Which one of the following would help a company with high gearing to reduce its gearing ratio?
A company's gross profit as a percentage of sales increased from 24% in the year ended 31 December 20X1 to 27% in the
year ended 31 December 20X2.
Which of the following events is most likely to have caused the increase?
All the following statements relate to criminal and civil law. Which one of the statements is correct?
Which of the following is the prosecutor in a criminal law case?
A principal may, in certain circumstances, ratify the acts of the agent which has retrospective effect.
Which of the following are circumstances where an agent may enforce a contract?
(a) Where the agent is intended to take personal liability
(b) Where it is usual business practice to allow enforcement
(c) Where the agent acts on their own behalf even if they purport to act for a principal
A firm has to pay a 20c per unit royalty to the inventor of a device which it manufactures and sells. How would the royalty charge be classified in the firm's accounts?
Which of the following would be classed as indirect labour?
Which of the following is not an aim of internal controls?
Some controls are provided automatically by the system and cannot be by-passed, ignored oroverridden: for example, having
to input a password to enter a computer system. These are classified as controls.Which term correctly completes this
statement?