hy is fraud more prevalent in the United States than in other countries? re more companies in the United States than in other countries ate executive pay is more closely tied to company performance than in other countries it function is weaker in the United States than in other countries unuican executives are more corrupt than executives in other countries . In a trend analysis, an index mmber of 139 for 2009 sales indicates that a sales for 2009 were 139 percent higher than sales for the same company ia the base year b. sales for 3009 for this coczpuny were 139 peroent of the sales figure of another compenty being used in the compariaon. sales for 2009 were 139 percent of the sales for the same compay in tbe base yor d. actual sales for 2009 exceeded budgeted sales for 2009 by 39 percent. 45. An example of borizontal analysis is a. common-size statements b. treed analysis c ratio analysis d. profitabality analyais. o. In conducting harizontal analysis, t s lmportant to foeus atention on the changes in a. the composition of the statmens. b. dollar amounts and their percentages e, dollar amounts d. percentages. A common messure of liquidity is a profit margin b. roceivable turnover. c. return on assets. d. saset turnover 48. Return on assets is mest closely related to a interest coverage and the deb to equity rotioes b. profit margin and the deb: to equity ratio c. pcotfit margin and asset turnover d. inventocy tumover ad profit margin 41, Which of the following ratios involves the maaket price of a company's stock? a Return on equity b. Dividenda yield c. Profit margin d. Cash dlow yield 50, The ability to pay bills when due and to meet wnespected needs for cash mst closely describe cash flow adequsey b long-term solverey o. liquidity d. profitalblity