FIN 515 Week 4 Midterm Exam _Version 2_
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1. (TCO A) Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (Points : 10)<br />
2. (TCO G) Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (Points : 10)<br />
3. (TCO G) LeCompte Corp. has $312,900 of assets, and it uses only common equity capital<br />
(zero debt). Its sales for the last year were $620,000, and its net income after taxes was<br />
$24,655. Stockholders recently voted in a new management team that has promised to<br />
lower costs and get the return on equity up to 15%. What profit margin would LeCompte<br />
need in order to achieve the 15% ROE, holding everything else constant? (Points : 10)<br />
4. (TCO B) You want to buy a new sports car three years from now, and you plan to save<br />
$4,200 per year, beginning one year from today. You will deposit your savings in an<br />
account that pays 5.2% interest. How much will you have just after you make the third<br />
deposit, three years from now? (Points : 10)<br />
5. (TCO B) You sold a car and accepted a note with the following cash flow stream as your<br />
payment. What was the effective price you received for the car assuming an interest rate of<br />
6.0%?<br />
Years: 0 1 2 3 4<br />
|-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|<br />
CFs: $0 $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 (Points : 10)
6. (TCO B) Suppose you borrowed $14,000 at a rate of 10.0% and must repay it in five equal<br />
installments at the end of each of the next five years. How much interest would you have to<br />
pay in the first year? (Points : 10)<br />
7. (TCO D) A 15-year bond with a face value of $1,000 currently sells for $850. Which of the<br />
following statements is CORRECT? (Points : 10)<br />
8. (TCO D) Garvin Enterprises’ bonds currently sell for $1,150. They have a six-year<br />
maturity, an annual coupon of $85, and a par value of $1,000. What is their current yield?<br />
(Points : 10)<br />
9. (TCO C) Niendorf Corporation's five-year bonds yield 6.75%, and five-year T-bonds<br />
yield 4.80%. The real risk-free rate is r* = 2.75%, the inflation premium for five-year<br />
bonds is IP = 1.65%, the default risk premium for Niendorf's bonds is DRP = 1.20% versus<br />
zero for T-bonds, and the maturity risk premium for all bonds is found with the formula<br />
MRP = (t - 1) x 0.1%, where t = number of years to maturity. What is the liquidity premium<br />
(LP) on Niendorf's bonds? (Points : 10)<br />
10. (TCO C) Assume that to cool off the economy and decrease expectations for inflation, the<br />
Federal Reserve tightened the money supply, causing an increase in the risk-free rate, rRF.<br />
Investors also became concerned that the Fed's actions would lead to a recession, and that<br />
led to an increase in the market risk premium, (rM - rRF). Under these conditions, with<br />
other things held constant, which of the following statements is most correct? (Points : 10)<br />
11. |-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|<br />
CFs: $0 $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 (Points : 10)<br />
12. (TCO B) Suppose you borrowed $14,000 at a rate of 10.0% and must repay it in five equal<br />
installments at the end of each of the next five years. How much interest would you have to<br />
pay in the first year? (Points : 10)<br />
13. (TCO D) A 15-year bond with a face value of $1,000 currently sells for $850. Which of the<br />
following statements is CORRECT? (Points : 10)<br />
14. (TCO D) Garvin Enterprises’ bonds currently sell for $1,150. They have a six-year<br />
maturity, an annual coupon of $85, and a par value of $1,000. What is their current yield?<br />
(Points : 10)<br />
15. (TCO C) Niendorf Corporation's five-year bonds yield 6.75%, and five-year T-bonds<br />
yield 4.80%. The real risk-free rate is r* = 2.75%, the inflation premium for five-year<br />
bonds is IP = 1.65%, the default risk premium for Niendorf's bonds is DRP = 1.20% versus<br />
zero for T-bonds, and the maturity risk premium for all bonds is found with the formula<br />
MRP = (t - 1) x 0.1%, where t = number of years to maturity. What is the liquidity premium<br />
(LP) on Niendorf's bonds? (Points : 10)<br />
16. (TCO C) Assume that to cool off the economy and decrease expectations for inflation, the<br />
Federal Reserve tightened the money supply, causing an increase in the risk-free rate, rRF.<br />
Investors also became concerned that the Fed's actions would lead to a recession, and that<br />
led to an increase in the market risk premium, (rM - rRF). Under these conditions, with<br />
other things held constant, which of the following statements is most correct? (Points : 10)