Multiple Choice Questions
1. A company that uses a minimum attractive rate of return of 10% per year is evaluating new processes to improve operational efficiency. The estimates associated with candidate processes are shown.

The statement that is most correct is:
(a) The alternatives are revenue alternatives.
(b) The alternatives are cost alternatives.
(c) The alternatives are revenue alternatives and DN is an option.
(d) The alternatives are cost alternatives and DN is an option.
2. Scientific Instruments, Inc. uses a MARR of 8% per year. The company is evaluating a new process to reduce water effluents from its manufacturing processes.
The estimate associated with the process follows.
In evaluating the process on the basis of a rate of return analysis, the correct equation to use is:
New Process
First cost, $ .......... €“ 40,000
NCF, $ per year ......... 13,000
Salvage value, $ ......... 5,000
Life, years ........... 3
(a) 0 = €“ 40,000 + 13,000(P/A, i, 3) + 5000(P/F, i, 3)
(b) 0 = €“ 40,000(A/P, i, 3) + 13,000 + 5000(A/F, i, 3)
(c) 0 = €“ 40,000(F/P, i, 3) + 13,000(F/A, i, 3) + 5000
(d) Any of the above
3. When one is using the modified ROR method to remove multiple ROR values, an additional estimate needed besides the cash flows and their timings is:
(a) The ROIC value
(b) External rate of return
(c) Investment rate
(d) Internal rate of return
4. For the following cash flows, the modified rate of return method uses a borrowing rate of 10%, and an investment rate is 12% per year. The correct computation for the present worth in year 0 is:

(a) €“ 10,000 €“ 19,000(P/F, 12%, 4)
(b) €“ 10,000 €“ 19,000(P/F, 12%, 4) + 25,000(P/F, 10%, 5)
(c) 25,000(P/F, 10%, 5)
(d) €“ 10,000 €“ 19,000(P/F, 10%, 4)
5. The return on invested capital (ROIC) method removes multiple ROR values from a cash flow sequence. If the future worth computation in year t is Ft (a) The net balance of project cash flows in year t is negative.
(b) The resulting external rate of return will be positive.
(c) The net balance of project cash flows is positive in year t.
(d) The sequence has nonremovable negative ROR values.
6. The meaning of return on invested capital for a corporation is best stated as:
(a) A rate-of-return measure that equates the internal and external ROR
(b) A measure of how effectively the corporation uses capital funds invested in it
(c) The value at which borrowing ROR and investing ROR are equal
(d) The external rate of return value is based on total capital invested
7. A $10,000 municipal bond due in 10 years pays interest of $400 every 6 months. If an investor purchases the bond now for $9000 and holds it to maturity, the rate of return received can be determined by the following equation:
(a) 0 = €“ 9000 + 400(P/A, i, 10) + 10,000(P/F, i, 10)
(b) 0 = €“ 9000 + 400(P/A, i, 20) + 10,000(P/F, i, 20)
(c) 0 = €“ 10,000 + 400(P/A, i, 20) + 10,000(P/F, i, 20)
(d) 0 = €“ 9000 + 800(P/A, i, 10) + 10,000(P/F, i, 10)
8. A debenture bond issued 3 years ago has a face value of $5000, a coupon rate of 4% per year, payable semiannually, and a maturity date of 20 years from the date it was issued. The bond is for sale now for $4500. If the interest rate in the marketplace is compounded quarterly, the value of n that must be used in the P/A factor to calculate the rate of return for the bond is:
(a) 34
(b) 40
(c) 68
(d)80

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Alternative! Alternative J -40,000 First cost,S Annual cost, S per year 15,000 Salvage value, S Life, years -50,000 -12,000 5,000 5,000 Year 2 NCF. S|-10.000 0 0-19,000+25,000