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1. Barkley Credit Union sets a low annual percentage rate (5%) for all its credit card customers instead of basing the interest rates on the customers’ credit scores. Consequently Barkley is exposed to ______________.?
a. Moral Hazard
b. Screening
c. Adverse Selection
d. Signaling
Answe C
2. Bob, an environmental economist, has struggled for a year to write a paper that will be read by 50 people at most to show that, in case he must search for a job, he has remained intellectually active. Which term best describes Bob’s activity?
a. Moral Hazard
b. Screening
c. Adverse Selection
d. Signaling
Answer D
3. A three-year bond has 8.0% coupon rate and face value of $1000. If the yield to maturity on the bond is 10%, calculate the price of the bond assuming that the bond makes semi-annual coupon interest payments. (Chapter 2)
a. $857.96
b. $949.24
c. $1057.54
d. $1000.00
Response: PV = (40/1.05) + (40/(1.05^2)) +. . . + (1040/(1.05^6)) = $949.24
Answer B
4. Cisco will pay a dividend of $5 per share next year, and the dividends payout ratio is 50%. Dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 8% forever and the required rate of return on the stock is 13%. Calculate the present value of the growth opportunity. (Chapter 4)
a. $100
b. $76.92
c. $23.08
d. None of the above
Response: EPS= (5/0.5)=$10; No Growth Value = 10/0.13 = 76.92;
Dividends next year = 0.5
Growth Value = 5/(0.13-0.08) = 100; PVGO = 100 -76.92 = 23.08
Answer C
5. Driscoll Company is considering investing in a new project. The project will need an initial investment of $2,400,000 and will generate $1,200,000 (after-tax) cash flows for