ACC 563 Week 4 Quiz – Strayer NEW



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Week 4 Quiz 3: Chapters 4 and 5

Chapter 4
Multiple Choice

1.      Which of the following research approaches emphasizes going from the specific to the general?
a.    Deductive
b.   Behavioral
c.    Inductive
d.   Pragmatic

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2.      Which of the following research approaches is based on the concept of utility or usefulness?
a.       Deductive
b.      Behavioral
c.       Inductive
d.      Pragmatic

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3.      Which of the following research approaches is attributed to DR Scott?
a.       Deductive
b.      Ethical
c.       Inductive
d.      Pragmatic

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4.      Which of the following outcomes of providing accounting information is an attempt to identify individual securities that are mispriced by reviewing all available financial information?
a.       Agency theory
b.      Efficient markets
c.       Fundamental analysis
d.      Capital asset pricing model

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5.      Which of the following outcomes of providing accounting information is an attempt to deal with both risks and returns?

a.       Agency theory
b.      Efficient markets
c.       Fundamental analysis
d.      Capital asset pricing model

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6.      Which of the following outcomes of providing accounting information  is based on the supply and demand model
a.       Agency theory
b.      Efficient markets
c.       Fundamental analysis
d.      Capital asset pricing model

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7.      The efficient market hypothesis holds that that financial markets price assets at their intrinsic worth, given all available information. Which of the following forms of the efficient market hypothesis defines all available information as knowledge of past security prices?
a.    Weak
b.   Semi-weak
c.    Semi-strong
d.   Strong

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8.      The efficient market hypothesis holds that that financial markets price assets at their intrinsic worth, given all available information. Which of the following forms of the efficient market hypothesis defines all available information as all publicly available information including past stock prices?
a.       Weak
b.      Semi-weak
c.       Semi-strong
d.      Strong

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9.      The efficient market hypothesis holds that that financial markets price assets at their intrinsic worth, given all available information. Which of the following forms of the efficient market hypothesis defines all available information as information, including security price trends, publicly available information, and insider information?
a.       Weak
b.      Semi-weak
c.       Semi-strong
d.      Strong

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10.  What theory on the outcomes of providing accounting information attempts to answer the question: What is an individual’s expected benefit from a particular course of action?
a.             Agency theory
b.            Efficient markets
c.             Fundamental analysis
d.            Capital asset pricing model

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11.  Which of the following is not viewed as a cost to the principal in an agency relationship?
a.          Monitoring expenditures by the principal
b.         Monitoring expenditures by the agent
c.          Bonding expenditures by the agent
d.         The residual loss

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12. What theory on the outcomes of providing accounting information attempts to assess an individual’s ability to use information?
a.    Agency theory
b.   Efficient markets
c.    Human  information processing
d.   Capital asset pricing model

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13.  Which of the following is not a conclusion that has been drawn from human information processing research?
a.       An individual’s perception of information is quite selective. That is, since individuals are capable of comprehending only a small part of their environment, their anticipation of what they expect to perceive about a particular situation will determine to a large extent what they do perceive.
b.      Since individuals make decisions on the basis of a small part of the total information available, they do not have the capacity to make optimal decisions
c.       Individuals are able to process and integrate large amounts of information simultaneously
d.      Since individuals are incapable of integrating a great deal of information, they process information in a sequential fashion.

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14.  What theory on the outcomes of providing accounting information rejects the view that knowledge of accounting is grounded in objective principles
a.       Agency theory
b.      Critical perspective
c.       Fundamental analysis
d.      Capital asset pricing model

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Essay

1.      Briefly describe the following research approaches:

2.      What is fundamental analysis and what is its goal?

3.      Describe the efficient market hypothesis and its three forms.

4.      Discuss the capital asset pricing model including the concepts of unsystematic risk, systematic risk and beta.


5.      Discuss the difference between normative and positive accounting theory.

6.      What is the basic assumption of agency theory?  Why is the relationship between shareholders and management an agency relationship?


7.      What is the goal of human information processing studies? What are the genera findings of these studies and what is the implication for accounting?


8.      Discuss the concept of critical perspectives research in accounting. 

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