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WorksheetsMESL - Engineering Economy
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Which one of the following contains only items which are considered fixed charges?
Interest, taxes, amortization, insurance, rent
Amortization, insurance, steam cost, painting, cleaning
Interest, taxes, replacements, labor for repairs
Interest, taxes, rent, power cost, oil cost
An economic study is made of the total amount cost (C) for a series of alternative investment (P) for a given project. IF C is plotted as the ordinate versus P, the most desirable occurs when
dC/dP =1
dC/dP =CO
dC/dP = 0
dC/dP = +1
Reduction in the level of national income and output usually accompanied by the fall in the general price level
Devaluation
Deflation
Inflation
Depreciation
It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal interval of time.
Annuity
Debt
Amortization
Deposit
The place where buyers and sellers come together
Market
Business
Recreation center
Buy and Sell Section
A market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for which there are no good substitute
Monopsony
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Oligopsony
It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal interval of time where the first payment is made after several periods, after the beginning of the payment
Perpetuity
Ordinary Annuity
Annuity due
Deferred Annuity
The total income equals the total operating cost
Balanced Sheet
In-place Value
Check and Balance
Break even-no gain no loss
Kind of Obligation which has no condition attached
Analytic
Pure
Gratuitous
Private
Direct Labor cost incurred in the factory and direct materials cost are the costs of all materials that go into production. The sum of these two direct costs is known as
GS and A expenses
Operating and maintenance costs
Prime Cost
O and M costs
An index of short term paying ability is called
Receivable turn-over
Profit margin ratio
Current ratio
Acid-test ratio
An artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an asset or another property over a number of years
Depreciation
Sinking fund
Amnesty
Bond
Estimated value at the end of the useful life
Market Value
Fair Value
Salvage Value
Book Value
Consists of the actual counting or determination of the actual quantity of the materials on hand as of a given date
Physical inventory
Material Update
Technological Assessment
Material Count
Additional information of prospective bidders on contract documents issued prior to bidding date
Delict
Escalatory
Technological Assessment
Bid Bulletin
An evil wrong committed by a person damaged another person’s property or reputation is
Tort
Material breach
Negligence
fraud
A series of uniform accounts over an infinite period of time
Depreciation
Annuity
Perpetuity
Inflation
The quantity of a given commodity that is offered for sale at a certain price at a given place and time
Demand
Supply
Stocks
Goods
Work-in process is classified as
An asset
A Liability
An Expenses
An owner’s equity
What is the highest position in the corporation?
President
Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board
Stockholders
Type of ownership in business where individuals exercise and enjoy the right in their own interest
Equitable
Public
Private
Pure
Decrease in the value of a physical due to the passage of time
Inflation
Depletion
Recession
Depreciation
An association of two or more individuals for the purpose of operating a business as co-owners for profit
Sole proprietorship
Company
Partnership
Corporation
We may classify an interest rate, which specifies the actual rate of interest on the principal for one year as
Nominal rate
Rate of return
Exact interest rate
Effective rate
Parties whose consent or signature in a contract is not considered intelligent
Dead persons
Senior Citizens
Demented Persons
Minors
It is defined to be the capacity of a commodity to satisfy human want
Discount
Luxury
Necessity
Utility
It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller for a property where each has equal advantage and is under no compulsion to buy or sell
Fair value
Market Value
Book Value
Salvage Value
This occurs in a situation where a commodity or service is supplied by a number of vendors entering the market
Perfect competition
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Elastic Demand
These products or services that are desired by human and will be purchased it money is available after the required necessities have obtained
Utilities
Necessities
Luxuries
Product goods and services
These are products or services that are required to support human life and activities, that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies considerably
Utilities
Necessities
Luxuries
Product goods and services
A condition where only few individuals produce a certain product and that any action of one will lead to almost the same action of the others
Oligopoly
Semi-monopoly
Monopoly
Perfect Competition
Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a corporation
Authorized capital
Investment
Subscribed capital
Money Market
The worth of the property equal to the original cost less depreciation
Scrap Value
Face Value
Market Value
Book Value
Money paid for the use of borrowed capital
Discount
Credit
Interest
Profit
Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be converted quickly into cash, such as accounts receivable and merchandise are called
Total assets
Fixed assets
Current assets
None of the above
The length of time which the property may be operated at a profit
Physical life
Economic life
Operating life
All of the above
The provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of material cost and labor cost
Secondary clause
Escalatory clause
Contingency clause
Main clause
The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item is called
Book value
Capital recovery
Depreciation recovery
sinking fund
Gross profit sales less cost of goods sold, as a percentage of a sales is called
Profit margin
Gross margin
Net income
Rate of return
Worth of the property as shown in the accounting records of an enterprise
Fair value
Market Value
Salvage Value
Book Value
Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or project a going concern
Initial investment
Current Accounts
Working capital
Subscribed capital
A market situation where there is only seller with many buyer
Monopoly
Monopsony
Oligopoly
Oligopsony
A market situation where there are few sellers and few buyers
Oligopoly
Oligopsony
Bilateral Oligopoly
Bilateral Oligopsony
A market situation where there is one seller and one buyer
Monopoly
Monopsony
Bilateral Monopoly
Bilateral Monopsony
A market situation where there are only two buyers with many sellers
Duopoly
Oligopoly
Duopsony
Oligopsony
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
Present Worth factor
Interest rate
Time value of money
Yield
Defined as the future value minus the present value
Interest
Discount
Discount
Capital
The flow back of profit plus depreciation from a given project is called
Capital recovery
Cash flow
Economic Return
Earning Value
The profit derived from a project or business enterprise without consideration of obligations to financial contributions or claims of other based on profit
Economic return
Yield
Earning value
Expected Yield
The payment for use of borrowed money is called
loan
Maturity value
Interest
principal
The interest rate at which the present work of the cash on a project is zero of the interest earned by an investment.
Effective rate
Nominal rate
Rate of return
Yield
The ratio of the interest payment to be principal for a given unit of time and usually expressed as a percentage of the principal
interest
Interest rate
investment
All of the above
The true value of interest rate computed by equations for compound interest for a 1-year period is known as
Expected return
Interest
Nominal interest
Effective interest
The intangible item of value from the executive right of a company in a stated region of the country
Market value
Book Value
Goodwill value
Franchise value
The recorded current value of an asset is known as
Scrap value
Salvage value
Book value
Present value
Sometimes called second hand value
Scrap value
Salvage value
Book value
Going value
An intangible value which is actually operating concern has due to its operation
Book Value
Fair value
Goodwill Value
Going Value
The value which has a disinterested third party, different from the buyer and seller, will determine in order to establish a price acceptable to both parties
Market Value
Goodwill value
Fair value
Franchise value
A type of annuity where the payments are made at the end of each payment period starting from the first period
Ordinary annuity
Annuity due
Deferred annuity
Perpetuity
A type of annuity where the payments are made at the start of each period, beginning from the first period
Ordinary annuity
Annuity due
Deferred annuity
perpetuity
Which is NOT an essential element of an ordinary annuity?
The amounts of all payments are equal
The payments are made at equal interval of time
The first payment is made at the beginning of each period
Compound interest is paid on all amounts in the annuity
A is a periodic payment and I is the interest rate, then present worth of a perpetuity=
Ai
Ain
Ain /i
A/i
A mathematical expression also known as the present value of an annuity of one called
Load factor
Demand factor
Sinking fund
Present worth factor
As applied to a capitalized asset, the distribution of the initial cost by a periodic change to operation as in depreciation or the reduction of a debt by either periodic or irregular prearranged program is called
Annuity
Capital recovery
Annuity factor
amortization
The reduction of the value of an asset due to constant use and passage of time
Scrap value
depletion
depreciation
Book value
A method of computing depreciation in which the annual charge is a fixed percentage of the depreciation book value at the beginning of the year to which the depreciation applies.
Straight line method
Sinking fund method
SYD method
Declining balance method
A method of depreciation whereby the amount to recover is spread uniformly over the estimated life of the asset in terms of the periods or units of output
Straight line method
Sinking fund method
Declining balance method
SYD method
Which of the following depreciation methods cannot have a salvage value of zero?
Straight line method
Sinking fund method
Declining balance method
SYD method
A method of depreciation where a fixed sum 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 at the end of the asset’s estimated life
Straight line method
Sinking fund method
Declining balance method
SYD method
The function of interest rate and time that determines the cumulative amount of a sinking fund resulting from specific periodic deposits
Sinking fund factor
Present worth factor
Capacity factor
Demand factor
The first cost of any property includes
The original purchase price and freight and transportation charges
Installation expenses
Initial taxes and permits fee
All of the above
In SYD method, the sum of years digit is calculated using the formula with n= number of useful years if the equipment
N(N-1)/1
N(N+1)/2
N(N+1)
N(N-1)
Capitalized cost of any property is equal to the
Annual cost
First cost + interest of the first cost
First cost + interest of perpetual maintenance
First cost + salvage value
The lessening of the value of an asset due to the decrease in the quantity available (referring to the natural resources, coal, oil, etc.)
Depreciation
Depletion
Inflation
Incremental cost
Is the simplest form a business organization
Sole proprietorship
Partnership
Enterprise
Corporation
A distinct legal entity which can practically transact any business transaction which a real person could do
Sole proprietorship
enterprise
partnership
corporation
An association of two or more persons for a purpose of engaging in a profitable business
Sole proprietorship
Enterprise
Partnership
Corporation
Double taxation is a disadvantage of which business organization?
Sole proprietorship
partner
corporation
enterprise
Which is NOT a type of a business organization?
Sole of Proprietor
Corporation
Enterprise
Partnership
What is the minimum number of incorporators in order that a corporation be organized?
3
5
10
7
In case of Bankruptcy of a partnership
The partners are not liable for the liabilities of the partnership
The partnership assets excluding the partners personal assets only will be used to pay the liabilities
The partners personal assets are attached to the debt of the partnership
The partners may sell stock to general additional capital
Which is TRUE about partnership?
It has a perpetual life
It will be dissolved if one of the partners ceases to be connected with the partnership
It can be handed down from one generation of partners to another
Its capitalization must be equal for each partner
Which is true about corporation?
It is not the best form of business organization
The minimum number of incorporators to start a corporation is three
Its life is dependent on the lives of the incorporators
The stockholders of the corporation are only liable to the extent of their investment
Represent ownership and enjoys certain preferences than ordinary stock
Authorized capital stock
Preferred stock
Common stock
Incorporator’s stock
Represent the ownership of stockholders who have a residual claim on the assets of the corporation after all other claims have been settled
Authorized capital stock
Preferred stock
Incorporators stock
Common stock
The amount of company’s profit that the board of directors of the corporation decides to distribute to ordinary shareholders
Dividend
Return
Share stock
Par value
A certificate of indebtness of a corporation usually for a period not less than 10 years and guaranteed by a mortgage on certain assets of the corporation
Bond
T-Bill
Preferred stock
Common Stock
A form of fixed-interest security issued by central or, local government, companies, banks or other institutions. They are usually a form of long-term security, buy may be irredeemable, secured or unsecured
Bond
T-bills
Certificate of deposit
All of these
A type of bond where the corporation pledges securities which it owns (i.e. Stock, bonds of the subsidiaries)
Mortgage
Registered Bond
Coupon bond
Collateral trust bond
A type of bond which does not have security except a promise to pay by issuing corporation
Mortgage bond
Registered bond
Collateral trust bond
Debenture bond
A type of bond issued jointly by two or more corporations
Joint bond
Debenture bond
Registered bond
Collateral trust bond
A type of bond whose guarantee is in lie on railroad equipments
Equipments obligation bond
Debenture bond
Registered bond
Infrastructure bond
If the security of the bond is a mortgage on certain specified asset of a corporation, this bond is classified as
Registered bond
Mortgage bond
Coupon bond
Joint bond
A type of bond where the corporation’s owners name is recorded and the interest is paid periodically to the owners with their asking for it
Registered Bond
Preferred bond
Incorporators bond
All of these
Bond to which are attached coupon indicating the interest due and the date when such interest is to be paid.
Registered bond
Coupon bond
Mortgage bond
Collateral trust bond
An amount of money invested at 12 % interest per annum will double in approximately
4 years
5 years
6 years
7 years
The 72-rule thumb is used to determine
How many years money will triple
How many years money will be double
How many years to mass 1 million
How many years to quadruple the money
To triple the principal, one must use
integration
derivatives
logarithms
Implicit functions
A currency traded in a foreign exchange market for which the demand is consistently high in relation to its supply
Money market
Hard currency
Treasury bill
Certificate of deposit
Everything a company owns and which has a money value is classified as an asset. Which of the following is classified as an asset
Intangible assets
Fixed assets
Trade investments
All of these
Which is an example of an intangible asset?
Cash
Furniture
Investment in subsidiary companies
Patents
Land, buildings, plant and machinery are examples of
Current assets
Trade investment
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
An increase in the value of a capital asset is called
Profit
Capital Gain
Capital Expenditure
Capital stock
The reduction in the money value of a capital asset is called
Capital expenditure
Capital loss
loss
Deficit
It is a negotiable claim issued by bank lieu of a term deposit
Time deposit
Bond
Capital gain
Certificate of deposit
Any particular raw material or primary product (e.g. Cloth, wool, flour, coffee) is called
Utility
Necessity
commodity
stock
It denotes the fall in the exchange rate of one currency in terms of others. The term usually applies to floating exchange rates
Currency appreciation
Currency devaluation
Currency float
Currency depreciation
The deliberate lowering of the price of a nation’s currency in terms of the accepted standard (Gold, American dollar or the British pound)
Currency appreciation
Currency devaluation
Currency float
Currency depreciation
The residual value of a company’s assets after all outside liabilities (Shareholders excluded) has been allowed for
Dividend
Equity
Return
Per value
A saving which takes place because goods are not available for consumption rather than the consumer really want to save.
Compulsory saving
Consumer saving
Forced saving
All of these
A document that shows proof of legal ownership of a financial security
Bond
Bank notes
Coupon
check
Defined as the capacity of commodity to satisfy human want
Discount
Necessity
Luxuries
Utility
It is the profit obtained by selling stocks at a higher price than its original purchase price
Debenture
Goodwill
Capital Gain
Internal rate of return
The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale at a certain price at a given time and place
Demand
Supply
Utility
Market
The quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a certain price at a given time and place
Demand
Supply
Market
Utility
“When free competition exists, the price of a product will be that value where supply is equal to the demand”
Law of diminishing return
Law of Supply
Law of Demand
Law of Supply and Demand
“When one of the factors or production is fixed in quantity or is difficult to increase, increasing the other factors of production will result in a less than proportionate increase in output”
Law of diminishing return
Law of supply
Law of Demand
Law of supply and demand
GATT stands for
General Agreement of Tariff and Trade
General Arrangement of Tariff and Trade
Global Agreement of Tariff and Trade
Global Arrangement of Tariff and Trade
The letter D in the Roman Numerals is
50
100
500
1000
