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- 1. FIN 405 Quiz 4 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Question 1 In addition to the market-risk premium and a firm-size factor the Fama and French model adds Question 2 Consider an asset that currently plots below the security market line, Question 3 In equilibrium, if all investors will hold some combination of the market portfolio and the risk-free asset (according to the CAPM). An asset with higher variance and lower expected return than what could be obtained on the CML can survive: Question 4 The __________ tells us the composition of the optimal portfolio from a theoretical standpoint.
- 2. Question 5 The __________ argues that stock returns are best explained by a three- factor model. Question 6 When its returns are regressed on the market’s, a stock with a high beta will have a __________ term in the regression. Question 7 According to the CAPM, the lower a security's beta, the __________ its exposure to systematic risk and the __________ its expected return. Question 8 Empirical tests have raised concerns about the CAPM, including: Question 9 The __________ quantifies the relationship between the expected return and standard deviation for portfolios consisting of the risk-free asset and the optimal risky portfolio. Question 10
- 3. A portfolio is __________ if it offers the highest expected return among the group of portfolios with equal or less volatility. Question 11 What should you do when calculating the IRR of and investment and generate multiple IRRs? Question 12 In practice, firms and capital budgeting rules, Question 13 When a firm regularly undertakes projects with positive NPVs, its stock price will rise because: Question 14 An advantage of the NPV rule over the IRR is: Question 15 What would shareholders prefer? Question 16 Britney is evaluating capital investments for three firms. The first firm has an unlimited capital budget and is looking at four independent
- 4. projects. The second firm has several perfectly divisible potential projects, but faces capital rationing. The third firm is trying to decide between mutually exclusive projects. The best capital budgeting techniques for these situations would be __________, __________, and __________, respectively. Question 17 Conflicts between two mutually exclusive projects with greatly differing cash flow timing where the NPV method chooses one project but the IRR method chooses the other: Question 18 When using IRR, NPV, or PI in capital budgeting: ******************************************************** FIN 405 Quiz 6 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Question 1
- 5. __________ means that markets channel resources to their most productive uses. Question 2 According to behaviorists, noise traders affect prices in financial markets by: Question 3 __________ determines whether markets produce outputs at the lowest possible cost. Question 4 For technical analysis, based on patterns of historical prices, to have value, ______ form of market efficiency must be violated. Question 5 Shawna is interested in mutual fund investments. Over the last ten years, the alphas of three funds that Shawna is considering were –0.2, 0, and 0.8. According to the EMH: Question 6 The January effect is very sensitive to the choice of __________ used in the test. Question 7
- 6. Event studies are designed to test: Question 8 In markets characterized by __________, asset prices reflect all information, public and private. Question 9 If financial markets are semistrong-form efficient, asset prices will incorporate __________; however, if financial markets are strong-form efficient, asset prices will reflect __________. Question 10 According to empirical studies, firms tend to split their shares ________ earning above market returns and investors who buy firms after stocks split earn _______ market returns Question 11 The phrase “residual claimant” is often applied to Question 12 What best describes the ownership concentration of firms in common law countries? Question 13
- 7. Which of the following legal traditions offers the weakest protection to outside investors? Question 14 Callable bonds allow the issuing entity the opportunity to retire the issue prior to maturity. When is a bond most likely to be called? Question 15 What does LIBOR stand for? Question 16 Which of the following legal traditions offers the greatest protection to outside investors? Question 17 In the early 1990s who accounted for the majority of acquisition activity? Question 18 When CFOs were asked to indicate the relative importance when making a financing decision, the most important factor was Question 19
- 8. The dominant source of financing in the United States is Question 20 Jessica is a current stockholder in Have-it-all Inc. Recently, the firm announced a dividend increase of $0.10 per share as well as a new security offering. A plausible explanation for Have-it-all's actions would be: ******************************************************** FIN 405 Quiz Week 5 ch 8-9 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Question 1 When a U.S. firm uses accelerated depreciation for tax purposes and straight-line depreciation for financial reporting: Question 2
- 9. When evaluating a firm with excess capacity, which of the following statements is false? Question 3 If you discounted a set of positive real cash flows with a nominal discount rate and inflation were positive, you would __________ the present value of those cash flows. Question 4 All of the following are incremental costs of commuting to college in your hometown except: Question 5 Which of the following should not be included as a cash flow in evaluating a new piece of equipment for manufacturing? Question 6 The acronym MACRS stands for: Question 7 If inflation is positive, discounting positive nominal cash flows with a real discount rate will lead to Question 8
- 10. A(n) __________ in working capital represents a(n) __________. Question 9 When analyzing capital budgeting projects, it is important to consider __________ and make sure that the project, in addition to having a positive NPV, makes sense. Question 10 Analysts should measure all cash flows of a project on a/an __________ basis. Question 11 Looking at all three different approaches for estimating the expected market risk premium, the consensus is that Question 12 Two firms have the same asset beta but different equity betas. The direct cause is likely: Question 13 Sensitivity analysis: Question 14
- 11. Requiring that all projects with risk comparable to that of the firm as a whole earn at least the __________ means that firms will only invest in projects that have positive NPVs. Question 15 Which of the following is not a competitive advantage for a firm? Question 16 If the firm applies its WACC to all projects, it will tend to accept some negative-NPV projects that are Question 17 A real estate developer considers buying land that currently has substantial pine trees (pine trees are a desired timber). The development will not occur for several years and is somewhat flexible, but when it does, the pine trees will be harvested. The developer determines that the price uncertainty of the timber will increase over the next few years (future prices are expected to be very volatile). Does this increase or decrease the value of the land to the developer? Question 18 Generally, you would expect the beta of debt for a firm to be Question 19
- 12. Which of the following is true for a large diversified conglomerate? Question 20 Which of the following would explain a positive NPV calculation? ******************************************************** FIN 405 Week 3 Quiz 2 Ch5 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Question 1 If an investor holds all of her wealth in a single asset, the most appropriate measure for finding the risk of that asset would be: Question 2 Jonathan is a risk averse investor. This means that he would: Question 3
- 13. Jack and Jill, two finance majors, were arguing over whether to use standard deviation or variance when discussing a stock's monthly returns. Jack claimed variance was more appropriate,but Jill thought standard deviation made more sense. Jack and Jill went up to Ms. Hill who sided with Jill, offering the following support: Question 4 Alicia's Aunt Amy asked her to calculate the average annual return she received on her investment in 3A stock. Aunt Amy had held the stock for five years and was shocked at how much the percentage return varied from year to year. Alicia warned her Aunt that the answer would differ depending on whether she used an arithmetic average or a geometric average. If Alicia used an arithmetic average she would: Question 5 Rank the following for assets and the inflation rate from high to low in the United Kingdom. Question 6 The equation for a portfolio's expected return is __________. Question 7 Investors in stocks are likely, Question 8
- 14. Using a __________ year holding period, stocks, bonds, and T-bills have nearly identical standard deviations. Question 9 The purchasing power of $1 in 1900 is equivalent to the purchasing power of $__________ in 2000. Question 10 The variance of any two-asset portfolio depends on these factors: ********************************************************