FIN Chapter 9

Assume a project has cash flows of −$54,300, $18,200, $37,300, and $14,300 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. What is the profitability index given a required return of 12.6 percent?

1.02

A project has cash flows of −$152,000, $60,800, $62,300 and $75,000 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. The required rate of return is 13 percent. What is the profitability index? Should you accept or reject the project based on this index value?

1.02; accept

Colin is analyzing a 3-year project that has an initial cost of $199,800. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to zero over three years. The projected annual net income for the three years is $11,600, $15,900, and $17,200. If the discount rate is 12 percent, what is the average accounting rate of return?

14.91 percent

A project has a net present value of zero. Which one of the following best describes this project?

A project has a net present value of zero. Which one of the following best describes this project?

Which two methods of project analysis are the most biased towards short-term projects?

Payback and discounted payback

Which one of the following characteristics is most associated with financing type projects?

Prepaid services

Two mutually exclusive projects have an initial cost of $47,500 each. Project A produces cash inflows of $25,300, $37,100, and $22,000 for Years 1 through 3, respectively. Project B produces cash inflows of $43,600, $19,800 and $10,400 for Years 1 through 3, respectively. The required rate of return is 14.7 percent for Project A and 14.9 percent for Project B. Which project(s) should be accepted and why?

Project A, because it has the larger NPV

JJ's is reviewing a project with a required discount rate of 15.2 percent and an initial cost of $309,000. The cash inflows are $47,000, $198,000, and $226,000 for Years 2 to 4, respectively. Should the project be accepted based on discounted payback if the required payback period is 2.5 years?

Reject; The project never pays back on a discounted basis.

You are considering a project with conventional cash flows, an IRR of 11.63 percent, a PI of 1.04, an NPV of $987, and a payback period of 2.98 years. Which one of the following statements is correct given this information?

The discount rate used in computing the net present value was less than 11.63 percent.

If a project has a net present value equal to zero, then:

If a project has a net present value equal to zero, then:

Which one of the following will decrease the net present value of a project?

Increasing the project's initial cost at time zero

In actual practice, managers most frequently use which two types of investment criteria?

Internal rate of return and net present value

The IRR that causes the net present value of the differences between two project's cash flows to equal zero is called the:

crossover rate

There are two distinct discount rates at which a particular project will have a zero net present value. In this situation, the project is said to:

have multiple rates of return

Net present value:

is the best method of analyzing mutually exclusive projects.

Scott is considering a project that will produce cash inflows of $2,900 a year for 3 years. The required rate of return is 15.4 percent and the initial cost is $6,800. What is the discounted payback period?

never

The equivalent annual cost method is useful in determining:

which one of two machines should be purchased when the machines are mutually exclusive, have differing lives, and will be replaced at the end of their lives.

ALUM Inc. uses high-tech equipment to produce specialized products. Each one of its machines costs $1,243,000 to purchase plus an additional $78,000 a year to operate. The machines have a five-year life after which they are worthless. What is the equivalent annual cost of one these machines if the required return is 16.5 percent?

−$462,061.04

HH Companies has identified two mutually exclusive projects. Project A has cash flows of −$40,000, $21,200, $16,800, and $14,000 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. Project B has a cost of $38,000 and annual cash inflows of $25,500 for 2 years. At what rate would you be indifferent between these two projects?

−4.38 percent

Assume an investment has cash flows of −$39,700, $21,750, $18,500, and $12,500 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. What is the NPV if the required return is 12.9 percent? Should the project be accepted or rejected?

$2,764.89; accept

Precision Dyes is analyzing two machines to determine which one it should purchase. The company requires a rate of return of 15 percent and uses straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the life of its equipment. Ignore bonus depreciation. Machine A has a cost of $462,000, annual aftertax cash outflows of $46,200, and a four-year life. Machine B costs $898,000, has annual aftertax cash outflows of $16,500, and has a seven-year life. Whichever machine is purchased will be replaced at the end of its useful life. Which machine should the company purchase and how much less is that machine's EAC as compared to the other machine's?

A; $24,321.02

You are considering two mutually exclusive projects. Project A has cash flows of −$72,000, $21,400, $22,900, and $56,300 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. Project B has cash flows of −$81,000, $20,100, $22,200, and $74,800 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. Both projects have a required 2.5-year payback period. Should you accept or reject these projects based on payback analysis?

Accept Project A and reject Project B

Isaac has analyzed two mutually exclusive projects that have 3-year lives. Project A has an NPV of $81,406, a payback period of 2.48 years, and an AAR of 9.31 percent. Project B has an NPV of $82,909, a payback period of 2.57 years, and an AAR of 9.22 percent. The required return for Project A is 11.5 percent while it is 12 percent for Project B. Both projects have a required AAR of 9.25 percent. Isaac must make a recommendation and justify it in 15 words or less. What should his recommendation be?

Accept Project B and reject Project A based on the NPVs

Roger's Meat Market is considering two independent projects. The profitability index decision rule indicates that both projects should be accepted. This result most likely does which one of the following?

Assumes the firm has sufficient funds to undertake both projects

Which of the following are advantages of the payback method of project analysis?

Liquidity bias, ease of use

You are viewing a graph that plots the NPVs of a project to various discount rates that could be applied to the project's cash flows. What is the name given to this graph?

NPV profile

A proposed project has an initial cost of $38,000 and cash inflows of $12,300, $24,200, and $16,100 for Years 1 through 3, respectively. The required rate of return is 16.8 percent. Based on IRR, should this project be accepted? Why or why not?

Yes; The IRR exceeds the required return

The internal rate of return is defined as the:

discount rate which causes the net present value of a project to equal zero.