Question 3 Which of the following statement completions is CORRECT?

If the yield curve is upward sloping, then the marketable securities held in a firm's portfolio, assumed to be held for emergencies, should

consist mainly of long-term securities because they pay higher rates.

consist mainly of short-term securities because they pay higher rates.

consist mainly of U.S. Treasury securities to minimize interest rate risk.

consist mainly of short-term securities to minimize interest rate risk.

be balanced between long- and short-term securities to minimize the adverse effects of either an upward or a downward trend in interest rates.

Question 4 Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Other things held constant, the higher a firm's days sales outstanding (DSO), the better its credit department.

If a firm that sells on terms of net 30 changes its policy to 2/10 net 30, and if no change in sales volume occurs, then the firm's DSO will probably increase.

If a firm sells on terms of 2/10 net 30, and its DSO is 30 days, then the firm probably has some past-due accounts.

If a firm sells on terms of net 60, and if its sales are highly seasonal, with a sharp

peak in December, then its DSO as it is typically calculated (with sales per day = Sales for past 12 months/365) would probably be lower in January than in July.

If a firm changed the credit terms offered to its customers from 2/10 net 30 to 2/10 net 60, then its sales should increase, and this should lead to an increase in sales per day, and that should lead to a decrease in the DSO.