Financial policy and cash flows Answer: c Diff: M . Which of the following statements is most correct?a. The optimal dividend policy is the one that satisfies the shareholders because they supply the firm’s capital.b. The use of debt financing has no effect on cash flow or stock price.c. The riskiness of projected cash flows depends upon how the firm is financed.d. Stock price is dependent on the projected cash flows and the use of debt, but not on the timing of the cash flow stream.e. Dividend policy is one aspect of the firm’s financial policy that is determined directly by the shareholders. Corporate goals and control Answer: e Diff: M . Which of the following statements is most correct?a. The proper goal of the financial manager should be to maximize the firm’s expected cash flow, because this will add the most wealth to each of the individual shareholders (owners) of the firm.b. One way to state the decision framework most useful for carrying out the firm’s objective is as follows: “The financial manager should seek that combination of assets, liabilities, and capital that will generate the largest expected projected after-tax income over the relevant time horizon.”c. The riskiness inherent in a firm’s earnings per share (EPS) depends on the characteristics of the projects the firm selects, which means it depends upon the firm’s assets, but EPS does not depend on the manner in which those assets are financed.d. Since large, publicly-owned firms are controlled by their management teams, and typically, ownership is widely dispersed, managers have great freedom in managing the firm. Managers may operate in stockhold¬ers’ best interests, but they may also operate in their own personal best interests. As long as managers stay within the law, there simply aren’t any effective controls over managerial deci¬sions in such situations.e. Agency problems exist between stockholders and managers, and between stockholders and creditors.Agency Answer: c Diff: M . Which of the following statements is most correct?a. Agency conflicts between stockholders and managers are not really a problem when outsiders (that is, non-managers) own shares in a corporation.b. Managers may operate in stockholders’ best interests, or managers may operate in their own personal best interests. As long as managers stay within the law, there are no effective controls that stockholders can implement to control managerial decision making.c. The agency conflicts between bondholders and stockholders can be reduced with the use of restrictive bond covenants.d. An agency relationship exists when one or more persons hire another person to perform some service but withhold decision-making authority from that person.e. None of the statements above is correct. Agency Answer: d Diff: M . Which of the following statements is most correct?a. One of the ways in which firms can mitigate or reduce agency problems between bondholders and stockholders is by increasing the amount of debt in the capital structure.b. The threat of takeover is one way in which the agency problem between stockholders and managers can be alleviated.c. Managerial compensation can be structured to reduce agency problems between stockholders and managers.d. Statements b and c are correct.e. All of the statements above are correct.Miscellaneous concepts Answer: e Diff: M . Which of the following statements is most correct?a. Corporations face fewer regulations and taxes relative to sole proprietorships and partnerships.b. Managers who face the threat of hostile takeovers are less likely to pursue policies that maximize shareholder value compared to managers who do not face the threat of hostile takeovers.c. Bond covenants are an effective way to resolve agency conflicts between shareholders and managers.d. Because of their size, it is easier for sole proprietors and partnerships to raise outside capital than it is for a corporation.e. One advantage to forming a corporation is that the owners of the corporations have limited liability.
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