When You Compare the Current Quick Ratio for a fiRm

question 336

Multiple Choice

When you compare the current quick ratio for a firm to the firm's quick ratio from prior periods, you are conducting _____ analysis.

• A) peer group
• B) industrial classification
• C) profitability
• D) external-trend
• E) time-trend

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