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  1. Ratio analysis of a construction firm is used for analysis by:

  2. A.

     Share holders

    B.

     Firm's management

    C.

     Banks of the firm

    D.

     Financial analysts

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  3. A farmer selling eggs at 50 pesos a dozen gains 20%. If he sells the eggs at the same price after the costs of the eggs rises by 12.5%, how much will be his new gain in percent?

  4. A.

     6.89 %

    B.

     6.65 %

    C.

     6.58 %

    D.

     6.12 %

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  5. What is the main reason why the sinking fund method of computing depreciation is seldom used in the industry?

  6. A.

     Unstable economy

    B.

     Rate of interest cannot be exactly determined

    C.

     The initial deprecation is high

    D.

     The initial depreciation is low

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  7. “When one of the factors of 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”. This statement is known as the:

  8. A.

     Law of diminishing return

    B.

     Law of supply

    C.

     Law of demand

    D.

     Law of supply and demand

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  9. “Under conditions of perfect competition, the price at which any given product will be supplied and purchased is the price that will result in the supply and the demand being equal.” This statement is known as the:

  10. A.

     Law of diminishing return

    B.

     Law of supply

    C.

     Law of demand

    D.

     Law of supply and demand

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  11. The common ratio is the ratio of:

  12. A.

     Net credit sales to average net receivable

    B.

     Current assets to current liabilities

    C.

     Gross profit to net sales

    D.

     Net income to owner’s equity

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  13. 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 ______.

  14. A.

     Currency appreciation

    B.

     Currency depreciation

    C.

     Currency devaluation

    D.

     Currency float

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  15. The declining balance method is also known as ______.

  16. A.

     Double percentage method

    B.

     Constant percentage method

    C.

     Modified sinking fund method

    D.

     Modified SYD method

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

  18. A.

     Expected return

    B.

     Nominal interest

    C.

     Effective interest

    D.

     Economic return

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  19. Capitalized cost of a project is also known as ______.

  20. A.

     Infinite cost

    B.

     Life cycle cost

    C.

     Life cost

    D.

     Project cost

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