Exam 10: Capital Budgeting

A) The shorter a project's payback period, the less desirable the project is normally considered to be by this criterion.
B) One drawback of the regular payback is that this method does not take account of cash flows beyond the payback period.
C) If a project's payback is positive, then the project should be accepted because it must have a positive NPV.
D) The regular payback ignores cash flows beyond the payback period, but the discounted payback method overcomes this problem.
E) One drawback of the discounted payback is that this method does not consider the time value of money, while the regular payback overcomes this drawback.

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A) For a project with normal cash flows, any change in the WACC will change both the NPV and the IRR.
B) To find the MIRR, we first compound cash flows at the regular IRR to find the TV, and then we discount the TV at the WACC to find the PV.
C) The NPV and IRR methods both assume that cash flows can be reinvested at the WACC.However, the MIRR method assumes reinvestment at the MIRR itself.
D) If two projects have the same cost, and if their NPV profiles cross in the upper right quadrant, then the project with the higher IRR probably has more of its cash flows coming in the later years.
E) If two projects have the same cost, and if their NPV profiles cross in the upper right quadrant, then the project with the lower IRR probably has more of its cash flows coming in the later years.

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A) It will accept too many short-term projects and reject too many long-term projects (as judged by the NPV) .
B) It will accept too many long-term projects and reject too many short-term projects (as judged by the NPV) .
C) The firm will accept too many projects in all economic states because a 4-year payback is too low.
D) The firm will accept too few projects in all economic states because a 4-year payback is too high.
E) If the 4-year payback results in accepting just the right set of projects under average economic conditions, then this payback will result in too few long-term projects when the economy is weak.

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A) The NPV method was once the favorite of academics and business executives, but today most authorities regard the MIRR as being the best indicator of a project's profitability.
B) If the cost of capital declines, this lowers a project's NPV.
C) The NPV method is regarded by most academics as being the best indicator of a project's profitability; hence, most academics recommend that firms use only this one method.
D) A project's NPV depends on the total amount of cash flows the project produces, but because the cash flows are discounted at the WACC, it does not matter if the cash flows occur early or late in the project's life.
E) The NPV and IRR methods may give different recommendations regarding which of two mutually exclusive projects should be accepted, but they always give the same recommendation regarding the acceptability of a normal, independent project.

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A) Project S must have a higher NPV than Project L.
B) If Project S has a positive NPV, Project L must also have a positive NPV.
C) If the WACC falls, each project's IRR will increase.
D) If the WACC increases, each project's IRR will decrease.
E) If Projects S and L have the same NPV at the current WACC, 10%, then Project L, the one with the lower IRR, would have a higher NPV if the WACC used to evaluate the projects declined.

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A) $265.65
B) $278.93
C) $292.88
D) $307.52
E) $322.90

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A) 14.05%
B) 15.61%
C) 17.34%
D) 19.27%
E) 21.20%

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A) 13.42%
B) 14.91%
C) 16.56%
D) 18.22%
E) 20.04%

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A) 1.42 years
B) 1.58 years
C) 1.75 years
D) 1.93 years
E) 2.12 years

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A) If the two projects' NPV profiles do not cross, then there will be a sharp conflict as to which one should be selected.
B) If the cost of capital is greater than the crossover rate, then the IRR and the NPV criteria will not result in a conflict between the projects.The same project will rank higher by both criteria.
C) If the cost of capital is less than the crossover rate, then the IRR and the NPV criteria will not result in a conflict between the projects.The same project will rank higher by both criteria.
D) For a conflict to exist between NPV and IRR, the initial investment cost of one project must exceed the cost of the other.
E) For a conflict to exist between NPV and IRR, one project must have an increasing stream of cash flows over time while the other has a decreasing stream.If both sets of cash flows are increasing or decreasing, then it would be impossible for a conflict to exist, even if one project is larger than the other.

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A) If the WACC is 10%, both projects will have positive NPVs.
B) If the WACC is 6%, Project S will have the higher NPV.
C) If the WACC is 13%, Project S will have the lower NPV.
D) If the WACC is 10%, both projects will have a negative NPV.
E) Project S's NPV is more sensitive to changes in WACC than Project L's.

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A) A project's regular IRR is found by compounding the cash inflows at the WACC to find the terminal value (TV) , then discounting this TV at the WACC.
B) A project's regular IRR is found by discounting the cash inflows at the WACC to find the present value (PV) , then compounding this PV to find the IRR.
C) If a project's IRR is greater than the WACC, then its NPV must be negative.
D) To find a project's IRR, we must solve for the discount rate that causes the PV of the inflows to equal the PV of the project's costs.
E) To find a project's IRR, we must find a discount rate that is equal to the WACC.

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