A) acceptance or rejection has no effect on the acceptance of other projects.
B) NPV is always negative.
C) IRR is always negative.
D) acceptance or rejection affects the acceptance of other projects.
E) cash flow pattern exhibits more than one sign change.
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A) $31,142.86 per year for each of the seven years
B) $0 for Years 1 to 6 and $218,000 in Year 7
C) Any amount between $0 and $218,000 for any one year,provided the sum of the seven cash flows totals $218,000.
D) $218,000 for Year 1 and $0 for Years 2 through 7.
E) $0 for each of the seven years
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A) incremental IRR is computed differently for financing projects than for investment projects.
B) IRR decision rule for investment projects is the opposite of the rule for financing projects.
C) life span of a project affects the decision as to which project to accept.
D) NPV rule for financing projects is the opposite of the rule for investment projects.
E) profitability index and the net present value are related.
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A) is the most frequently used method of capital budgeting analysis.
B) is a more sophisticated method of analysis than the profitability index.
C) considers the time value of money.
D) applies mainly to projects where the actual results will be known relatively soon.
E) generally results in decisions that conflict with the decision suggested by NPV analysis.
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A) net present value profile.
B) operational ambiguity decision.
C) mutually exclusive investment decision.
D) issues of scale problem.
E) multiple rates of return decision.
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A) the actual results from a project may vary significantly from the expected results.
B) the internal rate of return will always produce the most reliable results.
C) a project will never be accepted unless the payback period is met.
D) the initial costs will generally vary considerably from the estimated costs.
E) only the first three years of a project ever affect its final outcome.
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A) internal rate of return
B) net present value
C) modified internal rate of return
D) payback
E) profitability index
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A) net present value.
B) discounted net present value.
C) payback period.
D) discounted profitability index.
E) discounted payback period.
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A) is used as the discount rate for all NPV calculations.
B) applies only to profitability calculations.
C) is used to make accept/reject decisions when no discount rate can be assigned.
D) is computed by combining cash flows until only one change in sign remains.
E) assumes all projects are financing projects.
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A) 2.04 years
B) 2.36 years
C) 2.89 years
D) 3.04 years
E) 3.36 years
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A) initial cost increases.
B) required return for a project increases.
C) assigned discount rate decreases.
D) cash inflows are moved earlier in time.
E) duration of a project is lengthened.
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A) 15.44 percent
B) 17.67 percent
C) 18.54 percent
D) 14.91 percent
E) 22.08 percent
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A) it considers the time value of money.
B) all relevant cash flows are included in the analysis.
C) it is easy and quick to calculate.
D) it is the most desirable of all the available analytical methods from a financial perspective.
E) it produces better decisions than those made using either NPV or IRR.
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A) 3.76 years
B) Never
C) 3.42 years
D) 3.68 years
E) 3.92 years
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A) Payback is never used in real practice so it makes no difference how academics apply the method in their studies.
B) All projected cash flows after the required period are highly inaccurate so including them lessens the reliability of the resulting decision.
C) If the cash flows after the required period are significant,managers will use their discretion to override the payback rule.
D) All cash flows after the required period are relatively worthless in today's dollars so ignoring them has no consequence.
E) Any consideration of the cash flows after the required period rarely has any effect on the accept/reject decision.
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A) external rate of return.
B) internal rate of return.
C) average accounting return.
D) profitability index.
E) equalizer.
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A) primary IRR is positive.
B) primary IRR is negative.
C) NPV is zero.
D) cash flow pattern exhibits more than one sign change.
E) cash flow pattern exhibits exactly one sign change.
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A) net present value
B) payback
C) internal rate of return
D) discounted payback
E) profitability index
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