3. The internal rate of return: A. may produce multiple rates of return when cash flows are conventional. B. is best used when comparing mutually exclusive projects. C. is rarely used in the business world today. D. is principally used to evaluate small dollar projects. E. is easy to understand. 4. When the present value of the cash inflows exceeds the initial cost of a project, then the project should be: A. accepted because the internal rate of return is positive. B. accepted because the profitability index is greater than 1. C. accepted because the profitability index is negative. D. rejected because the internal rate of return is negative. E. rejected because the net present value is negative. 5. The present value of an investment's future cash flows divided by the initial cost of the investment is called the: A. net present value. B. internal rate of return. C. average accounting return. D. profitability index. E. profile period