Other Things Held Constant, Which of the Following Alternatives Would

question 66

Multiple Choice

Other things held constant, which of the following alternatives would increase a company's cash flow for the current year?

• A) Increase the number of years over which fixed assets are depreciated for tax purposes.
• B) Pay down the accounts payables.
• C) Reduce the days' sales outstanding (DSO) without affecting sales or operating costs.
• D) Pay workers more frequently to decrease the accrued wages balance.
• E) Reduce the inventory turnover ratio without affecting sales or operating costs.

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Definitions:

Gonads

Sex glands; secrete hormones that regulate sexual development and behavior as well as reproduction.

Sex Glands

Organs that produce sex hormones and gametes, such as ovaries in females and testes in males.

Cortisol

A steroid hormone released in response to stress and low blood-glucose concentration, involved in metabolism and immune response.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A three-phase response model to stress that includes alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages, proposed by Hans Selye.