Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3rd Edition

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 1 Corporate Finance and the Financial Manager 1.1 Why Study Finance? 1) The Valuation Principle shows how to make the costs and beneits of a decision comparable so that we can evaluate them properly. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer:

4) Why in general do inancial managers make inancial decisions in a corporation, rather than the owners making these decisions themselves? A) It is best for the control of the inances of a corporation to be in the hands of a disinterested third party. B) The interests of the various owners may

9) What is the bid-ask spread? A) the diference in price available for an immediate sale of a stock and the immediate purchase of the stock B) all of the costs and fees that a stock exchange charges in order to process a transaction C) the rise or fall in the value of

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 10 Stock Valuation: A Second Look 10.1 The Discounted Free Cash Flow Model 1) The discounted free cash low model ignores interest income and expense but adjusts for cash and debt directly, if free cash low is calculated based on EBIT. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer:

6) An investor estimates the value of a irm which manufactures cookware by examining the cash lows of similar irms. Which of the following is assumed to be the same for these irms? A) P/E B) annual growth rates C) payout rates D) all of the above Answer: DDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: DDif: 1

10.3 Information, Competition, and Stock Prices 1) If you value a stock using a range of stock valuation methods and these valuations indicate a stock price that is greater than its actual market price, it is most likely that the stock is under-valued. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var:

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 11 Risk and Return in Capital Markets 11.1 A First Look at Risk and Return 1) On average, stocks have delivered higher returns than bonds in the long run. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective:

21) Suppose the quarterly arithmetic average return for a stock is 10% per quarter and the stock gives a return of 15% each over the next two quarters. The arithmetic average return over the six quarters is ________. A) 15.17% B) 11.67% C) 12.83% D) 16.33% Answer: BExplanation: B) (10 + 10 + 10 + 10 +

42) Consider the following realized annual returns: Year-end S&P 500 Realized Return IBM Realized Return 1996 23.3% 46.3% 1997 24.7% 26.7% 1998 30.4% 86.9% 1999 9.0% 23.1% 2000 -2.0% 0.2% 2001 -17.3% -3.2% 2002 -24.3% -27.0% 2003 31.2% 27.9% 2004 4.4% -5.1% 2005 7.4% -11.3% The average annual return on the S&P 500 from 1996 to 2005 is closest to ________. A) 8.68% B) 4.34% C) 5.21% D) 9.55% Answer: AExplanation: A) Rannual

12) Consider the following average annual returns: Investment Average Return Small Stocks 23.5% S&P 500 13.3% Corporate Bonds 7.4% Treasure Bonds 6.6% Treasury Bills 4.2% What is the excess return for Treasury bills? A) 0% B) -9.1% C) -3.2% D) -2.4% Answer: AExplanation: A) Investment Average ReturnAverage Return-Treasury billReturnSmall Stocks 23.5% 19.3%S&P 500 13.3% 9.1%Corporate Bonds 7.4% 3.2%Treasure Bonds 6.6% 2.4%Treasury Bills

10) Many former employees at AlphaEnergy, an energy trading and supply company, had a large part of their portfolio invested in AlphaEnergy's stock. These employees were bearing a high degree of ________ risk. A) unsystematic B) systematic C) market-speciic D) non-diversiiable Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: A Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill:

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 12 Systematic Risk and the Equity Risk Premium 12.1 The Expected Return of a Portfolio 1) Stocks have both diversiiable risk and undiversiiable risk, but only diversiiable risk is rewarded with higher expected returns. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer:

23) What role does the correlation of two assets play in computation of the expected return of the two asset portfolio? Answer: The correlation of the two assets does not play any role in computation of the expected return of the two asset portfolio.Dif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: The correlation of the

24) Consider the following returns: Year-End Lowes Realized Return Home Depot Realized Return IBM Realized Return 2000 20.3% -14.6% 0.2% 2001 72.7% 4.8% -3.2% 2002 -25.7% -58.1% -27.0% 2003 56.3% 71.7% 27.9% 2004 6.7% 17.3% -5.1% 2005 17.9% 0.9% -11.3% The volatility on Home Depot's returns is closest to ________. A) 35% B) 32% C) 42% D) 17% Answer: CExplanation: C) Year-EndLowesRealizedReturnHomeDepotRealizedReturnLowesDeviation(RL - RL) Home DepotDeviation(RH - RH) (RL - RL) (RH

Answer: A Explanation: A) We say a portfolio is an eicient portfolio whenever it is not possible to ind another portfolio that is better in terms of both expected return and volatility. Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: JN Question Status: Previous Edition 21) You observe the following scatterplot of Ford's weekly

13) A stock market comprises 4600 shares of stock A and 1600 shares of stock B. Assume the share prices for stocks A and B are $15 and $30, respectively. If you have $15,000 to invest and you want to hold the market portfolio, how much of your money will

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 13 The Cost of Capital 13.1 A First Look at the Weighted Average Cost of Capital 1) Financial managers must determine their irm's overall cost of capital based on all sources of inancing. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif: 1

7) Assume preferred stock of Ford Motors pays a dividend of $4 each year and trades at a price of $35. What is the cost of preferred stock capital for Ford? A) 11.4% B) 12.6% C) 13.7% D) 14.9% Answer: AExplanation: A) Divide the dividend by the preferred stock price.$4 / $35 = 0.114 or

Explanation: A) 9.0% (1 - 0.35) = 5.9% Dif: 1 Var: 50+ Skill: Analytical AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: WC Question Status: Previous Edition 35) The after-tax cost of debt ________ the before-tax cost of debt for a irm that has a positive marginal tax rate. A) is always greater than B) is always equal to C) is

4) Assume General Motors has a weighted average cost of capital of 10%. GM is considering investing in a new plant that will save the company $30 million over each of the irst two years, and then $25 million each year thereafter. If the investment is $150 million, what is

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 14 Raising Equity Capital 14.1 Equity Financing for Private Companies 1) When a company founder sells stock to outside investors in order to raise capital, the share of the company owned by the founder and the founder's control over the company will be reduced. Answer:

26) You founded your own irm three years ago. You initially contributed $200,000 of your own money and in return you received 3 million shares of stock. Since then, you have sold an additional 2 million shares of stock to angel investors. You are now considering raising capital from a

13) David found a company and goes through the investment rounds shown below: Round Source Price Number of Shares Series A Self $0.50 325,000 Series B Angel $1.00 475,000 Series C Venture Capital $1.50 200,000 Series D Venture Capital $2.25 350,000 He decides to take the company public through an IPO, issuing 2 million new

29) Luther Industries is in the process of selling shares of stock in an auction IPO. At the end of the bidding period, Luther's investment bank has received the following bids: Price ($) Number of Shares Bid $19.70 50,000 $19.25 25,000 $19.10 25,000 $19.00 100,000 $18.75 125,000 $18.50 75,000 $18.25 150,000 $18.00 240,000 $17.75 80,000 $17.40 125,000 $17.15 150,000 $16.95 100,000 $16.80 60,000 $16.75 80,000 $16.50 75,000 $16.25 200,000 The

10) Big Box retailing has a market capitalization of $500 million and 20 million shares outstanding. In order to inance its growth, the management of Big Box plans to raise further capital through a rights issue. All shareholders will be issued ten rights to purchase a new share at a price

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 15 Debt Financing 15.1 Corporate Debt 1) The chief advantage of debt inancing over inancing through raising equity capital is that the former does not dilute the current owner's share of the business. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif:

Explanation: D) The private debt market is larger than the public debt market. Dif: 2 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: JN Question Status: Previous Edition 35) Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) Almost all bonds that are issued today are registered bonds. B) The trust company represents the bondholders and makes sure

13) A company issues a callable (at par) 20-year, 5% coupon bond with annual coupon payments. The bond can be called at par in one year after release or any time after that on a coupon payment date. On release, it has a price of $102 per $100 of face

30) Coupon 0% Call Date: July 1, 2008 Call Price 103.74% Maturity: July 1, 2015 A irm issues the convertible debt shown above. The price of stock in this company on July 1, 2008 is $27.24. What is the minimum conversion ratio that would make a bondholder prefer to convert rather than accept the

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 16 Capital Structure 16.1 Capital Structure Choices 1) Financial managers prefer to choose the same debt level no matter which industry they operate in. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: KB Question Status: Previous

B) the new shares are sold at a fair price C) the irm has no debt inancing D) the irm uses debt conservatively Answer: B Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: KB Question Status: Previous Edition 24) Which of the following is NOT one of Modigliani and Miller's set of conditions referred to as

45) Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) The levered equity return equals the unlevered return plus an extra "kick" due to leverage. B) By holding a portfolio of a irm's equity and its debt, we can replicate the cash lows from holding its levered equity. C) The cost of capital of

5) What are direct costs of inancial distress? Answer: When a corporation becomes inancially distressed, outside professionals, such as legal, appraisers, auctioneers, and others with experience in distressed assets are generally hired. These are direct costs of inancial distress.Dif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: When a corporation becomes inancially distressed, outside professionals,

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 17 Payout Policy 17.1 Cash Distribution to Shareholders 1) The Record Date falls before the Ex-Dividend Date. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: WC Question Status: Previous Edition 2) The way a irm chooses between

6) A irm has $300 million of assets that includes $40 million of cash and 8 million shares outstanding. If the irm uses $30 million of its cash to repurchase shares, what is the new price per share? A) $30.00 B) $37.50 C) $45.00 D) $52.50 Answer: BExplanation: B) Price per share before repurchase equals

24) Omicron Technologies has $60 million in excess cash and no debt. The irm expects to generate additional free cash lows of $48 million per year in subsequent years and will pay out these future free cash lows as regular dividends. Omicron's unlevered cost of capital is 9% and there are 12

16) The largest proportion of investors in common stock are ________. A) mutual funds B) pension funds C) corporations D) individual investors Answer: DDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: DDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: D Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: WC Question Status: Previous Edition 17) What is the general trend of dividend payments of U.S.

A) $6.36 B) $5.30 C) $4.24 D) $10.60 Answer: B Explanation: B) Dividend per share = $6 million (1 + 0.06) / 1.2 million = $5.30 Dif: 1 Var: 18 Skill: Analytical AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: JN Question Status: Previous Edition 17) Luther Industries has $7 million in excess cash and 1.2 million shares outstanding. Luther is considering investing the

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 18 Financial Modeling and Pro Forma Analysis 18.1 Goals of Long-Term Financial Planning 1) The goal of the inancial manager is to maximize the value of the shareholders' stake in the irm. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif: 1 Var:

21) LG Inc. has done a long-term forecast of its balance sheet. The projected total assets for the next year are $300 million. The current liabilities are projected to be $170 million and other long term liabilities are $70 million. How net new inancing is needed in the following year? A)

2) Internal growth rate indicates whether a planned investment will increase or decrease irm value. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: KB Question Status: Previous Edition 3) The sustainable growth rate assumes that the irm will raise no new debt

16) Compute the value of a irm with free cash lows of $4,000, $4,500, and $5,000 over the next three years, a terminal irm value of $60,000 after three years, and the unlevered cost of capital is 10%. Assume that the interest rate tax shield is zero. A) $56,191 B) $57,234 C) $58,098 D) $59,123 Answer:

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 19 Working Capital Management 19.1 Overview of Working Capital 1) Firms typically would prefer a positive cash conversion cycle versus a negative cash conversion cycle. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: WC Question

19.2 Trade Credit 1) Collection loat is the amount of time it takes for a irm to be able to use funds after a customer has paid for its goods. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: DS Question

10) Customer Amount Owed Age (days) Abel $10,000 53 Brannick $69,000 12 CLI $45,230 65 Deer $14,800 27 ESR $22,090 39 Flann $14,890 78 Graill $23,180 62 A irm has the accounts on its books shown above. What percentage of debt has been outstanding for over 60 days? A) 28% B) 30% C) 34% D) 42% Answer: DExplanation: D) Days OutstandingAmount Percentage Outstanding

5) Evertz Metals buys and stockpiles dolomite to use in its smelting processes. Before all this dolomite is used, however, they alter their smelting process so that calcite limestone is used instead. How is the inventory cost of the unused dolomite best categorized? A) an acquisition cost B) a carrying cost C) an

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 2 Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis 2.1 Firms' Disclosure of Financial Information 1) In the United States, publicly traded companies can choose whether or not they wish to release periodic inancial statements. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var:

14) Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities Current Assets Current Liabilities Cash 53 Accounts payable 40 Accounts receivable 23 Notes payable/short-term debt 5 Inventories 17 Total current assets 93 Total current liabilities 45 Long-Term Assets Long-Term Liabilities Net property, plant, and equipment 117 Long-term debt 133 Total long-term assets 117 Total long-term liabilities 133 Total Liabilities 178 Stockholders' Equity 32 Total Assets 210 Total

8) Luther Corporation Consolidated Balance Sheet December 31, 2006 and 2005 (in $ millions) Assets 2006 2005 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity 2006 2005 Current Assets Current Liabilities Cash 52.4 58.5 Accounts payable 88.9 73.5 Accounts receivable 54.6 39.6 Notes payable / short- term debt 9.3 9.6 Inventories 46.5 42.9 Current maturities of long-term debt 39.9 36.9 Other current assets 5.4 3.0

6) Income Statement for CharmCorp: 2008 2009 Total sales 600 540 Cost of sales -532 -488 Gross Proit 68 52 Selling, general, and administrative expenses -36 -21 Research and development -4 -5 Depreciation and amortization -5 -5 Operating Income 23 21 Other income 1 5 Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) 24 26 Interest income

Use the table for the question(s) below. Income Statement for Xenon Manufacturing: 2008 2009 Total sales 202 212 Cost of sales -148 -172 Gross Proit 54 40 Selling, general, and administrative expenses -22 -20 Research and development -8 -7 Depreciation and amortization -4 -3 Other income 4 6 Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) 24 16 Interest

8) AOS Industries Statement of Cash Flows for 2008 Operating activities Net Income 3.2 Depreciation and amortization 1.4 Cash efect of changes in Accounts receivable -1.9 Accounts payable 1.0 Inventory -0.6 Cash from operating activities 3.1 Investment activities Capital expenditures -2.2 Acquisitions and other investing activity -0.4 Cash from investing activities -2.6 Financing activities Dividends paid -1.0 Sale or purchase of stock 2.1 Increase

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 20 Short-Term Financial Planning 20.1 Forecasting Short-Term Financing Needs 1) Cash low forecasts are conducted in order to determine whether a irm has a cash low surplus or deicit and whether such a surplus or deicit is temporary or permanent. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill:

20) In which quarter are Fancy's seasonal working capital needs the smallest? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 Answer: AExplanation: A) Quarter 1 2 3 4Cash 825 175 175 900Accounts Receivable 585 1,245 1,760 800Inventory 160 250 250 115Accounts Payable 735 910 1,255 945Working capital 835 760 930 870Working capital = Cash +

17) Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) The matching principle indicates that the irm should inance permanent working capital with short-term sources of funds. B) Following the matching principle should, in the long run, help minimize a irm's transaction costs. C) In a perfect capital market, the choice of inancing is irrelevant;

12) Gemini Real Estate is ofered a $2 million line of credit for four months at an APR of 9%. This loan has a loan origination fee of 1.5%. What is the actual four-month interest rate paid, expressed as an EAR? A) 4.57% B) 9.68% C) 12.44% D) 14.34% Answer: DExplanation: D) Origination fee = 0.015

9) Carborundum Metals issues commercial paper with a face value of $1,000,000 and a maturity of three months. Carborundum receives net proceeds of $992,000 when it sells the paper. If the prime rate is 8% APR compounded quarterly, how much savings in interest did Carborundum realize by accessing the commercial paper

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 21 Option Applications and Corporate Finance 21.1 Option Basics 1) For every owner of a call option there is also an option writer, the person who takes the other side. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB

Use the table for the question(s) below. Consider the following information on options from the CBOE for Rackspace. RAX 30.09 +0.48 12/3/2010 Bid 30.07 Ask 30.09 Calls Last Sale Net Bid Ask Vol Open Int RAX 10 Dec 29 1.25 0 1.5 1.7 0 1436 RAX 10 Dec 30 1.05 0.27 0.95 1.1 5 2245 RAX 10

18) An investor purchases a call option and its underlying stock on the same day. If the stock appreciates by 25%, the call option will appreciate by ________. A) more than 25% B) less than 25% C) exactly 25% D) none of the above Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer:

15) For a(n) ________ put option, the longer the time to expiration, the greater the value of the option, all other things held constant. A) American B) European C) Asian D) A & B Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: A Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: WC Question

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 22 Mergers and Acquisitions 22.1 Background and Historical Trends 1) The period of the ________ is known as the conglomerate wave because irms typically acquired irms in unrelated businesses. A) 1960s B) 1970s C) 1980s D) 1990s Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Deinition Answer: ADif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Deinition Answer: A Dif: 1

< The term A in this equation refers to ________. A) the premerger, or standalone, value of the acquirer B) new shares to pay for the target C) the value of the synergies created by the merger D) the premerger (standalone) value of the target Answer: A Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author:

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 23 International Corporate Finance 23.1 Foreign Exchange 1) Even though a project may generate foreign currency cash lows, the irm cares about the home currency value of the project. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective:

20) Firms use forward foreign exchange contracts rather than a cash-and-carry strategy because ________. A) of lower transaction costs B) of inability to borrow in diferent currencies C) of higher interest costs if credit quality is poor D) all of the above Answer: DDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: DDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: D Dif: 1

4) Suppose the domestic cost of capital for a U.S.-based company is 9%. Also, the U.S. interest rate is 5% and the European interest rate is 5%. What is the foreign denominated cost of capital for the company? A) 7% B) 8% C) 9% D) 10% Answer: CExplanation: C) Foreign cost of capital = [(1

12) After the Irish taxes are paid, the amount of the earnings before interest and after taxes in dollars from the Ireland operations is closest to ________. A) $5.1 million B) $20.5 million C) $35.6 million D) $29.5 million Answer: CExplanation: C) Earning before interest and after taxes from the Ireland operations (in $) =

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 24 Leasing 24.1 The Basics of Leasing 1) Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) A lease is a contract between two parties: the lessee and the lessor. B) Most leases involve little or no upfront payment. C) The lessee is the owner of the asset, who

Use the table for the question(s) below. Luther Industries currently has the following balance sheet (in Thousands of dollars): Assets Liabilities Cash $500 Debt $4,500 Property, Plant, and Equipment $7,000 Equity $3,000 Total Assets $7,500 Total Debt plus Equity $7,500 Luther is about to add a new leet of delivery trucks. The

7) Should St. Martin lease the scanner or borrow the funds and buy the scanner? A) Buy the scanner; the NPV of the decision = $74,890.28. B) Buy the scanner; the NPV of the decision = $1,749,890.28 C) Lease the scanner; the NPV of the decision = $1,812,027.19 D) Lease the scanner; the NPV

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 25 Insurance and Risk Management 25.1 Insurance 1) To insure their assets against hazards such as ire, storm damage, vandalism, earthquakes, and other natural and environmental risks irms commonly purchase ________. A) key personnel insurance B) business liability insurance C) business interruption insurance D) property insurance. Answer: DDif: 1 Var:

6) Which of the following statements regarding long-term supply contracts is FALSE? A) The market value of the contract at any point in time may not be easy to determine, making it diicult to track gains and losses. B) Long-term supply contracts are designed to eliminate credit risk. C) Long-term supply contracts insulate

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 26 Corporate Governance 26.1 Corporate Governance and Agency Costs 1) Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) The conlict of interest between managers and investors derives from the separation of ownership and control in a corporation. B) Any discussion of corporate structurethe system of controls, regulations,

7) What are some of the negative efects of increasing the sensitivity of managerial pay to irm performance? Answer: Increasing the pay-for-performance sensitivity comes at the cost of burdening managers with risk. Besides increasing managers' risk exposure, increasing the sensitivity of managerial pay and wealth to irm performance has some other

7) Describe the main requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Answer: 1. Strict limits on the amount of non-audit fees (consulting or otherwise) that an accounting irm can earn from the same irm that it audits.2. That audit partners rotate every ive years to limit the likelihood that auditing relationships

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 3 Time Value of Money: An Introduction 3.1 Cost-Beneit Analysis 1) In general, if an action increases a irm's value by providing beneits with a value greater than any costs involved, then that action is good for the irm's investors. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif:

19) In a trade with the government of an oil producing nation, a manufacturer will deliver 13 Caterpillar D9 tractors, with a value of $320,000 per tractor, and receive 45,000 barrels of oil, valued at $120 per barrel. What is the net beneit of this trade to the manufacturer? A) $744,000 B)

14) Walgreens Company (NYSE: WAG) is currently trading at $48.75 on the NYSE. Walgreens Company is also listed on NASDAQ and assume it is currently trading on NASDAQ at $48.50. Does an arbitrage opportunity exist and, if so, how would you exploit it and how much would you make on

9) Why should you approach every problem by drawing a timeline? A) A timeline allows you to quickly sum cash lows over time. B) A timeline eliminates the majority of lawed inancial decisions. C) A timeline can be used to schedule events which are yet to occur. D) A timeline identiies events in a

7) What is the future value (FV) of $50,000 in thirty years, assuming the interest rate is 12% per year? A) $32,500.00 B) $1,273,296.69 C) $1,348,196.50 D) $1,497,996.11 Answer: DExplanation: D) Calculate the FV with and Dif: 1 Var: 50+Skill: Analytical Answer: DExplanation: D) Calculate the FV with and Dif: 1 Var: 50+Skill: Analytical Answer: D Explanation: D)

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 4 Time Value of Money: Valuing Cash Flow Streams 4.1 Valuing a Stream of Cash Flows 1) The present value (PV) of a stream of cash lows is just the sum of the present values of each individual cash low. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer:

2) An annuity is set up that will pay $1500 per year for ten years. What is the present value (PV) of this annuity given that the discount rate is 9%? A) $5776 B) $9626 C) $11,551 D) $13,476 Answer: BExplanation: B) Calculate PV annuity using TVM keys: input number of and interest Dif: 1 Var:

C) $250,000 D) This problem cannot be solved. Answer: A Explanation: A) Dif: 3 Var: 44 Skill: Analytical AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: JN Question Status: Previous Edition 13) Deine the following terms: (a) perpetuity (b) annuity (c) growing perpetuity (d) growing annuity Answer: (a) A perpetuity is a stream of equal cash lows that occur at regular intervals and lasts forever.(b) An

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 5 Interest Rates 5.1 Interest Rate Quotes and Adjustments 1) When you borrow money, the interest rate on the borrowed money is the price you pay to be able to convert your future loan payments into money today. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var:

29) When computing a present value, which of the following is TRUE? A) You should adjust the discount rate to match the interval between cash lows. B) You should adjust the future value to match the present value. C) You should adjust the time period to match the present value. D) You should adjust

21) Corey buys 10 Tulift 4-post, 4.5-ton car hoists for his parking garage at a total cost of $432,000. He inances this with a ive-year loan at 7.80% APR with monthly payments. After he has made the irst 20 payments, how much is the outstanding principal balance on his loan? A)

8) Historically, why were high inlation rates associated with high nominal interest rates? A) Individuals will spend more when they expect their investments to increase in value. B) Growth in investment and savings is encouraged when consumers are judged to be overspending. C) High inlation leads to a decrease in purchasing power and

23) Suppose the term structure of interest rates is shown below: Term 1 year 2 years 3 years 5 years 10 years 20 years Rate (EAR%) 5.00% 4.80% 4.60% 4.50% 4.25% 4.15% The present value (PV) of receiving $1100 per year with certainty at the end of the next three years is closest to

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 6 Bonds 6.1 Bond Terminology 1) The coupon value of a bond is the face value of the bond. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: DS Question Status: Previous Edition 2) A bond is said

17) Which of the following statements regarding bonds and their terms is FALSE? A) Zero-coupon bonds are also called pure discount bonds. B) The internal rate of return (IRR) of an investment opportunity is the discount rate at which the net present value (NPV) of the investment opportunity is equal to zero. C)

18) The Sisyphean Company has a bond outstanding with a face value of $1000 that reaches maturity in ive years. The bond certiicate indicates that the stated coupon rate for this bond is 8.5% and that the coupon payments are to be made semiannually. Assuming that this bond trades for $1081.73,

20) A 20-year bond with a $1,000 face value was issued with a yield to maturity of 4.3% and pays coupons semi-annually. After ten years, the yield to maturity is still 4.3% and the clean price of the bond is $959.71. After three more months go by, what would you

16) Consider the following yields to maturity on various one-year, zero-coupon securities: Security Yield (%) Treasury 5.0 AAA Corporate 5.2 BBB Corporate 5.8 B Corporate 6.6 The credit spread of the BBB corporate bond is closest to ________. A) 0.8% B) 1.10% C) 1.60% D) 0.40% Answer: AExplanation: A) 5.8% - 5.0% (BBB Yield - risk-free yield) = 0.8%Dif: 1 Var:

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 7 Stock Valuation 7.1 Stock Basics 1) The ownership in a corporation is divided into shares of stock, which carry rights to a share in the proits of the irm through future dividend payments. Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: TRUE Dif:

10) Valorous Corporation will pay a dividend of $1.75 per share at this year's end and a dividend of $2.35 per share at the end of next year. It is expected that the price of Valorous' stock will be $41 per share after two years. If Valorous has an equity cost

A) $6.46 B) $6.92 C) $9.23 D) $10.15 Answer: C Explanation: C) P0 = $1.20 / (0.16 - 0.03) = $9.23 Dif: 1 Var: 50+ Skill: Analytical AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: DS Question Status: Revised 19) Spacefood Products will pay a dividend of $2.40 per share this year. It is expected that this dividend will grow by 5% per year

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 8 Investment Decision Rules 8.1 The NPV Decision Rule 1) Preference for cash today versus cash in the future in part determines net present value (NPV). Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: DS Question

10) Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) In general, the diference between the cost of capital and the internal rate of return (IRR) is the maximum amount of estimation error in the cost of capital estimate that can exist without altering the original decision. B) The internal rate of return

14) A mining company plans to mine a beach for rutile. To do so will cost $14 million up front and then produce cash lows of $7 million per year for ive years. At the end of the sixth year the company will incur shut-down and clean-up costs of $6

Time: Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5Discount Rate Investment A: -$1.5 million $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $500,000 $500,000 8% Investment B: -$1.3 million $500,000 $400,000 $300,000 $200,000 $100,000 7% 13) An investor is considering the two investments shown above. Which of the following statements about these investments is

6) The owner of a number of gas stations is considering installing cofee machines in his gas stations. It will cost $270,000 to install the cofee machines, and they are expected to boost cash lows by $120,536 per year for their ive-year working life. What must the cost of capital

19) Assuming that your capital is constrained, so that you only have $600,000 available to invest in projects, which project should you invest in and in what order? A) CBFH B) CBGF C) BCFG D) CBFG Answer: AExplanation: A) Project Investment NPVProitabilityIndex RankA $135,000 $6,000 0.0444 8B 200,000 30,000 0.1500 2C 125,000 20,000 0.1600 1D

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3e (Berk/DeMarzo/Harford) Chapter 9 Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 9.1 The Capital Budgeting Process 1) A capital budget lists the potential projects a company may undertake in future years. Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSEDif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: FALSE Dif: 1 Var: 1 Skill: Conceptual AACSB Objective: Analytic Skills Author: DS Question Status:

20) Which of the following would you NOT consider when making a capital budgeting decision? A) the additional taxes a irm would have to pay in the next year B) the cost of a marketing study completed last year C) the opportunity to lease out a warehouse instead of using it to house

18) The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years. The cost of the machine is $30,000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine

33) What are project externalities? Answer: Project externalities are indirect efects of the project that may increase or decrease the proits of other business activities of the irm.Dif: 1 Var: 1Skill: Conceptual Answer: Project externalities are indirect efects of the project that may increase or decrease the proits of other business activities

3) A consumer good company is developing a new brand of organic toothpaste. Above is the sensitivity analysis for this product. If the best-case assumptions for Net Working Capital are met, what will the net present value (NPV) of this project be? A) $0.65 million B) $1.7 million C) $2 million D) $3 million Answer:

13) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Revenues 363,688.342 363,688.342 363,688.342 - Cost of Goods Sold -150,000 -150,000 -150,000 - Depreciation -80,000 -80,000 -80,000 = EBIT 133,688.342 133,688.342 133,688.342 - Taxes (35%) -46,790.9196 -46,790.9196 -46,790.919 6 = Unlevered net income 86,897.4221 86,897.4221 86,897.4221 + Depreciation 80,000 80,000 80,000 - Additions to Net Working Capital -20,000