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THE CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL ASSUMES INVESTORS ARE REWARDED FOR BEARING _________ RISK. UNDIVERSIFIABLE FIRM-SPECIFIC DIVERSIFIABLE UNSYSTEMATIC CONSIDER THE CASH FLOWS FOR PROJECT Y SHOWN

  1. THE CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL ASSUMES INVESTORS ARE REWARDED FOR BEARING _________ RISK.

    UNDIVERSIFIABLE

    FIRM-SPECIFIC

    DIVERSIFIABLE

    UNSYSTEMATIC

  1. CONSIDER THE CASH FLOWS FOR PROJECT Y SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE:

    TIME PROJECT Y
    0 -$500,000
    1 $300,000
    2 $300,000
    3 $300,000
    4 $300,000
    5 $200,000

    GIVEN A REQUIRED RETURN (AKA DISCOUNT RATE) OF 10%, THE PROFITABILITY INDEX FOR PROJECT Y IS ______. ACCORDING TO THE PROFITABILITY INDEX DECISION RULE THE PROJECT _________ BE ACCEPTED.

    .75; SHOULD NOT

    2.15; SHOULD

    .58; SHOULD NOT

    1.15; SHOULD

  1. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE FIN 301 CORPORATION:

    STATE OF ECONOMY PROBABILITY RETURN
    DEPRESSION

    .10

    -25%

    AVERAGE

    .80

    12%

    BOOM

    .10

    30%

    FIN 301'S EXPECTED RETURN IS _______ AND ITS STANDARD DEVATION IS _______ AND ITS COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION IS ________.

    10.1%; 13.85%; 1.37%

    10.1%; 165.64%; 16.4%

    10.1%; 12.87%; 1.27

    10.1%; 11.29%; 1.12%

  1. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING STOCK RETURN INFORMATION FOR THE MARKET PORTFOLIO AND FOR THE FIN 301 CORPORATION:

    YEAR

    CHANGE IN MARKET RETURN

    CHANGE IN FIN 301 STOCK RETURN

    2013

    10

    12

    2012

    8

    12

    2011

    2

    6

    2010

    -7

    -12

    2009

    5

    2

    2008

    19

    30

    2007

    4

    -2

    2006

    23

    36

    2005

    -15

    -28

    2004

    -6

    -1

    IF THE RISK-FREE RATE IS 4% AND THE MARKET RISK PREMIUM IS 6%, THEN THE REQUIRED RETURN ON FIN 301 COMMON STOCK WOULD BE _________.

    13.30%

    11.95%

    10.35%

    12.75%

  1. THE SLOPE OF THE SECURITY MARKET LINE JUST ROSE. THIS MUST MEAN________

    SYSTEMATIC RISK JUST ROSE

    INVESTORS JUST BECOME MORE RISK-AVERSE.

    UNSYSTEMATIC RISK JUST ROSE.

    INVESTORS EXPECT THE INFLATION RATE TO INCREASE.

  1. CAPITAL BUDGETING PROJECTS A AND B ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. AT A DISCOUNT RATE OF 0%, THE NPV OF PROJECT A EXCEEDS THAT OF PROJECT B. HOWEVER, THE IRR OF PROJECT B EXCEEDS THAT OF PROJECT A. USING ONLY THIS INFORMATION, WE CAN CONCLUDE _________.

    I. PROJECT A SHOULD BE SELECTED II. PROJECT B SHOULD BE SELECTED III. THE NPV PROFILES OF PROJECTS A AND B CROSS IV. THE NPV PROFILES OF PROJECTS A AND B DO NOT CROSS

    II AND IV

    IV ONLY

    I AND III

    III ONLY

  1. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

    SECURITY BETA REQUIRED RETURN
    RISK-FREE RATE

    0

    4%

    MARKET PORTFOLIO

    1

    10%

    FIN 301

    1.5

    ?

    ACCORDING TO THE CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL, THE REQUIRED RETURN FOR FIN 301 IS ________

    10%

    14.5%

    16%

    13%

  1. BETA MEASURES A SECURITY'S _________

    SYSTEMATIC RISK

    FIRM-SPECIFIC RISK

    UNSYSTEMATIC RISK

    DIVERSIFIABLE RISK

  1. THE JSU CORPORATION HAS A BETA OF 1.5. THIS MEANS THAT IF THE MARKET RETURN FALLS BY 6%, JSU'S RETURN SHOULD ______.

    FALL BY 9%

    FALL BY 10.5%

    RISE BY 12%

    RISE BY 9%

  1. YOU LEARN THE H1N1 VIRUS HAS MUTATED INTO A FAR MORE VIRULENT FORM AND THERE IS NO KNOWN VACCINE OR CURE. ONE THIRD FOR THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO DIE FROM THE VIRUS. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION WE WOULD EXPECT _____________.

    NO CHANGE IN THE SECURITY MARKET LINE.

    THE SECURITY MARKET LINE TO SHIFT UP AND TO THE LEFT.

    THE SLOPE OF THE SECURITY MARKET LINE TO STEEPEN.

    THE SECURITY MARKET LINE TO SHIFT DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT.

  1. YOU OBSERVE A SECURITY'S TOTAL RISK INCREASED BUT ITS BETA IS UNCHANGED. THIS MUST MEAN ITS ________ RISK JUST ROSE.

    UNSYSTEMATIC

    SYSTEMATIC

    MARKET

    UNDIVERSIFIABLE

  1. THE STANDARD DEVIATION OF A SECURITY'S RETURNS IS A MEASURE OF ITS

    TOTAL RISK

    SYSTEMATIC RISK

    UNSYSTEMATIC RISK

    MARKET RISK

  1. CONSIDER THE CASH FLOWS FOR PROJECT Y SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE:

    TIME PROJECT Y
    0 -$500,000
    1 $300,000
    2 $300,000
    3 $300,000
    4 $300,000
    5 $200,000

    THE PAYBACK PERIOD FOR PROJECT Y IS _________. IF MANAGEMENT'S MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PAYBACK PERIOD IS 3 YEARS, THEN ACCORDING TO THE PAYBACK DECISION RULE THE PROJECT _______ BE ACCEPTED.

    2.35; SHOULD

    3.50; SHOULD NOT

    3.72; SHOULD NOT

    1.67; SHOULD

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