#1
Which of the following is NOT a capital budgeting technique?
Net Present Value (NPV)
Payback Period
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
Market Capitalization
#2
What does the term 'WACC' stand for in financial management?
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Working Asset Capital Calculation
Weighted Accumulated Cost Coefficient
Worldwide Asset Control Center
#3
What does the term 'IRR' stand for in financial management?
Internal Revenue Rate
Investment Return Ratio
Internal Rate of Return
Income Recognition Ratio
#4
What does the Payback Period of a project indicate?
The period required to recover the initial investment
The time until the project starts generating profits
The total duration of the project
The discount rate applied to future cash flows
#5
What does the term 'CAPM' stand for in financial management?
Capital Asset Pricing Model
Cost of Assets Per Market
Current Asset Pricing Method
Cost Allocation and Price Measurement
#6
What does the term 'Sunk Cost' refer to in capital budgeting?
Costs that have been incurred and cannot be recovered
Costs that can be avoided by not undertaking a project
Costs that vary with the level of production
Costs that are directly attributable to a specific project
#7
What is the Net Present Value (NPV) of a project?
The sum of all cash flows discounted at the project's cost of capital
The difference between the present value of cash inflows and outflows
The rate of return that equates the present value of cash inflows with the initial investment
The maximum amount a company can pay to acquire another company
#8
Which capital budgeting method takes into account the time value of money?
Payback Period
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Average Accounting Return (AAR)
#9
Which of the following is a measure of a project's riskiness in financial management?
Net Present Value (NPV)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Standard Deviation
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
#10
Which of the following capital budgeting techniques does NOT consider the time value of money?
Net Present Value (NPV)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Payback Period
Profitability Index (PI)
#11
What is the Discounted Payback Period?
The period required for the project's cash inflows to equal its initial investment
The period required for the project's discounted cash inflows to equal its initial investment
The period required for the project's cash outflows to equal its initial investment
The period required for the project's discounted cash outflows to equal its initial investment
#12
Which capital budgeting method focuses on the ratio of net present value to initial investment?
Payback Period
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Profitability Index (PI)
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
#13
What is the main drawback of using the Payback Period as a capital budgeting technique?
It does not consider the timing of cash flows
It ignores the project's profitability after payback
It is difficult to calculate
It requires estimation of discount rates
#14
What is the formula to calculate Net Present Value (NPV)?
NPV = Initial Investment / Cash Inflows
NPV = Cash Inflows - Cash Outflows
NPV = Cash Inflows / (1 + Discount Rate)^n
NPV = ∑ (Cash Flows / (1 + Discount Rate)^n) - Initial Investment
#15
What is the main limitation of the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method?
It does not consider the timing of cash flows
It is difficult to calculate
It may result in multiple IRRs for some projects
It ignores the project's profitability after payback
#16
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Payback Period method?
It considers the time value of money
It is considered the most reliable capital budgeting technique
It is more suitable for long-term projects
It emphasizes liquidity over profitability
#17
What is the main advantage of using the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method?
It considers the timing of cash flows
It is easy to calculate
It is not affected by the project's scale
It is less sensitive to changes in discount rates