18th Edition by Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley
Danielsen| Verified Chapter's 1 – 21
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
1 The Goals and Activities of Financial Management PART 2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
AND PLANNING
2 Review of Accounting
3 Financial Analysis
4 Financial Forecasting
5 Operating and Financial Leverage
PART 3 WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
6 Working Capital and the Financing Decision
7 Current Asset Management
8 Sources of Short-Term Financing
PART 4 THE CAPITAL BUDGETING PROCESS
9 The Time Value of Money
10 Valuation and Rates of Return
11 Cost of Capital
12 The Capital Budgeting Decision
13 Risk and Capital Budgeting
PART 5 LONG-TERM FINANCING
14 Capital Markets
15 Investment Banking
16 Long-Term Debt and Lease Financing
17 Common and Preferred Stock Financing
18 Dividend Policy and Retained Earnings
19 Convertibles, Warrants, and Derivatives
PART 6 EXPANDING THE PERSPECTIVE OF CORPORATE FINANCE
20 External Growth through Mergers
21 International Financial Management
,Foundations of Financial Management, 18e (Block)
Chapter 1 The Goals and Activities of Financial Management
1) As finance emerged as a new field, much emphasis was placed on mergers and
acquisitions.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction to corporate finance
Learning Objective: 01-01 The field of finance integrates concepts from economics,
accounting,and a number of other areas.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective
Thinking
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2) Inflation is assumed to be a temporary problem that does not affect financial decisions.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Financial management decisions
Learning Objective: 01-01 The field of finance integrates concepts from economics,
accounting,and a number of other areas.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective
Thinking
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3) Financial capital is composed of long-term plant and equipment, as well as other
tangibleinvestments.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction to corporate finance
Learning Objective: 01-01 The field of finance integrates concepts from economics,
accounting,and a number of other areas.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective
, Thinking
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4) Real capital is composed of long-term plant and equipment.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
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5) During the 1930s, financial practice revolved around such topics as the preservation of
capital,maintenance of liquidity, the reorganization of financially troubled corporations,
and bankruptcy.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction to corporate finance
Learning Objective: 01-01 The field of finance integrates concepts from economics,
accounting,and a number of other areas.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective
Thinking
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6) In the mid 1950s, finance began to change to a more analytical, decision-oriented
approach.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction to corporate finance
Learning Objective: 01-01 The field of finance integrates concepts from economics,
accounting,and a number of other areas.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective
Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
7) Recently, the emphasis of financial management has been on the relationship between
risk andreturn.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction to corporate finance