Test Bank Foundations of Financial Management, 17th edition by stanley block geoffrey hirt bartley danielse
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Test Bank Foundations of Financial Management, 17th edition by stanley block geoffrey hirt bartley danielse
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
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Foundations of Financial Management, 17e (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
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
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.
9) How investors handle risk is an important topic that usually only economists observe.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Behavioral finance is something that the finance industry puts heavy emphasis on.
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
10) Mortgage-backed securities were devalued by accounting standards because of the high credit
ratings (AAA).
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: These securities were devalued because borrowers defaulted on their loans and
didn't have the financial means to back up their loans in other ways.
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
11) "Credit default swaps" are one of several tools that Congress and the President of the United
States have jointly developed to ease the financial crisis that began in 2008.
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: Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
, 12) The Dodd-Frank Act was created by Congress along with its goals and regulatory
responsibility, but it is facilitated by various agencies.
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
13) The Dodd-Frank Act contains the Volcker Rule, which encourages financial institutions to
allow for more speculative investments for average investors.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Ethics, governance, and regulation
Learning Objective: 01-01 The field of finance integrates concepts from economics, accounting,
and a number of other areas.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
14) The Dodd-Frank Act's oversight allowing regulation of banking fees and available products
has been considered as not being in the best interests of a free market.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Ethics, governance, and regulation
Learning Objective: 01-01 The field of finance integrates concepts from economics, accounting,
and a number of other areas.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
15) The Internet impacts e-commerce by creating a mechanism for improved communications
between a business, its customers, and its suppliers.
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