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Chapter 09 - Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria Chapter 09 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria   Multiple Choice Questions   1. A project has an initial cost of $27,400 and a market value of $32,600. What is the difference between these two values called?  A. net present value B. internal return C. payback value D. profitability index E. discounted payback   2. Which one of the following methods of project analysis is defined as computing the value of a project based upon the present value of the project's anticipated cash flows?  A. constant dividend growth model B. discounted cash flow valuation C. average accounting return D. expected earnings model E. internal rate of return   3. The length of time a firm must wait to recoup the money it has invested in a project is called the:  A. internal return period. B. payback period. C. profitability period. D. discounted cash period. E. valuation period.   4. The length of time a firm must wait to recoup, in present value terms, the money it has in invested in a project is referred to as the:  A. net present value period. B. internal return period. C. payback period. D. discounted profitability period. E. discounted payback period.   9-1
Chapter 09 - Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria 5. A project's average net income divided by its average book value is referred to as the project's average:  A. net present value. B. internal rate of return. C. accounting return. D. profitability index. E. payback period.   6. The internal rate of return is defined as the:  A. maximum rate of return a firm expects to earn on a project. B. rate of return a project will generate if the project in financed solely with internal funds. C. discount rate that equates the net cash inflows of a project to zero. D. discount rate which causes the net present value of a project to equal zero. E. discount rate that causes the profitability index for a project to equal zero.   7. You are viewing a graph that plots the NPVs of a project to various discount rates that could be applied to the project's cash flows. What is the name given to this graph?  A. project tract B. projected risk profile C. NPV profile D. NPV route E. present value sequence   8. There are two distinct discount rates at which a particular project will have a zero net present value. In this situation, the project is said to:  A. have two net present value profiles. B. have operational ambiguity. C. create a mutually exclusive investment decision. D. produce multiple economies of scale. E. have multiple rates of return.   9-2
Chapter 09 - Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria 9. If a firm accepts Project A it will not be feasible to also accept Project B because both projects would require the simultaneous and exclusive use of the same piece of machinery. These projects are considered to be:  A. independent. B. interdependent. C. mutually exclusive. D. economically scaled. E. operationally distinct.   10. The present value of an investment's future cash flows divided by the initial cost of the investment is called the:  A. net present value. B. internal rate of return. C. average accounting return. D. profitability index. E. profile period.   11. A project has a net present value of zero. Which one of the following best describes this project?  A. The project has a zero percent rate of return. B. The project requires no initial cash investment. C. The project has no cash flows. D. The summation of all of the project's cash flows is zero. E. The project's cash inflows equal its cash outflows in current dollar terms.   12. Which one of the following will decrease the net present value of a project?  A. increasing the value of each of the project's discounted cash inflows B. moving each of the cash inflows back to a later time period C. decreasing the required discount rate D. increasing the project's initial cost at time zero E. increasing the amount of the final cash inflow   9-3
Chapter 09 - Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria 13. Which one of the following methods determines the amount of the change a proposed project will have on the value of a firm?  A. net present value B. discounted payback C. internal rate of return D. profitability index E. payback   14. If a project has a net present value equal to zero, then:  A. the total of the cash inflows must equal the initial cost of the project. B. the project earns a return exactly equal to the discount rate. C. a decrease in the project's initial cost will cause the project to have a negative NPV. D. any delay in receiving the projected cash inflows will cause the project to have a positive NPV. E. the project's PI must be also be equal to zero.   15. Rossiter Restaurants is analyzing a project that requires $180,000 of fixed assets. When the project ends, those assets are expected to have an aftertax salvage value of $45,000. How is the $45,000 salvage value handled when computing the net present value of the project?  A. reduction in the cash outflow at time zero B. cash inflow in the final year of the project C. cash inflow for the year following the final year of the project D. cash inflow prorated over the life of the project E. not included in the net present value   16. Which one of the following increases the net present value of a project?  A. an increase in the required rate of return B. an increase in the initial capital requirement C. a deferment of some cash inflows until a later year D. an increase in the aftertax salvage value of the fixed assets E. a reduction in the final cash inflow   9-4
Chapter 09 - Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria 17. Net present value:  A. is the best method of analyzing mutually exclusive projects. B. is less useful than the internal rate of return when comparing different sized projects. C. is the easiest method of evaluation for non-financial managers to use. D. is less useful than the profitability index when comparing mutually exclusive projects. E. is very similar in its methodology to the average accounting return.   18. Which one of the following is a project acceptance indicator given an independent project with investing type cash flows?  A. profitability index less than 1.0 B. project's internal rate of return less than the required return C. discounted payback period greater than requirement D. average accounting return that is less than the internal rate of return E. modified internal rate of return that exceeds the required return   19. Why is payback often used as the sole method of analyzing a proposed small project?  A. Payback considers the time value of money. B. All relevant cash flows are included in the payback analysis. C. It is the only method where the benefits of the analysis outweigh the costs of that analysis. D. Payback is the most desirable of the various financial methods of analysis. E. Payback is focused on the long-term impact of a project.   20. Which of the following are advantages of the payback method of project analysis? I. works well for research and development projects II. liquidity bias III. ease of use IV. arbitrary cutoff point  A. I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. II and IV only E. II, III, and IV only   9-5
Chapter 09 - Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria 21. Samuelson Electronics has a required payback period of three years for all of its projects. Currently, the firm is analyzing two independent projects. Project A has an expected payback period of 2.8 years and a net present value of $6,800. Project B has an expected payback period of 3.1 years with a net present value of $28,400. Which projects should be accepted based on the payback decision rule?  A. Project A only B. Project B only C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B E. Answer cannot be determined based on the information given.   22. A project has a required payback period of three years. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the payback analysis of this project?  A. The cash flows in each of the three years must exceed one-third of the project's initial cost if the project is to be accepted. B. The cash flow in year three is ignored. C. The project's cash flow in year three is discounted by a factor of (1 + R) 3 . D. The cash flow in year two is valued just as highly as the cash flow in year one. E. The project is acceptable whenever the payback period exceeds three years.   23. A project has a discounted payback period that is equal to the required payback period. Given this, which of the following statements must be true? I. The project must also be acceptable under the payback rule. II. The project must have a profitability index that is equal to or greater than 1.0. III. The project must have a zero net present value. IV. The project's internal rate of return must equal the required return.  A. I only B. I and II only C. II and III only D. I, III, and IV only E. I, II, III, and IV   9-6
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