FINANCE SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS These test questions were developed by the MBA Research Center. Items have been randomly selected from the MBA Research Center’s Test-Item Bank and represent a variety of instructional areas. Performance indicators for these test questions are at the prerequisite‚ career-sustaining‚ and specialist levels. A descriptive test key‚ including question sources and answer rationale‚ has been provided. Copyright © 2014 by MBA Research and Curriculum Center®‚ Columbus
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The company I decided to research was the homebuilding company Hovnanian Enterprises. I chose to analyze this company and their financial information because I recently own shares within the company. This past summer my grandmother decided to buy stock for me as a college gift. She felt investing and starting early is important since she has been for 60 years. Up until this paper‚ I had no knowledge about the only company I own stock in. I decided this was the perfect opportunity to learn more about
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Financial Dimensions in Green Management – Understanding Carbon Finance Sudha.S Introduction Environmental consciousness is taking its shape in various dimensions in today’s complex business world. The five mega issues which are impacting the behaviour of companies and in turn their strategies are the Climate Change‚ Polution/Health Consciousness‚ Globalization backlash‚ Energy Crunch and Erosion of Trust.[1] The finance sector is impacted because the world commands a hefty price for Carbon
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Chapter II Review of related literature and studies A. Review of related literature The researchers believed that our century today is rapidly evolving from primitive to modern technology. The used of computers and other types of gadgets is a necessity to human beings. It enables business to work with ease by having an organized computer generated system. Foreign literature According to Paolo Malinverno‚ Research VP‚ Gartner who wrote an article that originally appeared in Outsource magazine
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Today‚ many people are in so much financial debt that it is impossible for them to pay their debt as well as the general cost of their living expenses. Many are blaming September 11th for their financial whose; however‚ their spending habits have always existed. Many feel like there is just not enough income coming in to support their lifestyles; jobs are being cut like never being before. Credit card companies are issuing credit cards like never before. If one is not cautious‚ they will have
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an Islamic financial system‚ leading regulations are derived from the Quran and Sunnah. The Shariah embraces the Quranic philosophy in three magnitudes‚ explicitly Aqidah (faith and believe)‚ Akhlak (ethics and morality) and Muamalat (transactions). The latest one‚ Islamic law of transactions (fiqh muamalat) has become inevitable in contemporary Islamic finance. The main rationale could be found in the fact that to some level‚ companies engaging in the business of Islamic finance act upon on
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BMMF5103 MANAGERIAL FINANCE 15 July 2013 QUESTION 1 a) Maximizing shareholder wealth is a “moral imperative” for financial manager means managers are supposed to work for shareholders who are the actual owners of a company or corporation. Shareholders elect company directors who in turn hire managers to run the company on day to day basis with the view to make profit for the company. Managers are paid for their services rendered to the company whereas the shareholders
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Discretionary Trading The American economy affects us as well as the rest of the world‚ and the stock market influences the economy in a big way. Most Americans are quite familiar with terms like stocks and the stock market‚ especially after the economic crisis of 08‚ but many do not know exactly what they mean and how extreme their effects can be on the general economy. Stock is nothing more than pieces or shares of a company which are traded in a specific market. When I purchase stock in a company I have
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Assess the global role and local impact of multinational companies. A multinational company is often defined as a corporation whose operations and investments are broaden across a number of countries. They are also referred to as transnational companies. Therefore given this definition it would be expected that if a company operates over such a large territory that it would indeed have many effects and impacts‚ locally and globally‚ and its role would also be quite significant as it can have a direct
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Strategic Change: Implementing Strategies to Build and Develop a Company 0LEARNING OBJECTIVES 10. Describe the main steps involved in the strategic change process. 20. Demonstrate how to analyze a company’s set of businesses from a portfolio of competences perspective 30. Review the advantages and risks of implementing strategy through (1) Internal new ventures‚ (2) acquisitions‚ and (3) strategic alliances 40. Discuss how to limit the risks associated with internal new ventures‚ acquisitions‚ and strategic
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