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CFA® Level I Chartered Financial Analyst Questions 1511–1515 (page: 304)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

All of the following are sources of creditor financing except:

  1. banks
  2. accounts payable.
  3. employees who receive pay in arrears.
  4. shareholders who receive no dividends.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Shareholders, whether they receive dividends or not, are not considered creditors. Creditors do have a stake in the success of a company, but they are not owners of the company.



The allowance for uncollectible accounts is based on all of the following except:

  1. Experience.
  2. Profitability expectancy.
  3. Customer fortunes.
  4. Industry expectations.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The allowance should be based on expectations both internal and external to the corporation. The effect on the bottom line should not be used as a method of determining the uncollectible amounts.



Which of the following is/are true about Treasury stock?

  1. They represent registered shares that have been reacquired from shareholders.
    II. Ownership of treasury stock represents part of a firm's assets.
    III. Purchase of treasury stock reduces both assets and equity.
  2. I & II
  3. I, II & III
  4. I only
  5. I & III

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Treasury stock represents the equity that has been repurchased by the company. It should be remembered that treasury stock is not an asset; rather it is a contra equity account, serving to reduce the outstanding equity. A compensating reduction in assets also occurs when the firm has to pay cash to buy-back the shares.



A Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity could have all of the following, except

  1. number of shares of cumulative, callable preferred shares.
  2. unrealized gains and losses on securities.
  3. the cumulative effect of exchange rate changes.
  4. the book value of redeemable preferred stock.
  5. the change in reinvested earnings.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Redeemable preferred stock is reported after liabilities but before the equity section of the balance sheet.



Discrepancies between the changes in accounts reported on the balance sheet and those reported in the cash flow statement are due to

  1. investment in majority interests.
  2. foreign exchange translations.
  3. unfunded pension liabilities.
  4. prior period adjustments and accounting rule changes.
  5. acquisitions and divestitures, and foreign subsidiaries.

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Acquisitions, divestitures, and continuing corporate reorganizations can distort trends in both cash flows from operations and investing cash flows.



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