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Which of the following statements in CORRECT? a. The shorter a project's payback period, the less desirabel the project is normally considered to be by this criterion. b. One drawback of the payback criterion is that this method does not take account of cash flows beyond the payback period. c. If a project's payback is positive, then the project should be accepted because it must have a positive NPV. d. The regular payback ignores cash flows beyond the payback period, but the discounted pay back method overcomes this problem. e. One drawback of the discounted payback is that this method docs not consider the time value of money. while the regular payback overcomes this drawback. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Firms with a lot of good investment opportunities and a relatively small amount of cash lend to have above-average dividend payout ratios. b. One advantage of the residual dividend model is that it leads to a stable dividend payout, which investors like. c. An increase in the stock price when a company cuts its dividend is consistent with signaling theory as postulated by MM. d. If the "clientele effect" is correct, then for a company whose earnings fluctuate, a policy of paying a constant percentage of net income will probably maximize its stock price. e. Stock repurchases make the most sense at times when a company believes its stock is undervalued. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Sensitivity analysis is a good way to measure market risk because it explicitly takes into account diversification effects. b. One advantage of sensitivity analysis relative to scenario analysis is that it explicitly takes into account the probability of specific effects occurring, whereas scenario analysis cannot account for probabilities. c. Well-diversified stockholders do not need to consider market risk when determining required rates of return. d. Market risk is important, but it does not have a direct effect on stock prices because it only affects beta. e. Simulation analysis is a computerized version of scenario analysis where input variables are selected randomly on the basis of their probability distributions