Management of Cash & Marketable Securities – Financial and Strategic Management MCQBy CACSMockTest / November 25, 2022 0 Management of Cash & Marketable Securities – Financial and Strategic Management MCQ 1 / 44 The actual return of GK Ltd. for the last four years is 20%, 14%, 17%, and 18%. GK Ltd. has a beta of 1.15. Return on the market portfolio is 15%. The risk-free rate of return is 6%. Compute Alpha value and decide whether to hold, buy or sell the security? (A) Alpha value is +0.8 and hence it is advised to sell the security. (B) Alpha value is -0.9 and hence it is advised to buy the security. (C) Alpha value is -0.8 and hence it is advised to short sell the security (D) Alpha value is +0.9 and hence it is advised to buy the security. 2 / 44 Depreciation provided during the year: Furniture ₹ 15,000, Building ₹ 14,000. The statement of P&L for the year:Opening balance ₹ 38,500 Add Profit for the year ₹ 40,300, Less: Goodwill wrote off ₹ 15,000, Closing balance ₹ 63,800.What will be the amount of cash from operations? (A) ₹ 69,300 (B) ₹ 54,300 (C) ₹ 78,800 (D) ₹ 25,300 3 / 44 Sales for October, November and December, 2018 are ₹ 90,000,11,10,000 and t 80,000 respectively. 40% of its sales are expected to be for cash. Of its credit sales, 70% are expected to pay in the month after-sales and take a 2% discount on it. Balance is expected to pay in second-month after-sales and 3% of it is expected to bad debts.What are the sales receipts to be shown in the cash budget for the month of December? (A) ₹ 92,990 (B) ₹ 1,23,174 (C) ₹ 95,609 (D) ₹ 1,25,793 4 / 44 Which one of the following is false? (A) If cash outflows exceed cash inflows on an ongoing basis, the business will eventually run out of cash. (B) Rapidly expanding companies can sometimes face a cash shortage. (C) Cash is the lifeblood of a business and without it, the business will die. (D) A profitable company will never run out of cash. 5 / 44 Working capital will not change if there is: (A) Increase in current assets (B) Payment to the creditors (C) Decrease in current liabilities (D) Decrease in current assets 6 / 44 Which of the following involves a movement of cash? (A) A bonus issue (B) A right issue (C) Depreciation of fixed assets (D) Provision for taxes 7 / 44 While preparing the cash budget, which of the following items would not be included (A) Interest paid to debenture holders (B) Salaries and wages (C) Bonus shares issued (D) Income-tax paid 8 / 44 Kriti Ltd. has provided the following information for the quarter of January to March:2096 of the sales are on a cash basis and balance on a credit basis. The amount to be collected from debtors in the month of February and March will be (A) Zero and ₹ 8,000 respectively (B) ₹ 8,000 & ₹ 16,000 respectively (C) ₹ 8,000 & ₹ 24,000 respectively (D) ₹ 16,000 & ₹ 36,000 respectively 9 / 44 June 2015: Estimated wages for January is ₹ 4,000 and for February ₹ 4,400. If the delay in payment of wages is 1 /2 month, the number of wages to be considered in the cash budget for the month of February will be__ (A) ₹ 4,000 (B) ₹ 4,400 (C) ₹ 4,600 (D) ₹ 4,200 10 / 44 : In Rise Ltd., cash sales is 25% and credit sales 75%. Sales for November, 2014 is ₹ 15,00,000, December, 2014 ₹ 14,00,000, January, 2015 ₹ 16,00,000, February, 2015 ₹ 10,00,000 & March, 2015 ₹ 9,00,000. 60% of the credit sales are collected in the next month after sales, 30% in the second month and 10% in the third month. No bad debts are anticipated. The cash collected in the month of March, 2015 from debtors is (A) ₹ 14,60,000 (B) ₹ 14,20,000 (C) ₹ 12,20,000 (D) ₹ 9,15,000 11 / 44 : In an organization, cash sales are 25% and credit sales are 75%. Sales for October, 2013 is ₹ 12,00,000, November, 2013 ₹ 14,00,000, December, 2013 ₹ 16,00,000, January, 2014 ₹ 6,00,000 and February, 2014 ₹ 8,00,000. 60% of credit sales are collected in the next month after-sales, 30% in the second month, and 10% in the third month. No bad debts are anticipated. The cash collected in the month of February 2014 from debtors is___ (A) ₹ 5,00,000 (B) ₹ 9,80,000 (C) ₹ 7,35,000 (D) ₹ 80,000 12 / 44 The following information is available:Wages for January: ₹ 20,000Wages for February: ₹ 22,000Delay in payment of wages: 1/2 monthThe amount of wages paid during the month of February is (A) ₹ 11,000 (B) ₹ 22,000 (C) ₹ 20,000 (D) ₹ 21,000 13 / 44 The annual cash requirement of A Ltd. is ₹ 10,00,000. The cost of conversion of marketable securities per lot is ₹ 1,000. The company can earn a 5% annual yield on its securities. Optimal cash balance = ? and No. of transactions =? (A) 1,00,000; 5 (B) 4,00,000; 10 (C) 2,00,000; 5 (D) 2,00,000; 10 14 / 44 Z Ltd. has a separate account for cash disbursement. Estimated cash payments of ₹ 6,56,250 for a one-month period and the payments are expected to steady over the period. The fixed cost per transaction is ₹ 20 and the interest rate on marketable securities yields 10% p.a. (A) ₹ 57,283 (B) ₹ 56,125 (C) ₹ 57,125 (D) ₹ 56,283 15 / 44 The annual cash requirement of A Ltd. is ₹ 10,00,000. The company has marketable securities in lot size of ₹ 1,00,000. The cost of conversion of marketable securities per lot is ₹ 1,000. The company can earn a 5% annual yield on its securities. Calculate the total cost. (A) ₹ 10,500 (B) ₹ 10,450 (C) ₹ 12,500 (D) ₹ 14,500 16 / 44 JPL has two dates when it receives its cash inflows, ie. Feb. 15 and Aug. 15. On each of these dates, it expects to receive ₹ 15 Crores. Cash expenditure is expected to be steady throughout the subsequent 6 month period. Presently, the ROI in marketable securities is 8% p.a., and the cost of transfer from securities to cash is ₹ 125 each time a transfer occurs. What is the optimal transfer size using the EOQ model? What is the average cash balance? (A) ₹ 9,06,186; ₹ 4,53,093 (B) ₹ 96,825; ₹ 48,413 (C) ₹ 3,06,186; ₹ 1,53,093 (D) ₹ 9,68,246; ₹ 4,84,123 17 / 44 If the beginning balance of cash is ₹ 5,000 and the desired closing cash balance is ₹ 10,000, with the only other cash-related items being sales/revenue ₹ 15,00,000, direct materials purchases ₹ 10,45,000, and cost of direct labor ₹ 4,68,000, what would be the surplus or deficit of cash at the end of the period? (A) Deficit of ₹ 8,000 (B) Surplus of ₹ 18,000 (C) Deficit of ₹ 18,000 18 / 44 BDL Ltd. is currently preparing its cash budget for the year to 31 March 2019. An extract from its sales budget for the same year shows the following sales values. ₹ March 60,000 April 70,000 May 55,000 June 65,00040% of its sales are expected to be for cash. Of its credit sales, 70% are expected to pay in the month after sale and take a 2% discount. 27% are expected to pay in the second month after the sale, and the remaining 3% are expected to be bad debts. The value of the sales budget to be shown in the cash budget for May 2019 is (A) ₹ 60,532 (B) ₹ 61,120 (C) ₹ 66,532 (D) ₹ 86,620 19 / 44 The budgeted sales for the next four quarters are ₹ 1,92,000, ₹ 2,88,000, ₹ 2,88,000 & ₹ 3,36,000, respectively. It is estimated that sales will be paid as follows:75% of the total will be paid in the quarter that the sales were made. Of the balance, 50% will be paid in the quarter after the sale was made. The remaining 50% will be paid in the quarter after this.The amount of cash received in quarter 3 will be (A) ₹ 2,76,000 (B) ₹ 1,44,000 (C) ₹ 3,24,000 (D) ₹ 2,40,000 20 / 44 Z Ltd. has an estimated cash payment of ₹ 8,00,000 for a one-month period and the payments are expected to steady over the period. The fixed cost per transaction is ₹ 250 and the interest rate on marketable securities is 12% p.a. Optimal cash balance = ? and No. of transaction =? (A) 20,000; 4.8 (B) 2,00,000; 48 (C) 20,00,000;480 (D) 2,00,00,000;4,800 21 / 44 The term cash includes (A) Cash and Bank Balances (B) All the Current Assets (C) All the Current Liabilities (D) None of the above 22 / 44 Cash flow is – (A) Linked only to the balance sheet. (B) Linked only to the income statement. (C) Not linked to the balance sheet or income statement. (D) Linked to the balance sheet and income statement. 23 / 44 Net profit + Non-cash expenditure (A) Cash profit (B) Cash flow (C) Out of cash (D) Cash gross profit 24 / 44 The statement of cash flows tells us__ (A) The financial position of the business at a point in time. (B) The forecast cash movements over a period of time. (C) How much cash has been received and paid during an accounting period. (D) How much profit the business has made during an accounting period. 25 / 44 The cash Budget statement shows the position of the business as one of the business period. (A) Opening date (B) Closing date (C) Between the opening and closing date (D) None of the above 26 / 44 Companies hold the cash from time to time. Transaction motive of holding cash means (A) Keeping a cash reserve for purchasing goods and services to balance out the cash inflows and outflow. (B) Keeping the cash for all the transactions made during a periodic term. (C) Keeping the cash for transactions mandatory for day to day activities (D) Keeping the transactions for foreign trading. 27 / 44 Non-cash transactions (A) Form part of cash budget (B) Do not form part of cash budget (C) May or may not form part of cash budget (D) I cannot say whether they are part of the cash budget 28 / 44 Cash management is a broad term used for collecting and managing cash. The speculative motive of holding cash refers to – (A) Holding the cash to utilize it in internal projects. (B) Holding the cash for any future loss the company is expecting. (C) Holding the cash to avail of any future investment opportunity. (D) Holding the cash to utilize it for an international project. 29 / 44 A cash budget is like an income statement. (A) I agree (B) I disagree (C) I cannot say (D) The statement is ambiguous 30 / 44 Availability float is the (A) Total time between the mailing of the cheque by the customer and the availability of cash to the receiving firm. (B) Time consumed in clearing the cheque through the banking system. (C) Time the cheque is in the mail. (D) Time during which the cheque received by the firm remains uncollected. 31 / 44 Which of the following items would have to be included for a company preparing a schedule of cash receipts and disbursements for the calendar year 2019? (A) The annual depreciation for the year 2019. (B) Purchase order issued in December 2014 for items to be delivered in February 2019. (C) Dividends declared in November 2019, to be paid in January 2020 to shareholders of record as of December 2019 (D) Funds borrowed from a bank on a note payable taken out in June 2018 with an agreement to pay the principal and all of the interest owed in December 2019. 32 / 44 Deposit float is the (A) Total time between the mailing of the cheque by the customer and the availability of cash to the receiving firm. (B) Time consumed in clearing the cheque through the banking system. (C) Time the cheque is in the mail. (D) Time during which the cheque received by the firm remains uncollected. 33 / 44 Collection float is the (A) Toted time between the mailing of the cheque by the customer and the availability of cash to the receiving firm. (B) Time consumed in clearing the cheque through the banking system. (C) Time the cheque is in the mail. (D) Time during which the cheque received by the firm remains uncollected. 34 / 44 Which of the following would be found in a cash budget? (A) Capital expenditure (B) Provision for doubtful debts (C) Depreciation (D) Accrued expenditure 35 / 44 Which of the following statements most accurately describes the modern approach to cash management? (A) Cash Management involves the efficient disbursement of cash. (B) Cash management involves the efficient collection and disbursement of cash. (C) Cash management involves the efficient processing, collection, and depositing of cash. (D) None of the above 36 / 44 Advantages of maintaining cash budgets would not include one of the following: (A) Surplus cash can be put to more profitable uses if expected to occur (B) Debtors can be paid more quickly (C) Time is available to investigate the possible future sources of finance (D) Overdrafts can be negotiated in advance of when they are needed 37 / 44 The optimal balance of marketable securities held to take care of probable deficiencies in the firm’s cash account is referred to as the segment in the firm’s portfolio of short-term marketable securities. (A) Ready cash (B) Controllable cash (C) Free cash (D) Cash and cash equivalent 38 / 44 Which of the following would NOT lead to an increase in net cash flow? (A) Larger sales volume (B) Reduced materials costs (C) Lower depreciation charge (D) Higher selling price 39 / 44 Which of the following is least likely to be considered short-term marketable security? (A) An original issue 30 years corporate bond with 1 year remaining until final maturity. (B) An original issue 30 years government bond with 1 year remaining until final maturity. (C) 90 days Treasury bill. (D) Short-term corporate debt instruments with 9 months original maturity. 40 / 44 NSZ Ltd. cash budget forewarns of a short-term surplus. Which of the following would be the appropriate action to be taken in such a situation? (A) Increase debtors and stock to boost sales (B) Purchase new fixed assets (C) Repay long term loans (D) All of the above 41 / 44 A cash budget for the six months ended 30th September 2020 shows an anticipated overdraft of approximately t 9,05,500. Which of the following would reduce the expected overdraft? (A) Allowing customers two months credit, instead of one month credit, in which to pay. (B) Suppliers’purchases being made for cash, instead of one month’s credit. (C) Assets being leased, rather than purchased for cash, in 2020. (D) Charging depreciation on fixed assets at 25% on the straight-line basis, rather than 20%. 42 / 44 Of the four costs shown below, which would not be included in the cash budget of an insurance firm? (A) Depreciation of a fixed asset (B) Commission paid to agents (C) Office salaries (D) Capital cost of a new computer 43 / 44 Which of the following is not true about a cash budget? (A) A cash budget sets out all cash receipts and payments that a business expects to make over a period of time. (B) Cash budgets are usually prepared on a month-to-month basis. (C) Cash budgets show the expected bank balance at the end of the month. (D) Cash budgets include personal cash receipts and expenses. 44 / 44 Which of the following will NOT appear in a Cash Budget? (A) Machinery bought on hire purchase (B) Depreciation of machinery (C) Sales revenue (D) Wages Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Related