BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 



Question 1

The irrelevance of capital structure in perfect capital markets helps us because:

 

o   if something is irrelevant, we can ignore it.

o   it applies to real-world capital markets.

o   it simplifies a complex subject.

o   it shows us which assumptions, when relaxed, may make capital structure relevant.

 

 Question 2

Chapter 7 introduced three methods for evaluating a corporate investment decision. Which of the following is not one of those methods?

 

o   payback period

o   net present value (NPV)

o   return on assets (ROA)

o   internal rate of return (IRR)

 

 Question 3

The interplay of the tax advantages of debt and the threat of bankruptcy results in:

 

o   companies that have some optimal level of debt that maximizes firm value.

o   all companies having a debt-to-equity ratio close to 50%.

o   all companies having a debt-to-equity ratio close to 30%.

o   capital structure being irrelevant.

 

 Question 4

All else being equal, as debt replaces equity in a profitable company’s capital structure, which of the following occurs?

 

o   Interest expense increases, reducing taxable income and reducing taxes.

o   Interest expense increases, reducing net income and earnings per share.

o   Interest expense increases, reducing cash flows available to shareholders.

o   Interest expense increases, reducing profitability and the wealth of shareholders.

 

 Question 5

The appropriate cash flows for evaluating a corporate investment decision are:

 

o   incremental additional cash flows.

o   marginal after-tax cash flows.

o   incremental after-tax cash flows.

o   investment after-tax cash flows.

 

 Question 6

GMX Resources, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has a tax rate of 38%. If it purchases $2,000,000 of drilling pipe, what is the after-tax cost of this expenditure?

 

o   $760,000

o   $1,240,000

o   $2,000,000

o   $2,760,000

 

Question 7

You receive an annual raise of $4,000. If you tax rate is 22%, how much will this increase your after-tax earnings?

 

o   $880.00   

o   $3,120.00

o   $4,000.00

o   $4,880.00

 

 Question 8

When making investment decisions, we focus on incremental cash flows because:

 

o   we want to avoid double counting.

o   sometimes a new product erodes sales of existing products.

o   we want to compare the additional cash flows to the cost of the investment.

o   we want to make sure that the cash flows are positive.

 

 Question 9

Sunk costs are best described as:

 

o   money that has been lost.

o   an expenditure that did not produce a profitable product.

o   an expenditure on a product that was later discontinued. !

o   expenditures on a proposed project that cannot be recovered whether the project is implemented or not.

 

 Question 10

Two important aspects of debt financing are its tax advantages and the threat of bankruptcy. As a company shifts to more and more debt financing:

 

o   these factors reinforce one another, implying that more debt is always better.

o   the tax advantage always outweighs bankruptcy risk.

o   the threat of bankruptcy makes only very low levels of debt acceptable.

o   the threat of bankruptcy eventually completely offsets the tax advantage of debt.

 

 

 

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