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Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
38) What is the payback period for a $20,000 project that is expected to return $6,000 for the
first two years and $3,000 for Years 3 through 5?
A) 3 1/2
B) 4 1/2
C) 4 2/3
D) 5
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: payback period
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
39) One drawback of the payback method is that it focuses primarily on the length of time in
which the cost of the investment is recovered in nominal terms versus measuring total value the
project will add to the firm.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: payback period
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
40) One of the disadvantages of the payback method is that it ignores cash flows beyond the
payback period.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: payback period
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41) When several sign reversals in the cash flow stream occur, the IRR equation can have more
than one positive IRR.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: internal rate of return
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
42) If the project's payback period is greater than or equal to zero, the project should always be
accepted.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: payback period
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43) The profitability index provides the same decision result as the net present value (NPV)
method.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: profitability index
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
44) The internal rate of return (IRR) will increase as the required rate of return of a project is
increased.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: internal rate of return
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
45) The IRR assumes that cash flows are reinvested at the cost of capital.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: internal rate of return
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
46) If the NPV of a project is zero, then the profitability index should equal one.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: profitability index
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
47) It is possible for a project to have more than one IRR if there is more than one sign change in
the after-tax cash flows due to the project.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: internal rate of return
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
48) According to the modified internal rate of return (MIRR) technique, when a project's MIRR
is greater than its cost of capital, the project should be accepted.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: modified internal rate of return
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49) The IRR is the discount rate that equates the present value of the project's future net cash
flows with the project's initial outlay.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: internal rate of return
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
50) Determine the IRR on the following projects:
a. Initial outlay of $35,000 with an after-tax cash flow at the end of the year of $5,836 for seven
years
b. Initial outlay of $350,000 with an after-tax cash flow at the end of the year of $70,000 for
seven years
c. Initial outlay of $3,500 with an after-tax cash flow at the end of the year of $1,500 for three
years
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: internal rate of return
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
51) Discuss the merits and shortcomings of using the payback period for capital budgeting
decisions.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: payback period
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52) Project November requires an initial investment of $500,000. The present value of operating
cash flows is $550,000. Project December requires an initial investment of $750,000. The present
value of operating cash flows is $810,000.
a. Compute the profitability index for each project.
b. If the the projects are mutually exclusive, does the profitability index rank them correctly?
1.08.
b. The PI criterion would select project November because it has the higher PI. December,
however, has the higher NPV ($60,000 v. $50,000) and should be selected, so the method does
not rank the projects correctly.
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: profitability index
3 ($100,0000)
a. What is the payback period for this project?
b. What is the obvious problem with using the payback method in this case?
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: payback period
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54) Tinker Tools, Inc. is considering a project with the following cash flows. Calculate the MIRR
of the project assuming a reinvestment rate of 8%.
4 $100,000
Topic: 11.3 Other Investment Criteria
Keywords: modified internal rate of return
Principles: Principle 1: Money Has a Time Value
1) Recent surveys of the CFOs of large U.S. companies rank the popularity of major capital
budgeting methods in which order?
A) IRR, NPV, Payback, Discounted Payback, Profitability Index
B) Payback, Discounted Payback, Profitability Index,IRR, NPV
C) NPV, IRR, Profitability Index, Discounted Payback, Payback
D) NPV, IRR, Payback, Discounted Payback, Profitability Index
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
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2) Which of the following best explains the continuing popularity of the payback method?
A) Mathematical simplicity and some insight into the riskiness of cash flows.
B) Uses all cash flows and takes into account the time value of money.
C) Reliably selects the projects that add most value to the firm.
D) It provides objective selection criteria and is taught as the primary method in most business
schools.
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows Are the Source of Value
3) With respect to the capital budgeting practices of large U. S. corporations:
A) the profitability index has been gaining in popularity.
B) IRR and NPV have been gaining in popularity.
C) payback and discounted payback have been gaining in popularity.
D) IRR and NPV have declined in popularity.
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows Are the Source of Value
4) Many firms today continue to use the payback method but employ the NPV or IRR methods
as secondary decision methods of control for risk.
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows Are the Source of Value
5) Currently, most firms use NPV and IRR as their primary capital-budgeting technique.
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows Are the Source of Value
6) Most firms use the payback period as a secondary capital-budgeting technique, which in a
sense allows them to control for risk.
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
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7) Although discounted cash flow decision techniques have become widely accepted, their use
depends to some degree on the size of the project and where within the firm the decision is being
made.
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows Are the Source of Value
8) Briefly describe the actual capital budgeting methods of large U.S. corporations.
Topic: 11.4 A Glance at Actual Capital-Budgeting Practices
Keywords: current practice
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