1. ?Techniques employed by firms to make their financial statements look better than they actually are, are called:
a. ?DuPont techniques.
b. ?window-dressing techniques.
c. ?trend analysis techniques.
d. ?benchmarking.
e. ?equity multipliers.
2. The extent to which the operating income can decline before a firm is unable to meet its annual interest costs can be found in:
a. ?the fixed charge coverage ratio.
b. ?the debt ratio.
c. ?the times-interest-earned ratio.
d. ?the return on equity.
e. ?the profit margin.