FIN 370 Week 4 Assignment | Quiz | University Of Phoenix

FIN 370 Week 4 Assignment | Quiz | University Of Phoenix 




1.

MC Qu. 9-24 WayCo stock was $75 per share...

WayCo stock was $75 per share at the end of last year. Since then, it paid a $3 per share dividend last year. The stock price is currently $70. If you owned 200 shares of WayCo, what was your percent return?

 

Multiple Choice


o   4.00 percent

o   −6.67 percent

o   −2.67 percent

o   4.29 percent

 

 

2.

MC Qu. 9-57 Sprint Nextel Corp. stock ended the previous ...

Sprint Nextel Corp. stock ended the previous year at $25.00 per share. It paid a $2.57 per share dividend last year. It ended last year at $18.89. If you owned 650 shares of Sprint, what was your dollar return and percent return?


Multiple Choice

o   −$3,960; −15.13 percent

o   $2,960; 11.13 percent

o   −$4,960; −16.13 percent

o   −$2,301; −14.16 percent

 

 

3.

MC Qu. 9-7 Which of the following is an...

Which of the following is an index that tracks 500 companies, which allows for a great deal of diversification?


Multiple Choice


o   Wall Street Journal

o   Nasdaq

o   Fortune 500

o   S&P 500

 

4.

MC Qu. 9-27 Rank the following three stocks by...

Rank the following three stocks by their risk-return relationship, best to worst. Rail Haul has an average return of 10 percent and standard deviation of 15 percent. The average return and standard deviation of Idol Staff are 15 percent and 25 percent; and of Poker-R-Us are 12 percent and 35 percent.


Multiple Choice

o   Idol Staff, Rail Haul, Poker-R-Us

o   Rail Haul, Idol Staff, Poker-R-Us

o   Idol Staff, Poker-R-Us, Rail Haul

o   Poker-R-Us, Idol Staff, Rail Haul

 

 

 

5.

MC Qu. 9-98 If you invested $1,000 in Disney...

If you invested $1,000 in Disney and $5,000 in Oracle and the two companies returned 15 percent and 18 percent respectively, what was your portfolio's return?

Multiple Choice

o   15.5 percent

o   17.5 percent

o   17.1 percent

o   16.2 percent

 

 

6.

MC Qu. 9-12 Which of the following is the...

Which of the following is the concept and procedure for combining securities into a portfolio to minimize risk?


Multiple Choice

o   Firm specific theory

o   Modern portfolio theory

o   Total portfolio theory

o   Optimal portfolio theory

 

 

7.

MC Qu. 10-25 Compute the expected return given these three...

Compute the expected return given these three economic states, their likelihoods, and the potential returns:

 

 

Economic State         Probability               Return

Fast Growth   0.1                  50        %

Slow Growth 0.6                  8          %

Recession      0.3                  −10     %

 

 

Multiple Choice

o   6.8 percent

o   12.8 percent

o   22.7 percent

o   16.0 percent

 

 

8.

MC Qu. 10-2 Which of the following is the...

Which of the following is the average of the possible returns weighted by the likelihood of those returns occurring?


Multiple Choice

o   Required return

o   Market return

o   Efficient return

o   Expected return

 

 

9.

MC Qu. 10-90 Whenever a set of stock prices...

Whenever a set of stock prices go unnaturally high and subsequently crash down, the market experiences what we call a(n):

 

 

Multiple Choice

o   stock market bubble.

o   irrational behavior.

o   none of the options.

o   financial meltdown.

 

10

MC Qu. 10-17 Which of these is a theory...

Which of these is a theory that describes the types of information that are reflected in current stock prices?


Multiple Choice

o   Efficient market hypothesis

o   Asset pricing

o   Behavioral finance

o   Public information

 

11.

MC Qu. 10-12 Which of these is a measure...

Which of these is a measure of the sensitivity of a stock or portfolio to market risk?

 

Multiple Choice

 

o   Hedge

o   Behavioral finance

o   Efficient market

o   Beta

 

12.

MC Qu. 10-23 Special rights given to some employees...

Special rights given to some employees to buy a specific number of shares of the company stock at a fixed price during a specific period of time are known as:

Multiple Choice

 

o   restricted stock.

o   stock market bubble.

o   executive stock options.

o   privately-held information.

 

 

13.

MC Qu. 10-40 A company's the current stock price is $84.50 and...

A company's current stock price is $84.50 and it is likely to pay a $3.50 dividend next year. Since analysts estimate the company will have a 10 percent growth rate, what is its expected return?

Multiple Choice

 

o   14.14 percent

o   4.14 percent

o   10.00 percent

o   4.26 percent

 

14.

MC Qu. 11-86 Which of the following will impact...

Which of the following will impact the cost of the equity component in the weighted average cost of capital?

 

Multiple Choice

o   Beta

o   Expected return on the market

o   The risk-free rate

o   All of the above

 

15.

MC Qu. 11-89 Which of the following will directly...

Which of the following will directly impact the cost of equity?

 

Multiple Choice

 

o   Profit margins

o   Expected future tax rates

o   Expected growth rate in sales

o   Stock price Correct

 

 

16.

MC Qu. 11-120 Paper The exchange has 10 million shares...

Paper Exchange has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding, 5 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 100 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $25 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $10 per share, and the bonds are selling for 98 percent of par, what would be the weight used for preferred stock in the computation of Paper's WACC?

 

Multiple Choice

 

o   5.00 percent

o   12.00 percent

o   3.33 percent

o   12.56 percent

 

 

17.

MC Qu. 11-32 TellAll has 10 million shares of...

TellAll has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding, 20 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 100 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $32 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $20 per share, and the bonds are selling for 106 percent of par, what would be the weight used for preferred stock in the computation of TellAll's WACC?


Multiple Choice


o   55.55 percent

o   33.33 percent

o   66.45 percent

o   48.43 percent

 

18.

MC Qu. 11-91 ADK has 30,000 15-year 9 percent annual...

ADK has 30,000 15-year 9 percent annual coupon bonds outstanding. If the bonds currently sell for 111 percent of par and the firm pays an average tax rate of 36 percent, what will be the before-tax and after-tax component cost of debt?

 

Multiple Choice

 

o   9 percent; 5.76 percent

o   7.74 percent; 4.95 percent

o   percent; 5.15 percent

o   7.91 percent; 5.06 percent

 

19.

MC Qu. 11-20 Which of these are fees paid...

Which of these are fees paid by firms to investment bankers for issuing new securities?

 

Multiple Choice

o   User fees

o   Flotation costs

o   Seller financing charges

o   Interest expense

 

 

 

20.

MC Qu. 11-15 Which of the following is a...

Which of the following is a principle of capital budgeting which states that the calculations of cash flows should remain independent of financing?

 

Multiple Choice

o   Financing principle

o   WACC principle

o   Separation principle

o   Generally accepted accounting principle

 

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