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Which financial statement reports the amounts of cash that the
firm generated and distributed during a particular time period?
statement of retained earnings
Income statement
Statement of cash flows
Balance sheet
Which of these provide a forum in which demanders of funds
raise funds by issuing new financial instruments, such as stocks
and bonds?
Money markets
Investment banks
Primary markets

2. Secondary markets
The top part of Mars, Inc.’s 2013 balance sheet is listed as follows
(in millions of dollars).
What are Mars, Inc.’s current ratio, quick ratio, and cash ratio
for 2013?
4.2, 1.0, 0.2
2.3333, 0.5556, 0.1111
10.5, 6.0, 1.0
0.1111, 0.5556, 0.2
Which of these ratios show the combined effects of liquidity, asset
management, and debt management on the overall operation
results of the firm?
Financial
Profitability
Coverage
Liquidity
As new capital budgeting projects arise, we must
estimate__________.
the cost of the stock being sold for the specific project
when such projects will require cash flows
the cost of the loan for the specific project
the float costs for financing the project
What’s the current yield of a 6 percent coupon corporate bond
quoted at a price of 101.70?

3. 6.1 percent
10.2 percent
6.0 percent
5.9 percent
We call the process of earning interest on both the original
deposit and on the earlier interest payments:
computing.
multiplying.
compounding.
discounting.
Which financial statement reports a firm’s assets, liabilities, and
equity at a particular point in time?
Balance sheet
Income statement
Statement of retained earnings
Statement of cash flows
You are trying to pick the least-expensive machine for your
company. You have two choices: machine A, which will cost
$50,000 to purchase and which will have OCF of -$3,500 annually
throughout the machine’s expected life of three years; and
machine B, which will cost $75,000 to purchase and which will
have OCF of -$4,900 annually throughout that machine’s four-
year life. Both machines will be worthless at the end of their life.
If you intend to replace whichever type of machine you choose
with the same thing when its life runs out, again and again out

4. into the foreseeable future, and if your business has a cost of
capital of 14 percent, which one should you choose?
Machine A
Machine B
Neither machine A nor B
Both machines A and B
When firms use multiple sources of capital, they need to calculate
the appropriate discount rate for valuing their firm’s cash flows
as__________.
a simple average of the capital components costs
a weighted average of the capital components costs
a sum of the capital components costs
they apply to each asset as they are purchased with their
respective forms of debt or equity
Which of these is used as a measure of the total amount of
available cash flow from a project?
Operating cash flow
Investment in operating capital
Free cash flow
Sunk cash flow
Which of these does NOT perform vital functions to securities
markets of all sorts by channeling funds from those with surplus
funds to those with shortages of funds?
Secondary markets
Mutual funds

5. Insurance companies
Commercial banks
Will’s Wheels, Inc. reported a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65 times at
the end of 2013. If the firm’s total debt at year-end was $5 million,
how much equity does Will’s Wheels have?
$7.69 million
$5 million
$0.65 million
$3.25 million
Which of these is the term for portfolios with the highest return
possible for each risk level?
Total portfolios
Modern portfolios
Optimal portfolios
Efficient portfolios
What are the tools available for the manager in financial
planning?
Delaying disbursement of cash, reducing collection period, cash
management, and Increasing inventory turnover
Reducing collection period and delaying disbursement of cash
Increasing inventory turnover and reducing collection period
Delaying disbursement of cash and cash management
Suppose that Model Nails, Inc.’s capital structure features 60
percent equity, 40 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of
debt is 6 percent, while its cost of equity is 10 percent. If the

6. appropriate weighted average tax rate is 28 percent, what will be
Model Nails’ WACC?
7.73 percent
8.40 percent
8.00 percent
16.00 percent
We commonly measure the risk-return relationship using which
of the following?
Coefficient of variation
Standard deviation
Expected returns
Correlation coefficient
Financial plans include which of the following?
Schedule of Sales, Expenses, and Capital Expenditure
All of the above
Short Term and Long Term Plan
Pro forma Income Statement, Balance Sheet
Which of the following terms means that during periods when
interest rates change substantially, bondholders experience
distinct gains and losses in their bond investments?
Interest rate risk
Credit quality risk
Reinvestment rate risk
Liquidity rate risk

7. What are reasons for the firm to go abroad?
Access to raw materials
Diversification
Lower production cost
All of the above
Which of these statements is true regarding divisional WACC?
Using a simple firmwide WACC to evaluate new projects would
give an unfair advantage to projects that present more risk than
the firm’s average beta.
Using a divisional WACC versus a WACC for the firm’s current
operations will result in quite a few incorrect decisions.
Using a firmwide WACC to evaluate new projects would have no
impact on projects that present less risk than the firm’s average
beta.
Using a simple firmwide WACC to evaluate new projects would
give an unfair advantage to projects that present less risk than the
firm’s average beta.
The Rule of 72 is a simple mathematical approximation
for__________. the number of years required to double an
investment
the payments required to double an investment
the present value required to double an investment
the number of years required to double an investment
the future value required to double an investment
We can estimate a stock’s value by__________.

8. using the book value of the total stockholder equity section
using the book value of the total assets divided by the number of
shares outstanding
discounting the future dividends and future stock price
appreciation
compounding the past dividends and past stock price
appreciation
Which of these is the process of estimating expected future cash
flows of a project using only the relevant parts of the balance
sheet and income statements?
Substitutionary analysis
Incremental cash flows
Cash flow analysis
Pro forma analysis
Five years ago, Jane invested $5,000 and locked in an 8 percent
annual interest rate for 25 years (ending 20 years from now).
James can make a 20-year investment today and lock in a 10
percent interest rate. How much money should he invest now in
order to have the same amount of money in 20 years as Jane?
$7,346.64
$5,089.91
$3,160.43
$3,464.11
The overall goal of the financial manager is to__________.
maximize net income

9. maximize earnings per share
maximize shareholder wealth
minimize total costs
Which of the following can create ethical dilemmas between
corporate managers and stockholders?
Auditors
Board of directors
Agency relationship
Venture Capitalist
A firm is expected to pay a dividend of $2.00 next year and $2.14
the following year. Financial analysts believe the stock will be at
their target price of $75.00 in two years. Compute the value of
this stock with a required return of 10 percent.
$79.14
$65.40
$65.57
$66.67
Which financial statement shows the total revenues that a firm
earns and the total expenses the firm incurs to generate those
revenues over a specific period of time — generally one year?
Statement of cash flows
Statement of retained earnings
Balance sheet
Income statement

10. Which of the following is a true statement?
If interest rates fall, all bonds will enjoy rising values.
If interest rates fall, corporate bonds will have decreasing values.
If interest rates fall, no bonds will enjoy rising values.
If interest rates fall, U.S. Treasury bonds will have decreasing
values.