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QUIZ 4 PREP Chapter 7: 1. Which of the following would be least likely to be classified as a city's general capital assets? a. Roads and bridges b. Electric utility lines c. Computers used by the police department d. Computers used by the department that collects the city's sale tax, which is dedicated to debt service on general obligation bonds 2. A city should not report on its general fund balance sheet an office building constructed over 100 years ago because a. the building would likely be fully depreciated. b. it would be too difficult to determine the historical cost of the building as measured in current dollars. c. the measurement focus of the general fund is on current financial resources and the building is not a current financial resource. d. the building would be considered an infrastructure asset, and infrastructure assets are excluded from governmental funds. 3. Which of the following costs should not be capitalized and reported on a city's government wide statement of net position? a. Payments to a city artist to design a new city logo b. Computer software that the city purchased from outsiders c. Paintings purchased for display in the city's art museum d. Legal fees incurred in acquiring land to be used for a city park 4. Which of the following collectibles need not be capitalized and reported on a city's government wide statement of net position? a. A statue donated to the city, which it intends to sell and use the proceeds from the sale to fund a children's art center b. A series of books that the city intends to place in its library's general circulation collection c. An abstract painting that the city purchased to decorate the mayor's office d. An early twentieth century impressionist painting that the city's art museum purchased for its permanent collection 5. Per GASB Statement No. 34, roads and bridges should be capitalized and reported as assets on a. both a government wide statement net of assets and a general fund balance sheet. b. neither a government wide statement of net position nor a general fund balance sheet. c. a government wide statement of net position but not a general fund balance sheet. d. a general fund balance sheet but not a government wide statement of net position. 6. Which of the following conditions does a government not have to satisfy to use the modified approach to reporting infrastructure assets? a. It must assess the condition of its infrastructure at least once every three years. b. It must estimate the annual amount necessary to preserve the assets at a specified condition level.
c. It must document that the assets are, in fact, being preserved at or above the specified condition level. d. It must use the modified approach for all its infrastructure assets. 7. Per the modified approach, a government need not a. capitalize infrastructure assets. b. depreciate infrastructure assets c. report in its fund statements expenditures to acquire or construct infrastructure assets. d. record maintenance costs as expenditures 8. A government constructed a bridge 20 years ago at a cost of $30 million. The replacement cost of the bridge today would be $90 million. The bridge has a useful life of 60 years. In its government wide statements the government should record the bridge at a value, net of accumulated depreciation, of a. $20 million. b. $60 million. c. $90 million. d. $0. 9. Per GASB Statement No. 34, deferred maintenance costs a. must be estimated and reported in notes to the financial statements. b. must be reported in the government wide statement of net position but not in fund statements. c. must be estimated and reported in the management's discussion and analysis. d. need not be explicitly measured or reported when capital assets are depreciated. 10. A city would probably not have to recognize an impairment loss on its hospital building if a. It were severely damaged in a fire b. It will likely be used to serve far fewer patients than expected when acquired c. Its market value declines significantly d. It will be transformed into a warehouse 1. A government repaves a section of highway every four years at a cost of $2 million to preserve it at a specific condition level. How much should it report in depreciation charges under the modified approach to accounting for infrastructure? The standard approach? Modified Approach Standard Approach a. 0 0 b. 500,000 500,000 c. 500,000 0 d. 0 500,000 2. States typically maintain investment pools for their towns and counties primarily to a. provide the participants with the benefits of increased portfolio size. b. ensure that the participants maximize their investment returns.
c. enable the participants to engage in arbitrage. d. spread the risk of losses among the participants. 3. A government owns shares of common stock in a publicly owned company, the stock of which is widely traded. Such an investment would be categorized as a. a Level 1 investment. b. a Level 2 investment. c. a Level 3 investment. d. an investment that fits into none of the three categories. 4. A government acquires as an investment a 30 year U.S. Treasury bond having a face value of $10,000. At the end of year 20, with 10 years remaining until maturity, the bond had a fair value of $10,200. Taking into account the discount at which the government initially purchased the bond, its amortized cost was $9,760. Assuming that it held the bond in a governmental fund, the government should report the bond at a value of a. $0. b. $9,760. c. $10,000. d. $10,200. 5. Derivatives are a. variable interest rate bonds, the interest rate on which is derived from (based on) the prime rate of interest. b. shares of common stock, the value of which is derived from the market value of the underlying assets (typically investments in subsidiaries) of the issuing corporation. c. investments, the value of which is derived from some underlying asset or reference rate. d. investment pools, the value of which is derived from the pools' investments. 6. Which of the following statements is true with respect to derivatives? a. They are highly speculative instruments and therefore are suitable only for governments that are willing to accept a high degree of investment risk. b. Their market values are typically less volatile than those of the underlying assets. c. GASB standards require that governments explain in their annual reports the reasons why they invested in derivatives. d. They need not be reported on governments' financial statements; they need only be disclosed in notes to the financial statements. 7. The risk that a company will go bankrupt and thereby be unable to repay a bond that a government holds as an investment as required is known as a. credit risk. b. market value risk. c. interest rate risk. d. counterparty risk. 8. Investments would generally be considered subject to the least custodial risk if they are a. registered in the government's name but in the possession of a broker–dealer. b. registered in the government's name and in the physical possession of the government itself. c. registered in the broker–dealer's name and in the possession of the broker–dealer.
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d. registered in the broker–dealer's name but in the possession of the government itself. 9. A city needs to determine whether it should sell its downtown administrative facility and move to an outlying location. The value of the facility that is most relevant to this decision is a. historical cost. b. fair value. c. historical cost less accumulated depreciation. d. assessed value. 10. Which of the following costs should not be included in the cost of a highway that a county constructed itself? a. Insurance premiums paid while the project was under construction b. Interest incurred on debt used to finance the project while it was under construction c. Overhead costs of the construction department d. Fees paid to consultants to determine the highway's optimum route Chapter 8: 1. Which of the following is true with respect to bankruptcy? a. Per the federal bankruptcy code, a municipality can be declared bankrupt but not insolvent. b. Many major cities have avoided bankruptcy by being placed under the control of financial control boards by their state governments. c. The concept of bankruptcy does not apply to governments because they have the authority to increase taxes and reduce services. d. Municipalities that are declared bankrupt by a court are brought under the control of independent trustees whose primary objective is to ensure that obligations to bondholders are satisfied in full. 2. A government issues $1 million in 30 year, 6 percent coupon bonds at a discount of $27,092. The bonds were sold to yield 6.2 percent. At what amount would the bonds be reported (net) in the government wide statement of net position and governmental fund balance sheet immediately upon issuance? Government-Wide Fund a. 1,000,000 1,000,000 b. 972,908 972,908 c. 972,908 0 d. 972,908 1,000,000 3. The government issues the bonds described in question 2. It makes its first semiannual interest payment of $30,000. How much interest expense/expenditure would it likely have to report in its government wide and governmental fund statements? Government-Wide Fund a. 30,000 30,000
b. 30,160 30,160 c. 30,160 0 d. 30,160 30,000 4. The government makes subsequent interest payments. Reported interest expense/expenditure in the government wide and governmental fund statements will: Government-Wide Fund a. Increase Remain the same b. Increase Increase c. Remain the same Remain the same d. Decrease Remain the same 5. Suppose a government issues $1 million in bonds at a premium of $50,000. It temporarily invests the proceeds of $1,050,000 in U.S. Treasury bonds having a face value of $1 million (i.e., at a premium of $50,000). At what value would the government report the bonds payable and the investment in bonds in its government wide statements subsequent to the date of the transactions? Bond Payable Investment in Bonds a. Amortized cost Market value b. Market value Market value c. Amortized cost Amortized cost d. Market value Amortized cost 6. Which of the following is true of demand bonds? a. They give the issuer the right to call the bonds at a preestablished price. b. They give the issuer the right to demand that the bondholders purchase additional bonds at a preestablished price. c. They give the bondholder the right to demand repayment prior to maturity. d. They give the bondholder the right of first refusal with respect to any additional bonds sold by the issuer. 7. Demand bonds should be reported as governmental fund liabilities a. if the government has not entered into a take out agreement. b. if prevailing interest rates are higher than the interest rate on the bonds. c. if prevailing interest rates are lower than the interest rate on the bonds.
d. if the government, by the time it issues its financial statements, has neither refinanced the bonds nor entered into an agreement to do so. 8. A city issues bond anticipation notes on October 21, 2020. It refunds the notes with 30 year bonds in January 2021. In its financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, which are issued in April 2021, it should report the bond anticipation notes as obligations a. in both its government wide statement of net position and a governmental fund balance sheet. b. in its government wide statement of net position but not its governmental fund balance sheet. c. in its governmental fund balance sheet but not its government wide statement of net position. d. in neither its governmental fund balance sheet nor its government wide statement of net position. 9. A city issues revenue anticipation notes on October 21, 2020. It repays the notes in January 2021. In its financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, which are issued in April 2021, it should report the revenue anticipation notes as obligations a. in both the government wide statement of net position and a governmental fund balance sheet. b. in the government wide statement of net position but not a governmental fund balance sheet. c. in a governmental fund balance sheet but not the government wide statement of net position. d. in neither a governmental fund balance sheet nor the government wide statement of net position. 10. In which of the following lease arrangements would a county government lessor not recognize a lease receivable as a noncurrent asset: It signs a. a 10 year lease for one foor of a five story office building. b. a two year lease with another government for an automobile; lease payments will be determined in part by number of miles driven. c. a five year lease on construction equipment with a town within its jurisdiction that includes a nonappropriation clause. d. a three year lease on a copy machine that gives the lessee the option to terminate the lease at the end of either the first or second year of the contract . 1. A town signs a 10 year lease by which it acquires equipment with a market value of $1 million. The lease incorporates an implicit interest rate of 8 percent per year. Accordingly, annual lease payments are $149,029. When the town makes its second annual lease payment, it would report in its government wide statements a. interest expense of $80,000. b. rent expense of $149,029. c. interest expense of $74,478. d. rent expense of $100,000.
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2. State courts that have held that financing leases do not qualify as long term debt subject to debt limitations commonly base their decision on the inclusion in the lease agreement of a a. nonsubstitution clause. b. nonappropriation clause. c. nonparticipation clause. d. forward funding clause. 3. Revenue bonds, compared with general obligation bonds, generally a. are paid out of property or sales tax revenues. b. bear lower interest rates. c. are subject to the same debt limitations. d. are not backed by the full faith and credit of the issuing government. 4. A town is located within both a school district and a county. The assessed property valuations and bonded debts of the three governments are as follows (in millions): Assessed Valuation Bonded Debt Town 800 40 School District 1,600 90 County 2,400 18 The combined direct and overlapping debt of the town is a. $40 million b. $51 million c. $91 million d. $148 million 5. Clifford City has issued $10 million of revenue bonds to help finance a factory for Travis, Inc., a private manufacturing company. The city owns the factory and leases it to the company. The bonds are payable exclusively from the lease payments. In the event the company defaults on its lease payments, the bondholders have claims only on the factory. The city has no obligation for the bonds other than to transmit to the bondholders the lease payments that it receives from the company. In its annual financial statements the city should report the bonds a. on its government wide statement of net position but not in any fund statements. b. only in notes. c. only as required supplementary information. d. both on its government wide statement of net position and in its proprietary funds balance sheet. 6. Which of the following is not a common reason for issuing revenue bonds rather than general obligation bonds? a. To obtain lower interest rates b. To incorporate debt service costs into user fees c. To avoid debt limitations or voter approvals d. To shift a portion of the burden of paying for the project to parties who reside outside the issuer's jurisdiction but nevertheless benefit from the project 7. On December 1, 2021, a city issued $20 million in BANs and $6 million in RANs. By April 15, 2022, the date the city issued its financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, the city had neither converted the BANs into long term bonds nor entered into a refinancing agreement to do so. However, the city repaid the RANs on February 28, 2022. The
amount the city should report as an obligation of its general fund in its December 31, 2021, financial statements is a. $0 b. $6 million c. $20 million d. $26 million 8. A state authority (which is an independently legal entity) issues bonds back with a moral obligation of the state. This debt a. is probably backed by the full faith and credit of the state b. is probably subject to the same debt limitations as if it had been issued by the state itself c. probably bears a lower interest rate than if there were no moral obligation associated with it d. imposes greater pressure on the agency to repay the debt than if there were no moral obligation associated with it 9. Certificates of participation have the most in common with a. revenue bonds. b. pension annuities. c. participating preferred stock d. short term leases. 10. A city issues the following bonds: Revenue bonds to fund improvements to the town owned electric utility $50 million Conduit bonds issued to assist a fast food franchisee to construct a restaurant for $7 million The amount that the city should report as an obligation in its government wide statement of net position and its proprietary funds balance sheet is Government-Wide Proprietary Fund a. $57 million $57 million b. $57 million 0 c. $50 million $50 million d. 0 0