Risk analysis Answer: c Diff: E . Lieber Technologies is considering two potential projects, X and Y. In assessing the projects’ risk, the company has estimated the beta of each project and has also conducted a simulation analysis. Their efforts have produced the following numbers: Project X Project YExpected NPV $350,000 $350,000Standard deviation (NPV) $100,000 $150,000Estimated project beta 1.4 0.8Estimated correlation of Cash flows are not Cash flows are highlyproject’s cash flows with highly correlated with correlated with thethe cash flows of the the cash flows of the cash flows of thecompany’s existing projects. existing projects. existing projects.Which of the following statements is most correct?a. Project X has a higher level of stand-alone risk relative to Project Y.b. Project X has a higher level of corporate risk relative to Project Y.c. Project X has a higher level of market risk relative to Project Y.d. Statements b and c are correct.e. All of the statements above are correct.Risk analysis Answer: a Diff: E N . Currently, Purcell Products Inc. has a beta of 1.0, and the sales of all of its products tend to be positively correlated with the overall economy and the overall market. The company estimates that a proposed new project has a higher standard deviation than the typical project undertaken by the firm. The company also estimates that the new project’s sales will do better when the overall economy is down and do poorly when the overall economy is strong. On the basis of this information, which of the following statements is most correct?
a. The proposed new project has more stand-alone risk than the firm’s typical project.
b. If undertaken, the proposed new project will increase the firm’s corporate risk.
c. If undertaken, the proposed new project will increase the firm’s market risk.
d. Statements a and b are correct.
e. All of the statements above are correct.
Risk analysis Answer: e Diff: E N
. In conducting its risk analysis, Hanratty Inc. estimates that on a stand-alone basis, a proposed project’s estimated returns has more risk than its existing projects. The project is also expected to be more sensitive to movements in the overall economy and market than are its existing projects. However, Hanratty estimates that the overall standard deviation of the company’s total returns would fall if the company were to go ahead with this project. On the basis of this information, which of the following statements is most correct?
a. The proposed project’s estimated returns have a higher standard deviation compared to the average existing project.
b. The proposed project will reduce the company’s corporate risk.
c. The proposed project will increase the company’s market risk.
d. The proposed project’s returns are not perfectly correlated with the returns of its existing projects.
e. All of the statements above are correct.
Accepting risky projects Answer: e Diff: E
. A firm is considering the purchase of an asset whose risk is greater than the current risk of the firm, based on any method for assessing risk. In evaluating this asset, the decision maker should
a. Increase the IRR of the asset to reflect the greater risk.
b. Increase the NPV of the asset to reflect the greater risk.
c. Reject the asset, since its acceptance would increase the firm’s risk.
d. Ignore the risk differential, if the asset to be accepted would comprise only a small fraction of the firm’s total assets.
e. Increase the cost of capital used to evaluate the project to reflect the project’s higher risk.
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