单选题 An analyst does research about revenue recognition policy. In order to analyze a company's financial statements, and particularly to compare one company's financial statements with those of another company, which of the following is least likely helpful to understand any differences in their revenue recognition policies?
A. Calculate the monetary effect of differences between particular companies' revenue recognition policies and estimates.
B. Characterize the relative conservatism of a company's policies.
C. Qualitatively assess how differences in policies might affect financial ratio.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 比较不同公司的收入确认的分析方法如下:(1)分析公司的收入确认方法是激进的还是保守的;(2)量化评估不同的收入确认方法对财务比率的影响。要想直接计算不同公司的收入确认政策和估计的金额差异影响是不太可能的,所以选项A是错的,教材中对此也有叙述。