Test bank corporate finance 8e ros chap006

Both projects have the same future value at the end of year 4, given a positive rate of return.. Both projects have the same future value at any point in time, given a positive rate of r

Multiple Choice Questions

1 An annuity is a(n):

a level stream of perpetual cash flows

B level stream of cash flows occurring for a fixed period of time.

c increasing stream of perpetual cash flows

d increasing stream of cash flows occurring for a fixed period of time

e decreasing stream of cash flows occurring for a fixed period of time

SECTION: 6.2

TOPIC: ANNUITY

TYPE: DEFINITIONS

2 Which one of the following is the annuity present value factor?

a (1 + Present value factor) / r

B (1 Present value factor) / r

c Present value factor + (1 / r)

d (Present value factor r) + (1 / r)

e r (1 + Present value factor)

SECTION: 6.2

TOPIC: PRESENT VALUE FACTOR FOR ANNUITIES

TYPE: DEFINITIONS

3 What is a consol?

a a type of annuity issued by an insurance company

B a name used in Canada for a perpetuity

c an annuity stream of payments received as an inheritance

d a decreasing stream of perpetual payments

e an increasing stream of perpetual payments

4 How is an annuity due defined?

a a stream of cash flows occurring for less than one year

b an annuity stream of payments that are disbursed rather than received

c an annuity stream of payments that are received rather than disbursed

d a set of equal cash flows occurring at the end of each period

E a set of equal cash flows occurring at the beginning of each period

7 What is the interest rate that is expressed as if it were compounded once per year called?

10 A loan where the borrower pays interest each period and repays the entire principal of the loan at some point in the future is called a(n) _ loan

11 A loan where the borrower pays interest each period, and repays some or all of the

principal of the loan over time is called a(n) _ loan

loan over time, and repays the remainder of the principal at the end of the loan, is called a(n) _ loan

13 You are comparing two annuities which offer monthly payments of $500 for ten years andpay 0.5 percent interest per month Annuity A will pay you on the first of each month while annuity B will pay you on the last day of each month Which one of the following statements

is correct concerning these two annuities?

a Both annuities are of equal value today

b Annuity B is an annuity due

C Annuity A has a higher future value than annuity B.

d Annuity B has a higher present value than annuity A

e Both annuities have the same future value as of ten years from today

a Both options are of equal value given that they both provide $20,000 of income

B Option A is the better choice.

c Option B has a higher present value than option A

15 You are considering two projects with the following cash flows:

Which of the following statements are true concerning these two projects?

I Both projects have the same future value at the end of year 4, given a positive rate of return

II Both projects have the same future value given a zero rate of return

III Both projects have the same future value at any point in time, given a positive rate of return

IV Project B has a higher future value than project A, given a positive rate of return

16 How does a perpetuity differ from an annuity?

a perpetuity payments vary with the rate of inflation

b perpetuity payments vary with the market rate of interest

c perpetuity payments are variable while annuity payments are constant

D perpetuity payments never cease

e annuity payments are smaller in amount

17 Which one of the following statements concerning the annual percentage rate is correct?

a The annual percentage rate considers interest on interest

b The rate of interest you actually pay on a loan is called the annual percentage rate

c The effective annual rate is lower than the annual percentage rate when an interest rate is compounded quarterly

d When firms advertise the annual percentage rate they are violating U.S truth-in-lending laws

E The annual percentage rate equals the effective annual rate when the rate on an account is

designated as simple interest

SECTION: 6.3

TOPIC: ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE

TYPE: CONCEPTS

18 Which one of the following statements concerning interest rates is correct?

a The stated rate is the same as the effective annual rate

B The effective annual rate is the rate that applies if interest is compounded annually.

c The annual percentage rate increases as the number of compounding periods per year increases

d Borrowers prefer more frequent compounding on their loan accounts given a stated annual percentage rate

e For any positive rate of interest, the effective annual rate will always exceed the annual percentage rate

SECTION: 6.3

TOPIC: INTEREST RATES

TYPE: CONCEPTS

19 Which of the following statements concerning the effective annual rate are correct?

I When making financial decisions, you should compare effective annual rates rather than annual percentage rates

II The more frequently interest is compounded, the higher the effective annual rate given a fixed annual percentage rate

III A quoted rate of 6 percent compounded continuously has a higher effective annual rate than if the rate were compounded daily

IV When choosing which loan to accept, you should select the offer with the highest effectiveannual rate

a I and II only

b I and IV only

C I, II, and III only

d II, III, and IV only

e I, II, III, and IV

21 A pure discount loan is a(n):

A example of a present value problem.

b loan that is interest-free

c loan that grants you a discount if you pay your payments on time

d loan that requires all interest to be paid at the time the loan is made

e loan that discounts the payments if you pay them in advance

b repaid in equal increments and included in each loan payment

C repaid in full at the end of the loan period.

d repaid in equal annual payments even when the loan interest is repaid monthly

e repaid in increasing increments and included in each loan payment

SECTION: 6.4

TOPIC: INTEREST-ONLY LOAN

TYPE: CONCEPTS

23 An amortized loan:

a requires the principle amount to be repaid in even increments over the life of the loan

B may have equal or increasing amounts applied to the principle from each loan payment.

c requires that all interest be repaid on a monthly basis while the principle is repaid at the end

of the loan term

d requires that all payments be equal in amount and include both principle and interest

e repays both the principle and the interest in one lump sum at the end of the loan term

SECTION: 6.4

TOPIC: AMORTIZED LOAN

TYPE: CONCEPTS

24 Your parents are giving you $500 a month for five years while you attend college to earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree At a 7 percent discount rate, what are these payments worth to you when you first enter college?

25 You just won the lottery! As your prize you will receive $1,500 a month for twenty years

If you can earn 9 percent on your money, what is this prize worth to you today?

26 Angela is able to pay $230 a month for 6 years on a car loan If the interest rate is 7.9 percent, how much can she afford to borrow to buy a car?

27 You are the beneficiary of a life insurance policy The insurance company informs you that you have two options for receiving the insurance proceeds You can receive a lump sum

of $150,000 today or receive payments of $1,627.89 a month for 10 years You can earn 7.5 percent on your money Which option should you take and why?

a You should accept the payments because they are worth $151,291.91 to you today

b You should accept the payments because they are worth $153,417.68 to you today

c You should accept the payments because they are worth $154,311.12 to you today

D You should accept the $150,000 because the payments are only worth $137,141.17 to you

28 Your employer contributes $50 a week to your retirement plan Assume that you work for your employer for another 12 years and that the applicable discount rate is 8 percent Given these assumptions, what is this employee benefit worth to you today?

29 You have a sub-contracting job with a local manufacturing firm Your agreement calls for annual payments of $82,000 for the next 3 years At a discount rate of 9.5 percent, what is thisjob worth to you today?

30 Swenson & Swenson just decided to save $2,200 a month for the next 6 years as a safety net for recessionary periods The money will be set aside in a separate savings account which pays 5.5 percent interest compounded monthly They deposit the first $2,200 today If the company had wanted to deposit an equivalent lump sum today, how much would they have had to deposit?

31 You need some money today and the only friend you have that has any is your miserly friend He agrees to loan you the money you need, if you make payments of $15 a month for the next nine months In keeping with his reputation, he requires that the first payment be paidtoday He also charges you 2 percent interest per month How much money are you

32 You buy an annuity which will pay you $7,800 a year for 15 years The payments are paid

on the first day of each year What is the value of this annuity today if the discount rate is 12 percent?

33 You are scheduled to receive annual payments of $15,000 for each of the next 13 years The discount rate is 9 percent What is the difference in the present value if you receive these payments at the beginning of each year rather than at the end of each year?

Note: The difference = 09 $112,303.5589 = $10,107.32

AACSB TOPIC: ANALYTIC

SECTION: 6.2

TOPIC: ORDINARY ANNUITY VERSUS ANNUITY DUE

TYPE: PROBLEMS

34 You are comparing two annuities with equal present values The applicable discount rate

is 11.25 percent One annuity pays $6,000 on the first day of each year for 25 years How much does the second annuity pay each year for 25 years if it pays at the end of each year?

35 Betsy receives $600 on the first of each month Jen receives $600 on the last day of each month Both Betsy and Jen will receive payments for four years At a 7 percent discount rate, what is the difference in the present value of these two sets of payments?

36 What is the future value of $3,400 a year for 6 years at a 9 percent rate of interest?

38 Marcia plans on saving $6,000 a year and expects to earn an annual rate of 11.5 percent How much will she have in her account at the end of 40 years?

39 Christie adds $2,000 to her savings account on the first day of each year Todd adds

$2,000 to his savings account on the last day of each year They both earn a 7 percent rate of return What is the difference in their savings account balances at the end of 25 years?

40 You borrow $14,500 to buy a car The terms of the loan call for monthly payments for 6 years at a 6.9 percent rate of interest What is the amount of each payment?

41 You borrow $187,500 to buy a house The mortgage rate is 7.25 percent and the loan period is 25 years Payments are made monthly If you pay for the house according to the loanagreement, how much total interest will you pay?

42 The Home Improvement Center (HIC) has an employment contract with the newly hired CEO The contract requires a lump sum payment of $32.4 million be paid to the CEO upon the successful completion of her first five years of service HIC wants to set aside an equal amount of money at the end of each year to cover this anticipated cash outflow and will earn 7.25 percent on the funds How much must HIC set aside each year for this purpose?

43 Pat retires at age 58 and expects to live to age 90 On the day she retires, she has $287,409

in her retirement savings account She is conservative and expects to earn 5.25 percent on her money during her retirement years How much can she withdraw from her retirement savings each month if she plans to die on the day she spends her last penny?

44 The Chelsey Group purchased a piece of property for $4.8 million They paid a down payment of 25 percent in cash and financed the balance The loan terms require monthly payments for 25 years at an annual percentage rate of 8.65 percent compounded monthly What is the amount of each mortgage payment?

45 You estimate that you will have $31,870 in student loans by the time you graduate The interest rate is 5.45 percent If you want to have this debt paid in full within four years, how much must you pay each month?

46 You are buying a previously owned car today at a price of $4,950 You are paying $750 down in cash and financing the balance for 42 months at 8.45 percent What is the amount of each loan payment?

47 The Helping Hand Insurance Company wants to sell you an annuity which will pay you

$2,750 per quarter for 20 years You want to earn a minimum rate of return of 6.25 percent What is the most you are willing to pay as a lump sum today to buy this annuity?

48 Your car dealer is willing to lease you a new car for $199 a month for 72 months Payments are due on the first day of each month starting with the day you sign the lease contract If your cost of money is 5.45 percent, what is the current value of the lease?