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Foundations of Finance, 7e (Keown/Martin/Petty)
Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Foundations of Financial Management
1.1 Learning Objective 1
1) Financial management deals with the maintenance and creation of economic value or wealth.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Financial Management
AACSB: Reflective thinking skills
2) Each financial decision made by a corporate manager can be evaluated by its direct impact on
the corporation's stock price.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Goal of the Firm
3) The fundamental goal of a business is to maximize the retained earnings available to the
corporation's shareholders.
Answer: FALSE
4) Shareholder wealth maximization means maximizing the price of the existing common stock.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Shareholder Wealth, Goal of the Firm
5) It is important to evaluate a corporate manager's financial decision by measuring the effect the
decision should have on the corporation's stock price if everything else were held constant.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Goal of the firm, Shareholder Wealth Maximization
6) Corporate managers should accept investment projects that maximize profits int he short run
because of the time value of money.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Goal of the Firm, Profits, Time Value of Money
7) The goal of the firm's financial managers should be the maximization of the total value of the
firm's stock.
Answer: TRUE
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8) The payment of a dividend to current shareholders will have no impact on a corporation's
share price because the cash paid is not available to future potential shareholders who may want
to buy the corporation's stock.
Answer: FALSE
9) One problem with maximization of shareholder wealth as a goal is that it ignores risk taken by
the firm's financial decisions.
Answer: FALSE
10) The goal of profit maximization ignores the risk of financial decisions
Answer: TRUE
11) Only a firm's financial decisions affect its stock prices.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Determinants of Stock Price
12) Shareholders react to poor investment or dividend decisions by causing the total value of the
firm's stock to fall, and they react to good decisions by bidding the price of the stock up.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Determinants of Stock Price
13) The primary goal of a publicly owned corporation is to ________.
A) maximize dividends per share
B) maximize shareholder wealth
C) maximize earnings per share after taxes
D) minimize shareholder risk
Answer: B
Keywords: Goal of the Firm, Corporation
14) Maximization of shareholder wealth
A) represents a zero sum game in which one corporation gains at the expense of others.
B) provides benefits to society as scarce resources are directed to their most productive use.
C) is not a practical goal since it cannot be measured effectively.
D) is achieved only if cash flows exceed accounting profits.
Answer: A
Keywords: Goal of the Firm, Maximize Shareholder Wealth

15) A financial manager is considering two projects, A and B. A is expected to add $2 million to
profits this year while B is expected to add $2 million to profits this year while B is expected to
add $1 million to profits this year. Which of the following statements is most correct?
A) The manager should select project A because it maximizes profits.
B) The manager should select the project that maximizes long-term profits, not just one year of
profits.
C) The manager should select project A or he is irrational.
D) The manager should select the project that causes the stock price to increase the most, which
could be A or B.
Answer: D
AACSB: Analytic skills
16) Shareholder wealth maximization means
A) maximizing earnings per share.
B) maximizing dividends per share.
C) maximizing the price of existing common stock.
D) maximizing stockholders equity.
Answer: C
Keywords: Goal of the firm, Shareholder Wealth Maximization
17) The goal of the firm should be
A) maximization of profits (net income per share).
B) maximization of shareholder wealth.
C) maximization of market share.
D) maximization of sales.
Answer: B
18) Which of the following goals of the firm are synonymous (equivalent) to the maximization of
shareholder wealth?
A) profit maximization
B) risk minimization
C) maximization of the total market value of the firm's common stock
D) none of the above
Answer: C

19) Which of the following is the most important goal that a corporation should strive for?
A) Maximize current profits.
B) Maximize market share.
C) Maximize revenue.
D) Maximize shareholder wealth.
Answer: D
20) One of the causes of the recent financial crisis in the United States has been excessive risk
taking due to underestimation of risk. HOw does this relate to financial leverage? Can
overestimation of risk also be detrimental?
Answer: Underestimation of risk can lead managers to borrow excessively to fund more and
more projects. High levels of debt require interest and principal payments which may become
impossible to make if the company's cash flows are reduced, even for short periods of time.
Overestimation of risk can also be problematic. Managers who take on too little risk may be
passing up desirable projects that could increase shareholder wealth. The principle that risk
requires a return does not mean that all risk is bad, but rather that additional risk is ok if
additional expected returns are high enough. If all risk was bad, companies would go out of
business and all investors would buy U.S. Treasury Bills.
Keywords: Risk Requires a Return, Goal of the Firm
21) Documents uncovered after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska revealed that Exxon could
have used double-hulled oil tankers that would have prevented the spill, but the cost of refitting
their fleet of single-hulled tankers was considered too high. Exxon determined that the cost of
cleaning up an oil spill would be less than the cost of refitting the ships, thus increasing
shareholder value. Several years after the oil spill, however, Exxon was fined billions of dollars
for the spill. How do the costs of the clean up and the fines pertain to a discussion of
maximizing shareholder value and ethical responsibility?
Answer: Managers are supposed to maximize shareholder value. Exxon's analysis of the costs
of an oil spill versus the cost of improving their tankers seems to have been a reasonable one at
the time it was undertaken. The social costs of killing birds and fish were expected to be low.
The outrage at Exxon's conduct and the subsequent large fines will change the estimation of
future costs for similar situations. Managers need to consider the impact of their decisions on
their companies' cash flows. Socially undesirable activities may lead to boycotts, protests, lower
sales, fines, etc. These costs must be included in their analyses. Society sets limits within which
corporations must operate or the corporations, and their shareholders, will suffer. Therefore,
acting in ethical and socially responsible ways is congruent with the goal of shareholder wealth
maximization.
Keywords: Goal of the Firm, Maximizing Shareholder Value, Ethical Responsibility, Cash Flow

1) When making financial decisions, managers should always look at marginal, or incremental
cash flows.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Marginal or Incremental Cash Flows
2) An investment project is acceptable if the total cash received over the life of the project
exceeds the total cash spent over the life of the project.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Cash Flow, Time Value of Money
3) If two companies have the same net income and the same level of risk, they must also have the
same stock price or the market is not in equilibrium.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Net Income, Risk, Timing of Cash Flow
4) Profits represent money that can be spent, and as such, form the basis for determining the
value of financial decisions.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Profits, Cash Flow
5) The root cause of agency problems is conflicts of interest.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Agency Problems, Conflicts of Interest
6) Investors will be indifferent between two investments if both investments have the same
expected return.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Risk-Return Tradeoff
7) If the stock market is efficient, then investors do not need to read the Wall Street Journal or
research companies before they select which stocks to buy because market prices already reflect
all publicly available information.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Efficient Markets

8) Giving the company's CEO stock options as part of his or her compensation package is an
example of an agency cost.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Agency Costs
9) Cash flows and profits are synonymous; in other words, higher cash flows equal higher
profits.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Cash Flow, Profit
10) Shareholder selection committees select potential board of director nominees ensuring that
board members will monitor management sufficiently to protect shareholder interests.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Agency Problems, Board of Directors
11) Managers should not be concerned with business ethics because ethical behavior is
inconsistent with the primary goal of maximizing shareholder value.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Ethics, Goal of the Firm
AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities
12) One of the problems associated with maximization of total current stock value is that it
ignores the timing of a project's return.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Maximizing Shareholder Value, Timing of Returns
13) The risk-return tradeoff is seen in many areas of finance.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Risk, Return
14) The risk/return tradeoff implies that the return on a riskless asset must be zero.
Answer: FALSE
15) The sole proprietorship has no legal business structure separate from its owner.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Sole Proprietorship

16) An efficient market is one where the prices of the assets traded in that market fully reflect all
available information at any instant in time.
Answer: TRUE
17) The opportunity cost of any choice you make is the highest-valued alternative that you had to
give up when you made the choice.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Opportunity Cost, Time Value of Money
18) The five basic principles of finance include all of the following except:
A) Cash flow is what matters.
B) Money has a time value.
C) Risk requires a reward.
D) Incremental profits determine value.
Answer: D
Keywords: Basic Principles of Finance
19) Suppose XYZ Corporation is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. XYZ's closing price
on Monday is $20 per share. After the market closes on Monday, XYZ makes a surprise
announcement that it has obtained a major new customer. XYZ's stock will likely
A) open at $20 per share on Tuesday and then increase as more investors read the announcement
in the Wall Street Journal.
B) remain at $20 per share because in efficient markets the price already reflects all information.
C) open above $20 because the positive news will result in a higher valuation even though the
stock has not yet traded.
D) open below $20 because the surprise announcement creates more uncertainty.
Answer: C
20) A corporate manager decides to build a new store on a lot owned by the corporation that
could be sold to a local developer for $250,000. The lot was purchased for $50,000 twenty years
ago. When determining the value of the new store project,
A) the cost of the lot is zero since the corporation already owns it.
B) the opportunity cost of the lot is $250,000 and should be included in calculating the value of
the project.
C) the cost of the lot for valuation purposes is $50,000 because land does not depreciate.
D) the incremental cash flow should be the $50,000 original cost less accumulated amortization.
Answer: B
Keywords: Opportunity Cost

21) To measure value, the concept of time value of money is used
A) to determine the interest rate paid on corporate debt.
B) to bring the future benefits and costs of a project, measured by its expected profits, back to the
present.
C) to bring the future benefits and costs of a project, measured by its cash flows, back to the
present.
D) to ensure that expected future profits exceed current profits today.
Answer: C
Keywords: Time Value of Money, Cash Flows
22) A financial manager is evaluating a project which is expected to generate profits of $100,000
per year for the next 10 years. The project should be accepted if
A) the cost of the project is less than $1,000,000.
B) the cost of the project is less than the present value of $100,000 per year for 10 years.
C) this project's expected profits are higher than any other projects the corporation has available.
D) the present value of the project's cash inflows exceeds the present value of the project's cash
outflows.
Answer: D
23) Investors want a return that satisfies the following expectations:
A) A return for delaying consumption
B) An additional return for taking on risk
C) An additional return for accepting dividends rather than capital gains
D) Both A and B.
Answer: D
Keywords: Risk, Return
24) The expected return on a riskless asset is greater than zero due to
A) an expected return for delaying consumption.
B) an expected return for opportunity costs.
C) an expected return for taxes.
D) irrational investors who believe risk is always present.
Answer: A

25) Joe, a risk-averse investor, is trying to choose between investment A and investment B. If
investment A is riskier than investment B and Joe selects investment A anyway, then
A) the actual return for investment A will be higher than the actual return for investment B.
B) the actual return for investment A will be higher than the expected return for investment B.
C) the expected return for investment A will be higher than the actual return for investment B.
D) the expected return for investment A will be higher than the expected return for investment B.
Answer: D
26) The principle of risk-return tradeoff means that
A) higher risk investments must earn higher returns.
B) an investor who takes more risk will earn a higher return.
C) a rational investor will only take on higher risk if he expects a higher return.
D) an investor who bought stock in a small corporation five years ago has more money than an
investor who bought U.S. Treasury bonds five years ago.
Answer: C
Keywords: Risk-Return Tradeoff, Expected Return, Actual Return
27) Project A is expected to generate positive cash flow of $1 million in 10 years while Project B
is expected to generate $500,000 in 5 years. Therefore,
A) Project A is preferred because shareholder value is based on cash flow.
B) Project B is preferred because its cash flow is expected to be received sooner than the cash
flow from Project A.
C) Both projects have equal value because they average $100,000 per year.
D) Project B may be preferred to Project A if the opportunity cost of money is high enough.
Answer: D
Keywords: Time Value of Money
28) Company A reports sales of $100,000 and net income of $15,000. Company B reports sales
of $100,000 and net income of $10,000. Therefore,
A) Company A's cash flow may be higher or lower than Company B's cash flow even though A's
net income is higher.
B) Company A's cash flow is $5,000 more than Company B's cash flow.
C) Company B is creating less value for its shareholders than Company A.
D) Company B's accounts receivable must be higher than Company A's accounts receivable.
Answer: A
Keywords: Cash Flow, Net Income

29) Profits are down so the controller decides to change the corporation's accounting policy
relating to inventory costing. The change will allow the corporation to report higher income and
higher assets, although the physical inventory has not changed. Which of the following
statements is most correct?
A) The stock price is likely to increase because income is higher.
B) The stock price is likely to be unaffected because the stock market is efficient.
C) The stock price is likely to decrease because reported inventory is higher.
D) If the stock price increases, the stock market is efficient.
Answer: B
30) All of the following statements about agency problems are true except:
A) Agency problems interfere with the goal of maximizing shareholder value.
B) Agency costs are paid by the managers who do not act in the shareholders' best interest.
C) Agency problems result from the separation of management and the ownership of a firm.
D) The root cause of agency problems is conflicts of interest.
Answer: B
Keywords: Agency Problems
31) All of the following contributed to recent financial crises except:
A) Focusing on earnings instead of cash flow.
B) Focusing on the short run.
C) Relying on the efficiency of financial markets.
D) Excessive risk taking due to underestimation of risk.
Answer: C
Keywords: Five Principles of Finance
32) A corporate financial manager trying to maximize shareholder value
A) is not concerned with ethics but rather with writing iron-clad contracts.
B) can safely ignore ethics as long as no laws are broken.
C) must behave ethically in order to stay out of jail.
D) is concerned with ethics because unethical behavior destroys trust, and businesses cannot
function without a certain degree of trust
Answer: D
Keywords: Ethics, Maximizing Shareholder Value

33) John invested $1,000 in a risky investment and BIll invested $1,000 in a less risky
investment. One year later, Bill's investment is worth $1,030. Which of the following statements
is most correct?
A) If John's investment is worth less than $1,030, then John was irrational to invest in the risky
project.
B) John's investment must be worth more than $1,030 because of the risk-return tradeoff, given
that John's investment was more risky.
C) If John's investment is worth more than $1,030, then Bill was irrational to invest in the less
risky investment.
D) The worth of John's investment cannot be determined with the information given.
Answer: D
Keywords: Risk-Return Tradeoff, Expected Return, Actual Return
34) In order to reduce agency problems, managers may be provided compensation that includes:
A) a fixed salary so managers' pay is not at risk, allowing managers to focus on the company's
business.
B) a bonus based on the level of profit achieved during the year.
C) an option to buy the company's stock.
D) incentive pay for achieving higher sales than last year.
Answer: C
Keywords: Agency Problems, Stock Option, Incentive Compensation
35) An investor is considering two equally risky investments. Investment A is expected to return
$1,000 per year for the next 5 years. Investment B is expected to return $6,000 at the end of 5
years. Which of the following statements is most correct if both investments A and B have the
same cost?
A) A risk averse investor will select investment B because it is expected to provide the most cash
($6,000 > $5,000).
B) A risk averse investor will select investment A because it provides cash earlier than
investment B.
C) The investor will select investment A only if the cost is less than $1,000.
D) The investor may select investment A or investment B depending on the opportunity cost of
money.
Answer: D

36) The CEO of High Tech International decides to change an accounting method at the end of
the current year. The change results in reported profits increasing by 5%, but the company's cash
flows are not changed. If capital markets are efficient, then
A) the stock price will not be affected by the accounting change.
B) the stock price will increase due to higher profits.
C) the stock price will increase only if the accounting change will also result in higher profits in
the next year.
D) the stock price will decrease because accounting method changes are not permitted under
generally accepted accounting principles.
Answer: A
37) When evaluating an investment project, which of the following best describes the financial
information needed by the decision maker?
A) after-tax accounting profits
B) after-tax incremental cash flows to the company as a whole
C) incremental cash flows before taxes so the decision will not be biased by a tax code that may
change in the future
D) pre-tax accounting profits adjusted for any accounting method changes
Answer: B
Keywords: After-Tax Incremental Cash Flows
38) The CEO of JLI Corp. decided to expand into a new market in 2010. At the end of 2010,
JLI's stock price had decreased 5% since the beginning of the year. Which of the following
statements is most correct?
A) The CEO made a poor decision to expand because the stock price decreased during the year.
B) The CEO made a poor decision to expand because the company's profits for the year
obviously decreased, causing the drop in stock price.
C) The CEO's decision may have been optimal, keeping the stock price from falling more than
5% for the year.
D) CEO decisions are irrelevant because the efficient market determines the value of a
company's stock.
Answer: C
Keywords: Stock Price Maximization, Efficient Markets

39) High Tech Corp. cut its research and development budget in 2010 by $4,000,000 in order to
improve its cash flow for the year. Which of the following statements is most correct?
A) The stock price will likely increase because the value of stock is based on reported cash flow.
B) The stock price may decrease because investors may predict that future cash flows will
decrease due to the lack of innovation and new products.
C) The change will have no impact on stock price because the company's profits will not change
in 2010.
D) The stock price will increase only if reported profits in 2010 are also higher than profits
reported in 2009.
Answer: B
Keywords: Stock Price, Cash Flow
40) In which of the following cases will the agency problem between shareholders and managers
be the greatest?
A) 100% of the common stock is owned by the founder of the company who decided to retire
and hired a manager to run his business for him.
B) The Johnson family owns 50% of the common stock of the company. The other 50% is owned
by 5 mutual funds.
C) The common stock of the company is owned by many diverse shareholders, with no
shareholder owning more than 1% of the outstanding stock.
D) All top managers in the company own significant amounts of stock and stock options.
Answer: C
41) Executive compensation in the United States
A) is dominated by performance-based compensation that ensures fair and just pay for corporate
executives.
B) is dominated by performance-based compensation designed to reduce agency problems.
C) cannot be linked to stock prices as this would create a conflict of interest with existing
shareholders.
D) is well below levels in Europe and Asia.
Answer: B
Keywords: Agency Problems, Executive Compensation
42) The recent financial crises was exacerbated by
A) managers who overestimated risk and hence did not invest sufficient funds.
B) managers who underestimated the real risks of their decisions and borrowed excessively.
C) a lack of financial leverage that made U.S. firms less competitive in world markets.
D) extremely high interest rates in the United States that stifled investment.
Answer: B
Keywords: Risk Requires a Return

43) Ethical behavior
A) is the fifth basic principles of finance.
B) cannot be a concern to managers who are expected to maximize shareholder value.
C) in the corporate world means not breaking any laws.
D) is essential in business because unethical behavior destroys trust and business relationships.
Answer: D
Keywords: Ethics
44) Investors generally don't like risk. Therefore, a typical investor
A) will not be induced to take on any risk.
B) will only take on the least risk possible.
C) will only take on additional risk if he expects to be compensated in the form of additional
return.
D) will only accept a zero return if the risk is zero.
Answer: C
45) In finance, we assume that investors are generally
A) neutral to risk.
B) averse to risk.
C) fond of risk.
Answer: B
46) Consider the after-tax cash flows for Project S and Project L:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 1
Year 2
Project S Project L
$3000
0
0
$3000
Project S Project L
$3000
0
0
$3000
A rational person would prefer ________.

A) Project S because the money can be reinvested sooner
B) Project L because they can avoid taxes by receiving cash flows later
C) information about profits instead of cash flows
D) neither investment over the other
Answer: A

47) Assume that an investor is offered a choice of a risk-free government bond or a high-risk
corporate stock. Further assume that the expected return is the same for both. According to one
of the axioms of finance, which investment would be chosen?
A) the corporate stock
B) the government bond
C) neither, the investor would be indifferent
Answer: B
48) Assume that an investor is offered a choice of a risk-free government bond that is expected to
return 3.5% or a high-risk corporate stock. According to one of the principles of finance, what
would induce the investor to purchase the corporate stock?
A) a return that is substantially lower than 3.5%
B) cash dividends
C) a return that is substantially higher than 3.5%
Answer: C
49) Assume that you went to Las Vegas and hit the jackpot for $5 million. Further assume that
you were offered a choice to receive the $5 million today, or receive it in two years. According to
one of the principles of finance, which would you take?
A) The $5 million in two years because you would be afraid of spending it all right away.
B) The $5 million in two years because it would be worth more than if you would receive it
today.
C) You would be indifferent as to when you would receive the $5 million.
D) The $5 million today because it would be worth more than if you would receive it in two
years.
Answer: D

50) Assume that you won the Lotta Dough Lotto jackpot for $20 million. Further assume that
you were offered a choice to receive the $20 million today, or receive it in equal installments of
$1 million per year for 20 years. According to one of the principles of finance, which would you
take?
A) The $20 million in equal installments of $1 million per year for 20 years because you would
be afraid of spending it all right away.
B) The $20 million today because it would be worth more than if you would receive it in equal
installments of $1 million per year for 20 years.
C) You would be indifferent as to when you would receive the $20 million since the total number
of dollars received is the same either way.
D) The $20 million in equal installments of $1 million per year for 20 years because it would be
worth more than if you would receive it today.
Answer: B
51) Which of the following statements best represents the "Agency Problem?"
A) Managers might attempt to benefit themselves in terms of salary and perquisites at the
expense of shareholders.
B) The agency problem results from the separation of management and the ownership of the
firm.
C) The agency problem may interfere with the implementation of maximizing shareholder
wealth.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
52) Short-term United States Treasury Bills are widely used as proxies for risk-free assets, yet
the returns on these T-bills are consistently greater than zero. Is this consistent with the concept
of a risk-return tradeoff?
Answer: Yes. Investors also require a return for delaying consumption as well as a return for
taking on risk.
Keywords: Risk-Return Tradeoff, Return for Delaying Consumption

53) John won the lottery on Monday and can take either $50,000 per year for 20 years, or
$500,000 today. Bill won the same lottery on Tuesday and has the same options for receiving the
cash. A well respected financial advisor is hired by both John and Bill. The advisor recommends
that John take the $50,000 per year for 20 years but advises Bill to take the $500,000 up front
payment. How is it possible to give different advice to two clients regarding the exact same
cash flows?
Answer: The time value of money is based on opportunity cost. If John and Bill have different
opportunity costs for funds, they can each be making rational choices. For example, suppose Bill
can earn 20% on the funds he receives by investing them in his business, but John expects to
earn only 2% by investing the lottery winnings in a certificate of deposit. Bill will end up with
more cash if he takes the $500,000 up front and invests it wisely, even though he is giving up
$500,000 of future winnings. John, however, is better off taking the $50,000 per year, for a total
of $1,000,000 over 20 years, because he would not be able to make up the lost $500,000 by
earning only 2% per year.
Keywords: Opportunity Cost, Time Value of Money
54) The manager of Golden Ray Corporation receives a bonus if company profits exceed
$1,000,000 this year. During the final week of the year, the manager changes an accounting
policy that will increase reported profits from $950,000 to $1,025,000, triggering his bonus. The
change in profits of $75,000 will reverse itself in the next year, and the accounting change has no
impact on Golden Ray's cash flow. Discuss the above situation as it relates to both an agency
problem and efficient markets.
Answer: An agency problem exists when a manager (agent) acts in his or her own self-interest
rather than in the best interests of the shareholders (principals). In order to reduce agency
problems, management activity may be monitored, such as through audits and performance
reviews, and management compensation can be designed to align the interests of the managers
with the interests of the shareholders. A bonus based on profits encourages the manager to focus
on profits, rather than on shareholder value. A better compensation scheme may include direct
stock ownership by managers, stock options for managers, or performance incentives based on
the company's stock price.
Given efficient markets, one would expect the increase in profits to have little effect on the
company's stock price. Stock values are based on cash flows, not profits, and the stock market is
not fooled by an accounting change that artificially increases short-term profits. In this case, the
stock price could go down because the company has to pay higher compensation to the manager
even though the company's cash flows have not increased.
Keywords: Agency Problems, Efficient Markets, Incentive Alignment, Cash Flow Versus Profits

55) Your friend Ricky took a finance class and learned about the risk/return tradeoff. Wanting a
high return, Ricky invested in a risky, start-up technology company. A year later the company
went bankrupt and Ricky lost his entire investment. Ricky is furious with his finance professor
for misleading him, claiming he was taught that higher return goes with higher risk. Explain
how Ricky misinterpreted the risk/return tradeoff.
Answer: The risk/return tradeoff deals with expected returns, not actual returns. For risk averse
investors, higher expected returns are required before they will take on higher risks. However,
higher expected returns do not always materialize. Risky projects sometimes result in lower
actual returns. This is what makes them risky.
Keywords: Risk/Return Tradeoff, Actual Return, Expected Return, Risk
56) The board of directors of Wireless, Inc. is considering two compensation plans for the CEO
of the company. The first would pay the CEO a salary of $250,000 for the upcoming year. The
second would pay the CEO a salary of $100,000 and provide the CEO with a stock option to buy
100,000 shares of stock for $11 per share. The current price per share of Wireless, Inc. stock is
$10 per share. The stock option expires at the end of the year. Why might shareholders prefer
the second payment plan? As part of your answer, calculate the breakeven point for the CEO to
obtain the same compensation under option two as he or she would under option one.
Answer: Shareholders may prefer the compensation package that includes stock options because
the options give the CEO the incentive to maximize the price of the company's stock, thus
benefiting the shareholders. A fixed salary, regardless of stock price performance, can lead to a
CEO who is willing to do the minimum necessary to maintain the job, but who is not motivated
to work extra hard for the shareholders. For every dollar the price of the stock exceeds $11 per
share, the CEO will make an additional $100,000. Thus, if the share price increases to $12.50,
the profit on the stock option [($12.50 - $11.00) 100,000 shares] of $150,000 plus the fixed
salary of $100,000 will equal the total compensation from option one of $250,000. Stock options
help to align the incentives of managers with the goals of shareholders.
Keywords: Agency Costs, Incentive Alignment, Stock Options
1) A corporate treasurer is typically responsible for cash management, credit management, and
raising capital.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Treasurer, Financial Managers
2) Determining how a firm should raise money to fund its long-term investments is referred to as
capital structure decisions.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Capital Structure Decisions

3) The chief financial officer (CFO) is responsible for overseeing financial planning, corporate
strategic planning, and controlling the firm's cash flow.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Chief Financial Officer
4) The financial manager most directly responsible for producing the company's financial
statements and directing its cost accounting functions is the
A) chief financial officer.
B) controller.
C) treasurer.
D) vice president - financer.
Answer: B
Keywords: Controller, Financial Managers
5) A corporate treasurer is typically responsible for each of the following duties except:
A) cash management.
B) credit management.
C) capital expenditures.
D) cost accounting.
Answer: D
Keywords: Treasurer, Financial Managers
6) The three basic types of issues addressed by the study of finance are
A) capital budgeting, capital structure decisions, and working capital management.
B) capital budgeting, working capital management, and investment analysis.
C) capital structure decisions, working capital management, and sustained profitability.
D) capital budgeting, investment analysis, and cash management.
Answer: A
Keywords: Capital Budgeting, Capital Structure, Working Capital Management
7) Cash and credit management are typically the responsibility of the
A) Controller.
B) Vice President of Production and Operations.
C) Chief Executive Officer, or CEO.
D) Treasurer.
Answer: D
Keywords: Treasurer

8) Working capital management is concerned with
A) how a firm can best manage its cash flows as they arise in its day-to-day operations.
B) how a firm should raise money to fund its investments.
C) what long-term investments a firm should undertake.
D) managing a firms capital stock.
Answer: A
Keywords: Working Capital Management
9) Capital budgeting is concerned with
A) whether a company's assets should be financed with debt or equity.
B) managing a firms cash budgeting procedures.
C) what long-term investments a firm should undertake.
D) planning sales of a corporation's equity capital.
Answer: C
Keywords: Capital Budgeting
10) Determining the best way to raise money to fund a firm's long-term investments is called
A) the capital budgeting decision.
B) the portfolio decision.
C) the money flow processing decision.
D) the capital structure decision.
Answer: D
Keywords: Capital Structure Decisions
11) Your friend, John, believes that since capital markets are efficient, he doesn't need to read the
financial press or be involved in stock research before purchasing stocks for his portfolio. He
simply throws darts at the stock pages and buys the stocks the darts hit. Is stock research and
analysis important when buying and selling stocks in an efficient market?
Answer: Yes! Efficient capital markets theory suggests that investors will not be able to
outperform the market in the long-run using just publicly available information. This is due to
the fact that market prices very quickly adjust to information. If an investor only knows what all
other investors know, then he or she cannot use that information to earn abnormal returns.
However, an uninformed investor can certainly underperform the market.
Keywords: Efficient Capital Markets

1) The sole proprietorship is for all practical purposes the absence of any formal legal business
structure.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Sole Proprietorship, Legal Forms of Business
2) A general partnership, unlike a limited partnership, is an entity that legally functions separate
and apart from its owners.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: General Partnership, Limited Partnership, Legal Forms of Business
3) The best form of business entity to attract new capital is the sole proprietorship because
investors only need to deal with one owner.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Legal Forms of Business, Sole Proprietorship
4) S-type corporations and limited liability companies are taxed like partnerships, but have the
advantage of limited liability for their owners.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Legal Forms of Business, S-Corporation, Limited Liability Company
5) Limited liability companies are more flexible than S-type Corporations because limited
liability companies operate under state laws.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Legal Forms of Business, S-Corporation, Limited Liability Company
6) A limited liability company (LLC) is taxed like a partnership but provides limited liability for
its owners similar to a corporation.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Limited Liability Company, Partnership, Corporation, Limited Liability
7) Its ability to raise capital by selling stock makes the corporation the best form of organization
in terms of raising capital.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Corporation, Advantages of Corporate Form

8) There is no legal distinction made between the assets of the business and the personal assets of
any of the owners in the limited partnership.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Limited Partnership
9) The owners of a corporation enjoy limited liability.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Corporation, Limited Liability
10) The corporation is a legal entity separate from its owners; thus it is possible for the
corporation to continue even upon the death of one or more shareholders.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Corporation, Unlimited Life
11) In a sole proprietorship, the owner is personally responsible without limitation for the
liabilities incurred.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Sole Proprietorship, Unlimited Liability
12) The procedure by which significant changes may be made to a partnership, such as
admission of a new partner or termination of the partnership, are governed by each state so no
partnership agreement is needed.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Partnership, Partnership Agreement
13) In a limited partnership at least one general partner must exist; that general partner has
unlimited liability.
Answer: TRUE
Keywords: Limited Partnership, General Partner, Unlimited Liability
14) A limited partnership provides limited liability to
A) all general partners.
B) only limited partners responsible for day to day management of the firm.
C) only to limited partners who do not participate in the management of the business.
D) all partners.
Answer: C
Keywords: Limited Partnership, Legal Forms of Business

15) Joe is deciding whether or not to invest $10,000 in a business that has pending lawsuits
against it. If Joe invests and the business loses the lawsuits, the most Joe can lose is
A) $10,000 if Joe is a general partner.
B) $10,000 if Joe is a sole proprietor.
C) $10,000 if Joe is a limited partner.
D) $10,000 plus his share of the lawsuits if Joe is a limited partner.
Answer: C
Keywords: Limited Partnership, Legal Forms of Business
16) S-type corporations have all of the following advantages except:
A) they are taxed as partnerships.
B) the owners have limited liability.
C) distributions are taxed twice, similar to corporate dividend payments.
D) all owners must be people, no corporations.
Answer: C
Keywords: S-type Corporations, Legal Forms of Business
17) All of the following business organizations provide limited liability to their owners except:
A) general partnership.
B) S-type corporation.
C) corporation.
D) limited liability company.
Answer: A
Keywords: General Partnership, Legal Forms of Business
18) Bill, a local inventor, developed a diet pill that he believes will solve the obesity problem in
the United States. Bill wants to create a new company, 50% owned by Bill and 50% owned by a
major drug company. Although he believes the pills are safe, Bill is concerned about liability if
someone becomes sick or dies. The best form of business organization for the new company is
________.
A) sole proprietorship with Bill as owner and the drug company as creditor
B) general partnership with Bill and the drug company as equal partners
C) S-type corporation with Bill and the drug company owning equal shares
D) limited liability company with Bill and the drug company owning equal shares
Answer: D
Keywords: Limited Liability Company, Legal Forms of Business

19) Which of the following statements about the corporate form of business organization is true?
A) The corporate form has the disadvantage of double taxation relative to a sole proprietorship.
B) The corporate form is preferred over the sole proprietorship because a corporation is easier to
form and faces less regulation.
C) Sole proprietorships are the most common form of business organization because liability is
limited to the amount invested in the business by the sole proprietor.
D) The corporate form has the advantage of unlimited liability.
Answer: A
Keywords: Corporation, Sole Proprietorship
20) Limited partnerships are not as prevalent as corporations because
A) limited partners can lose up to three times the amount they invested in the partnership if the
business goes bankrupt.
B) limited partnerships have the disadvantage of double taxation.
C) the general partner has no liability, making it difficult for the partnership to borrow money.
D) it is easier to transfer ownership by selling common stock than it is to sell partnership.
Answer: D
Keywords: Limited Partnership, Corporation
21) Which of the following is an advantage of the sole proprietorship?
A) limited liability for its owners
B) double taxation for its owners
C) no significant legal requirements for starting the business
D) easily transferred ownership
Answer: C
Keywords: Sole Proprietorship
22) Which of the following is not true for a limited partnership?
A) limited liability for its owners
B) One general partner must exist who has unlimited liability.
C) Only the name of general partners can appear in the name of the firm.
D) Limited partners may sell their interest in the company.
Answer: A
Keywords: Limited Partnership, General Partner, Limited Partners
23) The true owners of the corporation are the
A) holders of debt issues of the firm.
B) preferred stockholders.
C) board of directors of the firm.
D) common stockholders.
Answer: D
Keywords: Stockholders, Corporation

24) In terms of the costs to organize each, which of the following sequences is correct, moving
from highest to lowest cost?
A) general partnership, sole proprietorship, limited partnership, corporation
B) sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, corporation
C) corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, sole proprietorship
D) sole proprietorship, general partnership, corporation, limited partnership
Answer: C
Keywords: Organizational Form
25) Which of the following categories of owners enjoy limited liability?
A) all partners in a limited partnership
B) common shareholders of a corporation
C) in a partnership, only the general partners
D) only B and C above
Answer: B
Keywords: Limited Liability, Organizational Form
26) Which of the following categories of owners have unlimited liability?
A) general partners in a limited partnership
B) sole proprietors
C) shareholders of a corporation
D) both A and B
Answer: D
Keywords: Unlimited Liability, Limited Partnership, Sole Proprietorship, Corporation
27) Which of the following are characteristics of a limited partnership?
A) Limited partners may not participate in the management of the limited partnership.
B) There must be one or more general partners.
C) General partners have unlimited liability.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Keywords: Limited Partnership
28) Which of the following forms of organizations have earnings that are taxed twice, once as
business income and once as personal income as the earnings are distributed to the owners in the
form of dividends?
A) corporations
B) general partnerships
C) limited partnerships
D) both A and C
Answer: A
Keywords: Double Taxation, Corporation

29) Which of the following categories of owners have limited liability?
A) general partners
B) sole proprietors
C) shareholders of a corporation
D) both A and B
Answer: C
30) Which of the following forms of business organizations provide limited liability to all its
owners?
A) general partnership
B) limited partnership
C) corporation
D) both B and C
Answer: C
31) All of the following forms of business organizations provide limited liability to all owners
except:
A) Limited Liability Company.
B) S-Type Corporation.
C) Corporation.
D) Limited Partnership.
Answer: D
Keywords: Organizational Form, Limited Partnership, S-Type Corporation, Limited Liability
Company
32) Which of the statements below are true?
A) The sole proprietorship and the general partnership both feature unlimited liability.
B) A corporation is the business form that is typically the most complicated (legally) to establish.
C) The corporation and the limited partnership both provide at least some owners with limited
liability.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Keywords: Sole Proprietorship, Legal Forms of Business
33) Advantages of the corporate form of business organization include
A) easier transfer of ownership.
B) double taxation.
C) minimal legal requirements.
Answer: A
Keywords: Corporation, Organizational Form

34) Which form of organization is free of initial legal requirements?
A) sole proprietorship
B) general partnership
C) corporation
D) both A and B
Answer: D
Keywords: Organizational Form
35) Which of the following forms of business organization limits the liability of owners?
B) general partnership
C) corporation
D) two person partnership
Answer: C
Keywords: Organizational Form, Limited Liability, Corporation
36) Which of the following forms of business organization has the greatest ability to attract new
capital?
B) corporation
C) general partnership
D) limited partnership
Answer: B
Keywords: Corporation, Organizational Form
37) Which of the following is not considered to be a disadvantage of the sole proprietorship form
of business organization?
A) limited ability to raise capital
B) life is limited to that of the owner
C) unlimited liability of business owners
D) fewer regulations and reporting requirements
Answer: D
Keywords: Sole Proprietorship, Organizational Form
38) Which of the following is an advantage of the general partnership form of business
organization?
A) limited liability of business owners
B) low cost of formation
C) easy ability to raise capital
D) double taxation
Answer: B
Keywords: Organizational Form, Partnership

1) Due to unstable world markets, most large U.S. corporations do almost all of their business in
the United States.
Answer: FALSE
Keywords: Multinational Firm

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