πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. Theory which considers change in exchange rate with fluctuations in inflation rates is classified as
  • (A) liquidated power parity
  • (B) purchasing power parity
  • (C) selling power parity
  • (D) volatile power parity
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) purchasing power parity
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. Which of the following is a legitimate reason for international investment?
  • (A) Dividends from a foreign subsidiary are tax exempt in the United States.
  • (B) Most governments do not tax foreign corporations.
  • (C) There are possible benefits from international diversification.
  • (D) International investments have less political risk than domestic investments.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) There are possible benefits from international diversification.
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. With limited finance and a number of project proposals at hand, select that package of projects which has
  • (A) The maximum net present value
  • (B) Internal rate of return is greater than cost of capital
  • (C) Profitability index is greater than unity
  • (D) Any of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) The maximum net present value
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. Following is (are) the method(s) for adjustment of risks
  • (A) Risk-adjusted Discounting Rate
  • (B) Risk Equivalence Coefficient Method
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Both (A) and (B)
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. A project may be regarded as high risk project when
  • (A) It has smaller variance of outcome but a high initial investment
  • (B) It has larger variance of outcome and high initial investment
  • (C) It has smaller variance of outcome and a low initial investment
  • (D) It has larger variance of outcome and low initial investment
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) It has smaller variance of outcome but a high initial investment
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. Which one of the following represents the best estimate for a firm's pre-tax cost of debt?
  • (A) the current yield-to-maturity on the firm's existing debt
  • (B) the firm's historical cost of capital
  • (C) twice the rate of return currently offered on risk-free securities
  • (D) the current coupon on the firm's existing debt
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) the current yield-to-maturity on the firm's existing debt
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. Capital structure weights are based on the:
  • (A) market values of a firm's debt and equity.
  • (B) market value of a firm's equity and the face value of its debt.
  • (C) initial issue values of a firm's debt and equity.
  • (D) book value of a firm's debt and equity.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) market values of a firm's debt and equity.
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. Which one of the following is a correct statement regarding a firm's weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?
  • (A) An increase in the market risk premium will tend to decrease a firm's WACC.
  • (B) A reduction in the risk level of a firm will tend to increase the firm's WACC.
  • (C) A 5 percent increase in a firm's debt-equity ratio will tend to increase the firm's WACC.
  • (D) The WACC can be used as the required return for all new projects with similar risk to that of the existing firm.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) The WACC can be used as the required return for all new projects with similar risk to that of the existing firm.
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. The rate of return on its existing assets that a firm must earn to maintain the current value of the firm's stock is called the:
  • (A) return on equity.
  • (B) internal rate of return.
  • (C) weighted average cost of capital.
  • (D) weighted average cost of equity.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) weighted average cost of capital.
πŸ“Š International Financial Management
Q. When computing the weighted average cost of capital, the weighting should be proportional based on the ______ rather than the _____ value of the firm.
  • (A) book, market
  • (B) hypothetical, book
  • (C) market, analyst's
  • (D) market, book
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) market, book