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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
SPRING 2008
FIN622 - CORPORATE FINANCE (Session - 1 )
Marks: 40
Time: 60min
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Exam Date:Monday, June 09, 2008
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§This exam consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions carrying 1 mark each; 5 True/False carrying1 mark each, 3 Short Questions carrying 5 marks each; and 1 Long Question carrying 10
marks.
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type questions carry equal marks; it is important to manage your time according to the marksallocated to each question.
§Use of Calculators and Financial Tables is allowed.
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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
An analysis of percentage financial statements where all balance sheet or income statement figures
for a base year equal 100.0% and subsequent financial statement items are expressed as percentages
of their values in the base year is known as ________.
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Common-size analysis
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Fundamental analysis
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Index analysis
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Discriminated analysis
Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
What is the future value of Rs.1.00 invested for 10 years if 12 percent annual rate of interest is
compounded quarterly?
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Rs.2.30
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Rs.3.26
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Rs.3.25
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Rs.2.93
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
When the market's nominal annual required rate of return for a particular bond is less than its
coupon rate, the bond will be selling at ________.
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Discount
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Premium
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Par value
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An indeterminate price
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is a method of evaluating securities by analyzing statistics generated by
market activities, such as past prices and volumes?
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Technical analysis
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Fundamental analysis
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Common size analysis
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Ratio analysis
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following capital budgeting technique ignores profitability and time value of money?
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Net present value
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Internal rate of return
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Discounted pay back period
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Simple pay back period
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following method should be used to evaluate the riskiness of an investment?
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Profitability index
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Sensitivity analysis
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Market value
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
“A U.S Treasury bond provides a lower rate of return as compared to a Corporate bond”. Which of the following reason would justify this statement?
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The U.S Treasury bonds have a low level of risk
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The Corporate bonds have a low level of risk
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The U.S Treasury bonds have a high level of risk
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Corporations have high level of profits
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Buying shares in a mutual fund can provide investors with an inexpensive source
of _____________.
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Investment
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Diversification
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Earnings
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Both 1st and 3rd options are correct
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Weights used in calculating the weighted average cost of capital should be based on :
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Book values
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Par values
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Estimated future values
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Market values
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Generally, a firm should try to maximize its overall cost of capital.
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True
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False
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Capital rationing may lead to non-optimal investment decisions.
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True
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False
Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The expected return of a portfolio is a weighted average of the expected standard deviations of thesecurities in that portfolio.
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True
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False
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Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
According to Modigliani and Miller, the use of debt is only advantageous in the presence of
corporate income taxes.
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True
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False
Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Security market line represents the relationship between expected return and systematic risk of holding a security.
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True
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False
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 5 )
Calculate and compare the effective annual interest rates for BankA and B, if
a)Bank A is offering interest rate of 10% per year, compounded monthly.
b)Bank B is offering interest rate of 8% per year, compounded quarterly.
Question No: 17 ( Marks: 5 )
Following are given the forecasted cash flows( in millions) of two projects:
Year Project A Project B
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1 20 25
2 20 25
3 20 25
If both projects are mutually exclusive, which project should be chosen on the basis of Profitability
Index criteria. Assume a discount rate of 10%.
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Question No: 18 ( Marks: 5 )
What is the relationship between market risk of a security and rate of return that investors demand
of that security?
Question No: 19 ( Marks: 10 )
A public limited Company is expected to pay Rs.0.50 per share dividend at the end of the year. Thedividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% per year. The required rate of return on the
stock is 15%. What value per share of the Company’s stock is expected one year from now?