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12) If you have $20,000 in an account earning 8% annually, what constant amount could you withdraw each year and have nothing remaining at the end of 5 years?

A. $3,525.62

B. $5,008.76

C. $3,408.88

D. $2,465.78

13) At what rate must $400 be compounded annually for it to grow to $716.40 in 10 years?

A. 6%

B. 5%

C. 7%

D. 8%

14) The present value of a single future sum

A. increases as the number of discount periods increase

B. is generally larger than the future sum

C. depends upon the number of discount periods

D. increases as the discount rate increases

15) Which of the following is considered to be a spontaneous source of financing?

A. Operating leases

B. Accounts receivable

C. Inventory

D. Accounts payable

16) Compute the payback period for a project with the following cash flows, if the companys discount rate is 12%.

Initial outlay = $450

Cash flows:

Year 1 = $325

Year 2 = $65

Year 3 = $100

A. 3.43 years

B. 3.17 years

C. 2.88 years

D. 2.6 years

17) For the NPV criteria, a project is acceptable if the NPV is __________, while for the profitability index, a project is acceptable if the profitability index is __________.

A. less than zero, greater than the required return

B. greater than zero, greater than one

C. greater than one, greater than zero

D. greater than zero, less than one

18) Which of the following is considered to be a deficiency of the IRR?

A. It fails to properly rank capital projects.

B. It could produce more than one rate of return.

C. It fails to utilize the time value of money.

D. It is not useful in accounting for risk in capital budgeting.

19) The firm should accept independent projects if

A. the payback is less than the IRR

B. the profitability index is greater than 1.0

C. the IRR is positive

D. the NPV is greater than the discounted payback

20) The most expensive source of capital is

A. preferred stock

B. new common stock

C. debt

D. retained earnings

21) The cost associated with each additional dollar of financing for investment projects is

A. the incremental return

B. the marginal cost of capital

C. risk-free rate

D. beta

22) The XYZ Company is planning a $50 million expansion. The expansion is to be financed by selling $20 million in new debt and $30 million in new common stock. The before-tax required rate of return on debt is 9%, and the required rate of return on equity is 14%. If the company is in the 40% tax bracket, what is the marginal cost of capital?

A. 14.0%

B. 9.0%

C. 10.6%

D. 11.5%

23) Shawhan Supply plans to maintain its optimal capital structure of 30% debt, 20% preferred stock, and 50% common stock far into the future. The required return on each component is: debt10%; preferred stock11%; and common stock18%. Assuming a 40% marginal tax rate, what after-tax rate of return must Shawhan Supply earn on its investments if the value of the firm is to remain unchanged?

A. 18.0%

B. 13.0%

C. 10.0%

D. 14.2%

24) Lever Brothers has a debt ratio (debt to assets) of 40%. Management is wondering if its current capital structure is too conservative. Lever Brothers present EBIT is $3 million, and profits available to common shareholders are $1,560,000, with 342,857 shares of common stock outstanding. If the firm were to instead have a debt ratio of 60%, additional interest expense would cause profits available to stockholders to decline to $1,440,000, but only 228,571 common shares would be outstanding. What is the difference in EPS at a debt ratio of 60% versus 40%?

A. $1.75

B. $2.00

C. $3.25

D. $4.50

25) Zybeck Corp. projects operating income of $4 million next year. The firms income tax rate is 40%. Zybeck presently has 750,000 shares of common stock which have a market value of $10 per share, no preferred stock, and no debt. The firm is considering two alternatives to finance a new product: (a) the issuance of $6 million of 10% bonds, or (b) the issuance of 60,000 new shares of common stock. If Zybeck issues common stock this year, what will be the projected EPS next year?

A. $4.94

B. $2.96

C. $5.33

D. $3.20