18 Ubm 306 Financial Management Multiple Choice Questions. Unit-I
18 Ubm 306 Financial Management Multiple Choice Questions. Unit-I
18 Ubm 306 Financial Management Multiple Choice Questions. Unit-I
40.A set of possible values that a random variable can assume and their associated
probabilities of occurrence are referred to as __________.
A. Probability distribution.
B .The expected return.
C. The standard deviation.
D. Coefficient of variation.
ANSWER: A
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41.The weighted average of possible returns, with the weights being the probabilities of
occurrence is referred to as __________.
A. A probability distribution.
B. The expected return.
C .The standard deviation.
D. Coefficient of variation.
ANSWER: B
42.___________ on capital gain and current income may influence form of capital.
A.Legal stipulation.
B.Rate of tax.
C.Capital market condition.
D.Cost of floating.
ANSWER: B
60.Which form of market efficiency states that current security prices fully reflect all
information, both public and private?
A.Weak.
B.Semi-strong.
C.Strong.
D.Highly strong.
ANSWER: C
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61.
Which form of market efficiency states that current prices fully reflect the historical sequence
of prices?
A.Weak.
B.Semi-strong.
C.Strong.
D.Highly strong.
ANSWER: A
62.________________ is one that maximizes value of business, minimizes overall cost of
capital, that is flexible, simple and futuristic, that ensures adequate control on affairs of
business by the owners and so on.
A.Minimal capital structure.
B.Moderate capital structure.
C.Optimal capital structure.
D.Deficit capital structure.
ANSWER: C
63.___________________ refers to make-up of a firm's capitalization.
A. Capital structure.
B. Capital budgeting.
C. Equity shares.
D. Dividend policy.
ANSWER: A
64._____________ of different sources of capital influences capital structure.
A.Restrictive covenants.
B.Tax advantage.
C.Cost of capital.
D.Trading on equity.
ANSWER: C
65.___________ of debt capital is a factor in favor of using more debt capital.
A.Tax advantage.
B.Debt equity norms.
C.Leverage effect.
D.Security of assets.
ANSWER: A
66.__________ is a payment of additional shares to shareholders in lieu of cash.
A.Stock split.
B.Stock dividend.
C.Extra dividend.
D.Regular dividend.
ANSWER: B
67._______________ such as restriction on business expansion, on raising additional capital,
on declaration of dividend, nominee directors on the board, convertibility clause, etc.
A.Trading on equity.
B.Security of assets.
C.Restrictive covenants.
D.Debt capacity of a business.
ANSWER: C
68.Debt capacity of a business needs _____________.
A.Restriction.
B.Consideration.
C. Leverage.
D.Security
ANSWER: B
68.Financial leverage refers to the rate of change in earnings per share for a given change in
earnings
___________________.
A. Before tax.
B. Before interest.
C. Before interest and tax.
D. After interest and tax.
ANSWER: C
70.Security of assets is determining factor for using ________.
A Debt capital.
B. Equity capital.
C. Preference capital.
D .Cost of capital.
ANSWER: A
71..Land at prime locations, modern buildings, machinery in good condition, etc are accepted
as
__________.
A. Funds.
B. Security.
C .Liquid cash.
D. Debt.
ANSWER: B
72.____________ refers the period between commencement of project construction and first
commercial operation of the project.
A.Maturity period.
B.Initial period.
C.Gestation period.
D.Growth period.
ANSWER: C
73.Financial risk perception is an influencing factor of _____________.
A. Equity structure.
B. Preference structure.
C. Debt structure.
D. Capital structure.
ANSWER: D
74.____________ bonds are again superior to ordinary bonds in terms of sale ability.
A.Redeemable.
B.Irredeemable.
C.Convertible.
D.Non-convertible.
ANSWER: C
75.__________, roll over, swap early retirement and the like need to be adopted when
needed.
A.Periodic servicing.
B.Involvement.
C.Responsibility.
D.Investment.
ANSWER: A
76.The risk averse prefers debt instruments, while the risk seekers go for ________.
A. Equity investments.
B. Preference investments.
C. Debt investments.
D. None of these.
ANSWER: A
77.When capital market is booming, firms can take market route to ________.
A. Raise capital.
B. Decrease capital.
C .Stop growing.
D Stagnate.
ANSWER: A
78.__________ is the expected cash dividend that is normally paid to shareholders.
A.Stock split.
B.Stock dividend.
C.Extra dividend.
D.Regular dividend.
ANSWER: C
79.What method of stock repurchase occurs when the buyer seeks bids within a specified
price range and accepts the lowest price that will allow it to acquire the entire block of
securities desired?
A.Dutch-auction.
B.Fixed-price.
C.Open-market.
D.Fair-warning.
ANSWER: A
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80.The __________ is the proportion of earnings that are paid to common shareholders in the
form of a cash dividend.
A. Retention rate.
B.1 plus the retention rate.
C. Growth rate.
D. Dividend pay-out ratio.
ANSWER: A
81. A method of budgeting that estimates todays value of money to be received in the future;
It is discounted due to the uncertainty of its true value in the future and for the cost of the
capital is______________.
A. Cash inflow.
B. Cash outflow.
C. Discounted cash flow.
D .Payback period
ANSWER: C
82.The long-run objective of financial management is to ___________.
A. Maximize earnings per share.
B. Maximize the value of the firm's common stock.
C. Maximize return on investment.
D. Maximize market share.
ANSWER: A
83.The field of finance is closely related to the fields of _________.
A. Statistics and economics.
B. Statistics and risk analysis.
C. Economics and accounting.
D. Accounting and comparative return analysis.
ANSWER: C
84.The ultimate measure of performance is _____________.
A. Amount of the firm's earnings.
B .The how the earnings are valued by the investor.
C. The firm's profit margin.
D.Return on the firm's total assets.
ANSWER: B
85.Which of the following are not among the daily activities of financial management?
A.Sale of shares and bonds.
B.Credit management.
C.Inventory control.
D.The receipt and disbursement of funds.
ANSWER: A
86.A main benefit to the corporate form of organization is __________.
A. Double taxation of corporate income.
B. Simplicity of decision making and low organizational complexity.
C. Limited liability for the corporate shareholders.
D. A major management role exists for the firm's owners.
ANSWER: C
87.Capital is allocated by financial markets by _______________.
A. A lottery system between investment dealers.
B. Pricing securities based on their risk and expected future cash flows
C. By pricing risky securities higher than low-risk securities.
D .By a government risk-rating system based on AAA for low risk and CCC for high
risk.
ANSWER: B
88.The allocation of capital is determined by _________.
A. Expected rates of return.
B. The Bank of Canada.
C .The initial sale of securities in the primary market.
D. The size of the federal debt.
ANSWER: A
89.The mix of debt and equity in a firm is referred to as the firm's _______.
A. Primary capital.
B. Capital composition.
C .Cost of capital.
D. Capital structure.
ANSWER: C
90.The main focus of finance for the last 40 years has been _______.
A. Mergers and acquisitions.
B. Conglomerate firms.
C. Inflation.
D .Risk-return relationships.
ANSWER: A
91.Rate of tax on capital gain and current income may influence form of _________.
A. Equity.
B. Preference.
C. Debt.
D. Capital.
ANSWER: D
92.In finance, "working capital" means the same thing as __________.
A. Total assets.
B. Fixed assets.
C. Current assets.
D. Current assets minus current liabilities.
ANSWER: C
93.In deciding the appropriate level of current assets for the firm, management is confronted
with
_____________.
A. A trade-off between profitability and risk.
B. A trade-off between liquidity and marketability.
C. Atrade-off between equity and debt.
D. Trade-off between current assets and profitability.
ANSWER: A
94.___________ varies inversely with profitability.
A.Liquidity.
B.Risk.
C.Accounts.
D.Trade.
ANSWER: A
95.Permanent working capital ___________.
A. Varies with seasonal needs.
B. Includes fixed assets.
C. Is the amount of current assets required to meet a firm's long-term minimum needs.
D. Includes accounts payable.
ANSWER: C
96.Net working capital refers to ___________.
A.total assets minus fixed assets.
B.current assets minus current liabilities.
C.current assets minus inventories.
D.current assets.
ANSWER: B
97.Earlier a debt equity norm of _______ was generally insisted on by the controller of
capital issues.
A.1:1.
B.1:2.
C.2:1.
D.2:2.
ANSWER: C
98.The symptom of large inventory accumulation in anticipation of price rise in future will be
indicated by ________.
A.Asset turnover ratio.
B.Working Capital turnover ratio.
C. Inventory turnover ratio.
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: C
99.To financial analysts, "gross working capital" means the same thing as ________.
A. Fixed assets.
B. Current assets.
C. Working capital.
D. Cost of capital.
ANSWER: B
100.An example of fixed asset is________.
A.Live stock.
B.Value stock.
C.Income stock.
D.All of the above.
ANSWER: A
18UBM306 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
K2 QUESTIONS
UNIT-I
1. What is the financial management?
2. Why financial management need for business?
3. What are the functions of financial management?
4. Define finance.
5. What are the objectives of financial management?
6. What is profit maximization?
7. What is wealth maximization?
8. What are the short term sources of finance?
9. What are the long term sources of finance?
10. Define shares.
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11.Which factors affects financial decisions.
12.Define cost of capital.
13.Define Equity.
14.What is preferred stock?
15.Define Weighted average cost of capital.
16.What is operating leverage?
17.Define financial leverage.
18.Define leverage.
19.Write any two advantages of leverage.
20.Write any two advantages of cost of capital,
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21.What is meant by optimal capital structure?
22.List the factors influencing capital structure.
23.Give the meaning of dividend.
24. Listout the determinants of dividend policy.
25.What are the major sources available for dividends?
26.List the classification of dividend.
27.What are the sources available for dividends?
28.Define general dividend policy.
29. Give the meaning of dividend policy.
30.Define capital structure.
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31.Define capital budgeting.
32.Write any two objectives of capital budgeting.
33.Explain capital budgeting decisions.
34.Write two types of capital budgeting.
35.Briefly explain methods of capital budgeting.
36.Expand ARR.
37.How do you calculate the ARR?
38.Expand IRR.
39.State the steps of capital budgeting process.
40.Write a note on internal rate of return.
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41.Define working capital.
42.Write the objectives of working capital management.
43.Write the objectives of working capital management
44.List the factors affecting working capital
45.Mention the need of working capital management
46.Draw the working capital cycle
47.List the various components of operating cycle.
48. Define cash management.
49.What is receivable management?
50. Explain credit policies.
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UNIT-II
11. Assume and write the brief note about preferred stock.
21.Define capital structure and analyze what are the factors influencing capital structure?
Sales Rs. 10,00,000 variable costs 40% of sales, and fixed cost Rs. 2,00,000, interest Rs. 15,000.
Calculate operating, financial and combined leverage. Also state change in the above leverages if
selling price is increased by 15%.
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31. Contrast the objectives of capital budgeting.
32. Discover the principles of capital budgeting.
33. List the importance of capital budgeting.
34. Assume the process of capital budgeting.
35. The company wants to reduce the labour cost by installing a new machine. Two types of
machines are available in the market, machine X and machine Y. Machine X would cost
Rs.18,000where as machine Y would cost Rs.15,000.Both the machines can reduce annual
labour cost by Rs. 3000.Caculate payback period method of both the machine and recommend
the best machine.
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41. Analyze and write brief note about working capital management.
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2. Elaborate and write the difference between profit maximization and wealth maximization.
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35,000 35,000
Depreciation has been charged on straight line basis and estimated life of both machines is 5
years. You are required to find out
2. Which machine is better from the point of view of payback period and why?
3. Calculate average rate of return when salvage value of machine A turns out to be Rs. 3000 and
when B machine has zero salvage value.
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