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Status Name: : Score: Instructions: Test Stockholder's Equity --- Stec Completed 190 out of 200 points Question 1 Multiple Choice A primary source of stockholders' equity is Selected Answer: 10 of 10 points both income retained by the corporation and contributions by stockholders. Question 2 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points True no-par stock should be carried in the accounts at issue price without any additional paid-in capital reported. Selected Answer: True Question 3 Multiple Choice 0 of 10 points King Co. issued 100,000 shares of $10 par common stock for $1,200,000. King acquired 8,000 shares of its own common stock at $15 per share. Three months later King sold 4,000 of these shares at $19 per share. If the cost method is used to record treasury stock transactions, to record the sale of the 4,000 treasury shares, King should credit Selected Answer: Treasury Stock for $60,000 and Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par for $16,000. Question 4 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points How should a " gain" from the sale of treasury stock be reflected when using the cost method of recording treasury stock transactions? Selected Answer: As paid-in capital from treasury stock transactions. 10 of 10 points Question 5 Multiple Choice A feature common to both stock splits and stock dividends is Selected Answer: that there is no effect on total stockholders' equity. Question 6 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points At the date of declaration of a small common stock dividend, the entry should not include Selected Answer: a credit to Common Stock Dividend Payable. Question 7 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points Assume common stock is the only class of stock outstanding in the B-Bar-B Corporation. Total stockholders' equity divided by the number of common stock shares outstanding is called Selected Answer: book value per share. Question 8 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points On December 1, 2007, Lynn Corporation exchanged 20,000 shares of its $10 par value common stock held in treasury for a used machine. The treasury shares were acquired by Lynn at a cost of $40 per share, and are accounted for under the cost method. On the date of the exchange, the common stock had a market value of $55 per share (the shares were originally issued at $30 per share). As a result of this exchange, Lynn's total stockholders' equity will increase by Selected Answer: Question 9 Multiple Choice $1,100,000. 10 of 10 points The residual interest in a corporation belongs to the Selected Answer: common stockholders. Question 10 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points A corporation is incorporated in only one state regardless of the number of states in which operates. it Selected Answer: True Question 11 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points Trent Corporation was organized on January 1, 2007, with an authorization of 1,200,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $6 per share. During 2007, the corporation had the following capital transactions: Trent used the cost method to record the purchase and reissuance of the treasury shares. What is the total amount of additional paid-in capital as of December 31, 2007? Selected Answer: $3,330,000. Question 12 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points The rate of return on common stock equity is computed by dividing net income by the average common stockholders' equity. Selected Answer: False Question 13 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points Presented below is the stockholders' equity section of Mead Corporation at December 31, 2006: For the year ended December 31, 2007, Mead reported net income of $450,000. Assuming Mead accounts for treasury stock under the cost method, what should it report as total stockholders' equity on its December 31, 2007, balance sheet? Selected Answer: $1,965,000. Question 14 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points A mining company declared a liquidating dividend. The journal entry to record the declaration must include a debit to Selected Answer: a paid-in capital account. Question 15 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points Which of the following represents the total number of shares that a corporation may issue under the terms of its charter? Selected Answer: Question 16 Multiple Choice authorized shares 10 of 10 points Watt Co.'s stockholders' equity at January 1, 2007 is as follows: Selected Answer: $908,400. Question 17 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points At the date of the financial statements, common stock shares issued would exceed common stock shares outstanding as a result of the Selected Answer: purchase of treasury stock. Question 18 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points Participating preferred stock requires that if a company fails to pay a dividend in any year, it must make it up in a later year before paying any common dividends. Selected Answer: False Question 19 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points "Gains" on sales of treasury stock (using the cost method) should be credited to Selected Answer: paid-in capital from treasury stock. Question 20 Multiple Choice 10 of 10 points Bleeker Company issued 10,000 shares of its $5 par value common stock having a market value of $25 per share and 15,000 shares of its $15 par value preferred stock having a market value of $20 per share for a lump sum of $480,000. How much of the proceeds would be allocated to the common stock? Selected Answer: $218,182
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