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Which term is often used as a synonym for accounting?

  • Management
  • Economics
  • Accountancy (correct)
  • Finance

What is the main focus of financial accounting?

  • Measurement, analysis, and reporting of information for internal use by management
  • Processing of information about economic entities
  • Recording of financial transactions
  • Preparation of financial statements for external users (correct)

What field of accounting focuses on information for internal use by management?

  • Financial accounting
  • Management accounting (correct)
  • Cost accounting
  • Tax accounting

What do practitioners of accounting commonly refer to themselves as?

<p>Accountants (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the recording of financial transactions?

<p>Financial accounting (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about net present value (NPV)?

<p>NPV depends on the interval of time between now and the cash flow. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does NPV provide a method for evaluating and comparing?

<p>Capital projects and financial products with cash flows spread over time. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the time value of money dictate?

<p>Time affects the value of cash flows. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why would the promise to receive $1.00 20 years in the future be worth much less today?

<p>Due to the decrease in the current value of future cash flows based on the chosen rate of return. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the value of a cash flow depend on in addition to the interval of time?

<p>The discount rate. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about net present value (NPV)?

<p>NPV depends on the discount rate and the interval of time between cash flows. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the time value of money dictate?

<p>The value of cash flows over time. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of net present value (NPV)?

<p>To evaluate and compare capital projects or financial products with cash flows spread over time. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why would the promise to receive $1.00 20 years in the future be worth much less today?

<p>Due to the time value of money. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the present value of a cash flow depend on?

<p>The discount rate and the interval of time between now and the cash flow. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about net present value (NPV)?

<p>NPV is used to evaluate capital projects with cash flows spread over time. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the time value of money dictate?

<p>The value of cash flows is affected by the passage of time. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of net present value (NPV)?

<p>To provide a method for evaluating and comparing capital projects or financial products with cash flows spread over time. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the value of a cash flow depend on in addition to the interval of time?

<p>The discount rate. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does NPV account for?

<p>The time value of money. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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