Finance Chapter 24 A central question that must be addressed in bankruptcy proceedings

Ch 24 Bankruptcy, Reorganization, and Liquidation

1. A central question that must be addressed in bankruptcy proceedings is whether the firm’s inability to meet scheduled

interest payments results from a temporary cash flow problem or from a potentially permanent problem caused by falling

asset values.

a.

True

b.

False

True

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False

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2. In the event of bankruptcy under the federal bankruptcy laws, debtholders have a prior claim to a firm’s income and

assets before both common and preferred stockholders. Moreover, in a bankruptcy all debtholders are treated equally as a

single class of claimants.

a.

True

b.

False

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False

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3. The basic doctrine of fairness under bankruptcy provisions states that claims must be recognized in the order of their

legal and contractual priority.

a.

True

b.

False

True

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False

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4. The primary test of feasibility in a reorganization is whether the firm’s fixed charges after reorganization can be covered

by its projected cash flows.

a.

True

b.

False

True

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False

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5. Even if a firm’s cash flow projections indicate that it will soon be unable to meet its interest payments, a bankruptcy

case cannot begin until the firm actually defaults on a scheduled payment.

a.

True

b.

False

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False

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6. One of the actions that can be taken in bankruptcy under the standard of feasibility is to replace existing management

with a new team if the quality of management is judged to have been substandard.

a.

True

b.

False

True

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False

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7. Bankruptcy plays no role in settling labor disputes and product liability suits. Such issues are outside the bounds of

bankruptcy law and are covered by other statutes.

a.

True

b.

False

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False

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8. Bankruptcy laws have been used to help reach settlements in major product liability lawsuits. By using financial

projections to show that contingent claims against the company jeopardize its existence, agreements are reached, partially

satisfying claimants, and allowing the firm to continue operating.

a.

True

b.

False

True

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False

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9. What would be the priority of the claims as to the distribution of assets in a liquidation under Chapter 7 of the

Bankruptcy Act? 1 is the highest claim, 5 is the lowest.

(1)

Trustees’ costs to administer and operate the firm.

(2)

Common stockholders.

(3)

General, or unsecured, creditors.

(4)

Secured creditors, who have a claim to the proceeds from the sale of specific property

pledged to secure a loan.

(5)

Taxes due to federal and state governments.

a.

5, 4, 1, 3, 2

b.

4, 1, 5, 3, 2

c.

5, 1, 4, 2, 3

d.

1, 5, 4, 3, 2

e.

1, 4, 3, 5, 2

b

1

Difficulty: Challenging

Multiple Choice

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Priority of claims

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10. Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Act is designed to do which of the following?

a.

Establish the rules of reorganization for firms with projected cash flows that eventually will be sufficient to

meet debt payments.

b.

Ensure that the firm is viable after emerging from bankruptcy.

c.

Allow the firm to negotiate with each creditor individually.

d.

Provide safeguards against the withdrawal of assets by the owners of the bankrupt firm and allow insolvent

debtors to discharge all of their obligations and to start over unhampered by a burden of prior debt.

e.

Protect shareholders against creditors.

d

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Difficulty: Moderate

Multiple Choice

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Liquidation procedures

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11. Which of the following statements is most CORRECT?

a.

Federal bankruptcy law deals only with corporate bankruptcies. Municipal and personal bankruptcy are

governed solely by state laws.

b.

All bankruptcy petitions are filed by creditors seeking to protect their claims against firms in financial distress.

Thus, all bankruptcy petitions are involuntary as viewed from the perspective of the firm’s management.

c.

Chapters 11 and 7 are the most important bankruptcy chapters for financial management purposes. If a

reorganization plan cannot be worked out under Chapter 11, then the company will be liquidated as prescribed

in Chapter 7 of the Act.

d.

“Restructuring” a firm’s debt can involve forgiving a certain portion of the debt, but it cannot call for changing

the debt’s maturity or its contractual interest rate.

e.

Our bankruptcy laws were enacted in the 1800s, revised in the 1930s, and have remained unaltered since that

time.

c

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12. Which of the following statements is most CORRECT?

a.

The primary test of feasibility in a reorganization is whether every claimant agrees with the reorganization

plan.

b.

The basic doctrine of fairness states that all debtholders must be treated equally.

c.

Since the primary issue in bankruptcy is to determine the sharing of losses between owners and creditors, the

“public interest” is not a relevant concern.

d.

While a firm is in bankruptcy, the existing management is always allowed to retain control, though the court

will monitor its actions closely.

e.

To a large extent, the decision to dissolve a firm through liquidation versus keeping it alive through

reorganization depends on a determination of the value of the firm if it is rehabilitated versus the value of its

assets if they are sold off individually.

e

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Difficulty: Moderate

Multiple Choice

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