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Chapter 2 Questions an Problems Kimberly Carulli ACCT 430: Advanced Accounting Bryant & Stratton College Ms. Sharon Hayes October 10, 2013 Question 1. What is a business combination? Answer: 2. Describe the different types of legal arrangements that can take place to create a business combination. Answer: 3. What does the term consolidated financial statements mean? Answer: 4. Within the consolidation process, what is the purpose of a worksheet? Answer: Problems 1. Which of the following does not represent a primary motivation for business combinations? 1. Combinations as a vehicle for achieving rapid growth and competitiveness. 2. Cost savings through elimination of duplicate facilities and staff. 3. Quick entry for new and existing products into markets. 4. Larger firms being less likely to fail. 1. Which of the following is the best theoretical justification for consolidated financial statements? 1. In form the companies are one entity; in substance they are separate. 2. In form the companies are separate; in substance they are one entity. 3. In form and substance the companies are one entity. 4. In form and substance the companies are separate. (AICPA) 1. What is a statutory merger? 1. A merger approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 2. An acquisition involving the purchase of both stock and assets. 3. A takeover completed within one year of the initial tender offer. 4. A business combination in which only one company continues to exist as a legal entity. 1. FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations, provides principles for allocating the fair value of an acquired business. When the collective fair values of the separately identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed exceed the fair value of the consideration transferred,

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