Exam 13: Cash Flow and Risk

A) Sensitivity analysis as it is generally employed is incomplete in that it fails to consider the probability of occurrence of the key input variables.
B) In comparing two projects using sensitivity analysis, the one with the steeper lines would be considered less risky, because a small error in estimating a variable such as unit sales would produce only a small error in the project's NPV.
C) The primary advantage of simulation analysis over scenario analysis is that scenario analysis requires a relatively powerful computer, coupled with an efficient financial planning software package, whereas simulation analysis can be done efficiently using a PC with a spreadsheet program or even with just a calculator.
D) Sensitivity analysis is a type of risk analysis that considers both the sensitivity of NPV to changes in key input variables and the probability of occurrence of these variables' values.
E) As computer technology advances, simulation analysis becomes increasingly obsolete and thus less likely to be used than sensitivity analysis.

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A) $25,816
B) $27,175
C) $28,534
D) $29,960
E) $31,458

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A) Since depreciation is not a cash expense, and since cash flows and not accounting income are the relevant input, depreciation plays no role in capital budgeting.
B) Under current laws and regulations, corporations must use straight-line depreciation for all assets whose lives are 3 years or longer.
C) If they use accelerated depreciation, firms will write off assets slower than they would under straight-line depreciation, and as a result projects' forecasted NPVs are normally lower than they would be if straight-line depreciation were required for tax purposes.
D) If they use accelerated depreciation, firms can write off assets faster than they could under straight-line depreciation, and as a result projects' forecasted NPVs are normally lower than they would be if straight-line depreciation were required for tax purposes.
E) If they use accelerated depreciation, firms can write off assets faster than they could under straight-line depreciation, and as a result projects' forecasted NPVs are normally higher than they would be if straight-line depreciation were required for tax purposes.

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A) All costs associated with the project that have been incurred prior to the time the analysis is being conducted.
B) Interest on funds borrowed to help finance the project.
C) The end-of-project recovery of any additional net operating working capital required to operate the project.
D) Cannibalization effects, but only if those effects increase the project's projected cash flows.
E) Expenditures to date on research and development related to the project, provided those costs have already been expensed for tax purposes.

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A) Increase the estimated IRR of the project to reflect its greater risk.
B) Increase the estimated NPV of the project to reflect its greater risk.
C) Reject the project, since its acceptance would increase the firm's risk.
D) Ignore the risk differential if the project would amount to only a small fraction of the firm's total assets.
E) Increase the cost of capital used to evaluate the project to reflect its higher-than-average risk.

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A) $16,351
B) $17,212
C) $18,118
D) $19,071
E) $20,075

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A) An externality is a situation where a project would have an adverse effect on some other part of the firm's overall operations. If the project would have a favorable effect on other operations, then this is not an externality.
B) An example of an externality is a situation where a bank opens a new office, and that new office causes deposits in the bank's other offices to increase.
C) The NPV method automatically deals correctly with externalities, even if the externalities are not specifically identified, but the IRR method does not. This is another reason to favor the NPV.
D) Both the NPV and IRR methods deal correctly with externalities, even if the externalities are not specifically identified. However, the payback method does not.
E) Identifying an externality can never lead to an increase in the calculated NPV.

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A) The interest paid on funds borrowed to finance a project must be included in estimates of the project's cash flows.
B) Only incremental cash flows, which are the cash flows that would result if a project is accepted, are relevant when making accept/reject decisions for capital budgeting projects.
C) Sunk costs are not included in the annual cash flows, but they must be deducted from the PV of the project's other costs when reaching the accept/reject decision.
D) A proposed project's estimated net income as determined by the firm's accountants, using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) , is discounted at the WACC, and if the PV of this income stream exceeds the project's cost, the project should be accepted.
E) If a product is competitive with some of the firm's other products, this fact should be incorporated into the estimate of the relevant cash flows. However, if the new product is complementary to some of the firm's other products, this fact need not be reflected in the analysis.

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A) Using accelerated depreciation rather than straight line would normally have no effect on a project's total projected cash flows but it would affect the timing of the cash flows and thus the NPV.
B) Under current laws and regulations, corporations must use straight-line depreciation for all assets whose lives are 5 years or longer.
C) Corporations must use the same depreciation method (e.g., straight line or accelerated) for stockholder reporting and tax purposes.
D) Since depreciation is not a cash expense, it has no effect on cash flows and thus no effect on capital budgeting decisions.
E) Under accelerated depreciation, higher depreciation charges occur in the early years, and this reduces the early cash flows and thus lowers a project's projected NPV.

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A) Since depreciation is a cash expense, the faster an asset is depreciated, the lower the projected NPV from investing in the asset.
B) Under current laws and regulations, corporations must use straight-line depreciation for all assets whose lives are 5 years or longer.
C) Corporations must use the same depreciation method for both stockholder reporting and tax purposes.
D) Using accelerated depreciation rather than straight line normally has the effect of speeding up cash flows and thus increasing a project's forecasted NPV.
E) Using accelerated depreciation rather than straight line normally has the effect of slowing down cash flows and thus reducing a project's forecasted NPV.

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A) $10,521
B) $11,075
C) $11,658
D) $12,271
E) $12,885

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A) The new project is expected to reduce sales of one of the company's existing products by 5%.
B) Since the firm's director of capital budgeting spent some of her time last year to evaluate the new project, a portion of her salary for that year should be charged to the project's initial cost.
C) The company has spent and expensed $1 million on research and development costs associated with the new project.
D) The company spent and expensed $10 million on a marketing study before its current analysis regarding whether to accept or reject the project.
E) The firm would borrow all the money used to finance the new project, and the interest on this debt would be $1.5 million per year.

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A) $15,740
B) $16,569
C) $17,441
D) $18,359
E) $19,325

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