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2) A bond is a ________ instrument by which a borrower of funds agrees to pay back the funds with
interest on specific dates in the future.
A) long-term equity
B) long-term debt
C) short-term debt
D) short-term equity
3) Bonds are sometimes called ________ securities because they pay set amounts on specific future dates.
A) variable-income
B) fixed-income
C) bully
D) real
4) The ________ is the annual coupon payment divided by the current price of the bond, and is not
always an accurate indicator.
A) current yield
B) yield to maturity
C) bond discount rate
D) coupon rate
5) The ________ is the yield an individual would receive if the individual purchased the bond today and
held the bond to the end of its life.
A) current yield
B) yield to maturity
C) prime rate
D) coupon rate
8) Johnson Construction Inc. has issued 20-year $1,000 face value, 8% annual coupon bonds, with a yield
to maturity of 10%. The current price of the bond is ________.
A) $1,000.00
B) $1,196.36
C) $829.73
D) There is not enough information to answer this question.
9) Petty Productions Inc. recently issued 30-year $1,000 face value, 12% annual coupon bonds. The market
discount rate for this bond is only 7%. What is the current price of this bond?
A) $387.59
B) $597.24
C) $1,000.00
D) $1,620.45
12) The ________ is the return the bondholder receives on the bond if held to maturity.
A) coupon
B) coupon rate
C) yield to maturity
D) par rate
15) Ten years ago Bacon Signs Inc. issued twenty-five-year 8% annual coupon bonds with a $1,000 face
value each. Since then, interest rates in general have fallen and the yield to maturity on the Bacon bonds
is now 7%. Given this information, what is the price today for a Bacon Signs bond?
A) $1,000
B) $1,116.54
C) $1,091.08
D) $914.41
16) Ten years ago Bacon Signs Inc. issued twenty-five-year 8% annual coupon bonds with a $1,000 face
value each. Since then, interest rates in general have risen and the yield to maturity on the Bacon bonds is
now 9%. Given this information, what is the price today for a Bacon Signs bond?
A) $1,000
B) $919.39
C) $901.77
D) $1.085.59
17) The appropriate rate to use to discount the cash flows of a bond in order to determine the current
price is the ________.
A) yield to maturity
B) coupon rate
C) par rate
D) current yield
18) Fifteen years ago TravelEasy Inc. issued twenty-five-year 10% annual coupon bonds with a $1,000 face
value each. Since then, interest rates in general have fallen and the yield to maturity on the firm's bonds is
now 6%. Given this information, what is the price today for a TravelEasy bond?
A) $1,000
B) $1,294.40
C) $1,091.08
D) $914.41
19) Twenty years ago JeffCo Inc. issued thirty-year 9% annual coupon bonds with a $1,000 face value
each. Since then, interest rates in general have risen and the yield to maturity on the firm's bonds is now
11%. Given this information, what is the price today for a bond from this issue?
A) $1,000
B) $1,116.54
C) $882.22
D) $914.41
27) There are two typical ways to alter the one vote-one share standard. One way is ________.
A) to have companies buy back nonvoting common stock
B) to not have companies pay dividends
C) to have companies issue classes of stock whereby one or more classes have super voting rights
D) to not have companies issue bonds
28) A typical practice of many companies is to distribute part of the earnings to shareholders through
________.
A) quarterly stock splits
B) quarterly cash dividends
C) semiannual cash dividends
D) annual stock dividends
31) Common stock is a vehicle for selling ownership and another way to raise money for operations,
expansion, or other business needs.
32) Like a bond, common stock provides no specific promise of when and how much you will receive.
33) A privilege that allows current shareholders to buy a fixed percentage of all futures issues before they
are offered to the public is called a primary right.
34) Even though a company sets a limit on the number of shares it will sell, before selling any of them, the
company must receive authorization to market the shares from the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC).
35) The shares that are available for public purchase and subsequent trading in a secondary market such
as the NYSE or NASDAQ are the issued shares of the company.
37) Define treasury shares, distinguishing between treasury shares and outstanding shares. Is a company
limited in treasury shares that it may own? Briefly explain.
38) The ________ is the market of first sale in which companies first sell their authorized shares to the
public.
A) primary market
B) secondary market
C) both primary and secondary markets
D) Nasdaq market
39) You can think of the ________ as the "used stock" market because these shares have been owned or
"used" previously.
A) secondary market
B) primary market
C) NYSE market
D) initial public offering market
42) Part of the negotiation with the investment banker during the selection process has to do with how
the investment banker will be compensated for taking the company public. One of these two standard
compensation packages involves ________.
A) a firm-commitment approach, in which the investment banker essentially buys the entire stock issue
from the company at several prices
B) a best efforts approach, in which the investment banker pledges to do his or her best to sell the shares
and will take a small percentage of the sale of each stock
C) a best efforts approach, in which the investment banker essentially buys the entire stock issue from the
company at one price and then sells the issue at the auction for a higher price
D) a firm-commitment approach, in which the investment banker pledges to do his or her best to sell the
shares and will take a small percentage of the sale of each stock
43) Which of the statements below is FALSE?
A) The secondary market, or "used stock" market, provides a place for current common stockholders to
sell their stock or acquire more stock or for new stockholders to acquire stock for the first time.
B) Both the NYSE and the NYSE MKT LLC (previously known as the AMEX) are physical trading
locations with trading floors. In order to complete a trade (the selling or buying of shares), orders must be
processed at trading posts on the floor of the exchange.
C) Immediately after the public auction of common stock, the stock begins trading in the secondary
market.
D) Trading on the NYSE is accomplished through a set of registered dealers who are connected by a
computer network.
45) The last dividend (Div0) is $1.80, the growth rate (g) is 6%, and the required rate of return (r) is 12%.
What is the stock price according to the constant growth dividend model?
A) $31.80
B) $30.80
C) $30.00
D) $15.00
46) ________ is at the heart of corporate finance, because it is concerned with making the best choices
about project selection.
A) Capital budgeting
B) Capital structure
C) Payback period
D) Short-term budgeting
47) The ________ model is usually considered the best of the capital budgeting decision-making models.
A) internal rate of return (IRR)
B) net present value (NPV)
C) profitability index (PI)
D) discounted payback period
48) We can separate short-term and long-term decisions into three dimensions. Which of the below is
NOT one of these?
A) Degree of information gathering prior to the decision
B) Cost
C) Personality of CEO making the decisions
D) Length of impact
49) Because money is often limited, companies must be careful to choose projects that are feasible and
profitable.
51) Name and describe three key observations that we can make about the capital budgeting decision.
Answer: There are three key observations we can make about the capital budgeting decision:
1) A capital budgeting decision is typically a go or no-go decision on a product, service, facility, or
activity of the firm. That is, we either accept the business proposal or we reject it. The choice of accepting
or rejecting a proposed project is the cornerstone of financial management at all levels of a business.
2) A capital budgeting decision will require sound estimates of the time and amount of appropriate cash
flow for the proposal. Thus, the appropriate future cash flow is a necessary input into all capital
budgeting decisions.
3) The capital budgeting model has predetermined accept or reject criteria. We need to examine the
validity of these criteria within each decision model.
52) The ________ model answers one basic question: How soon will I recover my initial investment?
A) payback period
B) IRR
C) NPV
D) profitability index
53) The ________ model determines at what point in time cash outflow is recovered by the corresponding
future cash inflow.
A) NPV
B) buyback
C) net present value
D) payback period
54) Consider the following four-year project. The initial after-tax outlay or after-tax cost is $1,000,000. The
future after-tax cash inflows for years 1, 2, 3 and 4 are: $400,000, $300,000, $200,000 and $200,000,
respectively. What is the payback period without discounting cash flows?
A) 2.5 years
B) 3.0 years
C) 3.5 years
D) 4.0 years
55) Consider the following ten-year project. The initial after-tax outlay or after-tax cost is $1,000,000. The
future after-tax cash inflows each year for years 1 through 10 are $200,000 per year. What is the payback
period without discounting cash flows?
A) 10 years
B) 5 years
C) 2.5 years
D) 0.5 years
56) The initial outlay or cost is $1,000,000 for a four-year project. The respective future cash inflows for
years 1, 2, 3 and 4 are: $500,000, $300,000, $300,000 and $300,000. What is the payback period without
discounting cash flows?
A) About 2.50 years
B) About 2.67 years
C) About 3.67 years
D) About 4.50 years
57) Acme, Inc. is considering a four-year project that has an initial outlay or cost of $100,000. The
respective future cash inflows from its project for years 1, 2, 3 and 4 are: $50,000, $40,000, $30,000 and
$20,000. Will it accept the project if it's payback period is 31 months?
A) Yes, because it pays back in 25 months.
B) Yes, because it pays back in 28 months.
C) No, because it pays back in over 31 months.
D) No, because it pays back in over 35 months.
58) Which of the statements below is TRUE of the payback period method?
A) It ignores the cash flow after the initial outflow has been recovered.
B) It is biased against projects with early-term payouts.
C) It incorporates time-value-of-money principles.
D) It focuses on cash flows after the initial outflow has been recovered.
61) Acme, Inc. is considering a four-year project that has initial outlay or cost of $100,000. The respective
cash inflows for years 1, 2, 3 and 4 are: $50,000, $40,000, $30,000 and $20,000. Acme uses the discounted
payback period method, and has a discount rate of 11.50%. Will Acme accept the project if it's payback
period is 37 months?
A) Yes, because it pays back in less than 37 months.
B) No, because it pays back in over 37 months.
C) No, because it pays back in over 38 months.
D) No, because it pays back in over 40 months.
65) Dakota, Inc. is currently considering an eight-year project that has an initial outlay or cost of $140,000.
The cash inflows from its project for years 1 through 8 are the same at $35,000. Dakota has a discount rate
of 12%. Because there is a shortage of funds to finance all good projects, Dakota wants to compute the
profitability index (PI) for each project. That way Dakota can get an idea as to which project might be a
better choice. What is the PI for Dakota's current project?
A) About 1.24
B) About 1.21
C) About 1.19
D) About 1.09
66) The ________ is the cost of each financing component multiplied by that component's percent of the
total funding amount.
A) NPV
B) IRR
C) cost of capital
D) cost of debt
68) ________ refers to the way a company finances itself through some combination of loans, bond sales,
preferred stock sales, common stock sales, and retention of earnings.
A) Capital structure
B) Cost of capital
C) Working capital management
D) NPV
68) Which of the following is not considered a part of the firm's capital structure?
A) Long-term debt
B) Retained earnings
C) Inventory
D) Preferred stock
69) A firm's capital structure can be determined by examining which parts of the firm's balance sheet?
A) The long-term assets
B) The debt and equity
C) The short-term assets and liabilities
D) None of the above because a firm's capital structure is best observed on the income statement.
71) Which of the following would be classified as debt lenders for a firm?
A) Preferred shareholders, banks, and nonbank lenders
B) Nonbank lenders, common shareholders, and commercial banks
C) Preferred shareholders, common shareholders, and suppliers
D) Suppliers, nonbank lenders, and commercial banks
72) Which of the following would be classified as equity financing for a firm?
A) Preferred shareholders, banks, and nonbank lenders
B) Nonbank lenders, common shareholders, and commercial banks
C) Preferred shareholders, common shareholders, and retained earnings
D) Suppliers, nonbank lenders, and commercial banks
73) When a company borrows money from a bank or sells bonds, it is called ________.
A) capital structure financing
B) stock financing
C) equity financing
D) debt financing
74) Which of the items below is sometimes termed hybrid equity financing?
A) Retained earnings
B) Preferred stock
C) Callable bonds
D) Variable rate bonds
77) Acme Supply Co. has a new project that will require the company to borrow $3,000,000. Acme has
made an agreement with three lenders for the needed financing. First National Bank will give $1,500,000
and wants 10% interest on the loan. Lockup Bank will give $1,000,000 and wants 12% interest on the loan.
Southern National Bank will give $500,000 and wants 13% interest on the loan. What is the weighted
average cost of capital for this $3,000,000?
A) 10.55%
B) 11.17%
C) 11.66%
D) 12.16%
78) Michigan Manufacturing Inc. (MM) has a new project that will require the company to borrow
$1,000,000. MM has made an agreement with three lenders for the needed financing. First National Bank
will give $500,000 and wants 9% interest on the loan. Key West Bank will give $300,000 and wants 11%
interest on the loan. Chase Bank will give $200,000 and wants 12% interest on the loan. What is the
weighted average cost of capital for this $1,000,000?
A) 10.67%
B) 10.20%
C) 10.00%
D) 9.67%
79) Your firm has issued a 10-year $1,000.00 par value semiannual 10% coupon bond that sells for $1,000
in the market place. The proceeds from the sale of the bond issue are $975.00 per bond. What is your
firm's yield to maturity on this new bond issue? Use a financial calculator to determine your answer.
A) 5.15%
B) 10.16%
C) 10.30%
D) 10.41%
80) A/An ________ facilitates the issuing and sale of bonds and for this service is paid a fee.
A) commercial banker
B) investment banker
C) dealer
D) broker
81) An investment banker's fees are part of the ________ realized for issuing new debt or equity.
A) flotation costs
B) opportunity costs
C) revenues
D) benefits
82) Pricing preferred stock is most similar to pricing ________.
A) constant growth common stock
B) a perpetuity
C) a zero-coupon bond
D) a three-month Treasury bill
83) Your firm has preferred stock outstanding that pays a current dividend of $3.00 per year and has a
current price of $39.50. You anticipate that the economy will grow steadily at a rate of 3.00% per year for
the foreseeable future. What is the market required rate of return on your firm's preferred stock?
A) 10.82%
B) 10.59%
C) 7.59%
D) There is not enough information to answer this question.
84) Phillip Enterprises Inc. needs to determine its cost of equity capital. Use the following information to
estimate the firm's cost of equity using both the security market line and the dividend growth model. The
current market price of stock is $22.89, the risk-free rate is 4.00%, the required return on the market
portfolio is 13.50%, the firm has a constant growth rate in dividends of 3.00% per year, current dividends
are $2.00, and the firm's beta is 0.90.
85) Managing the relationship between current assets and current liabilities of the firm in order to
improve the flow of funds is called ________.
A) the business operating cycle
B) the cash conversion cycle
C) working capital management
D) the production cycle
86) The ________ is the period from the start of cash outflow for producing a product or service until the
associated cash inflow materializes from the sale of that product or service.
A) cash conversion cycle
B) accounts receivable cycle
C) current ratio
D) business operating cycle
87) The ________ starts at the time production begins and ends with the collection of cash from the sale of
the product.
A) accounts receivable cycle
B) business operating cycle
C) cash conversion cycle
D) production cycle
88) The ________ begins at the time a firm first starts to make a product and lasts until the time the
customer buys the product.
A) business operating cycle
B) accounts receivable cycle
C) cash conversion cycle
D) production cycle
90) Which of the following is NOT true of the cash conversion cycle?
A) It is the net period from the start of cash outflow for producing a product or service until the
associated cash inflow materializes from the sale of that product or service.
B) Cash Conversion Cycle = Production Cycle + Collection Cycle - Payment Cycle
C) Cash Conversion Cycle = Production Cycle + Collection Cycle + Payment Cycle
D) The cash conversion cycle essentially measures how quickly a company can convert its products or
services into cash.
91) Using the information provided, what is the inventory turnover for the firm?
A) 23.53 times
B) 53.33 times
C) 48.00 times
D) 60.00 times
92) Using the information provided, what is the length of the production cycle for the firm?
A) 6.08 days
B) 7.60 days
C) 53.33 days
D) 6.84 days
93) Using the information provided, what is the accounts receivable turnover for the firm?
A) 23.53 times
B) 29.41 times
C) 53.33 times
D) 60.00 times
94) Using the information provided, what is the collection cycle for the firm?
A) 6.84 days
B) 7.60 days
C) 10.34 days
D) 12.41 days
95) Using the information provided, what is the accounts payable turnover for the firm?
A) 15 times
B) 60 times
C) 75 times
D) 90 times
96) Using the information provided, what is the accounts payable cycle for the firm?
A) 4.06 days
B) 4.87 days
C) 6.08 days
D) 24.33 days
97) Jolly Roger Kite Company has a payment cycle of 17 days, a collection cycle of 31 days, and a
production cycle of 12 days. What is the average cash conversion cycle for the Jolly Roger Company?
A) 2 days
B) 36 days
C) 26 days
D) 60 days