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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Quiz 01 Spring Semester 2009 Corporate Finance FIN622

1. Juan is starting a software writing company. He is the owner and has only 3
employees. He wants a simple inexpensive form of ownership that leaves him in
control and that he can quickly dissolve if he decides to change to another business.
His best choice of form of ownership would be:
a. S-corporation
b. Partnership
c. Corporation
d. Sole proprietorship

2. A tool that identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an
organization is know as:
a. SWOT Analysis
b. Trend Analysis
c. Fundamental Analysis
d. Technical Analysis

3. When the market's required rate of return for a particular bond is much less than
its coupon rate, the bond is selling at:
a. A premium
b. A discount
c. Cannot be determined without more information
d. Face value

4. Which of the following statements best describe the ‘Balance Sheet’?
a. Summarizes the firm’s revenues and expenses over an accounting period
b. Reports how much of the firm’s earnings were retained in the business rather
than paid out in dividends
c. Reports the impact of a firm’s operating, investing, and financing activities on
cash flows over an accounting period
d. States the firm’s financial position at a specific point in time

5. Which of the following is the purpose of the Debt management ratios?
a. They measure the amount of debt the firm uses
b. They measure how effectively a firm is managing its assets
c. They show the relationship of a firm’s cash and other current assets to its current
liabilities
d. They show the combined effects of all areas of the firm on operating results

6. In which of the following situations a project is acceptable?
a. When a project has conventional cash flows patterns
b. When a project has a non-conventional cash flow pattern
c. When a project has a discounted rate higher than the inflation rate
d. When a project has a positive net present value

7. The gross profit margin is unchanged, but the net profit margin declined over the
same period. This could have happened if:
a. Cost of goods sold increased relative to sales.
b. Sales increased relative to expenses.
c. The tax rate has been increased
d. Dividends were decreased.

8. Alto Industries has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.6 compared with the industry average
of 1.4. This means that the company
a. Will not experience any difficulty with its creditors.
b. Has less liquidity than other firms in the industry.
c. Will be viewed as having high creditworthiness.
d. Has greater than average financial risk when compared to other firms in its
industry.

9. For purposes of financial statements, the accounting value of fixed assets is:
a. Based on their estimated liquidation value
b. Based on their relative importance to the company
c. Based on their actual purchase price
d. Based on their current market price

10. Which of the following transactions affects the acid-test ratio?
a. Receivables are collected.
b. Inventory is liquidated for cash.
c. New common stock is sold and used to retire a debt issue.
d. A new common stock issue is sold and equipment purchased

11. The rate of return on the best available investment of equal risk is called:
a. Discounting
b. Compounding
c. The opportunity cost rate
d. Time lines

12. An annuity whose payments occur at the end of each period is called:
a. An opportunity cost annuity.
b. An ordinary annuity
c. An annuity due
d. An outflow annuity

13. Which of the following is the rate of return earned on a bond if it is held until
maturity?
a. Yield-to-call
b. Coupon payment
c. Yield-to-maturity
d. Sinking fund yield

14. Keeping other things constant, if a bond’s yield-to-maturity increases:
a. Its price will rise
b. Its price will remain unchanged
c. Its price will fall.
d. Can not be determined

15. A 30-year corporate bond issued in year 1985 would now trade in which of the
following markets?
a. Primary capital market
b. Primary money market
c. Secondary money market
d. Secondary capital market.

16. When the market's nominal annual required rate of return for a particular bond is
less than its coupon rate, the bond will be selling at ________.
a. A discount
b. A premium
c. Par value
d. An indeterminate price

17. The buyer of a zero-coupon bond expects to receive:
a. Price appreciation.
b. A rate of return equal to zero over the life of the bond.
c. Variable dividends instead of a fixed interest payment annually.
d. All interest payments in one lump sum at maturity.

18. The intrinsic value of a share of common stock:
a. Is the discounted value of all future cash dividends
b. Increases when the required rate of return increases, if the dividend is held
constant.
c. Is zero if the company pays no dividends
d. Is the discounted capital gain expected on the stock

19. ABC Company will pay a dividend of Rs.2.40 per share at the end of this year. Its
dividend yield is 8%. At what price is the stock selling?
a. Rs.40
b. Rs.35
c. Rs.30
d. Rs.25

20. Which of the following stock would provide a regular income to the investor?
a. Growth stock
b. Income stock
c. Aggressive stock
d. Defensive stock

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