Corporate Finance Essay

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Section I: Overview of Corporate Finance 1. Which one of the following terms is defined as a conflict of interest between the corporate shareholders and the corporate managers? A. articles of incorporation B. corporate breakdown C. agency problem D. bylaws E. legal liability 2. Which of the following questions are addressed by financial managers? I. How should a product be marketed? II. Should customers be given 30 or 45 days to pay for their credit purchases? III. Should the firm borrow more money? IV. Should the firm acquire new equipment? A. I and IV only B. II and III only C. I, II, and III only D. II, III, and IV only E. I, II, III, and IV 3. Which one of the following is a capital budgeting decision? A. determining how many shares of stock to issue B. deciding whether or not to purchase a new machine for the production line C. deciding how to refinance a debt issue that is maturing D. determining how much inventory to keep on hand E. determining how much money should be kept in the checking account 4. Decisions made by financial managers should primarily focus on increasing which one of the following? A. size of the firm B. growth rate of the firm C. gross profit per unit produced D. market value per share of outstanding stock E. total sales 5. Essay List and briefly describe the three general areas of responsibility for a financial manager. The three areas of responsibility for a financial manager are capital budgeting, capital structure and working capital. Capital budgeting are the long term fixed asset investments (plants, products, systems). A good retail example would be the opening of a new Wal-Mart because the store is expected to generate more cash flow which will be adding value to the company. Another example would be a software company like
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