ECO 410 Week 7 Quiz – Strayer
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Quiz 6 Chapter 11 and 12
Translation Exposure
11.1 Overview of Translation
Multiple Choice
1) Translation exposure may also be called ________ exposure.
A) transaction
B) operating
C) accounting
D) currency
2) ________ exposure is the potential for an increase or decrease in the parent company's net worth and reported net income caused by a change in exchange rates since the last transaction.
A) Transaction
B) Operating
C) Currency
D) Translation
3) Translation exposure measures:
A) changes in the value of outstanding financial obligations incurred prior to a change in exchange rates.
B) the potential for an increase or decrease in the parent company's net worth and reported net income caused by a change in exchange rates since the last consolidation of international operations.
C) an unexpected change in exchange rates impact on short run expected cash flows.
D) none of the above
4) According to your authors, the main purpose of translation is:
A) to prepare consolidated financial statements.
B) to help management assess the performance of foreign subsidiaries.
C) to act as an interpreter for managers without foreign language skills.
D) none of the above
5) Historical exchange rates may be used for ________, while current exchange rates may be used for ________.
A) fixed assets and current assets; income and expense items
B) equity accounts and fixed assets; current assets and liabilities
C) current assets and liabilities; equity accounts and fixed assets
D) equity accounts and current liabilities; current assets and fixed assets
6) If an imbalance results from the accounting method used for translation, the imbalance is taken either to ________ or ________.
A) the bank; the post office
B) depreciation; the market for foreign exchange swaps
C) current income; equity reserves
D) current liabilities; equity reserves
7) Generally speaking, translation methods by country define the translation process as a function of what two factors?
A) size; location
B) a firm's functional currency; location
C) location; foreign subsidiary independence
D) foreign subsidiary independence; a firm's functional currency
8) A/An ________ subsidiary is one in which the firm operates as an extension of the parent company with cash flows highly interrelated with the parent.
A) self-sustaining foreign
B) integrated foreign entity
C) foreign
D) none of the above
9) Consider two different foreign subsidiaries of Georgia-Pacific Wood Products Inc. The first subsidiary mills trees in Canada and ships its entire product to the Georgia-Pacific U.S. The second subsidiary is also owned by the parent firm but is located in Japan and retails tropical hardwood furniture that it buys from many different sources. The first subsidiary is likely a/an ________ foreign entity with most of its cash flows in U.S. dollars, and the second subsidiary is more of a/an ________ foreign entity.
A) domestic; integrated
B) self-sustaining; domestic
C) integrated; self-sustaining
D) self-sustaining; integrated
10) A foreign subsidiary's ________ currency is the currency used in the firm's day-to-day operations.
A) local
B) integrated
C) notational dollar
D) functional
11) The ________ determines accounting policy for U.S. firms.
A) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
B) Federal Reserve System (Fed)
C) Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
D) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
True/False
1) It is possible to use different exchange rates for different line items on a financial statement.
2) If the same exchange rate were used to remeasure every line on a financial statement, then there would be no imbalances from remeasuring.
3) A foreign subsidiary''s functional currency is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the subsidiary operates and in which it generates cash flows.
4) It is highly unusual for a multinational firm to have both integrated foreign entities AND self-sustaining foreign entities.
11.2 Translation Methods
Multiple Choice
1) The two basic methods for the translation of foreign subsidiary financial statements are the ________ method and the ________ method.
A) current rate; temporal
B) temporal; proper timing
C) current rate; future rate
D) none of the above
2) Gains or losses caused by translation adjustments when using the current rate method are reported separately on the:
A) consolidated statement of cash flow.
B) consolidated income statement.
C) consolidated balance sheet.
D) none of the above
3) The basic advantage of the ________ method of foreign currency translation is that foreign nonmonetary assets are carried at their original cost in the parent's consolidated statement while the most important advantage of the ________ method is that the gain or loss from translation does not pass through the income statement.
A) monetary; current rate
B) temporal; current rate
C) temporal; monetary
D) current rate; temporal
4) Under the U.S. method of translation procedures, if the financial statements of the foreign subsidiary of a U.S. company are maintained in U.S. dollars:
A) translation is accomplished through the current rate method.
B) translation is accomplished through the temporal method.
C) translation is not required.
D) the translation method to be used is not obvious.
5) Under the U.S. method of translation procedures, if the financial statements of the foreign subsidiary of a U.S. company are maintained in the local currency, and the local currency is the functional currency, then:
A) the translation method to be used is not obvious.
B) translation is accomplished through the temporal method.
C) translation is not required.
D) translation is accomplished through the current rate method.
6) Under the U.S. method of translation procedures, if the financial statements of the foreign subsidiary of a U.S. company are maintained in the local currency, and the U.S. dollar is the functional currency, then:
A) translation is not required.
B) translation is accomplished through the current rate method.
C) translation is accomplished through the temporal method.
D) none of the above
7) If the European subsidiary of a U.S. firm has net exposed assets of €750,000, and the euro drops in value from $1.30/euro to $1.20/€ the U.S. firm has a translation:
A) gain of $75,000.
B) loss of $75,000.
C) gain of $625,000.
D) loss of €576,923.
8) If the European subsidiary of a U.S. firm has net exposed assets of €200,000, and the euro increases in value from $1.22/€ to $1.26/€ the U.S. firm has a translation:
A) gain of $8,000.
B) loss of $8,000.
C) gain of $252,000.
D) loss of €252,000.
9) If the British subsidiary of a European firm has net exposed assets of £125,000, and the pound increases in value from €1.40/£ to €1.44/£, the European firm has a translation:
A) gain of €5,000.
B) loss of €5,000.
C) gain of £5,000.
D) loss of £5,000.
10) If the British subsidiary of a European firm has net exposed assets of £250,000, and the pound drops in value from €1.35/£ to €1.30/£, the European firm has a translation:
A) gain of €12,500.
B) loss of €12,500.
C) loss of £12,500.
D) gain of £12,500.
True/False
1) Exchange rate imbalances that are passed through the balance sheet affect a firm's reported income, but imbalances transferred to the income statement do not.
2) The current rate method is the most prevalent method today for the translation of financial statements.
3) The temporal rate method is the most prevalent method today for the translation of financial statements.
4) The biggest advantage of the current rate method of reporting translation adjustments is the fact that the gain or loss goes directly to the reserve account on the consolidated balance sheet and does not pass through the consolidated income statement.
5) Under the temporal rate method, specific assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates consistent with the timing of the item's creation.
6) The temporal method of foreign currency translation gains or losses resulting from remeasurement are carried directly to current consolidated income and thus introduces volatility to consolidated earnings.
7) : The current rate method and the temporal method are two basic methods for translation that are employed worldwide
Essay
1) The two methods for the translation of foreign subsidiary financial statements are the current rate and temporal methods. Briefly, describe how each of these methods translates the foreign subsidiary financial statements into the parent company's consolidated statements. Identify when each technique should be used and the major advantage(s) of each.
11.3 U.S. Translation Procedures
Multiple Choice
1) Under U.S. accounting and translation practices, use of the current rate method is termed ________ while use of the temporal method is termed ________.
A) translation; the same
B) translation; remeasurement
C) remeasurement; the same
D) remeasurement; translation
2) Which of the following primary principles of U.S. translation procedures in NOT true?
A) If the financial statements of the foreign subsidiary of a U.S. company are maintained in U.S. dollars, translation is not required.
B) If the financial statements of the foreign subsidiary are maintained in the local currency and the local currency is the functional currency, they are translated by the temporal method.
C) If the financial statements of the foreign subsidiary are maintained in the local currency and the U.S. dollar is the functional currency, they are remeasured by the temporal method.
D) All of the above are true.
True/False
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