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Chapter 1 Getting Started-Principles of Finance
1) Which of the following statements best represents what finance is about?
A) How political, social, and economic forces affect corporations
B) Maximizing profits
C) The study of how people and businesses make investment decisions and how to finance those
decisions.
D) Reducing risk
Answer: C
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
2) From a financial point of view, a company that decides to develop new product is making
A) a financing decision.
B) an investment decision.
C) a capital structure decision.
D) a cash flow decision.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
3) Working capital management refers to
A) long-term financing decisions.
B) the management of cash flows.
C) investing in product development.
D) capital structure.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 5. Application of knowledge
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: capital structure
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
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,4) Finance managers need to interact constantly with
A) marketing managers.
B) accounting staff.
C) management information systems staff.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
5) The personal decision to take a year off from work to obtain a graduate degree in business is primarily
a(n)________ decision.
A) social
B) financial
C) ethical
D) investment
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Revised
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
6) The area of finance that deals with long-term investment decisions is known as
A) capital structure.
B) working capital management.
C) financial strategy.
D) capital budgeting.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
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,7) Capital structure refers to the financing of long-term investments.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
8) Financial decisions can be difficult because the cost of investments can be estimated with greater
confidence than future payoffs.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
9) What are the three basic questions addressed by the study of investments?
Answer: 1. What long-term investments should the firm undertake?
2. How should the firm raise money to fund these investments?
3. How can the firm best manage its cash flows as they arise in its day to day operations?
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
10) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the sole proprietorship?
A) Limited liability
B) No time limit imposed on its existence
C) No legal requirements for starting the business
D) None of the above
Answer: A
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: proprietorships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
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,11) What is the chief disadvantage of the sole proprietorship as a form of business organization when
compared to the corporate form?
A) Sole proprietorships are subject to double taxation of profits.
B) The cost of formation
C) Inadequate profit sharing
D) Owners have unlimited liability.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: proprietorships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
12) Which of the following is NOT true for limited partnerships?
A) Only limited partners can manage the business.
B) One general partner must exist who has unlimited liability.
C) Only the name of general partners can appear in the name of the firm.
D) Limited partners may sell their interest in the company.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
13) The true owners of the corporation are the
A) holders of debt issues of the firm.
B) preferred stockholders.
C) board of directors of the firm.
D) common stockholders.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
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,14) In terms of organizational costs, which of the following sequences is generally correct, moving from
lowest to highest cost?
A) General partnership, sole proprietorship, limited partnership, corporation
B) Sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, corporation
C) Corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, sole proprietorship
D) Sole proprietorship, general partnership, corporation, limited partnership
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
15) Assume that you are starting a business. Further assume that the business is expected to grow very
quickly and a great deal of capital will be needed soon. What type of business organization would you
choose?
A) Corporation
B) General Partnership
C) Limited liability company
D) Limited partnership
Answer: A
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
16) Which one of the following categories of owners enjoys limited liability?
A) General partners in a limited partnership or limited liability company.
B) Shareholders (common stock) of a corporation
C) Sole proprietors
D) Both A and B
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
5
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,17) Which of the following is a characteristic of a limited partnership?
A) It allows one or more partners to have limited liability.
B) It requires one or more of the partners to be a general partner to whom the privilege of limited liability
does not apply.
C) It prohibits the limited partners from participating in the management of the partnership.
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
18) Limited liability companies (LLCs) differ from limited partnerships in that
A) owners of the LLC are subject to double taxation.
B) owners of the LLC have unlimited liability for the firmʹs debt.
C) owners of the LLC are not liable for the firmʹs debt.
D) owners of the LLC may not exceed 12 in number.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: New question
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
19) Which of the following types of business forms is least risky to investors?
A) Sole proprietorship
B) Limited partnership
C) General partnership
D) A public corporation
Answer: D
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
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,20) Which forms of organization are free of initial legal requirements?
A) Sole proprietorship
B) General partnership
C) Corporation
D) Both A and B
Answer: D
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
21) For these types of organization, no distinction is made between business and personal assets.
A) Sole proprietorship
B) General partnership
C) Limited partnership
D) Both A and B
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
22) Which of the following is a significant disadvantage of a general partnership?
A) The cost of forming it is high.
B) Each partner is fully responsible for the liabilities incurred by the partnership.
C) There is a risk associated with the industry in which it operates.
D) Forming the business is very complex.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
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, 23) Which of the following forms of business organization is the dominant economic force in the United
States?
A) The sole proprietorship
B) The general partnership
C) The limited partnership
D) The joint venture
E) The corporation
Answer: E
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
24) A limited partner is liable
A) for only his or her own share of the partnershipʹs debts.
B) for his or her own share of the partnershipʹs debts and contingently liable for the other partners shares.
C) only up to the amount invested by that partner.
D) for none of the partnershipʹs debts.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
25) A corporation is owned by
A) shareholders and partners.
B) the shareholders who hold the companyʹs stock.
C) the Board of Directors
D) its Chief Executive Officer.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
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Applications, 14th edition Sheridan Titman
TESTBANK
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,Financial Management: Principles & Applications, 14e (Titman)
Chapter 1 Getting Started-Principles of Finance
1) Which of the following statements best represents what finance is about?
A) How political, social, and economic forces affect corporations
B) Maximizing profits
C) The study of how people and businesses make investment decisions and how to finance those
decisions.
D) Reducing risk
Answer: C
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
2) From a financial point of view, a company that decides to develop new product is making
A) a financing decision.
B) an investment decision.
C) a capital structure decision.
D) a cash flow decision.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
3) Working capital management refers to
A) long-term financing decisions.
B) the management of cash flows.
C) investing in product development.
D) capital structure.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 5. Application of knowledge
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: capital structure
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
1
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,4) Finance managers need to interact constantly with
A) marketing managers.
B) accounting staff.
C) management information systems staff.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
5) The personal decision to take a year off from work to obtain a graduate degree in business is primarily
a(n)________ decision.
A) social
B) financial
C) ethical
D) investment
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Revised
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
6) The area of finance that deals with long-term investment decisions is known as
A) capital structure.
B) working capital management.
C) financial strategy.
D) capital budgeting.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
2
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,7) Capital structure refers to the financing of long-term investments.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
8) Financial decisions can be difficult because the cost of investments can be estimated with greater
confidence than future payoffs.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
9) What are the three basic questions addressed by the study of investments?
Answer: 1. What long-term investments should the firm undertake?
2. How should the firm raise money to fund these investments?
3. How can the firm best manage its cash flows as they arise in its day to day operations?
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.1 Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and
identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make.
Keywords: what is finance?
Principles: Principle 3: Cash Flows are the Source of Value
10) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the sole proprietorship?
A) Limited liability
B) No time limit imposed on its existence
C) No legal requirements for starting the business
D) None of the above
Answer: A
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: proprietorships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
3
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,11) What is the chief disadvantage of the sole proprietorship as a form of business organization when
compared to the corporate form?
A) Sole proprietorships are subject to double taxation of profits.
B) The cost of formation
C) Inadequate profit sharing
D) Owners have unlimited liability.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: proprietorships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
12) Which of the following is NOT true for limited partnerships?
A) Only limited partners can manage the business.
B) One general partner must exist who has unlimited liability.
C) Only the name of general partners can appear in the name of the firm.
D) Limited partners may sell their interest in the company.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
13) The true owners of the corporation are the
A) holders of debt issues of the firm.
B) preferred stockholders.
C) board of directors of the firm.
D) common stockholders.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
4
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,14) In terms of organizational costs, which of the following sequences is generally correct, moving from
lowest to highest cost?
A) General partnership, sole proprietorship, limited partnership, corporation
B) Sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, corporation
C) Corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, sole proprietorship
D) Sole proprietorship, general partnership, corporation, limited partnership
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
15) Assume that you are starting a business. Further assume that the business is expected to grow very
quickly and a great deal of capital will be needed soon. What type of business organization would you
choose?
A) Corporation
B) General Partnership
C) Limited liability company
D) Limited partnership
Answer: A
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
16) Which one of the following categories of owners enjoys limited liability?
A) General partners in a limited partnership or limited liability company.
B) Shareholders (common stock) of a corporation
C) Sole proprietors
D) Both A and B
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
5
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,17) Which of the following is a characteristic of a limited partnership?
A) It allows one or more partners to have limited liability.
B) It requires one or more of the partners to be a general partner to whom the privilege of limited liability
does not apply.
C) It prohibits the limited partners from participating in the management of the partnership.
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
18) Limited liability companies (LLCs) differ from limited partnerships in that
A) owners of the LLC are subject to double taxation.
B) owners of the LLC have unlimited liability for the firmʹs debt.
C) owners of the LLC are not liable for the firmʹs debt.
D) owners of the LLC may not exceed 12 in number.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: New question
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
19) Which of the following types of business forms is least risky to investors?
A) Sole proprietorship
B) Limited partnership
C) General partnership
D) A public corporation
Answer: D
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
6
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,20) Which forms of organization are free of initial legal requirements?
A) Sole proprietorship
B) General partnership
C) Corporation
D) Both A and B
Answer: D
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
21) For these types of organization, no distinction is made between business and personal assets.
A) Sole proprietorship
B) General partnership
C) Limited partnership
D) Both A and B
Answer: D
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
22) Which of the following is a significant disadvantage of a general partnership?
A) The cost of forming it is high.
B) Each partner is fully responsible for the liabilities incurred by the partnership.
C) There is a risk associated with the industry in which it operates.
D) Forming the business is very complex.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: partnerships
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
7
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, 23) Which of the following forms of business organization is the dominant economic force in the United
States?
A) The sole proprietorship
B) The general partnership
C) The limited partnership
D) The joint venture
E) The corporation
Answer: E
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
24) A limited partner is liable
A) for only his or her own share of the partnershipʹs debts.
B) for his or her own share of the partnershipʹs debts and contingently liable for the other partners shares.
C) only up to the amount invested by that partner.
D) for none of the partnershipʹs debts.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
25) A corporation is owned by
A) shareholders and partners.
B) the shareholders who hold the companyʹs stock.
C) the Board of Directors
D) its Chief Executive Officer.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
AACSB: 4. Reflective thinking
Question Status: Previous edition
Objective: 1.2 Identify the key differences among the three major legal forms of business.
Keywords: corporation
Principles: Principle 2: There Is a Risk-Return Tradeoff
8
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