1、Chapter 13 Risk, Cost of Capital, and Capital Budgeting Answer Key   Multiple Choice Questions 1. The weighted average of the firm's costs of equity, preferred stock, and after tax debt is the: A. reward to risk ratio for the firm.B. expected capital gains yiel

2、d for the stock.C. expected capital gains yield for the firm.D. portfolio beta for the firm.E. weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Difficulty level: EasyTopic: WACCType: DEFINITIONS 2. If the CAPM is used to estimate the cost of equity capital, the expected excess

3、market return is equal to the: A. return on the stock minus the risk-free rate.B. difference between the return on the market and the risk-free rate.C. beta times the market risk premium.D. beta times the risk-free rate.E. market rate of return. Difficulty level: E

4、asyTopic: CAPMType: DEFINITIONS 3. The best fit line of a pairwise plot of the returns of the security against the market index returns is called the: A. Security Market Line.B. Capital Market Line.C. characteristic line.D. risk line.E. None of the above. 

5、;Difficulty level: MediumTopic: CHARACTERISTIC LINEType: DEFINITIONS 4. The use of debt is called: A. operating leverage.B. production leverage.C. financial leverage.D. total asset turnover risk.E. business risk. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: USE OF DEBT

6、Type: DEFINITIONS 5. The weighted average cost of capital for a firm is the: A. discount rate which the firm should apply to all of the projects it undertakes.B. overall rate which the firm must earn on its existing assets to maintain the value of its stock.C. rate the

7、firm should expect to pay on its next bond issue.D. maximum rate which the firm should require on any projects it undertakes.E. rate of return that the firm's preferred stockholders should expect to earn over the long term. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF C

8、APITALType: DEFINITIONS 6. The WACC is used to _ the expected cash flows when the firm has _. A. discount; debt and equity in the capital structureB. discount; short term financing on the balance sheetC. increase; debt and equity in the capital structureD. decrease

9、; short term financing on the balance sheetE. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: WACCType: CONCEPTS 7. Using the CAPM to calculate the cost of capital for a risky project assumes that: A. using the firm's beta is the same measure of risk as the projec

10、t.B. the firm is all-equity financed.C. the financial risk is equal to business risk.D. Both A and B.E. Both A and C. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: CAPMType: CONCEPTS 8. The use of WACC to select investments is acceptable when the: A. correlation of all

11、new projects are equal.B. NPV is positive when discounted by the WACC.C. risk of the projects are equal to the risk of the firm.D. firm is well diversified and the unsystematic risk is negligible.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: EasyTopic: WACCType: CONCEPTS 9.&#

12、160;If the risk of an investment project is different than the firm's risk then: A. you must adjust the discount rate for the project based on the firm's risk.B. you must adjust the discount rate for the project based on the project risk.C. you must exercise risk aversion

13、 and use the market rate.D. an average rate across prior projects is acceptable because estimates contain errors.E. one must have the actual data to determine any differences in the calculations. Difficulty level: EasyTopic: DISCOUNT RATEType: CONCEPTS 10. If the project bet

14、a and IRR coordinates plot above the SML the project should be: A. accepted.B. rejected.C. It is impossible to tell.D. It will depend on the NPV.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: SECURITY MARKET LINEType: CONCEPTS 11. The beta of a secu

15、rity provides an: A. estimate of the market risk premium.B. estimate of the slope of the Capital Market Line.C. estimate of the slope of the Security Market Line.D. estimate of the systematic risk of the security.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: EasyTopic: B

16、ETAType: CONCEPTS 12. Regression analysis can be used to estimate: A. beta.B. the risk-free rate.C. standard deviation.D. variance.E. expected return. Difficulty level: EasyTopic: BETA ESTIMATIONType: CONCEPTS 13. Beta measures depend highly on

17、the: A. direction of the market variance.B. overall cycle of the market.C. variance of the market and asset, but not their co-movement.D. covariance of the security with the market and how they are correlated.E. All of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: BETA

18、Type: CONCEPTS 14. The formula for calculating beta is given by the dividing the _ of the stock with the market portfolio by the _ of the market portfolio. A. variance; covarianceB. covariance; varianceC. standard deviation; varianceD. expected return; varianceE.&#

19、160;expected return; covariance Difficulty level: MediumTopic: BETAType: CONCEPTS 15. The slope of the characteristic line is the estimated: A. intercept.B. beta.C. unsystematic risk.D. market variance.E. market risk premium. Difficulty level: Medium

20、Topic: BETA AND CHARACTERISTIC LINEType: CONCEPTS 16. Companies that have highly cyclical sales will have a: A. low beta if sales are highly dependent on the market cycle.B. high beta if sales are highly dependent on the market cycle.C. high beta if sales are independen

21、t of the market cycle.D. All of the above.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: CYCLICAL BUSINESS AND BETAType: CONCEPTS 17. Betas may vary substantially across an industry. The decision to use the industry or firm beta to estimate the cost of capital depends

22、on: A. how small the estimation errors are of all betas across industries.B. how similar the firm's operations are to the operations of all other firms in the industry.C. whether the company is a leader or follower.D. the size of the company's public float.E. No

23、ne of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: INDUSTRY OR FIRM BETAType: CONCEPTS 18. Beta is useful in the calculation of the: A. company's variance.B. company's discount rate.C. company's standard deviation.D. unsystematic risk.E. company&

24、#39;s market rate. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: BETAType: CONCEPTS 19. For a multi-product firm, if a project's beta is different from that of the overall firm, then the: A. CAPM can no longer be used.B. project should be discounted using the overall firm's be

25、ta.C. project should be discounted at a rate commensurate with its own beta.D. project should be discounted at the market rate.E. project should be discounted at the T-bill rate. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: PROJECT AND FIRM BETAType: CONCEPTS 20. The problem of using

26、 the overall firm's beta in discounting projects of different risk is the: A. firm would accept too many high-risk projects.B. firm would reject too many low risk projects.C. firm would reject too many high-risk projects.D. firm would accept too many low risk projects.E.

27、 Both A and B. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: FIRM'S BETAType: CONCEPTS 21. The asset beta of a levered firm is generally: A. equal to the equity beta.B. different from the equity beta.C. different from the debt beta.D. the simple average of the equit

28、y beta and debt beta.E. Both B and C. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: ASSET BETAType: CONCEPTS 22. Comparing two otherwise equal firms, the beta of the common stock of a levered firm is _ than the beta of the common stock of an unlevered firm. A. equal toB. signific

29、antly lessC. slightly lessD. greaterE. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: LEVERED VS. UNLEVERED BETAType: CONCEPTS 23. The beta of a firm is determined by which of the following firm characteristics? A. Cycles in revenuesB. Operating levera

30、geC. Financial leverageD. All of the above.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: DETERMINANTS OF BETAType: CONCEPTS 24. The beta of a firm is more likely to be high under what two conditions? A. High cyclical business activity and low operating

31、leverageB. High cyclical business activity and high operating leverageC. Low cyclical business activity and low financial leverageD. Low cyclical business activity and low operating leverageE. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: FACTORS AFFECTING BETAType: CONC

32、EPTS 25. A firm with cyclical earnings is characterized by: A. revenue patterns that vary with the business cycle.B. high levels of debt in its capital structure.C. high fixed costs.D. high price per unit.E. low contribution margins. Difficulty level: Med

33、iumTopic: CYCLICAL EARNINGSType: CONCEPTS 26. A firm with high operating leverage has: A. low fixed costs in its production process.B. high variable costs in its production process.C. high fixed costs in its production process.D. high price per unit.E. low pri

34、ce per unit. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: OPERATING LEVERAGEType: CONCEPTS 27. If a firm has low fixed costs relative to all other firms in the same industry, a large change in sales volume (either up or down) would have: A. a smaller change in EBIT for the firm versus the

35、 other firms.B. no effect in any way on the firms as volume does not effect fixed costs.C. a decreasing effect on the cyclical nature of the business.D. a larger change in EBIT for the firm versus the other firms.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: OPERATING

36、 LEVERAGEType: CONCEPTS 28. A firm with high operating leverage is characterized by _ while one with high financial leverage is characterized by _. A. low fixed cost of production; low fixed financial costsB. high variable cost of production; high variable financial costsC.&

37、#160;high fixed costs of production; high fixed financial costsD. low costs of production; high fixed financial costsE. high fixed costs of production; low variable financial costs Difficulty level: MediumTopic: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL LEVERAGEType: CONCEPTS 29. Firms whose

38、revenues are strongly cyclical and whose operating leverage is high are likely to have: A. low betas.B. high betas.C. zero betas.D. negative betas.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: DETERMINANTS OF BETAType: CONCEPTS 30. An industry is l

39、ikely to have a low beta if the: A. stream of revenues is stable and less volatile than the market.B. economy is in a recession.C. market for its goods is unaffected by the market cycle.D. Both A and B.E. Both A and C. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: DETERMINANTS OF

40、 BETAType: CONCEPTS 31. For the levered firm the equity beta is _ the asset beta. A. greater thanB. less thanC. equal toD. sometimes greater than and sometimes less thanE. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: ASSET AND EQUITY BETASType: CONCE

41、PTS 32. All else equal, a more liquid stock will have a lower _. A. betaB. market premiumC. cost of capitalD. Both A and B.E. Both A and C. Difficulty level: ChallengeTopic: LIQUIDITYType: CONCEPTS 33. Two stock market based costs of liquidity t

42、hat affects the cost of capital are the: A. bid-ask spread and the specialist spread.B. market impact cost and the brokerage costs.C. investor opportunity cost and the brokerage costs.D. bid-ask spread and the market impact costs.E. None of the above. Difficulty le

43、vel: MediumTopic: LIQUIDITYType: CONCEPTS 34. When a specialist is caught in the middle of a trade between informed and uniformed traders, which effectively eliminates the spread or causes a loss, is subject to: A. market impact costs.B. adverse selection.C. broker'

44、s quotation bias.D. increasing the number of uninformed traders.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: ChallengeTopic: ADVERSE SELECTIONType: CONCEPTS 35. All else equal, new shareholders will _ the capital gains of existing shareholders. A. diluteB. hold con

45、stantC. increaseD. All of the aboveE. It is impossible to tell. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: CAPITAL GAINSType: CONCEPTS 36. The following are methods to estimate the market risk premium: A. use historical data to estimate future risk premium.B. use the

46、 dividend discount model to estimate risk premium.C. use the bond valuation model to estimate growth in bond prices with different costs of capital.D. A and B.E. A and C. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: MARKET RISK PREMIUMType: CONCEPTS 37. Beta is the slope of the: 

47、;A. efficient frontier.B. market portfolio.C. security market line.D. characteristic line.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: BETAType: CONCEPTS 38. Two stocks that have the same beta _ have the same correlation because _: A. may; be

48、cause correlation measures the sensitivity of the S&P to the market portfolio.B. will; because correlation measures the tightness of fit around the regression line.C. may not; because correlation measures the tightness of fit around the regression line.D. may not; because correlat

49、ion measures the sensitivity to change.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: BETA AND CORRELATIONType: CONCEPTS 39. When using the cost of debt, the relevant number is the: A. pre-tax cost of debt since most corporations pay taxes at the same tax rate.B.&

50、#160;pre-tax cost of debt since it is the actual rate the firm is paying bondholders.C. post-tax cost of debt since dividends are tax deductible.D. post-tax cost of debt since interest is tax deductible.E. None of the above. Difficulty level: MediumTopic: COST OF DEBTType: CONCEP

51、TS 40. Jack's Construction Co. has 80,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at par value. Bonds with similar characteristics are yielding 8.5%. The company also has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock has a beta of 1.1 and sells for $40 a share. The U.S. Treasury b

52、ill is yielding 4% and the market risk premium is 8%. Jack's tax rate is 35%. What is Jack's weighted average cost of capital? A. 7.10%B. 7.39%C. 10.38%D. 10.65%E. 11.37%Re = .04 + (1.1 ´ .08) = .128Debt: 80,000 ´ $1,000 = $80mCommon: 4m ´ $40 = $

53、160mTotal = $80m + $160m = $240m Difficulty level: MediumTopic: WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITALType: PROBLEMS 41. Peter's Audio Shop has a cost of debt of 7%, a cost of equity of 11%, and a cost of preferred stock of 8%. The firm has 104,000 shares of common stock outstanding at

54、a market price of $20 a share. There are 40,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding at a market price of $34 a share. The bond issue has a total face value of $500,000 and sells at 102% of face value. The tax rate is 34%. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Peter's Audio Shop?

55、0;A. 6.14%B. 6.54%C. 8.60%D. 9.14%E. 9.45%Debt: $500,000 ´ 1.02 = $.51mPreferred: 40,000 ´ $34 = $1.36mCommon: 104,000 ´ $20 = $2.08mTotal = $.51m + $1.36m + $2.08m = $3.95m Difficulty level: MediumTopic: WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITALType: PROBLEMS

56、0;42. Phil's Carvings, Inc. wants to have a weighted average cost of capital of 9%. The firm has an after-tax cost of debt of 5% and a cost of equity of 11%. What debt-equity ratio is needed for the firm to achieve its targeted weighted average cost of capital? A. .33B. .40C.

57、 .50D. .60E. .67.09 = We ´ .11 + (1 - We) ´ .05) = .11We + .05 - .05We; .04 = .06We; We = 66.67%; Wd = 1 - We = 100% - 66.67% = 33.33%; Debt - equity ratio = 33.33% ¸ 66.67% = .50 Difficulty level: MediumTopic: WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITALType: PROBLEMS 43

58、. Jake's Sound Systems has 210,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $36 a share. Last month, Jake's paid an annual dividend in the amount of $1.593 per share. The dividend growth rate is 4%. Jake's also has 6,000 bonds outstanding with a face value of $1,000 p

59、er bond. The bonds carry a 7% coupon, pay interest annually, and mature in 4.89 years. The bonds are selling at 99% of face value. The company's tax rate is 34%. What is Jake's weighted average cost of capital? A. 5.3%B. 5.8%C. 6.3%D. 6.9%E. 7.2%Debt: 6,000 

60、0; $1,000 ´ .99 = $5.94mCommon: 210,000 ´ $36 = $7.56mTotal = $5.94m + $7.56m = $13.50mRe = ($1.593 ´ 1.04) ¸ $36 + .04 = .08602 Difficulty level: MediumTopic: WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITALType: PROBLEMS 44. The Consolidated Transfer Co. is an all-equity finance

61、d firm. The beta is .75, the market risk premium is 8% and the risk-free rate is 4%. What is the expected return of Consolidated? A. 7%B. 8%C. 9%D. 10%E. 13%.04 + 0.75(.08) = .10 = 10% Difficulty level: EasyTopic: CAPMType: PROBLEMS 45. Assuming the CAPM

62、or one-factor model holds, what is the cost of equity for a firm if the firm's equity has a beta of 1.2, the risk-free rate of return is 2%, the expected return on the market is 9%, and the return to the company's debt is 7%? A. 10.4%B. 10.8%C. 12.8%D. 14.4%E. N

63、one of the above.Rs = Rf + b(Rm - Rf) = .02 + 1.2(.09 - .02) = .104 = 10.4% Difficulty level: MediumTopic: CAPMType: PROBLEMS 46. The cost of equity for Ryan Corporation is 8.4%. If the expected return on the market is 10% and the risk-free rate is 5%, then the equity beta is _. A. 0.48B. 0.68C. 1.25D. 1.68E. Impossible to calculate with information given.Rs