Multiple choice | Accounting homework help
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1. Neura Pharma, Inc. has purchased a drug patent with a remaining useful life of 13 years. How should this new asset be classified?
• A current tangible asset
• A non-current tangible asset
• A non-current intangible asset
• A current intangible asset
2. June Smith, a process engineer, has sold her 15-year patent for a new etching process to Silica Labs, Inc. In return, she has received $500,000 in cash and, based on its value on the sale date, $200,000 in common stock in Silica Labs. The stock is forecasted to double in market value over the next two months.
How would this transaction be recorded by Silica Labs?
• Debit patent account $700,000; credit cash $500,000; credit common stock $200,000
• Debit cash $500,000; debit common stock $200,000; credit patent account $700,000
• Debit cash $500,000; credit patent account $500,000
• Debit patent account $500,000; credit cash $500,000
3. Consider the same scenario as in the previous question:
June Smith, a process engineer, has sold her 15-year patent for a new etching process to Silica Labs, Inc. In return, she has received $500,000 in cash and, based on its value on the sale date, $200,000 in common stock in Silica Labs. The stock is forecasted to double in market value over the next two months.
Assuming that Silica Labs holds some long-term debt, which of the following describes the effect of the transaction on Silica Labs?
• Current ratio will decrease and total debt to equity ratio will increase
• Current ratio will increase and total debt to equity ratio will decrease
• Current ratio will increase and total debt to equity ratio will increase
• Current ratio will decrease and total debt to equity ratio will decrease
4. Lucky Lee, a video-game store in New York city, purchases a game machine directly from Taiwan for $30,000. In the U.S., the same machine will probably cost at least $36,000. Pick the most appropriate accounting action for Lucky Lee:
• Record the machine at $36,000
• Record the machine at $30,000
• Record the machine for [($30,000+$36,000)/2] = $33,000
• Have the machine examined by an independent appraiser and record it at the appraised value