1. The Seattle Corporation has been presented with an investment opportunity that will yield cash flows of $30,000 per year in Years 1 through 4, $35,000 per year in Years 5 through 9, and $40,000 in Year 10. This investment will cost the firm $150,000 today, and the firm's cost of capital is 10 percent. Assume cash flows occur evenly during the year, 1/365th each day. What is the payback period for this investment?

a. 5.23 years

b. 4.86 years

c. 4.00 years

d. 6.12 years

e. 4.35 years

4. As the director of capital budgeting for Denver Corporation, you are evaluating two mutually exclusive projects with the following net cash flows:

Project X Project Z

Year Cash Flow Cash Flow

0 -$100,000 -$100,000

1 50,000 10,000

2 40,000 30,000

3 30,000 40,000

4 10,000 60,000

If Denver's cost of capital is 15 percent, which project would you choose?

a. Neither project.

b. Project X, since it has the higher IRR.

c. Project Z, since it has the higher NPV.

d. Project X, since it has the higher NPV.

e. Project Z, since it has the higher IRR.

5. Two projects being considered are mutually exclusive and have the following projected cash flows:

Project A Project B

Year Cash Flow Cash Flow

0 -$50,000 -$50,000

1 15,625 0

2 15,625 0

3 15,625 0

4 15,625 0

5 15,625 99,500

If the required rate of return on these projects is 10 percent, which would be chosen and why?

a. Project B because it has the higher NPV.

b. Project B because it has the higher IRR.

c. Project A because it has the higher NPV.

d. Project A because it has the higher IRR.

e. Neither, because both have IRRs less than the cost of capital.

6. The capital budgeting director of Sparrow Corporation is evaluating a project that costs $200,000, is expected to last for 10 years and produce after-tax cash flows, including depreciation, of $44,503 per year. If the firm's cost of capital is 14 percent and its tax rate is 40 percent, what is the project's IRR?

a. 8%

b. 14%

c. 18%

d. -5%

e. 12%

7. An insurance firm agrees to pay you $3,310 at the end of 20 years if you pay premiums of $100 per year at the end of each year for 20 years. Find the internal rate of return to the nearest whole percentage point.

a. 9%

b. 7%

c. 5%

d. 3%

e. 11%

8. Oak Furnishings is considering a project that has an up-front cost and a series of positive cash flows. The project's estimated cash flows are summarized below:

Project

Year Cash Flow

0 ?

1 $500 million

2 300 million

3 400 million

4 600 million

The project has a regular payback of 2.25 years. What is the project's internal rate of return (IRR)?

a. 23.1%

b. 143.9%

c. 17.7%

d. 33.5%

e. 41.0%