FINC430 Quiz 3

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If a project holds an 80 per cent probability of high demand and a 20 per cent probability of low demand, then the expected value of the net present value of the two different demand assumptions would give us a weighted average net present value for the project. Such an analysis is called Q a) a sensitivity analysis. @ b) a scenario analysis. O ©) a simulation analysis. O d) none of the above. A synonym for pretax operating cash flow is EBIT. () True (e) False
If a company is interested in the distribution of the NPV for a project that it is considering, then the company should be most interested in O a) 3 sensitivity analysis. Q b) a scenario analysis. @ ©) a simulation analysis. O d) none of the above. Total variable costs for a company do not vary directly with the number of units sold. () True (e) False The discounted payback period calculation calls for the future cash flows to be discounted by the company's cost of capital. (o) True () False An analysis in which a company would like to know the effect of a price change on the NPV of a project, holding all other variables and forecasts constant, is one type of sensitivity analysis. (o) True () False
When two projects are mutually exclusive, accepting one project implicitly eliminates the other. (o) True () False Which ONE of the following statements about the payback method is true? Q a) The payback method is consistent with the goal of shareholder wealth maximisation Q b) The payback method represents the number of years it takes a project to recover its initial investment plus a required rate of return. @ 0 There is no economic rationale that links the payback method to shareholder wealth maximisation. O d) None of the above statements are true. Conceptually, free cash flows are what are left over for distribution to creditors and shareholders after the company has made the necessary investments in working capital and long-term assets. (o) True () False
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The expected cash flows for a project are fixed amounts that have zero variability in the projected values. () True () False The purchase of a factory building for a prospective project is an example of an incremental addition to working capital. () True () False If you are deciding whether to take one project or another, where the projects have different useful lives, then you could utilise O a) @ repeated investment analysis to decide which project is better for the company. Q b) an equivalent annual annuity analysis to decide which project is better for the company. @ ©) either of the above. O d) none of the above.
___________ is a measure of the sensitivity of EBITDA or EBIT to changes in revenue. O a) Total leverage O b) Financial leverage @ <) Operating leverage O d) None of the above A company with a higher proportion of fixed costs will create O a) "o discernible difference of a change in sensitivity of EBITDA to a change in revenues. Q b) a company with a much more stable profit stream as a function of revenues. Q Q2 lower degree of sensitivity of EBITDA to a change in revenues. @ d) 2 higher degree of sensitivity of EBITDA to a change in revenues.
Tax do not enter into the equation for the cash flow degree of operating leverage because both fixed costs and pretax operating cash flows are measured on a pretax basis. (o) True () False Terminal-year free cash flows may differ from the cash flows provided in the typical year of a project for reasons such as the return/repayment of increases/reductions in additional working capital in the prior years. (o) True () False The cost of capital is: @ a) the minimum return that a capital budgeting project must earn for it to be accepted. Q b) the maximum return a project can earn. O 0 the return that a previous project for the company had earned. O d) none of the above.
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Which one of the following statements is NOT true? O a) Managers are indifferent about accepting or rejecting a zero NPV project. Main Content Q b) Accepting a positive-NPV project increases shareholder wealth. @ 0 Accepting a zero NPV project has a negative impact on shareholder wealth. O d) Accepting a negative-NPV project decreases shareholder wealth. Accepting a positive-NPV project increases shareholder wealth. (o) True () False The goal of the capital budgeting decisions is to select capital projects that will increase the value of the company. (o) True () False