MCQ Financial management Chapter 1

A group of individuals got together and purchased all of the outstanding shares
of common stock of DL Smith, Inc. What is the return that these individuals
require on this investment called?

• dividend yield

• cost of equity

• capital gains yield

• cost of capital

• income return

Textile Mills borrows money at a rate of 13.5 percent. This interest rate is
referred to as the:

• compound rate

• current yield

• cost of debt

• capital gains yieldcost of capital

The average of a firm's cost of equity and aftertax cost of debt that is weighted
based on the firm's capital structure is called the:

• reward to risk ratio

• weighted capital gains rate

• structured cost of capital

• subjective cost of capital

• weighted average cost of capital

When a manager develops a cost of capital for a specific project based on the
cost of capital for another firm which has a similar line of business as the
project, the manager is utilizing the _____ approach.

• subjective risk

• pure play

• divisional cost of capital

• capital adjustment

• security market line

A firm's cost of capital:

• will decrease as the risk level of the firm increases

• for a specific project is primarily dependent upon the source of the funds used
  for the project

• is independent of the firm's capital structure

• should be applied as the discount rate for any project considered by the firm

• depends upon how the funds raised are going to be spent

The weighted average cost of capital for a wholesaler:

• is equivalent to the aftertax cost of the firm's liabilities

• should be used as the required return when analyzing a potential acquisition
  of a retail outlet

• is the return investors require on the total assets of the firm

• remains constant when the debt-equity ratio changes

• is unaffected by changes in corporate tax rates

Which one of the following is the primary determinant of a firm's cost of capital?

• debt-equity ratio

• applicable tax rate

• cost of equity

• cost of debt

• use of the funds

Scholastic Toys is considering developing and distributing a new board game for
children. The project is similar in risk to the firm's current operations. The firm
maintains a debt-equity ratio of 0.40 and retains all profits to fund the firm's
rapid growth. How should the firm determine its cost of equity?

• by adding the market risk premium to the aftertax cost of debt

• by multiplying the market risk premium by (1 - 0.40)

• by using the dividend growth model

• by using the capital asset pricing model

• by averaging the costs based on the dividend growth model and the capital
  asset pricing model

All else constant, which one of the following will increase a firm's cost of equity if
the firm computes that cost using the security market line approach? Assume
the firm currently pays an annual dividend of $1 a share and has a beta of 1.2.

• a reduction in the dividend amount

• an increase in the dividend amount

• a reduction in the market rate of return

• a reduction in the firm's beta

• a reduction in the risk-free rate

A firm's overall cost of equity is:

• is generally less that the firm's WACC given a leveraged firm

• unaffected by changes in the market risk premium

• highly dependent upon the growth rate and risk level of the firm

• generally less than the firm's aftertax cost of debt

• inversely related to changes in the firm's tax rate