QUESTION 13 Of the following, an example of a component of a firm’s cost of capital is ____.   a. repurchase of company stock   b. the purchase of another company’s bonds   c. investment of corporate funds into a money market account   d. the return on common stock required by investors

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QUESTION 13

Of the following, an example of a component of a firm’s cost of capital is ____.
  a.
repurchase of company stock
  b.
the purchase of another company’s bonds
  c.
investment of corporate funds into a money market account
  d.
the return on common stock required by investors

QUESTION 17

 
 
The risk premium for an individual security is equal to the ____.
  a.
weighted average of the individual security betas in a portfolio
  b.
difference between the required return and the risk-free rate
  c.
beta times the market return
  d.
security's covariance divided by the variance of the market

QUESTION 21

  1. Which of the following statements about comparing capital budget techniques is (are) correct?

     I.  The payback period is easy to understand and helps the firm identify how long it will be unable to use the initial investment for other projects.

    II. Mutually exclusive projects allow a firm to do other like projects (mutually exclusive) simultaneously as long as the budget constraints are met.

      a.
    Only statement I is correct.
      b.
    Only statement II is correct.
      c.
    Both statements I and II are correct.
      d.
    Neither statement I nor II is correct.

    QUESTION 32

    1. In order to completely eliminate the risk (i.e., a portfolio standard deviation of zero) in a two-asset portfolio, the correlation coefficient between the securities must be ____.
        a.
      less than +1.0
        b.
      equal to 0.0
        c.
      equal to –1.0
        d.
      less than 0.0

      QUESTION 36

      1. An investment project requires a net investment of $100,000. The project is expected to generate annual net cash inflows of $28,000 for the next 5 years. The firm's cost of capital is 12%. Determine the internal rate of return for the project (to the nearest tenth of one percent).
          a.
        12.4%
          b.
        3.6%
          c.
        12.0%
          d.
        12.6%
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