1. Which of the following is considered a hybrid organizational form?
Limited liability partnership
Partnership
Corporation
Sole proprietorship
2. Which of the following is a principal within the agency relationship?
A shareholder
A company engineer
The board of directors
The CEO of the firm
3. Which of the following presents a summary of the changes in a firm's balance sheet from the beginning of an accounting
period to the end of that accounting period?
The statement of cash flows.
The statement of retained earnings.
The statement of working capital.
The statement of net worth
4. Teakap, Inc., has current assets of $ 1,456,312 and total assets of $4,812,369 for the year ending September 30, 2006. It
also has current liabilities of $1,041,012, common equity of $1,500,000, and retained earnings of $1,468,347. How much
long-term debt does the firm have?
$2,303,010
$2,123,612
$803,010
$1,844,022
5. Gateway Corp. has an inventory turnover ratio of 5.6. What is the firm's days's sales in inventory?
64.3 days
57.9 days
65.2 days
61.7 days
6. Your firm has an equity multiplier of 2.47. What is its debt-to-equity ratio?
0.60
1.74
0
1.47
7. Which of the following is not a method of "benchmarking"?
Utilize the DuPont system to analyze a firm's performance.
Identify a group of firms that compete with the company being analyzed.
Conduct an industry group analysis
Evaluating a single firm's performance over time.
8. Jack Robbins is saving for a new car. He needs to have $ 21,000 for the car in three years. How much will he have to invest
today in an account paying 8 percent annually to achieve his target? (Round to nearest dollar.)
$22,680
$26,454
$16,670
$19,444
9. Ferris, Inc., has borrowed from their bank at a rate of 8 percent and will repay the loan with interest over the next five years.
Their scheduled payments, starting at the end of the year are as follows-$450,000, $560,000, $750,000, $875,000, and
$1,000,000. What is the present value of these payments? (Round to the nearest dollar.)
$2,615,432
$2,431,224
$2,815,885
$2,735,200
10. Ajax Corp. is expecting the following cash flows-$79,000, $112,000, $164,000, $84,000, and $242,000-over the next five
years. If the company's opportunity cost is 15 percent, what is the present value of these cash flows? (Round to the nearest
dollar.)
$429,560
$477,235
$414,322
$480,906
11. Jayadev Athreya has started on his first job. He plans to start saving for retirement early. He will invest $5,000 at the end
of each year for the next 45 years in a fund that will earn a return of 10 percent. How much will Jayadev have at the end of 45
years? (Round to the nearest dollar.)
$2,667,904
$3,594,524
$1,745,600
$5,233,442
12. Serox stock was selling for $20 two years ago. The stock sold for $25 one year ago, and it is currently selling for $28.
Serox pays a $1.10 dividend per year. What was the rate of return for owning Serox in the most recent year? (Round to the
nearest percent.)
16%
32%
40%
12%
13. Regatta, Inc., has six-year bonds outstanding that pay a 8.25 percent coupon rate. Investors buying the bond today can
expect to earn a yield to maturity of 6.875 percent. What should the company's bonds be priced at today? Assume annual
coupon payments. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
$923
$972
$1,066
$1,014
14. Next year Jenkins Traders will pay a dividend of $3.00. It expects to increase its dividend by $0.25 in each of the following
three years. If their required rate of return is 14 percent, what is the present value of their dividends over the next four years?
$9.72
$12.50
$11.63
$13.50
15. TuleTime Comics is considering a new show that will generate annual cash flows of $100,000 into the infinite future. If the
initial outlay for such a production is $1,500,000 and the appropriate discount rate is 6 percent for the cash flows, then what is
the profitability index for the project?
1.11
0.90
1.90
0.11
16. What decision criteria should managers use in selecting projects when there is not enough capital to invest in all available
positive NPV projects?
the internal rate of return
the discounted payback
the modified internal rate of return
the profitability index
17. The WACC for a firm is 13.00 percent. You know that the firm's cost of debt capital is 10 percent and the cost of equity
capital is 20%. What proportion of the firm is financed with debt?
30%
70%
33%
50%
18. If a company's weighted average cost of capital is less than the required return on equity, then the firm:
is financed with more than 50% debt
is perceived to be safe
has debt in its capital structure
partnership
19. Gangland Water Guns, Inc., is expected to pay a dividend of $2.10 one year from today. If the firm's growth in dividends is
expected to remain at a flat 3 percent forever, then what is the cost of equity capital for Gangland if the price of its common
shares is currently $17.50?
15.00%
12.00%
15.36%
14.65%
20. A firm's capital structure is the mix of financial securities used to finance its activities and can include all of the following
except
stock.
bonds.
equity options.
preferred stock.
21. Dynamo Corp. produces annual cash flows of $150 and is expected to exist forever. The company is currently financed with
75 percent equity and 25 percent debt. Your analysis tells you that the appropriate discount rates are 10 percent for the cash
flows, and 7 percent for the debt. You currently own 10 percent of the stock.
If Dynamo wishes to change its capital structure from 75 percent to 60 percent equity and use the debt proceeds to pay a
special dividend to shareholders, how much debt should they issue?
$600
$225
$321
$375
22. Turnbull Corp. had an EBIT of $247 million in the last fiscal year. Its depreciation and amortization expenses amounted to
$84 million. The firm has 135 million shares outstanding and a share price of $12.80. A competing firm that is very similar to
Turnbull has an enterprise value/EBITDA multiple of 5.40.
What is the enterprise value of Turnbull Corp.? Round to the nearest million dollars.
$1,315 million
$1,334 million
$1,787 million
$453.6 million
23. Jockey Company has total assets worth $4,417,665. At year-end it will have net income of $2,771,342 and pay out 60
percent as dividends. If the firm wants no external financing, what is the growth rate it can support?
30.3%
27.3%
32.9%
25.1%
24. Which of the following cannot be engaged in managing the business?
a sole proprietor
a general partner
a limited partner
none of these
25. Which of the following does maximizing shareholder wealth not usually account for?
Government regulation.
Risk.
The timing of cash flows.
Amount of Cash flows.
26. The strategic plan does NOT identify
working capital strategies.
the lines of business a firm will compete in.
major areas of investment in real assets.
future mergers, alliances, and divestitures.
27. Firms that achieve higher growth rates without seeking external financing
none of these.
have a low plowback ratio.
have less equity and/or are able to generate high net income leading to a high ROE.
are highly leveraged.
28. Drekker, Inc., has revenues of $312,766, costs of $220,222, interest payment of $31,477, and a tax rate of 34 percent. It
paid dividends of $34,125 to shareholders. Find the firm's dividend payout ratio and retention ratio.
85%, 15%
45%, 55%
15%, 85%
55%, 45%
29. The cash conversion cycle begins when the firm uses its cash to purchase raw materials and ends when the firm collects
cash payments on its credit sales.
estimates how long it takes on average for the firm to collect its outstanding accounts receivable balance.
shows how long the firm keeps its inventory before selling it.
begins when the firm invests cash to purchase the raw materials that would be used to produce the goods that the firm
manufactures.
30. You are provided the following working capital information for the Ridge Company:
Ridge Company
Account
$
Inventory
$12,890
Accounts receivable
12,800
Accounts payable
12,670
Net sales
$124,589
Cost of goods sold
99,630
Cash conversion cycle: What is the cash conversion cycle for Ridge Company?
129.9 days
46.4 days
83.5 days
38.3 days