1. Which financial statement reports the
amounts of cash that the firm generated and distributed during a particular
time period?
·
statement of retained earnings
·
Income statement
·
Statement of cash flows
·
Balance sheet
2. We commonly measure the risk-return relationship
using which of the following?
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Expected returns
·
Coefficient of variation
·
Correlation coefficient
·
Standard deviation
3. What's the current yield of a 6 percent
coupon corporate bond quoted at a price of 101.70?
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6.1 percent
·
10.2 percent
·
6.0 percent
·
5.9 percent
4. Which financial statement reports a firm's
assets, liabilities, and equity at a particular point in time?
·
Statement of cash flows
·
Balance sheet
·
Statement of retained earnings
·
Income statement
5. As new capital budgeting projects arise, we
must estimate__________.
·
the cost of the loan for the specific project
·
the cost of the stock being sold for the
specific project
·
when such projects will require cash flows
·
the float costs for financing the project
6. Will's Wheels, Inc. reported a
debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65 times at the end of 2013. If the firm's total debt
at year-end was $5 million, how much equity does Will's Wheels have?
·
$3.25 million
·
$5 million
·
$7.69 million
·
$0.65 million
7. Which of these is the process of estimating
expected future cash flows of a project using only the relevant parts of the
balance sheet and income statements?
·
Cash flow analysis
·
Incremental cash flows
·
Substitutionary analysis
·
Pro forma analysis
8. Which of these is the term for portfolios
with the highest return possible for each risk level?
·
Total portfolios
·
Efficient portfolios
·
Modern portfolios
·
Optimal portfolios
9. Which financial statement shows the total
revenues that a firm earns and the total expenses the firm incurs to generate
those revenues over a specific period of time — generally one year?
·
Statement of cash flows
·
Statement of retained earnings
·
Balance sheet
·
Income statement
10. What are the tools available for the
manager in financial planning?
·
Delaying disbursement of cash, reducing
collection period, cash management, and Increasing inventory turnover
·
Delaying disbursement of cash and cash
management
·
Reducing collection period and delaying
disbursement of cash
·
Increasing inventory turnover and reducing
collection period
11. When firms use multiple sources of capital,
they need to calculate the appropriate discount rate for valuing their firm's
cash flows as__________.
·
they apply to each asset as they are purchased
with their respective forms of debt or equity
·
a sum of the capital components costs
·
a simple average of the capital components costs
·
a weighted average of the capital components
costs
12. You are trying to pick the least-expensive
machine for your company. You have two choices: machine A, which will cost
$50,000 to purchase and which will have OCF of -$3,500 annually throughout the
machine's expected life of three years; and machine B, which will cost $75,000
to purchase and which will have OCF of -$4,900 annually throughout that
machine's four-year life. Both machines will be worthless at the end of their
life. If you intend to replace whichever type of machine you choose with the
same thing when its life runs out, again and again out into the foreseeable
future, and if your business has a cost of capital of 14 percent, which one
should you choose?
·
Neither machine A nor B
·
Both machines A and B
·
Machine B
·
Machine A
13. Financial plans include which of the
following?
·
All of the above
·
Pro forma Income Statement, Balance Sheet
·
Short Term and Long Term Plan
·
Schedule of Sales, Expenses, and Capital
Expenditure
14. Which of these statements is true regarding
divisional WACC?
·
Using a simple firmwideWACC to evaluate new
projects would give an unfair advantage to projects that present less risk than
the firm's average beta.
·
Using a divisional WACC versus a WACC for the
firm's current operations will result in quite a few incorrect decisions.
·
Using a simple firmwideWACC to evaluate new
projects would give an unfair advantage to projects that present more risk than
the firm's average beta.
·
Using a firmwideWACC to evaluate new projects
would have no impact on projects that present less risk than the firm's average
beta.
15. Which of these provide a forum in which
demanders of funds raise funds by issuing new financial instruments, such as
stocks and bonds?
·
Investment banks
·
Secondary markets
·
Primary markets
·
Money markets
16. What are reasons for the firm to go abroad?
·
Lower production cost
·
All of the above
·
Diversification
·
Access to raw materials
17. The top part of Mars, Inc.'s 2013 balance
sheet is listed as follows (in millions of dollars). What are Mars, Inc.'s
current ratio, quick ratio, and cash ratio for 2013?
·
4.2, 1.0, 0.2
·
2.3333, 0.5556, 0.1111
·
10.5, 6.0, 1.0
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0.1111, 0.5556, 0.2
18. The Rule of 72 is a simple mathematical
approximation for__________.
·
the future value required to double an
investment
·
the present value required to double an
investment
·
the payments required to double an investment
·
the number of years required to double an
investment
19. Which of these ratios show the combined
effects of liquidity, asset management, and debt management on the overall
operation results of the firm?
·
Coverage
·
Financial
·
Liquidity
·
Profitability
20. The overall goal of the financial manager
is to__________.
·
minimize total costs
·
maximize shareholder wealth
·
maximize net income
·
maximize earnings per share
21. Which of the following can create ethical
dilemmas between corporate managers and stockholders?
·
Board of directors
·
Auditors
·
Venture Capitalist
·
Agency relationship
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22. Which of the following terms means that
during periods when interest rates change substantially, bondholders experience
distinct gains and losses in their bond investments?
·
Reinvestment rate risk
·
Credit quality risk
·
Interest rate risk
·
Liquidity rate risk
23. Which of these is used as a measure of the
total amount of available cash flow from a project?
·
Free cash flow
·
Investment in operating capital
·
Operating cash flow
·
Sunk cash flow
24. Suppose that Model Nails, Inc.'s capital
structure features 60 percent equity, 40 percent debt, and that its before-tax
cost of debt is 6 percent, while its cost of equity is 10 percent. If the
appropriate weighted average tax rate is 28 percent, what will be Model Nails'
WACC?
·
7.73 percent
·
16.00 percent
·
8.40 percent
·
8.00 percent
25. Which of these does NOT perform vital
functions to securities markets of all sorts by channeling funds from those
with surplus funds to those with shortages of funds?
·
Commercial banks
·
Insurance companies
·
Mutual funds
·
Secondary markets
26. Which of the following is a true statement?
·
If interest rates fall, U.S. Treasury bonds will
have decreasing values.
·
If interest rates fall, no bonds will enjoy
rising values.
·
If interest rates fall, corporate bonds will
have decreasing values.
·
If interest rates fall, all bonds will enjoy
rising values.
27. Five years ago, Jane invested $5,000 and
locked in an 8 percent annual interest rate for 25 years (ending 20 years from
now). James can make a 20-year investment today and lock in a 10 percent
interest rate. How much money should he invest now in order to have the same
amount of money in 20 years as Jane?
·
$7,346.64
·
$3,160.43
·
$5,089.91
·
$3,464.11
28. We call the process of earning interest on
both the original deposit and on the earlier interest payments:
·
compounding.
·
multiplying.
·
computing.
·
discounting.
29. We can estimate a stock's value
by__________.
·
using the book value of the total assets divided
by the number of shares outstanding
·
using the book value of the total stockholder
equity section
·
compounding the past dividends and past stock
price appreciation
·
discounting the future dividends and future
stock price appreciation
30. A firm is expected to pay a dividend of
$2.00 next year and $2.14 the following year. Financial analysts believe the
stock will be at their target price of $75.00 in two years. Compute the value
of this stock with a required return of 10 percent.
·
$65.40
·
$65.57
·
$79.14
·
$66.67
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