Wgu D076 - Pre-Assessment Questions And Answers With Excel Problems 2024 Update Already Passed

As an active investor, Maria is analyzing her portfolio to decide if there are any stocks she should remove from her pool of financial securities. A company she has invested in, Quiet Flag Industries, just released its annual report. Which kind of method should Maria use to see if the company has improved? {Ans: Trend analysis}You are considering starting a new business to sell Widgets in your hometown. You can import the Widgets at a low cost, and you hope to be able to sell them for significantly more. Which ratio can help you calculate how much profit you will earn from the sale of each Widget? (Assume you are only considering the cost of the Widget, not any other operating costs.) {Ans: Gross margin}Which statement below is an example of how ratios are used in the field of finance? {Ans: A firm's ratios are compared with those of a benchmark peer group to determine the firm's relative strength and performance.}An investment analyst is concerned about a construction company's ability to sell its inventory to meet current obligations, because much of the inventory (commercial buildings) it builds and sells takes longer than a year to construct. Which