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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 4/c/e
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 4/e
Stephen A. Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Randolph W. Westerfield, University of Southern California
Bradford D. Jordan, University of Kentucky
Gordon S. Roberts, York University

Discounted Cash Flow Valuation

Quick Quiz 1

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1

Annuities where the payments occur at the end of each time period are called ________ whereas __________ refer to annuity streams with payments occurring at the beginning of each time period.
A)ordinary annuities; annuities due
B)late annuities; straight annuities
C)straight annuities; late annuities
D)annuities due; ordinary annuities
E)ordinary annuities; early annuities
2

You need to borrow $18,000 to buy a truck. The current loan rate is 9.9% compounded monthly and you want to pay the loan off in equal monthly payments over 5 years. What is the size of your monthly payment?
A)$363.39
B)$381.56
C)$374.04
D)$455.66
E)$394.69
3

Which of the following is a true statement?
A)The APR on a loan requiring monthly payments is the annual interest rate you actually pay.
B)Compounding will typically not lead to differences between quoted and effective rates.
C)When comparing investments it is best not to rely solely on quoted rates.
D)An APR is the interest rate per period divided by the number of periods per year.
E)With monthly compounding, the APR will be larger than the effective annual rate.
4

You are planning to save your Christmas bonuses from work and are comparing savings accounts: Account A compounds semiannually while account B compounds monthly. If both accounts have the same effective annual rate of interest and you place only the bonuses in the account, you should .
A)choose Account A because it has a higher APR
B)choose Account B because it has a higher APR
C)choose Account B because it is compounded more often
D)choose either since you would be indifferent between the two
E)choose Account A because you will pay less in taxes
5

You are going to invest $500 at the end of each year for ten years. Given an interest rate, you can find the future value of this investment by:
I. Adding the cash flows together and finding the future value of the sum using the appropriate future value factor.
II. Applying the proper future value factor to each cash flow, then adding up these future values.
III. Finding the present value of each cash flow, adding all of the present values together, then finding the future value at the end of year ten of this lump sum.
IV. Finding the present value of the entire payment stream.
A)II only
B)II and III only
C)III only
D)I, II, and IV only
E)II, III, and IV only
6

At the end of each year for the next ten years you will receive cash flows of $50. If the appropriate discount rate is 5.5%, how much would you pay for the annuity?
A)$299.02
B)$259.82
C)$338.99
D)$379.16
E)$376.88
7

What is the total future value six years from now of $50 received in one year, $200 received in two years, and $800 received in six years if the discount rate is 8.00%?
A)$1,050.00
B)$1,047.93
C)$1,145.56
D)$1,237.21
E)$1,269.15
8

You have just won the lottery. You and your heirs will receive $25,000 per year forever, beginning one year from now. If the present value of the lottery is $416,667, what is the discount rate used to value this perpetuity?
A)6.0%
B)5.0%
C)4.0%
D)8.0%
E)7.0%
9

What is the effective annual rate of 8% compounded quarterly?
A)8.00%
B)8.16%
C)8.24%
D)8.53%
E)16.64%
10

You work for a furniture store. If you sell a living room set for $2,500 and finance the full purchase price for 30 monthly payments at 24% APR, what monthly payments will your customer make?
A)$89.72
B)$83.33
C)$95.24
D)$128.43
E)$111.62




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