Principles of Corporate Finance Richard Brealey 13th Edition – Test Bank
Chapter 5
Principles of Corporate Finance, 13e (Brealey)
Chapter 5 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria
1) Which of the following investment rules does not use the time value of money concept?
A) Net present value
B) Internal rate of return
C) The payback period
D) Profitability index
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Project Evaluation
Learning Objective: 05-02 Book Rate of Return and Payback
Bloom’s: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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2) Suppose a firm has $100 million in excess cash. It could
A) invest the funds in projects with positive NPVs.
B) pay high dividends to the shareholders.
C) buy another firm.
D) do all of the options.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Project Evaluation
Learning Objective: 05-02 Book Rate of Return and Payback
Bloom’s: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3) The following are measures used by firms when making capital budgeting decisions except
A) payback period.
B) internal rate of return.
C) P/E ratio.
D) net present value.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Project Evaluation
Learning Objective: 05-02 Book Rate of Return and Payback
Bloom’s: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
4) The survey of CFOs indicates that the NPV method is always, or almost always, used for evaluating investment projects by approximately
A) 12 percent of firms.
B) 20 percent of firms.
C) 57 percent of firms.
D) 75 percent of firms.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Project Evaluation
Learning Objective: 05-02 Book Rate of Return and Payback
Bloom’s: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
5) The survey of CFOs indicates that the IRR method is used for evaluating investment projects by approximately
A) 12 percent of firms.
B) 20 percent of firms.
C) 76 percent of firms.
D) 57 percent of firms.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Project Evaluation
Learning Objective: 05-02 Book Rate of Return and Payback
Bloom’s: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
6) Which of the following investment rules has the value additivity property?
A) The payback period method
B) The net present value method
C) The book rate of return method
D) The internal rate of return method
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Project Evaluation
Learning Objective: 05-02 Book Rate of Return and Payback
Bloom’s: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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