If You Know That Your Firm Is Facing Relatively Poor

question 38

Multiple Choice

If you know that your firm is facing relatively poor prospects but needs new capital,and you know that investors do not have this information,signaling theory would predict that you would

• A) Issue debt to maintain the returns of equity holders.
• B) Issue equity to share the burden of decreased equity returns between old and new shareholders.
• C) Be indifferent between issuing debt and equity.
• D) Postpone going into capital markets until your firm's prospects improve.
• E) Convey your inside information to investors using the media to eliminate the information asymmetry.

Calculate the total manufacturing overhead based on estimated and actual activities.

Understand the relationship between direct labor cost and manufacturing overhead in costing jobs.

Understand the concept and calculation of manufacturing overhead.

Learn to calculate the predetermined overhead rate based on different bases (direct labor-hours, machine-hours).

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