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Certified Management Accountant (Page 49 )

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The profitability index approach to investment analysis

  1. Fails to consider the timing of project cash flows.
  2. Considers only the project's contribution to net income and does not consider cash flow effects.
  3. Always yields the same accept/reject decisions for independent projects as the net present value method.
  4. Always yields the same accept/reject decisions for mutually exclusive projects as the net present value method.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The profitability index is the ratio of the present value of future net cash inflows to the initial net cash investment. It is a variation of the net present value (NPV) method and facilitates the comparison of different-sized investments. Because it is based on the NPV method, the profitability index will yield the same decision as the NPV for independent projects. However, decisions may differ for mutually exclusive projects of different sizes.



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If an investment project has a profitability index of 1.15,the

  1. Project's internal rate of return is 15%.
  2. Project's cost of capital is greater than its internal rate of return.
  3. Project's internal rate of return exceeds its net present value.
  4. Net present value of the project is positive.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The profitability index is the ratio of the present value of future net cash inflows to the initial net cash investment. It is a variation of the NPV method that facilitates comparison of different-sized investments. A profitability index greater than 1.0 indicates a profitable investment or one that has a positive net present value.



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The technique used to evaluate all possible capital projects of different dollar amounts and then rank them according to their desirability is the

  1. Profitability index method.
  2. Net present value method.
  3. Payback method.
  4. Discounted cash flow method.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The profitability index is the ratio of the present value of future net cash inflows to the initial cash investment; that is, the figures are those used to calculate the net present value (NPV), but the numbers are divided rather than subtracted. This variation of the NPV method facilitates comparison of different-sized investments. It provides an optimal ranking in the absence of capital rationing.



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The profitability index (present value index)

  1. Represents the ratio of the discounted net cash outflows to cash inflows.
  2. Is the relationship between the net discounted cash inflows less the discounted cash outflows divided by the discounted cash outflows.
  3. Is calculated by dividing the discounted profits by the cash outflows.
  4. Is the ratio of the discounted net cash inflows to discounted cash outflows.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The profitability index, also known as the excess present value index, is the ratio of the present value of future net cash inflows to the initial net cash investment (discounted cash outflows). This tool is a variation of the NPV method that facilitates comparison of different-sized investments.



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The method that divides a project's annual after--tax net income by the average investment cost to measure the estimated performance of a capital investment is the

  1. Internal rate of return method.
  2. Accounting rate of return method.
  3. Payback method.
  4. Net present value (NPV) method.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The accounting rate of return uses undiscounted net income (not cash flows) to determine a rate of profitability. Annual after-tax net income is divided by the average carrying amount (or the initial value) of the investment in assets.



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