civil engineering MCQs – Page 204

Practise multiple-choice questions from civil engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

civil engineering Mcqs
4061. What is an index of short-term paying ability ?
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A. Gross margin

B. Profit margin ratio

C. Current ratio

D. Price-earnings ratio

4062. The ability to meet debts as they become due is known as __________________?
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A. Solvency

B. Liquidity

C. Insolvency

D. Leverage

4063. What is another term for current assets ?
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A. Fixed assets

B. Non-liquid assets

C. Liquid assets

D. Ccash

4064. The original record of a business transaction is recorded in this book_____________?
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A. Ledger

B. Account book

C. Journal

D. Work book

4065. The ratio of the net income before taxes to net sales is called __________________?
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A. Price-earnings ratio

B. Profit margin ratio

C. Inventory turnover

D. Current ratio

4066. What is the change in cost per unit variable change called ?
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A. Supplemental cost

B. Variable cost

C. Fixed cost

D. Incremental cost
4067. Capitalized cost of a project is also known as ____________________?
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A. Life cycle cost

B. Life cost

C. Project cost

D. Infinite cost

4068. What represents the share of participation in business organizations?
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A. Stock

B. Franchise

C. Partnership

D. Corporation

4069. The financial health of the company is measured in terms of______________?
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A. Solvency

B. All of the above

C. Liquidity

D. Relative risk

4070. In case of bankruptcy of a partnership________________?
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A. The partnership assets (excluding the partners personal assets) only will be used to pay the liabilities

B. The partners are not liable for the liabilities of the partnership

C. The partners nay sell stock to generate additional capital

D. The partners personal assets are attached to the debt of the partnership

4071. What refers to the residual value of a companys assets after all outside liabilities (shareholders excluded) have been allowed for ?
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A. Dividend

B. Par value

C. Return

D. Equity
4072. As applied to capitalized asset, the distribution of the initial cost by a periodic changes to operation as in depreciation or the reduction of a debt by either periodic or irregular prearranged programs is called ___________________?
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A. Capital recovery

B. Annuity factor

C. Annuity

D. Amortization
4073. What refers to an imaginary cost representing what will not be received if a particular strategy is rejected ?
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A. Opportunity cost

B. Ghost cost

C. Null cost

D. Horizon cost

4074. Which is true about partnership ?
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A. It will be dissolved if one of the partners ceases to be connected with the partnership

B. Its capitalization must be equal for each partner

C. It has a perpetual life

D. It can be handed down from one generation of partners to another
4075. What denotes in the fall in the exchange rate of one currency in terms of the others? This term is usually applies to the floating exchange rate______________?
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A. Currency depreciation

B. Currency appreciation

C. Currency devaluation

D. Currency float

4076. What is another term for acid-test ratio ?
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A. Price-earnings ratio

B. Quick ratio

C. Profit margin ratio

D. Current ratio

4077. Which of the following is an example of intangible asset ?
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A. Cash

B. Patents

C. Furnitures

D. Investment in subsidiary companies

4078. What is used to record historical financial transactions ?
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A. Bookkeeping system

B. Ledger system

C. General journal system

D. Balance check

4079. The amount of companys profit that the board of directors of the corporation decides to distribute to ordinary shareholders is called ___________________?
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A. Equity

B. Share of stock

C. Return

D. Dividend
4080. What is the main reason why the sinking fund method of computing depreciation is seldom used in the industry ?
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A. Unstable economy

B. Rate of interest cannot be exactly determined

C. The initial deprecation is high

D. The initial depreciation is low