….) is called;

a)

utility

b)

necessity

c)

commodity

d)

stock

36.

A type of bond issued jointly by two or more corporations.

a)

joint bond

b)

debenture bond

c)

registered bond

d)

collateral trust bond

37.

An association of two or more persons for a purpose of engaging in a profitable business.

a)

sole proprietorship

b)

enterprise

c)

partnership

d)

corporation

38.

A type of bond where the corporation pledges securities which it owns (stocks, bonds of its subsidiaries);

a)

mortgage bond

b)

registered bond

c)

coupon bond

d)

collateral trust bond

39.

A marked condition where there are two buyers and two sellers.

a)

doupsony

b)

duopoly

c)

Bilateral doupsony

d)

bilateral oligopoly

40.

A method of depreciation whereby the amount to recover is spread over the estimated life of the asset in terms units of output.

a)

straight line

b)

sinking fund

c)

declining balance

d)

service output

41.

A mathematical expression also known as the present value of an annuity of one is called:

a)

sinking fund factor

b)

capacity factor

c)

demand factor

d)

present worth factor

42.

Bond which are attached coupons indicating the interest due and the date when such interest is to be paid.

a)

registered bond

b)

coupon bond

c)

mortgage bond

d)

collateral trust bond

43.

As applied to the capitalized asset the distribution of the initial cost by a periodic changes to operation as in depreciation or the reduction of the debt by either periodic or irregular prearranged program is called:

a)

annuity

b)

capital recovery

c)

annuity factor

d)

amortization

44.

It is a negotiable claim issued by a bank in lieu of a term deposit.

a)

time deposit

b)

bond

c)

capital gain

d)

certificate of deposit

45.

Which is an example of an intangible assets?

a)

cash

b)

investment in subsidiary companies

c)

fixed assets

d)

patents

46.

The residual value of a company's assets after all outside liabilities have been allowed for.

a)

dividend

b)

equity

c)

return

d)

par value

47.

A type of bond whose guaranty is in lien on railroad equipment.

a)

equipment

b)

debenture bond

c)

registered bond

d)

infrastructure bond

48.

The true value of interest rate computed by equations for compound interest for a 1 year period is known as;

a)

expected return

b)

nominal interest

c)

interest

d)

effective interest

49.

Which is true about corporations?

a)

It is not best for business organization

b)

The minimum number of incorporators to start a corporation is three

c)

The life is dependent on the lives of the incorporators

d)

The stockholders of the corporation only liable to the extent of their investments

50.

The ratio of the interest payment to the principal for a given unit of time and usually expressed as a percentage of the principal.

a)

interest

b)

interest rate

c)

investment

d)

all of the above

51.

The reduction in the money value of a capital asset is called;

a)

capital expenditure

b)

capital loss

c)

loss

d)

deficit

52.

Scrap value an asset is sometimes known as

a)

book value

b)

salvage value

c)

replacement value

d)

future value

53.

The first cost of any property includes

a)

initial cost

b)

installation expense purchase price and freight and transportation charges

c)

initial taxes

d)

all of the above

54.

Everything a company owns and which has a money value is classified as an asset. Which of the following is classified as an asset?

a)

intangible assets

b)

fixed assets

c)

trade investments

d)

all of these

55.

A type of bond which does not have security except a promise to pay by the issuing corporation.

a)

debenture

b)

registered bond

c)

coupon bond

d)

collateral trust bond

56.

The recorded current value of an asset is known as

a)

scrap value

b)

salvage value

c)

book value

d)

present worth

57.

A distinct legal entity which can practically transact any business transaction which a real person could do.

a)

sole proprietorship

b)

enterprise

c)

partnership

d)

corporation

58.

A financial summary showing the relationship among assets, liabilities, and ownership in the corporation on a specific date.

a)

income tax return

b)

balance sheet

c)

bookkeeping records

d)

accounting cost

59.

It denotes the fall in the exchange rate of one currency in terms of other. The term usually applies to floating exchange rates.

a)

currency appreciation

b)

currency devaluation

c)

currency float

d)

currency depreciation

60.

The type of annuity where payments continue infinitely.

a)

ordinary annuity

b)

annuity due

c)

deferred annuity

d)

perpetuity