Test Bank Chapter 2
Test Bank Chapter 2
Test Bank Chapter 2
Chapter 03
1. (p. 34) The present value of $100 expected in two years from today at a discount rate of 6%
is:
a. $116.64
b. $108.00
c. $100.00
D. $89.00
Type: Easy
Type: Easy
3. (p. 34) If the interest rate is 12%, what is the 2- year discount factor?
A. 0.7972
b. 0.8929
c. 1.2544
d. None of the above
Type: Easy
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4. (p. 35) If the present value of the cash flow X is $240, and the present value cash flow Y
$160, then the present value of the combined cash flow is:
a. $240
b. $160
c. $80
D. $400
Type: Easy
Type: Medium
6. (p. 36) If the 2-year discount factor is 0.64, what is the rate of interest (in APR)?
a. 10%
B. 25%
c. 40%
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
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7. (p. 36) What is the present value of the following cash flow at a discount rate of 9%?
A. $372,431.81
b. $450,000
c. $405,950.68
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
8. (p. 36) At an interest rate of 10%, which of the following cash flows should you prefer?
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
A. 500 300 100
b. 100 300 500
c. 300 300 300
d. Any of the above as they all add up to $900
Type: Medium
9. (p. 37) What is the net present value of the following cash flow at a discount rate of 11%?
A. $69,108.03
b. $231,432.51
c. $80,000
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
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10. (p. 37) What is the present value of the following cash flow at a discount rate of 16% APR?
A. $136,741.97
b. $122,948.87
c. $158,620.69
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
11. (p. 37) What is the net present value (NPV) of the following cash flows at a discount rate of
9%?
A. $122,431.81
b. $200,000
c. $155,950.68
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
Type: Easy
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Type: Easy
14. (p. 38) You would like to have enough money saved to receive $100,000 per year perpetuity
after retirement so that you and your family can lead a good life. How much would you need
to save in your retirement fund to achieve this goal (assume that the perpetuity payments start
one year from the date of your retirement. The interest rate is 12.5%)?
a. $1,000,000
b. $10,000,000
C. $800,000
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
15. (p. 38) What is the present value of $10,000 per year perpetuity at an interest rate of 10%?
a. $10,000
B. $100,000
c. $200,000
d. None of the above
Type: Easy
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16. (p. 38) You would like to have enough money saved to receive $80,000 per year perpetuity
after retirement so that you and your family can lead a good life. How much would you need
to save in your retirement fund to achieve this goal (assume that the perpetuity payments start
one year from the date of your retirement. The interest rate is 8%)?
a. $7,500,000
b. $750,000
C. $1,000,000
d. None of the above
PV = (80,000/0.08) = 1,000,000
Type: Medium
17. (p. 38) You would like to have enough money saved to receive a $50,000 per year perpetuity
after retirement so that you and your family can lead a good life. How much would you need
to save in your retirement fund to achieve this goal (assume that the perpetuity payments
starts on the day of retirement. The interest rate is 8%)?
a. $1,000,000
B. $675,000
c. $625,000
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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18. (p. 38) You would like to have enough money saved to receive an $80,000 per year
perpetuity after retirement so that you and your family can lead a good life. How much would
you need to save in your retirement fund to achieve this goal (assume that the perpetuity
payments starts on the day of retirement. The interest rate is 10%)?
a. $1,500,000
B. $880,000
c. $800,000
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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Type: Easy
20. (p. 38) If you receive $1,000 payment at the end each year for the next five years, what type
of cash flow do you have?
a. Uneven cash flow stream
B. An annuity
c. An annuity due
d. None of the above
Type: Easy
21. (p. 38) If the three-year present value annuity factor is 2.673 and two-year present value
annuity factor is 1.833, what is the present value of $1 received at the end of the 3 years?
a. $1.1905
B. $0.84
c. $0.89
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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22. (p. 38) If the five-year present value annuity factor is 3.60478 and four-year present value
annuity factor is 3.03735, what is the present value at the $1 received at the end of five years?
a. $0.63552
b. $1.76233
C. $0.56743
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
23. (p. 38) What is the present value annuity factor at a discount rate of 11% for 8 years?
a. 5.7122
b. 11.8594
C. 5.1461
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
24. (p. 38) What is the present value annuity factor at an interest rate of 9% for 6 years?
a. 7.5233
B. 4.4859
c. 1.6771
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
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25. (p. 38) What is the present value of $1000 per year annuity for five years at an interest rate
of 12%?
a. $6,352.85
B. $3,604.78
c. $567.43
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
26. (p. 38) What is the present value of $5000 per year annuity at a discount rate of 10% for 6
years?
a. $21,776.30
b. $3,371.91
C. $16,760.78
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
27. (p. 38) After retirement, you expect to live for 25 years. You would like to have $75,000
income each year. How much should you have saved in the retirement to receive this income,
if the interest is 9% per year (assume that the payments start on the day of retirement)?
a. $736,693.47
B. $802,995.88
c. $2,043,750
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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28. (p. 38) After retirement, you expect to live for 25 years. You would like to have $75,000
income each year. How much should you have saved in the retirement to receive this income,
if the interest is 9% per year (assume that the payments start one years after the retirement)?
A. $736,693.47
b. $6,352,567.22
c. $1,875,000
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
29. (p. 38) For $10,000 you can purchase a 5-year annuity that will pay $2504.57 per year for
five years. The payments are made at the end of each year. Calculate the effective annual
interest rate implied by this arrangement: (approximately)
A. 8%
b. 9%
c. 10%
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
30. (p. 38) If the present value annuity factor for 10 years at 10% interest rate is 6.1446, what is
the present value annuity factor for an equivalent annuity due?
a. 6.1446
b. 7.38
C. 6.759
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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31. (p. 38) If the present annuity factor is 3.8896, what is the present value annuity factor for an
equivalent annuity due if the interest rate is 9%?
a. 3.5684
B. 4.2397
c. 3.8896
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
32. (p. 38) For $10,000 you can purchase a 5-year annuity that will pay $2358.65 per year for
five years. The payments are made at the beginning of each year. Calculate the effective
annual interest rate implied by this arrangement: (approximately)
a. 8%
B. 9%
c. 10%
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
33. (p. 38) John House has taken a $250,000 mortgage on his house at an interest rate of 6% per
year. If the mortgage calls for twenty equal annual payments, what is the amount of each
payment?
A. $21,796.14
b. $10,500.00
c. $16,882.43
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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34. (p. 38) John House has taken a 20-year, $250,000 mortgage on his house at an interest rate
of 6% per year. What is the value of the mortgage after the payment of the fifth annual
installment?
a. $128,958.41
B. $211,689.53
c. $141,019.50
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
35. (p. 38) If the present value of $1.00 received n years from today at an interest rate of r is
0.3855, then what is the future value of $1.00 invested today at an interest rate of r% for n
years?
a. $1.3855
B. $2.594
c. $1.70
d. Not enough information to solve the problem
FV = 1/(0.3855) = 2. 594
Type: Difficult
36. (p. 38) If the present value of $1.00 received n years from today at an interest rate of r is
0.621, then what is the future value of $1.00 invested today at an interest rate of r% for n
years?
a. $1.00
B. $1.61
c. $1. 621
d. Not enough information to solve the problem
FV = 1/(0.621) = 1.61
Type: Difficult
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37. (p. 43) If the future value of $1 invested today at an interest rate of r% for n years is 9.6463,
what is the present value of $1 to be received in n years at r% interest rate?
a. $9.6463
b. $1.00
C. $0.1037
d. None of the above
PV = 1/9.6463 = 0.1037
Type: Difficult
38. (p. 43) If the future value annuity factor at 10% and 5 years is 6.1051, calculate the
equivalent present value annuity factor
a. 6.1051
B. 3.7908
c. 6.7156
d. None of the given ones
PV = 6.1051/(1.1)^5 = 3.7908
Type: Difficult
39. (p. 43) If the present value annuity factor at 10% APR for 10 years is 6.1446, what is the
equivalent future value annuity factor?
a. 3.108
B. 15.9374
c. 2.5937
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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40. (p. 43) If the present value annuity factor at 12% APR for 5 years is 3.6048, what is the
equivalent future value annuity factor?
a. 2.0455
B. 6.3529
c. 1.7623
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
Type: Difficult
42. (p. 43) If the present value annuity factor at 8% APR for 10 years is 6.71, what is the
equivalent future value annuity factor?
a. 3.108
B. 14.487
c. 2.159
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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43. (p. 43) You are considering investing in a retirement fund that requires you to deposit $5,000
per year, and you want to know how much the fund will be worth when you retire. What
financial technique should you use to calculate this value?
a. Future value of a single payment
B. Future value of an annuity
c. Present value of an annuity
d. None of the above
Type: Easy
44. (p. 43) Mr. Hopper is expected to retire in 25 years and he wishes accumulate $750,000 in
his retirement fund by that time. If the interest rate is 10% per year, how much should Mr.
Hopper put into the retirement fund each year in order to achieve this goal? [Assume that the
payments are made at the end of each year]
a. $4,559.44
b. $2,500
C. $7,626.05
d. None of the above
Future value annuity factor = [(1.1^25) -1] /(0.1) = 98. 347; payment = 750,000/98. 347 =
7626.05
Type: Difficult
45. (p. 43) Mr. Hopper is expected to retire in 30 years and he wishes accumulate $1,000,000 in
his retirement fund by that time. If the interest rate is 12% per year, how much should Mr.
Hopper put into the retirement fund each year in order to achieve this goal?
A. $4,143.66
b. $8,287.32
c. $4,000
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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Type: Difficult
47. (p. 45) You would like to have enough money saved to receive a growing perpetuity,
growing at a rate of 5% per year, the first payment being $50,000 after retirement, so that you
and your family can lead a good life. How much would you need to save in your retirement
fund to achieve this goal? (assume that the growing perpetuity payments start one year from
the date of your retirement. The interest rate is 10%)?
A. $1,000,000
b. $10,000,000
c. $2,000,000
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
48. (p. 45) You would like to have enough money saved to receive a growing perpetuity,
growing at a rate of 4% per year, the first payment being $60,000 after retirement, so that you
and your family can lead a good life. How much would you need to save in your retirement
fund to achieve this goal? (assume that the growing perpetuity payments start one year from
the date of your retirement. The interest rate is 10%)?
a. $1,500,000
B. $1,000,000
c. $600,000
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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49. (p. 45) You would like to have enough money saved to receive a growing annuity for 20
years, growing at a rate of 5% per year, the first payment being $50,000 after retirement. That
way, you hope that you and your family can lead a good life after retirement. How much
would you need to save in your retirement fund to achieve this goal.(assume that the growing
annuity payments start one year from the date of your retirement. The interest rate is 10%)?
a. $1,000,000
b. $425,678.19
C. $605,604.20
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
50. (p. 45) You would like to have enough money saved to receive a growing annuity for 25
years, growing at a rate of 4% per year, the first payment being $60,000 after retirement, so
that you and your family can lead a good life. How much would you need to save in your
retirement fund to achieve this goal? (assume that the growing perpetuity payments start one
year from the date of your retirement. The interest rate is 12%)?
a. $1,500,000
B. $632,390
c. $452,165
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
51. (p. 45) In the growing annuity and growing perpetuity formulas; the most important
assumption that is needed for the formulas to work correctly is:
a. r < g
b. r = g
C. r > g
d. No assumption is needed
Type: Difficult
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52. (p. 46) Which of the following statements regarding simple interest and compound interest
are true?
a. Problems in finance generally use the simple interest concept
B. Problems in finance generally use the compound interest concept
c. It does not really matter whether you use simple interest or compound interest for solving
problems in finance
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
53. (p. 47) If you invest $100 at 12% APR for three years, how much would you have at the end
of 3 years using simple interest?
A. $136
b. $140.49
c. $240.18
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
54. (p. 47) If you invest $100 at 12% APR for three years, how much would you have at the end
of 3 years using compound interest?
a. $136
B. $140.49
c. $240.18
d. None of the above
FV = 100*(1.12^3) = $140.49
Type: Medium
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Type: Difficult
Type: Medium
57. (p. 49) Ms. Colonial has just taken out a $150,000 mortgage at an interest rate of 6% per
year. If the mortgage calls for equal monthly payments for twenty years, what is the amount
of each payment? (Assume monthly compounding or discounting.)
A. $1254.70
b. $1625.00
c. $1263.06
d. None of the above are true
Type: Difficult
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Type: Medium
59. (p. 49) An investment at 12% nominal rate compounded monthly is equal to an annual rate
of:
A. 12.68%
b. 12.36%
c. 12%
d. None of the above
Type: Medium
60. (p. 49) Mr. William expects to retire in 30 years and would like to accumulate $1 million in
the pension fund. If the annual interest rate is 12% per year, how much should Mr. Williams
put into the pension fund each month in order to achieve his goal? Assume that Mr. Williams
will deposit the same amount each month into his pension fund and also use monthly
compounding.
A. $286.13
b. $771.60
c. $345.30
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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Type: Difficult
62. (p. 50) The present value of a $100 per year perpetuity at 10% per year interest rate is
$1000. What would be the present value if the payments were compounded continuously?
a. $1000.00
B. $1049.21
c. $1024.40
d. None of the above
Type: Difficult
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63. (p. 34) The two-year discount factor must be greater than the one-year discount factor for a
given discount rate.
FALSE
Type: Easy
Type: Medium
65. (p. 36) In the presence of well-functioning capital markets, the value of a dollar received at
the end of one year cannot be less than the value of received at the end of two years.
TRUE
Type: Medium
66. (p. 37) "The law of one price" in economics is the same idea as "no arbitrage opportunity" in
finance.
TRUE
Type: Medium
67. (p. 37) The rate of return on any perpetuity is equal to the cash flow multiplied by the price.
FALSE
Type: Medium
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68. (p. 38) An annuity is an asset that pays a fixed sum each year for a specified number of
years.
TRUE
Type: Easy
69. (p. 38) The value of a five-year annuity is equal to the sum of two perpetuities. One makes
its first payment in year 1, and the other makes its first payment in year 6.
FALSE
Type: Difficult
Type: Medium
71. (p. 43) In the amortization of a mortgage loan with equal payments, the fraction of each
payment devoted to interest steadily increases over time and the fraction devoted to reducing
the loan decreases steadily.
TRUE
Type: Difficult
72. (p. 45) In the case of a growing perpetuity, the present value of the cash flow is given by:
[C1/(r-g)] where r>g.
TRUE
Type: Difficult
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73. (p. 47) Compound interest assumes that you are reinvesting the interest payments at the rate
of return.
TRUE
Type: Medium
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74. (p. 36) Discuss why a dollar tomorrow cannot be worth less than a dollar the day after
tomorrow.
If a dollar tomorrow is worth less than a dollar a day after tomorrow, it would be possible to
earn a very large amount of money through "money machine" effect. This is only possible, if
someone else is losing a very large amount of money. These conditions can only exist for a
short period of time, and cannot exist in equilibrium as the source of money is quickly
exhausted. Thus a dollar tomorrow cannot be worth less than a dollar the day after tomorrow.
Type: Difficult
A perpetuity is defined as the same cash flow occurring each year forever.
Type: Medium
76. (p. 38) Describe how you would go about finding the present value of any annuity given the
formula for the present value of a perpetuity.
The present value of any annuity can be thought of as the difference between two perpetuities
one payment stating in year-1 (immediate) and one starting in year (n+1) (delayed). By
calculating difference between the present values of these two perpetuities today we can find
the present value of an annuity.
Type: Medium
77. (p. 40) What is the difference between simple interest and compound interest?
When money is invested at compound interest, each interest payment is reinvested to earn
more interest in subsequent periods. In the simple interest case, the interest is paid only on the
initial investment.
Type: Medium
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Type: Difficult
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