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Which is the MOST expensive capital structure for a growing technology firm? Assume a tax rate of 32%.

A.

30% debt at a cost of 6%, cost of equity of 13%

B.

40% debt at a cost of 5%, cost of equity of 14%

C.

50% debt at a cost of 4%, cost of equity of 15%

D.

60% debt at a cost of 3%, cost of equity of 16%

Which of the following is indicative of a consolidated operation?

A.

Shared service center

B.

Transfer pricing agreements between subsidiaries

C.

Intracompany loans

D.

Offshore financing

XYZ Company's cash manager is evaluating cash concentration transfer options. The company has an 8% cost of funds and $50,000 in average daily field cash receipts. The wire transfer results in the transfer of funds one day faster. Which of the following options correctly ranks the transfer choices from most cost-effective to least cost-effective?

1. Electronic depository transfer costing $1.00

2. Electronic depository transfer costing $2.50

3. Wire transfer costing $8.00

4. Wire transfer costing $15.00

A.

1, 2, 3, 4

B.

1, 3, 2, 4

C.

3, 1, 2, 4

D.

3, 4, 1, 2

The treasurer at Company ABC would like to assess the quality of the company's A/R at an aggregate level by knowing how long the company takes to convert a credit sale into cash. Identify which method the treasurer should use and calculate the result by using the following information regarding Company ABC:

Annual Revenue = $4,500,000

Annual Credit Sales = $3,800,000

Accounts Receivable = $800,000

A.

Days' Receivable; 64.89 days

B.

Days' Sales Outstanding; 76.84 days

C.

Days' Receivable; 355.39 days

D.

Days' Sales Outstanding; 432.24 days

Which one of the following is true of capital repatriation for multinational companies?

A.

Payment of dividends may not be taxed by host governments.

B.

Management fees paid by the subsidiary may require negotiation with the host government.

C.

Transfer pricing can be used to locate profits in subsidiaries in high tax jurisdictions.

D.

Intracompany loans which are paid back promptly may be considered dividends.

A company plans to double its dividend to its shareholders. Which of the following characteristics of the company would be MOST affected by this increase?

A.

Long-term debt

B.

Short-term debt

C.

Net income

D.

Retained earnings

The risk of one bank failing and endangering the liquidity of other banks is called:

A.

sender risk.

B.

receiver risk.

C.

daylight overdraft risk.

D.

systemic risk.

Which of the following is a PRIMARY responsibility of a company's risk management function?

A.

Insurance

B.

Auditing

C.

Leasing

D.

Liquidity monitoring

A put option is out of the money when the asset price:

A.

is less than the strike price.

B.

exceeds the strike price.

C.

is unchanged relative to the purchase price.

D.

is equal to the strike price.

Based on the data set, how much money will ABC Company owe the bank for monthly service charges after the earnings credit is applied?

A.

$0

B.

$83

C.

$471

D.

$860

A U.S. company has 50 bank accounts from which it issues check payments. In order to more accurately determine its daily cash position, which of the following bank services should be implemented?

A.

Payable through draft

B.

Remote deposit capture

C.

Controlled disbursement

D.

Payee positive pay

A company is expanding its investment portfolio to include external managers. All managers place trades through a company account so that detailed investment reports can be generated. What is the BEST method to adopt for accurate tracking and reporting of investment activity and to reduce the potential for fraud?

A.

Contract with a third-party custodian.

B.

Open an in-house trading account.

C.

Utilize a common brokerage firm.

D.

Establish a nominee.

A treasury manager at a multinational manufacturing corporation assigned a team of analysts to re-engineer the company’s FX exposure management program. Which of the following alternatives would BEST accomplish this objective?

A.

Leading and lagging

B.

Re-invoicing

C.

Transfer pricing

D.

Value dating

Which of the following is a tool that companies use to obtain a quantitative rating of a financial institution’s level of service?

A.

Relationship review

B.

Score card

C.

Service agreement

D.

CAMELS rating

Which of the following actions would the CFO of a Canadian multinational conglomerate MOST LIKELY take to repatriate profits from its international subsidiaries?

A.

Re-invoicing

B.

Multilateral netting

C.

Unbundle cash flows

D.

Pooling

An analyst is performing a lease versus buy analysis on a corporate jet. In the evaluation, a cost is relevant if it is:

A.

tied to inflation.

B.

different in each scenario.

C.

considered a sunk cost.

D.

unlikely to be incurred.

Recently LEW Utilities, a local utility company, began using the company processing center method to process customer payments. Prior to this change, it used its local depository bank’s lockbox to process the payments. The PRIMARY advantage of the new method is to:

A.

decrease mail float as a result of applying payments in-house.

B.

ensure that payments are correctly applied to the customer’s account.

C.

reduce the processing float since payments are mailed directly to the customer.

D.

lower overall costs since in-house processing is cheaper than third-party processing.

A manager has prepared an analysis of five investment alternatives. Prior to selecting which alternative to invest funds in, the manager calculated the anticipated return for all options. The manager is only going to invest in one alternative. The four investments that are not chosen are:

A.

a cost of capital.

B.

a loss of leverage.

C.

an opportunity cost.

D.

a cost benefit.

EDI infrastructure includes which of the following four PRIMARY components?

A.

Communication networks and standards, computer hardware, EDI software, and standard formats

B.

Business-to-business banking services, EDI e-commerce, EDI software, and electronic payments networks

C.

Authentication devices, evaluated receipts settlement, firewalls, and single sourcing arrangements

D.

File transfer protocol, hypertext transfer protocol, uniform resource locator, and Extensible Markup Language (XML)

An analyst at XYZ Company was assigned with determining if the company should start to use a lockbox provider for its retail payments. The analyst determined that the company’s annual sales of $324,000,000 were recorded evenly throughout the year. The Company receives 30,000 checks annually. Total dollar-days float without the lockbox is $76,500,000 and the annual opportunity cost is 5.5%; assume 30-day month. The industry’s average opportunity cost is 6.0%. Using the information in the table, what would be the net effect of using the lockbox?

A.

Net savings of $57,750

B.

Net savings of $63,000

C.

Net savings of $1,732,500

D.

Net savings of $1,890,000