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Dividend Yield
Capital Gain Yield
9. The risk-free security has a beta equal to ------------, while the market
portfolio's beta is equal to ------------.
one; more than one.
one; less than one.
zero; one
less than zero; more than zero.
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17. Texas Products Inc. has a division that makes plastic composite bags for the
space industry. The division has fixed costs of $45,000 per month, and it expects to
sell 45,000 bags per month. If the variable cost per bag is $6.00, what price must the
division charge in order to break even?
$6.00
$7.00
$8.00
$9.00
18.The Free Indeed Company manufactures ladies shoes that are sold through
discount houses. The shoes are sold for $20 each pair; the fixed costs are $110,000
for up to 30,000 pairs of shoes; variable costs are $13 per pair of shoes. What is the
firms breakeven point in units sold?
30,000 pairs of shoes
15,714 pairs of shoes
8,462 pairs of shoes
5,500 pairs of shoes
19. Suppose you know that your firm is facing relatively poor prospects but needs
new capital. If you also know that investors do not have this information, signaling
theory would predict that you would:
Issue debt to maintain the returns of equity holders.
Issue equity to share the burden of decreased equity returns between old and
new shareholders.
Both a and b are correct
None of the given option is correct
20. The extent to which fixed costs are used in a firms operations is called its:
Financial leverage.
Operating leverage.
Financial leverage.
Foreign risk exposure.
21. Which of the following statement refers to the concept of Hedging and Risk
Management?
Dont compare apples to oranges
Get insurance because you will break some eggs
A safe rupee is worth more than a risky rupee
Dont put all your eggs in one basket
22. A group of assets such as stocks and bonds held by an investor.
Portfolio
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Capital Structure
Budget
None of the above
23. _______________ refers to the risk that the company might go bankrupt or close
down & bonds, or shares issued by the company may collapse
Inflation Risk
Default Risk
Sovereign Risk
Maturity Risk
24. The following risk is entirely wiped out by Diversification.
Systematic Risk
Unsystematic Risk
Portfolio Risk
Total Risk
25. The objective for using the concept of Diversification is to :
Minimize the Risk
Maximize the return
A&B
None of the Above
26. While studying the relationship in risk and return, It is commonly known that:
Higher the risk, lower the return
Lower the risk, higher the return
Higher the risk, higher the return
None of the above
27. This type of risk affects almost all types of assets.
Systematic Risk
Unsystematic Risk
Total Risk
Portfolio Risk
MCQ # 28, 29, 30 are based on the following data:
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SNT Corporation has a bond issue outstanding with an annual coupon rate of 7
percent and 4 years remaining until maturity. The par value of the bond is Rs.
1,000. The bond pays interest annually.
28. What will be the current value of bond if present market conditions justify a 14
percent required rate of return?
Rs. 975.25
Rs. 795.77
Rs. 840.30
Rs. 610.56
29. What would be the current value on the same rate if there are 20 years
remaining to maturity?
Rs. 795.77
Rs. 840.30
Rs. 536.16
Rs. 672.25
30. According to the data of Question # 8, the bond is selling on _______________
and according to the data of Question # 9, the bond is selling on _______________.
Premium; Premium
Discount; Discount
Premium; Discount
Discount; Premium
31. _____________ is a statistical spread of possible returns for a Stock and
____________ is a statistical spread of possible returns for that Stock relative to the
market spread.
Market Risk; Market Beta
Market Risk; Market Return
Market Beta; Market Risk
Market Return; Market Risk
32. Capital structure decisions refer to the:
Dividend yield of the firms stock
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$4,622,885.
$5,081,309.
43.The present value of an annuity due exceeds the value of a comparable ordinary
annuity because ------------.
Each cash flow occurs at the beginning of the period for an ordinary annuity
Each cash flow of the annuity due is compounded one additional period
Each cash flow of the annuity due is discontinued one less period
Each cash flow of the ordinary annuity is discounted one less period
44.The buyer of a zero-coupon bond expects to receive
Price appreciation.
A rate of return equal to zero over the life of the bond.
Variable dividends instead of a fixed interest payment annually.
All interest payments in one lump sum at maturity
45.If interest rates rise, which of the following bonds will suffer the greatest decline
in price?
An 8 percent bond maturing in 2008
A 6 percent bond maturing in 2008
An 8 percent bond maturing in 2018
A 6 percent bond maturing in 2018
46. The return to an investor on a share of common stock
Cannot be related to earnings or earnings payout.
Includes both a dividend yield and a capital gains yield.
Cannot be calculated if dividend growth rate is not constant.
Is zero if dividends are not expected to grow.
47.How much should you pay for a bond with a $700 face value, a 5 percent coupon
rate, and five years to maturity if your appropriate discount rate is 7 percent and
interest is paid annually? Answers are rounded to the nearest dollar.
$1,000
$761
$643
$918
48.If the general level of interest rates rise, the prices of already issued bonds will
Remain unchanged.
Rise.
Fluctuate violently.
Fall.
49.The present value of $100 per year received for 10 years discounted at 8 percent is
closest to
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$362.
$425.
$671.
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Zero; One.
Less than zero; more than zero.
56. An "aggressive" common stock would have a "beta"
Equal to zero.
Greater than one.
Equal to one.
Less than one.
57. The SML (security market line) equation shows the relationship between a
securitys market risk and its ...
Intrinsic value
Required rate of return
Face Value
Book Value
58. A line that describes the relationship between an individual security's
returns and returns on the market portfolio.
Characteristic line
Security market line
Capital market line
Beta
59. The CAPM can be used to estimate
Dividends.
The required rate of return on a security.
The actual price of a security when the market opens tomorrow morning.
Betas.
60.Holding everything else constant, increasing fixed costs . the firm's
break-even point.
Decreases
Increases the covariance of
Increases
Does not affect
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67. Financial Accounting deals with Book Value (historical cost minus accumulated
depreciation) whereas Financial Management focuses on _______________.
Market Value
Fixed cost
Historic cost
Accumulated depreciation
68. Economic Value Added for a firm is obtained by subtracting cost of capital from ---------------------------.
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Operating Cost
Operating profit
Net income
Revenue
69. Which group of ratios measures a firm's ability to meet its shortterm obligations?
Debt ratios
Liquidity ratios
Coverage ratios
Profitability
70. Which of the following is not a cash outflow for a firm?
Depreciation
Dividends
Interest payments
Taxes
71.
72.A person deposited Rs.50,000 in a bank. What would be the worth of this
amount after 5 years, if the bank pays 12% p.a, and is compounded quarterly?
86,400
87,400
100,000
84,500
73.At 15% discount rate a project has NPV equal to zero, what would be the IRR
of this project.
10%
15%
12%
14%
74.A public limited company sold bonds to a firm for Rs.150,000. The company
would retire these bonds for Rs.200,000 at maturity, and would pay no interest to
the holder during this period. Which type of bonds the company issued?
Zero coupon bonds
Debentures
Mortgage Bond
Non of the above
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Market Risk
Liquidation Value
Diversifiable Risk
Book Value
84.The SML (security market line) equation shows the relationship between
a securitys market risk and its ____________.
Intrinsic value
Required rate of return
Face Value
Book Value
85.The risk-free security has a beta equal to____________, while the market
portfolio's beta is equal to ____________.
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Possibility of occurrence
Possible returns
0.1
-10%
0.2
5%
0.4
20%
0.2
35%
0.1
50%
10.45%s
16.43%
20.75%
25%
88. An "aggressive" common stock would have a "beta"
Equal to zero.
Greater than one.
Equal to one.
Less than one.
Characteristic line
Security market line
Capital market line
Beta
90. Because investors dislike uncertainty, they will require _________ rates of
return from risky investments.
Higher
Lower
The same
None of the above
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With management
With common shareholders
With preferred shareholders
With bondholders
95. Preferred shareholders:
96. The cost of each component of a firm's capital structure multiplied by its
weight in the capital structure is called the:
Marginal cost of capital
Cost of debt
Weighted average cost of capital
None of the above
97. The cost of new common stock (external equity) is generally higher than
the cost of retained earnings (internal equity) because of:
Tax effects.
Investors required returns.
Flotation costs.
Coupon payments
98. The mix of debt, preferred stock, and common equity with which the firm
plans to raise capital is called the:
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Financial risk.
Operating leverage.
Business risk.
Target capital structure.
99. Which of the following can be a cause of a high basic business risk?
High operating leverage
Large changes in customers demand
Uncertainty in input costs
All of the above
102. -------------- represents the risk borne by common stockholders as a result of the
introduction of fixed obligations such as debt and preferred stock in the capital
structure.
Financial risk
Market risk
Operating risk
None of the given options.
104. In calculating the costs of the individual components of a firm's financing, the
corporate tax rate is important to which of the following component cost formulas?
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Common stock.
Debt.
Preferred stock
None of the given options
106. Optimal capital structure refers to the particular combination that minimizes
the ---------------while maximizing the------------.
Operating cost, sales
Taxes, Interest expense
Cost of capital, Stock price
None of the given options
107. The -------------- is the interest rate that it is assumed can be obtained by
investing in financial instruments with no risk.
Risk-free interest rate
Effective interest rate
Nominal interest rate
All of the above options
109. The extent to which fixed-income securities (debt and preferred stock) are used
in a firm's capital structure is called ------------.
Financial risk
Financial leverage
Cost of capital
None of the given options
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111. A debenture
is an agreement between the trustee and the firm which guarantees the
marketability
Of the bond issue.
Is an unsecured bond.
May be changed by the firm if it gives the trustee 90 days written notice.
112.A $1,000 face value convertible bond can be converted into 20 shares of
common stock. If the market price of the common stock is $40, the
conversion price per share is
75
50
35
20
113.Interest rate risk on ling term bonds is ___________ than the interest rate
risk for short term risk.
Less
More
None of the above
All of the given options
114. Bonds which are backed by real assets are called ________________
Debentures
Junk Bonds
Convertible bonds
Mortgage Bonds
115. When required rate of return is equal to coupon rate then market value is
___________ par value.
Greater than
Less than
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Equal to
None of the given option
116. If market price of bond is less than its par value then this bond is selling
at a __________
Premium
Discount
Face value
Market price
Common shareholder
Preferred shareholder
Bondholder
None of the given options
Eurobond
Junk bond
Zero bond
None of the given options
120. Which of the following is the fair price of a preferred stock (perpetual
investment)?
If Dividend of the preferred stock = Rs. 2 / share
Par Value = Rs. 10/ share
Expected price after 2 years =Rs. 13
Required rate of Return = 15%
Rs. 12.99
Rs. 13.33
Rs. 13.08
None of the given options
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121. You are considering buying common stocks in GTC Corporation. The firm
yesterday paid a dividend of Rs.5.5. you have projected that dividends will grow at a rate
of 10% per year indefinitely. If you want an annual return of 20%, what is the most you
should pay per share of these common stocks?
Rs.60.50
Rs.80.00
Rs.70.50
Rs.55.43
122. You are considering buying common stocks in ZTC Corporation. You have
projected that the next dividend the company will pay will equal Rs.6.00 and that
dividends will grow at a rate of 8% per year thereafter. If you want an annual return of
16%, what is the most you should pay per share of these common stocks?
Rs.80.00
Rs.75.00
Rs.85.00
Rs.81.00
123. How much should you pay for the preferred stock of the ETC Corporation, if it has
Rs.100 par value, pays Rs.10 a share in annual dividends, and your required rate of return
is 10%.
Rs.85.00
Rs.75.00
Rs.100.00
Rs.60.00
124. If the intrinsic value of a stock is greater than its market value, which of the
following is a reasonable conclusion?
The stock has a low level of risk.
The stock offers a high dividend payout ratio.
The market is overvaluing the stock.
The market is undervaluing the stock.
125. Just today ABC Corporation paid an annual dividend of Rs.1.00 per share on its
common stocks. The stock market analysts have estimated a fair price of Rs.20.00 per
share for these stocks. Assume that the market expects this companys annual dividend to
grow at a constant rate of 6% indefinitely. The expected Dividend Yield for these
common stocks would be:
5.3%
6.5%
7.5%
None of the given options
126. A measure of risk per unit of expected return.
Standard deviation
Coefficient of variation
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Correlation Coefficient
Beta
127. An investor places 40% of his funds in security A and the balance in security B. The
expected returns on A and B are 12% and 18% respectively. The standard deviations of
returns on A and B are 20% and 15% respectively. The expected return on this 2-stock
portfolio would be:
20%
17%
15.6%
It can not be determined
128. This type of risk is avoidable through proper diversification.
Portfolio risk
Systematic risk
Total risk
Unsystematic risk
129. XYZ Airlines will pay a Rs.4.00 dividend next year on its common stock, which is
currently selling at Rs.100 per share. What is the markets required return on this
investment if the dividend is expected to grow at 5% forever?
9%
4%
5%
7%
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133. In case of project evaluation, when capital investments contain Current asset
component, it is treated as part of:
Working capital
Operating cash inflows
Capital investment
Additional cash inflow
134. If the cash flow stream for a project is NOT a uniform series of inflows. Initial
outflow occur at time 0. 15% discount rate produces a resulting present value of Rs.
104,000 (approximately) that is greater than the initial cash outflow of Rs. 100,000.
Now if we want to calculate the best discount rate:
135. Which of the following technique would be used for a project that has non
normal cash flows?
136. A capital budgeting technique that is NOT considered as a discounted cash flow
method is:
Payback period
Internal rate of return
Net present value
Profitability index
137. To select the combination of investment proposals that will provide the greatest
increase in the value of the firm within the budget ceiling constraint is:
Cash budgeting
Capital budgeting
Capital rationing
Capital expenditure
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138. For issuance of bond, the discount or capitalization rate, applied to the cash flow
stream will differ among bonds depending upon the:
139. AT & T and General Electric Company have exceptionally strong credit
positions. They are such strong that they dont have to put up property as security for
debt issue. The debt instrument they would use to borrow money is:
Mortgage bonds
Indentures
Debentures
T-bills
140. If a bonds
Market required rate of return
Stated coupon rate
13%
12%
141. Which of the followings states that the cost of equity is a positive linear function of
capital structure?
142. Which of the following is called the tax savings of the firm derived from the
deductibility of interest expense?
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143. Above the breakeven EBIT, increased financial leverage will __________ EPS, all
else the same. Assume there are no taxes.
Increase
Decrease
Either increase or decrease
Increase EBIT but decrease
144. A firm has a DOL of 3.5 at Q units. What does this tell us about the firm?
145. A firm has a DFL of 3.5 at X dollars. What does this tell us about the firm?
Financial leverage
Weighted-average cost of capital
Capital structure
Business risk
148. The presence of which one of the following costs is not used as a major argument
against the M&M arbitrage process?
Bankruptcy costs
Agency costs
Transactions costs
Insurance costs
149. When a firm declares a special cash dividend of $1 per share, shareholders realize
that the:
Annual dividend will be $4 per share
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156. Which of the following would not improve the current ratio?
Borrow short term to finance additional fixed assets
Issue long-term debt to buy inventory
Sell common stock to reduce current liabilities
Sell fixed assets to reduce accounts payable
157. With continuous compounding at 8 percent for 20 years, what is the approximate
future value of a Rs.20,000 initial investment?
Rs.52,000
Rs.93,219
Rs.99,061
Rs.915,240
Rs.20,000[ e(.08 20) ] = Rs.20,000(4.9530324) = Rs.99,061.
158. In 2 years you are to receive Rs.10,000. If the interest rate were to suddenly
decrease, the present value of that future amount to you would __________.
Fall
Rise
Remain unchanged
Incomplete information
159. Cash budgets are prepared from past:
Balance sheets
Income statements
Income tax and depreciation data
None of the given options
160. Which of the following is part of an examination of the sources and uses of funds?
A forecasting technique
A funds flow analysis
A ratio analysis
Calculations for preparing the balance sheet
161. An annuity due is always worth _____ a comparable annuity.
Less than
More than
Equal to
Can not be found
162. As interest rates go up, the present value of a stream of fixed cash flows _____.
Goes down
Goes up
Stays the same
Can not be found
163. ABC company is expected to generate Rs.125 million per year over the next three
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years in free cash flow. Assuming a discount rate of 10%, what is the present value
of that cash flow stream?
Rs.375 million
Rs.338 million
Rs.311 million
Rs. 211 million
$311 million. The The cash flow stream would look like this: 125.00 x 0.9090 = 113.63;
125.00 x 0.8264 = 103.30; 125.00 x 0.7513 = 93.91. The sum of the three is $310.84, or
$311 million.
164. If we were to increase ABC company cost of equity assumption, what would we
expect to happen to the present value of all future cash flows?
An increase
A decrease
No change
Incomplete information
165. In proper capital budgeting analysis we evaluate incremental __________ cash
flows.
Accounting
Operating
Before-tax
Financing
166. A capital budgeting technique through which discount rate equates the present value
of the future net cash flows from an investment project with the projects initial cash
outflow is known as:
Payback period
Internal rate of return
Net present value
Profitability index
167. Discounted cash flow methods provide a more objective basis for evaluating and
selecting an investment project. These methods take into account:
Magnitude of expected cash flows
Timing of expected cash flows
Both timing and magnitude of cash flows
None of the given options
168. Which of the followings make the calculation of NPV difficult?
Estimated cash flows
Discount rate
Anticipated life of the business
All of the given options
169. From which of the following category would be the cash flow received from sales
revenue and other income during the life of the project?
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Financing activity
Operating activity
Investing activity
All of the given options
170. Which of the following technique would be used for a project that has non normal
cash flows?
Multiple internal rate of return
Modified internal arte of return
Net present value
Internal rate of return
171. Why net present value is the most important criteria for selecting the project in
capital budgeting?
Because it has a direct link with the shareholders dividends maximization
Because it helps in quick judgment regarding the investment in real assets
Because we have a simple formula to calculate the cash flows
Because it has direct link with shareholders wealth maximization
172. In which of the following situations you can expect multiple answers of IRR?
More than one sign change taking place in cash flow diagram
There are two adjacent arrows one of them is downward pointing & the
other one is upward pointing
During the life of project if you have any net cash outflow
All of the given options
173. Which one of the following selects the combination of investment proposals that
will provide the greatest increase in the value of the firm within the budget ceiling
constraint?
Cash budgeting
Capital budgeting
Capital expenditure
Capital rationing
174. Who is responsible for the decisions relating capital budgeting and capital rationing?
Chief executive officer
Junior management
Division heads
All of the given option
175. What is a legal agreement, also called the deed of trust, between the corporation
issuing bonds and the bondholders that establish the terms of the bond issue?
Indenture
Debenture
Bond
Bond trustee
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176. __________ is a high-risk, high-yield bond rated below investment grade; while a/
(an) __________ bond has its interest payment contingent on sufficient earnings of the
firm.
A junk bond; income
A subordinated debenture; mortgage
A debenture; subordinated debenture
An income bond; mortgage
177. __________ is a long-term, unsecured debt instrument with a lower claim on assets
and income than other classes of debt; while a/(an) __________ bond issue is secured by
the issuer's property.
A subordinated debenture; mortgage
A debenture; subordinated debenture
A junk bond; income
An income bond; junk
178. The value of the bond is NOT directly tied to the value of which of the following
assets?
Liquid assets of the business
Fixed assets of the business
Lon term assets of the business
Real assets of the business
179. The value of a bond is directly derived from which of the following?
Cash flows
Coupon receipts
Par recovery at maturity
All of the given options
180. Which of the following is not the present value of the bond?
Intrinsic value
Fair price
Theoretical price
Market price
181. The current yield on a bond is equal to ________.
The yield to maturity
Annual interest divided by the par value
Annual interest divided by the current market price
The internal rate of return
182. A coupon bond pays annual interest, has a par value of Rs.1,000 matures in 4 years,
has a coupon rate of 10%, and has a yield to maturity of 12%. What is the current yield
on this bond is?
10.45%
10.95%
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10.65%
10.52%
183. Which of the following is a characteristic of a coupon bond?
Does not pay interest on a regular basis but pays a lump sum at maturity
Can always be converted into a specific number of shares of common
stock in the issuing company
Pays interest on a regular basis (typically every six months)
Always sells at par
184. Which of the following value of the shares changes with investors perception about
the companys future and supply and demand situation? (Comprehension)
Par value
Intrinsic value
Market value
Face value
185. The value of direct claim security is derived from which of the following?
Fundamental analysis
Underlying real asset
Supply and demand of securities in the market
All of the given options
186. _________ is equal to (common shareholders' equity/common shares outstanding).
Liquidation value per share
Book value per share
Market value per share
None of the above
187. Low Tech Company has an expected ROE of 10%. The dividend growth rate will be
________ if the firm follows a policy of paying 40% of earnings in the form of
dividends.
4.8%
6.0%
7.2%
3.0%
188. High Tech Chip Company is expected to have EPS in the coming year of Rs.
2.50. The expected ROE is 12.5%. An appropriate required return on the stock is
11%. If the firm has a plowback ratio of 70%, what would be the growth rate of
dividends?
6.25%
8.75%
6.60%
7.50%
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189. In the dividend discount model, _______ which of the following are not
incorporated into the discount rate?
Real risk-free rate
Risk premium for stocks
Return on assets
Expected inflation rate
190. Bond is a type of Direct Claim Security whose value is NOT secured by
__________.
Tangible assets
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
Real assets
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