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This set of Working Capital Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Working Capital Management Set 1

Q1 | What are the aspects of working capital management?
  • inventory management
  • receivable management
  • cash management
  • all of the above
Q2 | _________ function includes a firm’s attempts to balance cash inflows andoutflows.
  • finance
  • liquidity
  • investment
  • dividend
Q3 | Firms which are capital intensive rely on _________.
  • equity
  • short term debt
  • debt
  • retained earnings
Q4 | Hirer is entitled to claim ___________.
  • depreciation
  • salvage value
  • hp payments
  • none of above
Q5 | Which of the following is not an advantages of trade credit?
  • easy availability
  • flexibility
  • informality
  • buyout financing
Q6 | Which of the following are theories for dividend relevance?
  • walter’s model
  • mm approach
  • game theory
  • market value theory
Q7 | What is not a form of dividend?
  • cash dividends
  • bonus shares(stock dividend)
  • share split
  • split reverse
Q8 | The percentage of earnings paid as dividends is called __________.
  • dividend policy
  • payout ration
  • cash dividends
  • reverse split
Q9 | What are the various methods of estimating cash?
  • receipts and payment method
  • adjusted profit & loss method
  • balance sheet method
  • all of the above
Q10 | The art of managing, within the acceptable level of risk, the consolidatedfunds optimally and profitably is called _________.
  • integrated treasury
  • treasury management
  • merchant banking
  • none of the above
Q11 | What are the different types of underlying assets?
  • stocks
  • bonds
  • currency
  • stock indices
Q12 | What are people who buy or sell in the market to make profits called?
  • hedgers
  • speculators
  • arbitrageurs
  • none of the above
Q13 | Which of the following is a technique that helps the exporter to sell thereceivables to any bank or financial institution without recourse?
  • forfeiting
  • leading & lagging
  • derivatives
  • netting
Q14 | Money market financial services not include:
  • bill discounting
  • merchant banking
  • leasing
  • securitisation
Q15 | Factoring involves:
  • providing short term loan
  • providing long term loan
  • financing of export receivables
  • management of receivables of borrower
Q16 | The tools of treasury management does not include:
  • foreign exchange management
  • cash management
  • receivable management
  • risk management
Q17 | Under which type of bank borrowing can a borrower obtain credit from abank against its bills?
  • letter of credit
  • cash
  • purchase or discounting of bills
  • working capital loan
Q18 | The factors that affect dividend policy are:
  • tax consideration
  • privatisation
  • foreign investment
  • working cash flow
Q19 | To financial analysts, "working capital" means the same thing as __________.
  • total assets
  • fixed assets
  • current assets
  • current assets minus current liabilities.
Q20 | Which of the following would be consistent with an aggressive approach tofinancing working capital?
  • financing short-term needs with short-term funds.
  • financing permanent inventory buildup with long-term debt.
  • financing seasonal needs with short-term funds.
  • financing some long-term needs with short-term funds.
Q21 | Which of the following would be consistent with a conservative approach tofinancing working capital?
  • financing short-term needs with short-term funds.
  • financing short-term needs with long-term debt.
  • financing seasonal needs with short-term funds.
  • financing some long-term needs with short-term funds.
Q22 | -Which of the following would be consistent with a hedging (maturity matching)approach to financing working capital?
  • financing short-term needs with short-term funds.
  • financing short-term needs with long-term debt.
  • financing seasonal needs with long-term funds.
  • financing some long-term needs with short-term funds.
Q23 | Which of the following statements is most correct?
  • for small companies, long-term debt is the principal source of external financing.
  • current assets of the typical manufacturing firm account for over half of its total assets.
  • strict adherence to the maturity matching approach to financing would call for all current assets to be financed solely with current liabilities.
  • similar to the capital structure management, working capital management requires the financial manager to make a decision and not address the issue again for several months
Q24 | The amount of current assets that varies with seasonal requirements isreferred to as __________ working capital.
  • permanent
  • net
  • temporary
  • gross
Q25 | Having defined working capital as current assets, it can be further classifiedaccording to __________.
  • financing method and time
  • rate of return and financing method
  • time and rate of return
  • components and time