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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
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3) Financial capital is composed of long-term plant and equipment, as well as other tangible
investments.
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
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
4) Real capital is composed of long-term plant and equipment.
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
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
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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 and
return.
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.; 01-03 The relationship of risk to return is a central focus of finance.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
8) The first Nobel Prizes given to finance professors were for their contributions to capital
structure theory and portfolio theories of risk and return.
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:
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