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You are making an investment of $110,000 and require a rate of return of14.6 percent.You expect to receive $48,000 in the first year,.$52,500 in the second year,and $55,000 in the third year.There will be a cash outflow of $900 in the fourth year to close out the.investment.What is the net present value of this investment?


A) $7,881.55
B) $4,305.56
C) $1,879.63
D) $633.33
E) $8,534.25

F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Which one of the following methods of analysis ignores the time value of money?


A) Net present value
B) Internal rate of return
C) Discounted cash flow analysis
D) Payback
E) Profitability index

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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You are considering an investment for which you require a rate of return of 8.5 percent.The investment costs $67,400 and will produce.cash inflows of $25,720 for three years.Should you accept this project based on its internal rate of return? Why or why not?


A) Yes; because the IRR is 9.51 percent
B) Yes; because the IRR is 7.08 percent
C) Yes; because the IRR is 6.67 percent
D) No; because the IRR is 7.08 percent
E) No'; because the IRR is 9.51 percent

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Chestnut Tree Farms has identified the following two mutually exclusive projects:  Year  Cash Flow  Cash (A)  Flow (B) 0$40,000$40,000111,30017,400214,80014,100313,70012,90047,9002,200\begin{array} { | r | r | r | } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Cash Flow } & \underline { \text { Cash } } \\&{ ( \mathrm { A } ) } & \underline { \text { Flow } ( \mathrm { B } ) } \\\hline 0 & - \$ 40,000 & - \$ 40,000 \\\hline 1 & 11,300 & 17,400 \\\hline 2 & 14,800 & 14,100 \\\hline 3 & 13,700 & 12,900 \\\hline 4 & 7,900 & 2,200 \\\hline\end{array} Over what range of discount rates would you choose Project A?


A) 7.13 percent or less
B) 7.13 percent or more
C) 6.38 percent or more
D) 6.38 percent or less
E) 6.57 percent or more

F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

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You are considering the following two mutually exclusive projects.What is the crossover point?  Year  Project A  Project B 0$52,000$52,0001012,000233,00029,000340,00027,000\begin{array} { | c | r | r | } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Project A } & \text { Project B } \\\hline 0 & - \$ 52,000 & - \$ 52,000 \\\hline 1 & 0 & 12,000 \\\hline 2 & 33,000 & 29,000 \\\hline 3 & 40,000 & 27,000 \\\hline\end{array}


A) 20.76 percent
B) 23.72 percent
C) 25.89 percent
D) 18.79 percent
E) 22.08 percent

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Generally speaking,payback is best used to evaluate which type of projects?


A) Low-cost, short-term
B) High-cost, short-term
C) Low-cost, long-term
D) High-cost, long-term
E) Any size of long-term project

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The reinvestment approach to the modified internal rate of return:


A) individually discounts each separate cash flow back to the present.
B) reinvests all the cash flows, including the initial cash flow, to the end of the project.
C) discounts all negative cash flows to the present and compounds all positive cash flows to the end of the project.
D) discounts all negative cash flows back to the present and combines them with the initial cost.
E) compounds all of the cash flows, except for the initial cash flow, to the end of the project.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Net present value involves discounting an investment's:


A) assets.
B) future profits.
C) liabilities.
D) costs.
E) future cash flows.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Which one of the following is an indicator that an investment is acceptable? Assume cash flows are conventional.


A) Modified internal rate of return that is equal to zero
B) Profitability index of zero
C) Internal rate of return that exceeds the required return
D) Payback period that exceeds the required period
E) Negative average accounting return

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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What is the payback period for a project with the following cash flows?  Year  Cash Flow 0$75,000115,000223,000335,000425,000\begin{array} { | c | r | } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Cash Flow } \\\hline 0 & - \$ 75,000 \\\hline 1 & 15,000 \\\hline 2 & 23,000 \\\hline 3 & 35,000 \\\hline 4 & 25,000 \\\hline\end{array}


A) 2.56 years
B) 2.89 years
C) 3.08 years
D) 3.24 years
E) Never

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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The net present value of an investment represents the difference between the investment's:


A) cash inflows and outflows.
B) cost and its net profit.
C) cost and its market value.
D) cash flows and its profits.
E) assets and liabilities.

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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An investment has an initial cost of $300,000 and a life of four years.This investment will be depreciated by $60,000 a year and will generate the net income shown below.Should this project be accepted based on the average accounting rate of return (AAR) if the required rate is 9.5 percent? Why or why not?  Year  Net Income 1$14,500216,900319,600423,700\begin{array} { | c | r | } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Net Income } \\\hline 1 & \$ 14,500 \\\hline 2 & 16,900 \\\hline 3 & 19,600 \\\hline 4 & 23,700 \\\hline\end{array}


A) Yes, because the AAR less than 9.5 percent
B) Yes, because the AAR is 9.5 percent
C) Yes, because the AAR is greater than 9.5 percent
D) No, because the AAR is 9.5 percent
E) No, because the AAR is greater than 9.5 percent

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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What is the IRR of the following set of cash flows?  Year  Cash Flow 0$61,300118,900264,50037,600\begin{array} { | c | r | } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Cash Flow } \\\hline 0 & - \$ 61,300 \\\hline 1 & 18,900 \\\hline 2 & 64,500 \\\hline 3 & 7,600 \\\hline\end{array}


A) 12.93 percent
B) 14.90 percent
C) 23.86 percent
D) 16.33 percent
E) 17.78 percent

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Which one of the following statements is correct?


A) A longer payback period is preferred over a shorter payback period.
B) The payback rule states that you should accept a project if the payback period is less than one year.
C) The payback period ignores the time value of money.
D) The payback rule is biased in favor of long-term projects.
E) The payback period considers the timing and amount of all of a project's cash flows.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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The Black Horse is currently considering a project that will produce cash inflows of $11,000 a year for three years followed by $6,500 in Year 4.The cost of the project is $38,000.What is the profitability index if the discount rate is 9 percent?


A) .85
B) .93
C) 1.04
D) 1.09
E) 1.12

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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What is the net present value of the following cash flows if the relevant discount rate is 11.4 percent?  Year  Cash Flow 0$32,400110,620216,80033,110426,600\begin{array} { | c | r | } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Cash Flow } \\\hline 0 & - \$ 32,400 \\\hline 1 & 10,620 \\\hline 2 & 16,800 \\\hline 3 & - 3,110 \\\hline 4 & 26,600 \\\hline\end{array}


A) $4,887.26
B) $5,006.19
C) $8,215.46
D) $13,058.39
E) $18,519.71

F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

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Corner Restaurant is considering a project with an initial cost of $211,600.The project will not produce any cash flows for the first three years.Starting in Year 4,the project will produce cash inflows of $151,000 a year for three years.This project is risky,so the firm has assigned it a discount rate of 18.6 percent.What is the project's net present value?


A) $113,585.57
B) -$4,591.11
C) $51,786.86
D) $2,255.56
E) -$16,670.67

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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The net present value profile illustrates how the net present value of an investment is affected by which one of the following?


A) Project's initial cost
B) Discount rate
C) Timing of the project's cash inflows
D) Inflation rate
E) Real rate of return

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Which one of the following is most closely related to the net present value profile?


A) Internal rate of return
B) Average accounting return
C) Profitability index
D) Payback
E) Discounted payback

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Which one of the following methods of analysis is most similar to computing the return on assets (ROA) ?


A) Internal rate of return
B) Profitability index
C) Average accounting return
D) Net present value
E) Payback

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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