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06 Short Term Financing Management KEY
Course: Management Accounting (BSMA)
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University: Foundation University (Philippines)
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Chapter 6 Short Term Financing Management
Answer Key
I. TRUE OR FALSE STATEMENTS Black – True; Red - False
1. The use of short-term debt provides flexibility in financing since the firm is only paying interest when it is using
the borrowed funds.
2. A firm can reduce net working capital by substituting long-term financing, such as bonds, with short-term
financing, such as one-year notes payable.
3. Notes payable is a spontaneous source of financing.
4. Increasing the use of short-term debt versus long-term debt financing will increase profit.
5. Current liabilities have greater illiquidity risk due to the higher frequency that they have to be repaid or rolled
over.
6. Trade credit is a source of spontaneous financing.
7. Short-term debt is frequently less expensive because it provides the borrower more security.
8. Sources of financing repaid in six months to one year are usually categorized as long-term.
9. Major sources of secured credit include commercial banks, finance companies, and factors.
10. Inventory loans are considered an unsecured source of financing.
11. The cost of trade credit varies directly with the size of the cash discount and inversely with the length of time
between the end of the discount period and the final due date.
12. The continual practice of stretching on trade credit is potentially a very useful source of short-term credit for
the firm.
13. The effective cost to the borrower of an unsecured bank loan is increased if a compensating balance is required.
14. Minimizing working capital is accomplished by slowing down the cash conversion cycle.
15. The conventional method for financing permanent levels of accounts receivable and inventory is accounts
payable and accrued expenses.
16. A firm should take the cash discount if the firm's cost of borrowing from the bank is greater than the cost of
giving up a cash discount.
17. If a firm anticipates stretching accounts payable, its cost of giving up a cash discount is reduced.
18. The cost of giving up a cash discount on a credit purchase is the implied interest rate paid in order to delay
payment for an additional number of days
19. In giving up a cash discount, the amount of the discount that is given up is the interest being paid by a firm to
keep its money by delaying payment for a number of days.
20. A revolving credit agreement is a form of financing consisting of short-term, unsecured promissory notes issued
by firms with a high credit standing.
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Encircle the letter that corresponds to the best answer.
1. Which of the following is a spontaneous source of financing?
a. Accrued wages
b. Preferred stock
c. Trade credit
d. Both a and c
2. Accounts receivable and inventory self-liquidate through the ______ cycle.
a. spontaneous account
b. net working capital
c. cash conversion
d. sales-to-receivables collection
3. Which of the following is considered a source of spontaneous financing?
a. Trade credit