Exam 14: Working Capital Management and Policies

CJ Enterprises estimates that it takes, on average, three days for their customers' payments to reach them, one day for the payments to be processed and deposited by their bookkeeping department, and two more days for the check to clear once they're deposited. What is their collection float?

Operating cycle is measured as:

CM Enterprises estimates that it takes, on average, seven days for their customers' payments to reach them, one day for the payments to be processed and deposited by their bookkeeping department, and three more days for the checks to clear once they're deposited. What is their collection float?

Safety stock is referred to as the:

Suppose your firm is seeking a five-year, amortizing $900,000 loan with annual payments and your bank is offering you the choice between a $950,000 loan with a $50,000 compensating balance and a $900,000 loan without a compensating balance. If the interest rate on the $900,000 loan is 9.5 percent, how low would the interest rate on the loan with the compensating balance have to be in order for you to choose it?

Which of these is an entity who will buy accounts receivable before they are due on a discounted basis, with the spread between the discounted price and the receivable's face value providing them with the expected compensation for both the time value of money and for the expected level of defaults amongst the accounts receivable?

Which of the following resemble checks, but differ in that they are payable by the firm issuing them rather than payable by a bank?

Team Sports Industries has a cash balance of $60,000; accounts payable of $40,000; inventory of $100,000; accounts receivable of $110,000; notes payable of $80,000; and accrued wages and taxes of $10,000. How much net working capital does the firm need to fund?

Suppose that Mack Industries has annual sales of $10 million, cost of goods sold of $6.5 million, average inventories of $1 million, and average accounts receivable of $600,000. Assuming that all of Mack's sales are on credit, what will be the firm's operating cycle?

All of the following are examples of carrying costs EXCEPT:

Would it be worth it to incur a compensating balance of $10,000 in order to get a 1-percent-lower interest rate on a 1-year, pure discount loan of $500,000?

If a firm has a cash cycle of 71 days and an operating cycle of 139 days, what is its average payment period?

If a firm has a cash cycle of 10 days and an operating cycle of 43 days, what is its payables turnover?

Which of the following actions will cause a firm's net working capital to increase?

Rose Resources faces a smooth annual demand for cash of $10 million; incurs transaction costs of $325 every time they sell marketable securities; and can earn 3.9 percent on their marketable securities. What will be their optimal cash replenishment level?

Suppose that Freddy's Fries has annual sales of $500,000, cost of goods sold of $375,000, average inventories of $9,000, and average accounts receivable of $25,000. Assuming that all of Freddy's sales are on credit, what will be the firm's operating cycle?

If demand for a firm's products suddenly increases so that inventory decreases while sales increase, how will the firm's needs for net working capital react?

Which of these is the requirement of the firm to keep a certain percentage of the borrowed money deposited in the firm's bank accounts, whereby the bank agrees to lend money to the firm?

Suppose that Professional Photography has annual sales of $900,000; cost of goods sold of $450,000; average inventories of $5,000; average accounts receivable of $40,000; and an average accounts payable balance of $20,000. Assuming that all of Professional's sales are on credit, what will be the firm's cash cycle?

HotFoot Shoes would like to maintain their cash account at a minimum level of $35,000, but expect the standard deviation in net daily cash flows to be $2,000; the effective annual rate on marketable securities to be 5 percent per year; and the trading cost per sale or purchase of marketable securities to be $210 per transaction. What will be their optimal cash return point?