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CMA-Strategic-Financial-Management Questions and Answers

Question # 6

Below is the income statement and balance sheet for a retail corporation.

What is the corporation’s return on equity in Year 2?

A.

23%

B.

26%

C.

39%

D.

48%

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Question # 7

To minimize me risk of a two-stock portfolio, a company should most likely purchase stocks that have

A.

negatively correlated expected returns

B.

positively correlated expected returns

C.

equally correlated expected returns

D.

no correlated expected returns

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Question # 8

London Corporation has in the following cost structure for two of its product.

Assume that me current sales level is 15,000 units of Product A and 5,000 units of Product B Using

cost-volume-profit analysis which of the following courses of action would maximize profit in the short term? Assume that fixed costs are sunk costs in the short term.

A.

Continue to make and sell Product A only.

B.

Continue to make and sell Product B only

C.

Continue to make and sell both Product A and Product B

D.

Discontinue making and selling Doth products

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Question # 9

A co league claims that morality is usually perceived and interpreted differently by different people so there is no method to judge whether one decision is better than another. This is commonly referred to as

A.

ethical relativity

B.

moral philosophy

C.

comparative ethics

D.

moral relativism

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Question # 10

Marlow Company s partial balance sheet indicated the following.

A.

2.08

B.

1.96

C.

1.58

D.

0.51

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Question # 11

How many units should be produced and sow it AMI'S target net income is $600,000? Snow your calculations.

Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

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Question # 12

Explain two potential benefits for Guda if it acquires Blue Moon.

Essay

Food Depot Ltd, (FDL) is a privately-held company that provides catering services to airlines and operates several restaurant chains including fast food, casual dining, and fine dining restaurants, FDL has been profitable in recent years and has a very strong cash position. FDL's newest division. Food_TO-Go is an online meal ordering and delivery platform acquired by FDL two year ago.

In 20X7, sales for the entire company were $1 billion, with 50% of the business coming from the Airline Catering division. FDL is the country ‘s leading airline catering services provider and control 60% of the market share. However, the outlook of the airline catering industry is gloomy. The compound annual growth rate of the industry for the past five years was only 0.5% as airline networks have increasingly dropped catering on short domestic flights.

The Food-To-division only contribution 5% of FDL’s total sales in 20X7 and is far behind in competing for marketing for market share of the online meal ordering and delivery industry, it is estimated that Food-To-Go’s sales were only 20% of the industry leader’s sales. However, the outlook for the online meal ordering and delivery services industry is bright. The compound annual growth rate of the industry since it started three years ago was 50%. It is estimated the rapid growth of the industry will continue in the foreseeable future.

Susan Willey, the head of Food-To-Go, does not agree that the Airline Catering division is the best-performing division in the company. Wiley argues that ber division bad the highest ROI in 20X7, and it deserves more capital finding. FDL’s requested rate of return is 12%. The selected financial data for the Airline Catering division and Food-To-Go division in 20X7 are as follow (in $ millions)

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Question # 13

Calculate QDDs financial leverage ratio show your calculations

Essay

Quality Digital Design (QDD) Inc is a public-traded technology company Selected financial data of QDD for the prior year are as follows

QDD's stock was trading at $160 per share at the beginning of the yea: and at $176 per share by the end of the year. The company paid dividends of S5 per share. The company "s stock had a beta of 1 4 The stock market provided a total return of 12% last year, well above the 3°o risk free rate of return

QDD is considering the issuance of $200 million of bonds to fund the repurchase of $200 million of its stock. QDD is evaluating the bond, including its term structure, maturity, and whether it should be callable obtaining the lowest coupon interest is an important objective of QDD. The CFO has estimated that sales for the current year would remain the same as last year and the new bond would add S12 million in annual interest payments

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Question # 14

Define the term structure of interest rates and explain now it could impact QDD's objective of obtaining the lowest coupon rate

Essay

Quality Digital Design (QDD) Inc is a public-traded technology company Selected financial data of QDD for the prior year are as follows

QDD's stock was trading at $160 per share at the beginning of the yea: and at $176 per share by the end of the year. The company paid dividends of S5 per share. The company "s stock had a beta of 1 4 The stock market provided a total return of 12% last year, well above the 3°o risk free rate of return

QDD is considering the issuance of $200 million of bonds to fund the repurchase of $200 million of its stock. QDD is evaluating the bond, including its term structure, maturity, and whether it should be callable obtaining the lowest coupon interest is an important objective of QDD. The CFO has estimated that sales for the current year would remain the same as last year and the new bond would add S12 million in annual interest payments

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Question # 15

Identify and explain two risks that Guda may face after it acquires Blue Moon.

Essay

Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

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Question # 16

Identify and explain two ways for AMI to hedge its exchange rate risk.

Essay

Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

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Question # 17

Explain me concept of relevant cost in the season-making process and discuss whatever the €200, 000 course development coil is relevant to OLi's price decisions in future years

Essay

Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country. It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.

OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is €300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it. There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI's highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors. Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.

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Question # 18

Discuss whether QDD stock provided a return that was Better, worse, or the same as its investors would have expected using CAPM snow your calculations

Essay

Quality Digital Design (QDD) Inc is a public-traded technology company Selected financial data of QDD for the prior year are as follows

QDD's stock was trading at $160 per share at the beginning of the yea: and at $176 per share by the end of the year. The company paid dividends of S5 per share. The company "s stock had a beta of 1 4 The stock market provided a total return of 12% last year, well above the 3°o risk free rate of return

QDD is considering the issuance of $200 million of bonds to fund the repurchase of $200 million of its stock. QDD is evaluating the bond, including its term structure, maturity, and whether it should be callable obtaining the lowest coupon interest is an important objective of QDD. The CFO has estimated that sales for the current year would remain the same as last year and the new bond would add S12 million in annual interest payments

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