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CFA® Level I Chartered Financial Analyst Questions 1606–1610 (page: 323)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Which of the following is not an example of a cash flow from operations?

  1. none of these answers is correct
  2. cash received from customers
  3. cash paid for merchandise
  4. cash paid for taxes

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Operating activities include the cash effects of transactions and other events that enter into the determination of net income. All of the responses apply.



All of the following are financing cash flows EXCEPT?

  1. cash payments on preferred dividends
  2. cash received from new debt
  3. cash changes in contributed capital from equity issue
  4. cash changes in retained earnings

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Cash changes in retained earnings arise from income and hence, are part of operating cash flows.



Accounting rules specify that interest must be capitalized for assets that are

  1. not being used in the earning activities of the enterprise and not undergoing the activities necessary to get them ready for use.
  2. routinely produced.
  3. being constructed or otherwise being produced as discrete projects for an enterprise's own use.
  4. none of these answers.
  5. in use or ready for their intended use in the earning activities of the enterprise.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Interest costs must be capitalized only for assets constructed for internal use, or for sale or lease as discrete projects.



The deferred income tax account

  1. is where the difference between income tax expense and income tax payable is reconciled
  2. is always reported as a long-term liability since the tax is not due until the next fiscal year
  3. is reported as an other asset even though it has a credit balance
  4. none of these answers is correct

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The difference between income tax expense (based on accounting income) and the actual income taxes payable (based on taxable income) is reconciled in an account called deferred income taxes.



An operating cycle is:

  1. the time frame from when a company purchases goods and or services to the point at which the company generates a receivable.
  2. the amount of time that a company allots to any individual product line.
  3. always one full fiscal year.
  4. the circle of time from the commitment of cash for purchases until the collection of receivables resulting from the sale of goods or services.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

An operating cycle begins and ends with cash. It goes through the full cycle of buying inventory, converting the inventory, generating a receivable and finally turning the receivable into cash.



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