FIN 534- WEEK 11 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION 2020/2021

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FIN 534- WEEK 11 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION GRADED A • Question 1 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is most correct, holding other things cons... tant, for XYZ Corporation's traded call options? • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Other things held constant, the value of an option depends on the stock's price, the risk-free rate, and the • Question 3 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? • Question 4 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? • Question 5 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Assume a company's target capital structure is 50% debt and 50% common equity. • Question 6 4 out of 4 points Suppose Acme Industries correctly estimates its WACC at a given point in time and then uses that same cost of capital to evaluate all projects for the next 10 years, then the firm will most likely • Question 7 4 out of 4 points Watts Co. is considering a project that has the following cash flow and cost of capital (r) data. What is the project's MIRR? Note that a project's MIRR can be less than the cost of capital (and even negative), in which case it will be rejected. r = 10.00% Year 0 1 2 3 4 Cash flows −$850 $300 $320 $340 $360 • Question 8 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? • Question 9 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? • Question 10 4 out of 4 points Wansley Enterprises is considering a new project. The company has a beta of 1.0, and its sales and profits are positively correlated with the overall economy. The company estimates that the proposed new project would have a higher standard deviation and coefficient of variation than an average company project. Also, the new project's sales would be countercyclical in the sense that they would be high when the overall economy is down and low when the overall economy is strong. On the basis of this information, which of the following statements is CORRECT? • Question 11 4 out of 4 points Kasper Film Co. is selling off some old equipment it no longer needs because its associated project has come to an end. The equipment originally cost $22,500, of which 75% has been depreciated. The firm can sell the used equipment today for $6,000, and its tax rate is 40%. What is the equipment's after-tax salvage value for use in a capital budgeting analysis? Note that if the equipment's final market value is less than its book value, the firm will receive a tax credit as a result of the sale. • Question 12 4 out of 4 points DeVault Services recently hired you as a consultant to help with its capital budgeting process. The company is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The equipment that would be used has a 3-year tax life, would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-year life, and would have a zero salvage value. No new working capital would be required. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. What is the project's NPV? Risk-adjusted cost of capital 10.0% Net investment cost (depreciable basis) $65,000 Straight-line deprec. rate 33.3333% Sales revenues, each year $65,500 Operating costs (excl. deprec.), each year $25,000 Tax rate 35.0% • Question 13 4 out of 4 points North Construction had $850 million of sales last year, and it had $425 million of fixed assets that were used at only 60% of capacity. What is the maximum sales growth rate North could achieve before it had to increase its fixed assets? • Question 14 4 out of 4 points Last year National Aeronautics had a FA/Sales ratio of 40%, comprised of $250 million of sales and $100 million of fixed assets. However, its fixed assets were used at only 75% of capacity. Now the company is developing its financial forecast for the coming year. As part of that process, the company wants to set its target Fixed Assets/Sales ratio at the level it would have had had it been operating at full capacity. What target FA/Sales ratio should the company set? • Question 15 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is NOT one of the steps taken in the financial planning process? • Question 16 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is NOT normally regarded as being a barrier to hostile takeovers? • Question 17 4 out of 4 points In recent years Constable Inc. has suffered losses, and its stock currently sells for only $0.50 per share. Management wants to use a reverse split to get the price up to a more "reasonable" level, which it thinks is $25 per share. How many of the old shares must be given up for one new share to achieve the $25 price, assuming this transaction has no effect on total market value? • Question 18 4 out of 4 points The capital budget forecast for the Santano Company is $725,000. The CFO wants to maintain a target capital structure of 45% debt and 55% equity, and it also wants to pay dividends of $500,000. If the company follows the residual dividend policy, how much income must it earn, and what will its dividend payout ratio be? • Question 19 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is correct? • Question 20 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is CORRECT? • Question 21 4 out of 4 points After an intensive research and development effort, two methods for producing playing cards have been identified by the Turner Company. One method involves using a machine having a fixed cost of $10,000 and variable costs of $1.00 per deck of cards. The other method would use a less expensive machine (fixed cost = $5,000), but it would require greater variable costs ($1.50 per deck of cards). If the selling price per deck of cards will be the same under each method, at what level of output will the two methods produce the same net operating income (EBIT)? • Question 22 4 out of 4 points Eccles Inc. Eccles Inc., a zero growth firm, has an expected EBIT of $100,000 and a corporate tax rate of 30%. Eccles uses $500,000 of 12.0% debt, and the cost of equity to an unlevered firm in the same risk class is 16.0%. Refer to the data for Eccles Inc.Assume that the firm's gain from leverage according to the Miller model is $126,667. If the effective personal tax rate on stock income is TS = 20%, what is the implied personal tax rate on debt income? • Question 23 4 out of 4 points Anson Jackson Court Company (AJC) The Anson Jackson Court Company (AJC) currently has $200,000 market value (and book value) of perpetual debt outstanding carrying a coupon rate of 6%. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) are $100,000, and it is a zero growth company. AJC's current cost of equity is 8.8%, and its tax rate is 40%. The firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $60.00. Refer to the data for the Anson Jackson Court Company (AJC). Now assume that AJC is considering changing from its original capital structure to a new capital structure that results in a stock price of $64 per share. The resulting capital structure would have a $336,000 total market value of equity and a $504,000 market value of debt. How many shares would AJC repurchase in the recapitalization? • Question 24 4 out of 4 points Suppose the suppliers of your firm offered you credit terms of 2/10 net 30 days. Your firm is not taking discounts, but is paying after 25 days instead of waiting until Day 30. You point out that the nominal cost of not taking the discount and paying on Day 30 is approximately 37%. But since your firm is neither taking discounts nor paying on the due date, what is the effective annual percentage cost (not the nominal cost) of its costly trade credit, using a 365-day year? • Question 25 4 out of 4 points Whaley & Whaley has the following data. What is the firm's cash conversion cycle? Inventory conversion period = 41 days Average collection period = 31 days Payables deferral period = 38 days • Question 26 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT? • Question 27 4 out of 4 points Suppose 1 U.S. dollar equals 1.60 Canadian dollars in the spot market. 6-month Canadian securities have an annualized return of 6% (and thus a 6-month periodic return of 3%). 6-month U.S. securities have an annualized return of 6.5% and a periodic return of 3.25%. If interest rate parity holds, what is the U.S. dollar-Canadian dollar exchange rate in the 180-day forward market? • Question 28 4 out of 4 points If the spot rate of the Israeli shekel is 5.51 shekels per dollar and the 180-day forward rate is 5.97 shekels per dollar, then the forward rate for the Israeli shekel is selling at a ____ to the spot rate. • Question 29 4 out of 4 points If 1.64 Canadian dollars can purchase one U.S. dollar, how many U.S. dollars can you purchase for one Canadian dollar? • Question 30 4 out of 4 points Suppose the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and Swiss francs is SF 1.41 = $1.00, and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the euro is $1.00 = 1.64 euros. What is the cross-rate of Swiss francs to euros? [Show More]

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