MBA 507: Managerial Finance

Self Assessment Packet

This Self Assessment packet is provided to assist you in determining your level of competency
with the material in MBA 507.
1. Competence is critical as this course is foundational to others.
2. Our expectation is that you know this material; it will not be reviewed in a subsequent
class.
3. Students who have had success in a previous equivalent course as indicated by receiving
a grade of B (3.0) or better have been automatically waived the course.
4. If you have not mastered the material, it is essential that you complete the course in order
to be successful in your Masters level program.
5. If you choose to take the class, your grade will be counted towards graduation and you
will be required to complete the course with a grade of C (2.0) or higher or repeat the
class.

Included in this packet is:

1. A course outline.
2. A self-assessment examination. A score of 80% or higher is suggested as evidence of
mastery of the material. You will receive the answer key at the Advising Session.

Text suggestions:
If you would like to refresh your knowledge of MBA 507, the following textbook may aid in this
endeavor.

Ross, Westerfield and Jaffe, Corporate Finance 6
TH
edition



MBA 507
COURSE OUTLINE


Textbook: Ross, Westerfield and Jaffe, Corporate Finance 6
TH
edition

Week 1 Overview of Corporate Finance & Financial Statement Analysis

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Ch 1, 2
Week 2 Risk and Return, basics
Ch 9
Week 3 Risk and Return, CAPM
Ch 10
Week 4 Risk, Cost of Capital
Ch 12
Week 5 Time Value of Money
Ch 3, Ch 4
Week 6 Valuation Models: Bonds
Ch 4, Ch5
Week 7 Review/Mid-Term
Week 8 Valuation Models: Stocks
Ch 5
Week 9 Capital Budgeting & Risk
Ch 6
Week 10 Capital Budgeting & Risk
Ch 7
Week 11 Final Exam


MBA 507 Self Test
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Adopted from Corporate Finance, Ross, Westerfield and J affe (2002) and Brigham and Gapenski (1996)



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Adopted from Corporate Finance, Ross, Westerfield and J affe (2002) and Brigham and Gapenski (1996)

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1. Corporate securities are contingent claims because:
A) they don't represent a direct claim on the firm.
B) the firm may be bought out.
C) the securities value is derived from the total value of the firm.
D) book value can be negative.
E) none of the above.


2. Logit Co. paid dividends of $400 and retained 33.33% of their earnings. The sales for the
year were $12,000 and total assets of 10,000. What was the rate of return on assets?
A) 5% B) 6% C) 10% D) 12% E) none of the above


3. The return pattern on your favorite stock has been 5%, 8%, -12%, 15%, 21% over the last
five years. What has your average return and total change in wealth per year over the
period?
A) 4.5%, 6.5% D) 9.25%, 8.6%
B) 15%, 21% E) None of the above.
C) 7.4%, 6.8%


4. You have a sample of returns observations for the Malta Stock Fund. The 4 returns are
0.0725, 0.056, 0.125, 0.010. What is the average return and variance of these returns?
A) 6.50%, 16.9. D) 8.80%, 16.9.
B) 6.60%, 22.5. E) None of the above.
C) 26.35%, 67.6.


5. When a security is added to a portfolio the appropriate return and risk contributions are:
A) the expected return of the asset and its standard deviation.
B) the most probable return and the beta.
C) the expected return and the beta.
D) the most probable return and the beta.
E) these both can not be measured.


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Use the following to answer questions 6-9:

Idaho Slopes (IS) and Dakota Steppes (DS) are both seasonal businesses. IS is a downhill skiing
facility, while DS is a tour company that specializes in walking tours and camping. The equally
likely returns on each company over the next year are expected to be:

Economy Idaho Slopes Dakota Steppes
Strong Downturn -10% 2%
Mild Downturn - 4% 7%
Slow Growth 4% 6%
Moderate Growth 12% 4%
Strong Growth 20% 4%



6. The variances of IS and DS are:
A) .0145; .00038 D) .0008068; .000193
B) .011584; .000304 E) none of the above
C) .006454; .000154

7. The covariance between the IS and DS returns is:
A) .00187 B) .00240 C) .00028 D) .000056 E) none of the above


8. The correlation between the returns of IS and DS is:
A) +1.0 B) -1.0 C) +.3 D) - .3 E) 0.03


9. If IS and DS are combined in a portfolio with 50% invested in each, the expected return
and risk would be:
A) 5.625%; 37.2% D) 5.0%; 0%
B) 4.5%; 5.48% E) 4.5%; 0%
C) 8.0%; 8.2%


10. The total number of variance and covariance terms in portfolio is N
2
. How many of these
would be (including non-unique) covariance terms?
A) N B) N
2
C) N
2
- N D) N
2
- N/2 E) none of the above.


11. Recent research by Fama and French calls into questions the CAPM because they find:
A) average security returns are negatively related to the firm P/E and M/B ratios.
B) P/E and M/B are only two of several factors explaining average returns.
C) a weak relationship between average returns and beta for 1941 to 1990 and no
relationship from 1963 to 1990.
D) a and c.
E) b and c.

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12. Slippery Slope Roof Contracting has an equity beta of 1.2, capital structure with 2/3 debt,
and a zero tax rate. What is their asset beta?
A) 1.8 B) .40 C) .72 D) 1.2 E) none of the above


13. RKKL is considering buying a company that has no leverage but an asset beta of 0.7.
The market risk premium is 6% and the risk-free rate is 2%. If they plan to use 75%
debt, what will the required rate of return be?
A) 18.8% B) 6.2% C) 8% D) 14.6% E) not enough information to calculate.


Use the following to answer question 14:

The current market rate of return is 12% and the risk-free rate is 4%. You have been given the
job of determining your firm's cost of capital components. The company has 10 million shares
outstanding with a current value of $22.50 per share. The debt represents 30% of the capital
structure and the yield to maturity is 12%. The of the equity is 1.4 and the tax rate if 30%.


14. What is the market value of debt and its net cost to the firm?
A) 9,642,857; 8.4% D) 6,750,000; 12%
B) 9,642,857; 12% E) 4,725,000; 12%
C) 6,750,000; 8.4%


15. When a specialist trades with an informed trader, s/he faces a loss due to:
A) market impact costs.
B) adverse selection.
C) broker's quote.
D) increasing the number of uninformed traders.
E) none of the above.


16. Corporate managers can maximize shareholder wealth by choosing positive NPV projects
because:
A) all investors have the same preferences.
B) the unhappy shareholders can sell off shares.
C) the separation theorem in financial markets states that all investors will be satisfied
with the same investment decision regardless of personal preferences.
D) managers are wiser than shareholders regarding investments.
E) none of the above.


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17. You have deposited $1,500 in an account that promises to pay 8% compounded quarterly
for the next five years. How much will you have in the account at the end?
A) $1,598.33 B) $2,228.92 C) $2,203.99 D) $6991.44 E) None of the above


18. Which of the following amounts is closest to the end value of investing $9,000 for 7
years at a continuously compounded rate of 11%?
A) $18,685.44 D) $19,437.90
B) $19,369.83 E) None of the above.
C) $15,930.00


19. Aunt Clarisse has promised to leave you $60 a year starting next year and have it increase
at 4% a year thereafter. The payments are expected to go on indefinitely. How much has
Aunt Clarisse left you if your opportunity costs is 9%.
A) $ 693.33. B) $1200.00. C) $1248.00. D) $ 666.67 E) None of the above.


20. LCP, a newly formed medical group, is currently paying dividends of $.50. These
dividends are expected to grow at a 20% rate for the next 5 years and at a 3% rate
thereafter. What is the value of the stock if the appropriate discount rate is 12%?
A) $ 8.08. B) $11.17. C) $14.22. D) $17.32. E) $30.90.


21. Stand Still Co. has been earning $1 per share on 400,000 shares, and paying out all of the
earnings. The discount rate for a company of this risk is 10%. The company has an
investment opportunity with a cost of $1,500,000 and expects to earn $230,000 after
taxes, but they must reinvest 35% of these earnings to continue to maintain the expansion
in earnings. What is the value of the company without the investment and what is the
value with the investment?
A) $200,000; $1,500,000 D) $4,000,000; $610,390
B) $4,000,000; $6,600,000 E) $400,000; $15,000,000
C) $4,000,000; $4,610,390


22. The market rate of interest on 2 year bonds is 6.25% while the rate on a one year bond
maturing on one year is 5.50%. The forward rate on a one year bond one year from now
is 6.5%. The liquidity premium to induce investors to hold the 2 year bond is:
A) 0.25%. B) 0.005%. C) 0.125%. D) 0.50%. E) -0.25%.

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23. The yield to maturity is:
A) the rate that equates the price of the bond with the discounted cashflows.
B) the expected rate to be earned if held to maturity.
C) the rate that is used to determine the market price of the bond.
D) equal to the current yield for bonds priced at par.
E) all of the above.


24. Which of the following amounts is closest to the value of a bond that pays $55
semiannually and has an effective semiannual interest rate of 5%? The face value is
$1,000 and the bond matures in 3 years. There are exactly six months before the first
interest payment.
A) $1,014. B) $1,055. C) $ 888. D) $1,025. E) $1,000.


25. An investment project is most likely to be accepted by the payback period rule and not
accepted by the NPV rule if the project has:
A) a large initial investment with moderate positive cash flows over a very long period
of time.
B) a very large negative cash flow at the termination of the project.
C) most of the cash flow at the beginning of the project.
D) All projects approved by the payback period rule will be accepted by the NPV rule.
E) The payback period rule and the NPV rule cannot be used to evaluate the same type
of projects.


26. An investment project has the cashflow stream of -250, 75, 125, 100, and 50. The cost of
capital is 12%. What is the discount payback period?
A) 2.5 years. B) 2.7 years. C) 3.38 years. D) 1.40 years. E) 1.25 years.


27. An investment cost $10,000 with expected cashflows of $3,000 for 5 years. The discount
rate is 15.235%. The NPV is ___ and the IRR is ___ for that project.
A) 0; 15.235%.
B) 3.33; 27.22%.
C) 5,000; 0%.
D) Can not answer without one or the other value as input.
E) None of the above.


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28. The Carnation Chemical Company is investing in an incinerator to dispose of PCB waste.
The incinerator costs $1.5 million and will generate end of year cash of $1 million for the
next 3 years. At the end of 3 years the incinerator will be worthless and must be disposed
of at the cost of $500,000. The internal rate of return for this project is:
A) between 10% and 20%. C) between 30% and 40%.
B) between 20% and 30%. D) more than 40%.


29. The NPV profile shows:
A) the NPV at different discount rates.
B) The NPV of 0 at the IRR as NPV cuts the horizontal axis.
C) The NPV equal to the sum of all cashflows at a discount rate of 0.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.


30. The problem of multiple IRRs can occur when:
A) there is only one sign change in the cashflows.
B) the first cash flow is always positive.
C) the cash flows decline over the life of the project.
D) there is more than one sign change in the cashflows.
E) none of the above.


31. The elements that cause problems with the use of the IRR in projects that are mutually
exclusive are:
A) the discount rate and scale problems. D) scale and reversing flow problems.
B) timing and scale problems. E) timing and reversing flow problems.
C) the discount rate and timing problems.


32. You have been asked to evaluate 2 pollution control devices. The wet scrub costs $100
to set up and $50 per year to operate. It must be completely replaced every 3 years, and it
has no salvage value. The dry scrub device costs $200 to set up and $30 per year to
operate. It lasts for 5 years and has no salvage value. Assuming that pollution control
equipment is replaced as it wears out, which method do you recommend if the cost of
capital is 10%?
A) Dry scrub, the EAC is $ 11.00. D) Wet scrub, the EAC is $ 9.79.
B) Wet scrub, the EAC is $ 90.21. E) Dry scrub, the EAC is $124.34.
C) Dry scrub, the EAC is $ 82.76.

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33. You have been asked to evaluate two machines. The benefits from ownership are
identical. Machine A costs $300 to buy and install, lasts for 5 years, and costs $160 per
year to operate. Machine B costs $500, lasts for 7 years, and costs $120 per year to
operate. Both machines have zero salvage value. Assuming that this is a one-time
acquisition, which machine do you recommend if the cost of capital is 15%?
A) Machine A, the PV is $163 more than Machine B.
B) Machine A, the PV of its costs is $163 less than Machine B.
C) Machine A, because the project length is two years less than Machine B.
D) Machine B, the PV is $163 more than Machine A.
E) Machine B, the PV of its costs is $163 less than Machine A.


34. Given the following information:

Existing Capital Structure Book Values
Bonds $10,000,000
Preferred Stock $1,600,000
Common Stock $2,000,000



Bond Information
-coupon rate 16%/yr
-market rate is 10%/yr (csa, compounded semi-annually)
-maturity 20 years

Preferred Stock Information
-dividend is $.50/quarter
-market price $16/share
-value when originally issued (par) was $8/share

Common Stock Information
-last years dividend was $0.25/quarter
-expected constant growth rate of dividends is 10%/yr (ca, compounded annually)
-value when original issued (par) was $2/sh
-beta equals 1.2

General Information
-market rate on the 90-day t-bill is 5%/yr ca
-expected rate of return of the market portfolio is 20%/yr ca
-the firms tax rate is 40%

What is the firms weighted average cost of capital?


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35. Your firm is considering buying a new piece of equipment. Given the following
relevant information regarding this piece of equipment, would you recommend that the
company make the purchase? Support your recommendation with the computed NPV
figure. (Assume your firm uses straight line depreciation, the firms marginal tax rate is
34% and the required rate of return on this project is 12%/yr ca)

(i) the purchase price of the equipment is $1,500,000, its expected life is 10 years
and its expected salvage value after 10 years of use is $200,000.

(ii) there will be an immediate need to increase working capital from its existing
level of $400,000 to $500,000

(iii) using this piece of equipment will increase before tax revenue by
$100,000/yr in the first 4 years and by $150,000/yr in the remaining 6 years.

(iv) using this piece of equipment will increase before tax operating expenses by
$80,000/yr for all 10 years.