Financial
Accounting
Ratios
Matrix
5 Basic Activities
100

What is a stock?

Share of ownership in a company

100

What is accounting?

Accounting is the systematic process of recording, classifying, summarizing, and interpreting financial information to provide insights into the financial health and performance of an organization.

100

The 5 types of financial ratios. 

What is Liquidity, Leverage, Activity, Profitability, and Growth 

100

How many steps are in the IFE Evaluation? 

5

100

It is considered the foundation of management. However, it is the task that managers most commonly neglect.

What is planning

200

Which company had the second highest revenue? (shown in presentation)

Apple

200

What is the accounting equation?

Assets = liability + stockholders equity

200

Dividends Per Share is an example of this kind of ratio. 

What is Growth ratio?

200

What is IFE?

IFE (Internal Factor Evaluation) is an internal assessment conducted by managers to collect vital information.

200

Successful organizations revise these two fundamental statements to guide their future rather react to external forces. 

What is mission and values

300

What are the three Finance and Accounting decisions.

Investment Decisions

Financing Decisions

Dividend Decisions

300

What are the three financial statements that was talked about?

Statement of Cash Flows, Balance Sheet, and Income statement

300

 Current assets / Current liabilities

What is the formula for current ratio? from the leverage type of financial ratio


300

What does the AQCD test criteria consist of?

Actionable, Quantitative, Comparative, and Divisional 

300

These are the activities of the motivation function of management.

What are developing leaders, managing groups, communicating effectively, and managing organizational change?

400

What is another word for investment decision?

Capital Budegting

400

What is the financial condition?

The single-best measure of a firms competitive position and overall attractiveness to investors.

400

Inventory Turnover and Fixed Assets Turnover are examples of this kind of ratio. 

What is activity ratio? 


400

High quality factors must meet at least _ or _ to satisfy the AQCD test criteria.

3 or 4
400

The three sequential activities of the organizing function.

What is breaking down tasks into jobs, combining jobs to form departments, and delegating authority?

500

What is the myth related to paying dividends?

A myth exists that paying dividends will result in a higher stock price.

500

What is Auditing?

A review of a company’s financial statements to ensure their reports are accurate and free from error and misstatements

500

Three examples of leverage ratios. 

What is any of the ratios below: 

Debt-to-Total Assets: Total debt/Total Assets


Debt-to-Equity: Total debt/total stockholders’ equity


Long-Term Debt-to-Equity: Long-term debt/total stockholders’ equity


Times-Interest-Earned: Profits before interest + taxes/total interest charges


500

What two things does a total weighted score above and below 2.5 indicate? 

Above = Effective strategies 

Below = Change is needed 

500

The stages of the strategic management process that correlate with each function.

What is 

    1.    planning - formulation 

    2.    organizing - implementation

    3.    motivating - implementation

    4.    controlling - evaluating