Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Sarbanes-Oxley

question 87

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?

• A)Accounting firms are allowed to provide both auditing services and a full range of consulting services to their public company clients.
• B)Those who commit securities fraud must be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
• C)All private and foreign companies must issue an internal control report evaluated by an outside auditor.
• D)The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board oversees the work of auditors of public companies.

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Definitions:

Operating Leverage

A financial ratio that measures the proportion of fixed costs in a company's cost structure, indicating how a change in sales will affect its operating income.

Net Operating Income

The income produced through a firm's principal commercial activities, not including the subtractions for interest and taxes.

Sales Volume

The total quantity of goods or services sold by a company in a specific period.

Least-Squares Regression

A statistical approach that finds the optimal fitting line by reducing the sum of the squares of the discrepancies between the actual and forecasted values.