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Q. You are considering buying an old house that you will convert into an office building for rental. Assuming that you will own the property for 10 years, how much would you be willing to pay for the old house now given the following financial data?

  • (A) 250100
  • (B) 232316
  • (C) 201205
  • (D) 218420
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Q. Your R&D group has developed and tested a computer software package that assists engineers to control the proper chemical mix for the various process manufacturing industries. If you decide to market the software, your first year operating net cash flow is estimated to be
$1,000,000. Because of market competition, product life will be about 4 years, and the product’s market share will decrease by 25% each year over the previous year’s share. You are approached by a big software house which wants to purchase the right to manufacture and distribute the product. Assuming that your interest rate is 15%, for
what minimum price would you be willing to sell the software?

  • (A) 2887776
  • (B) 2766344
  • (C) 2047734
  • (D) 2507621
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Q. Find the capitalized equivalent worth for the project cash flow series at an interest rate of 10%.

  • (A) ce(10%) ⇓ = ⇓ $1,753
  • (B) ce(10%) ⇓ = ⇓ $1,548
  • (C) ce(10%) ⇓ = ⇓ $1,500
  • (D) ce(10%) ⇓ = ⇓ $1,476
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Q. The following table contains a summary of how a project’s balance is expected to change over its 5 year service life at 10% interest.:Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  • (A) the net present worth of the project at 10% interest is $1,242
  • (B) the required additional investment at the end of period 1 is $500
  • (C) the net future of the project at 10% interest is $2,000
  • (D) within 2 years, the company will recover all its investments and the cost of funds (interest) from the project
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Q. Reconsider the project balance table calculated at 10% given in 5.9.:Which of the following statements is correct?

  • (A) the cash flow in period 3 is $240
  • (B) the project is not profitable at i ⇓ = ⇓ 10%.
  • (C) the conventional payback period is 1.7 years
  • (D) the net present worth of the project is $2,000
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Q. A newly constructed water treatment facility cost $2 million. It is estimated that the facility will need renovating every 30 years at a cost of $1 million. Annual repairs and maintenance are estimated to be
$100,000 per year. At an interest rate of 6%, determine the capitalized
cost of the facility.

  • (A) 3579806
  • (B) 3877482
  • (C) 4301205
  • (D) 3360343
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Q. Consider the following two investment alternatives:Suppose that your firm needs either machine for only 2 years. The net proceeds from the sale of machine B are estimated to be $200. What should be the required net proceeds from the sale of machine A so that both machines could be considered economically indifferent at an interest rate of 10%?

  • (A) 850
  • (B) 700
  • (C) 750
  • (D) 800
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Q. Gene Research, Inc. just finished a 4-year R&D and clinical trials successfully and expects a quick approval from the Food and Drug
Administration. If the company markets the product on their own, it requires $30 million immediately (n ⇓ = ⇓ 0) to build a new manufacturing facility, and it is expected to have a 10 year product life.
The R&D expenditure in the previous years and the anticipated revenues that the company can generate over the next 10 years is summarized as follows:Merck, a large drug company is interested in purchasing the R&D project and the right to commercialize the product from Gene Research, Inc., immediately (n□ =□ 0). What would be a starting negotiating price for the project from Merck? Assume that
Gene’s MARR ⇓ = 20%.

  • (A) $524 million
  • (B) $105 million
  • (C) $420 million
  • (D) $494 million
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Q. Which of the following statements is correct?

  • (A) the reason why the u.s. congress allows business to use macrs depreciation as opposed to conventional methods is to reduce the business tax burden over the project life.
  • (B) under the declining balance depreciation system, it is always desirable to switch to straight line depreciation.
  • (C) when determining the cost basis for an asset’s depreciation, you must include all the costs that were incurred to keep the asset in operable condition.
  • (D) the main reason why a typical firm may use a straight line depreciation method in reporting an income to outside investors (as opposed to any other accelerated tax depreciation methods) is to abide by the accounting principle— that is to report the t
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Q. Which of the following statements is correct?

  • (A) over a project’s life, a typical business will generate a greater amount of total project cash flows (undiscounted) if a faster depreciation method is adopted.
  • (B) no matter which depreciation method you adopt, total tax obligations over a project’s life remain unchanged.
  • (C) depreciation recapture equals cost basis minus an asset’s book value at the time of disposal, that is, if the salvage value is less than the asset’s cost basis.
  • (D) cash flows normally include depreciation expenses since they represent a cost of doing business.
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