ACC 401 Week 2 Quiz - Strayer NEW
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Chapter 1
Introduction to
Business Combinations and the Conceptual Framework
Multiple Choice
1.
Stock
given as consideration for a business combination is valued at
a.
fair
market value
b.
par
value
c.
historical
cost
d.
None
of the above
2.
Which
of the following situations best describes a business combination to be
accounted for as a statutory merger?
- Both companies in a combination continue to
operate as separate, but related, legal entities.
- Only one of the combining companies survives
and the other loses its separate identity.
- Two companies combine to form a new third
company, and the original two companies are dissolved.
- One company transfers assets to another company
it has created.
3.
A
firm can use which method of financing for an acquisition structured as either
an asset or stock acquisition?
- Cash
- Issuing Debt
- Issuing Stock
- All of the above
4.
The
objectives of FASB 141R (Business Combinations) and FASB 160 (NonControlling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements) are as follows:
- to improve the relevance,
comparibility, and transparency of financial information related to
business combinations.
- to eliminate the
amortization of Goodwill.
- to facilitate the
convergence project of the FASB and the International Accounting Standards
Board.
- a and b only
5.
A
business combination in which the boards of directors of the potential
combining companies negotiate mutually agreeable terms is a(n)
- agreeable combination.
- friendly combination.
- hostile combination.
- unfriendly combination.
6.
A
merger between a supplier and a customer is a(n)
- friendly combination.
- horizontal combination.
- unfriendly combination.
- vertical combination.
7.
When
a business acquisition is financed using debt, the interest payments are tax
deductible and create
- operating synergy.
- international synergy.
- financial synergy.
- diversification synergy.
8.
The
defense tactic that involves purchasing shares held by the would-be acquiring
company at a price substantially in excess of their fair value is called
- poison pill.
- pac-man defense.
- greenmail.
- white knight.
9.
The
third period of business combinations started after World War II and is called
- horizontal integration.
- merger mania.
- operating integration.
- vertical integration.
10. A statutory ______________
results when one company acquires all the net assets of another company and the
acquired company ceases to exist as a separate legal entity.
- acquisition.
- combination.
- consolidation.
- merger.
11. When a new corporation is formed
to acquire two or more other corporations and the acquired corporations cease
to exist as separate legal entities, the result is a statutory
- acquisition.
- combination.
- consolidation.
- merger.
12. The excess of the amount offered
in an acquisition over the prior stock price of the acquired firm is the
- bonus.
- goodwill.
- implied offering price.
- takeover premium.
13. The difference between normal
earnings and expected future earnings is
- average earnings.
- excess earnings.
- ordinary earnings.
- target earnings.
14. The first step in estimating
goodwill in the excess earnings approach is to
- determine normal earnings.
- identify a normal rate of return for similar
firms.
- compute excess earnings.
- estimate expected future earnings.
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