Which of the following techniques for appraisal of investment proposals are based on time value of money ? (a) Accounting Rate of Return (b) Internal Rate of Return (c) Profitability Index Method (d) Earnings Per Share Codes :
(b) and (c)
Capital budgeting techniques are of two kinds: traditional (non-discounting) methods that ignore the timing of cash flows, and discounted cash flow methods that use the time value of money.
(a) Accounting Rate of Return is based on average accounting profit divided by investment; it does not discount anything, so it ignores the time value of money.
(b) Internal Rate of Return is the discount rate at which the present value of cash inflows equals the present value of outflows, so it is a discounting technique.
(c) Profitability Index is the present value of cash inflows divided by the present value of cash outflows, so it also uses discounting.
(d) Earnings Per Share is an accounting measure of profit per equity share, not a discounting appraisal technique.
So only (b) and (c) rest on the time value of money.
Hence, the answer is (b) and (c).
Which of the following is not true with reference to capital budgeting ?
In certainty equivalent approach, adjusted cash flows are discounted at :
In capital budgeting, the term capital rationing implies :
Interim cash inflows are reinvested at a rate of return equal to the internal rate of return is the built-in-mechanism for
Assertion (A) : When two or more investment proposals are mutually exclusive, ranking the proposals on the basis of IRR, NPV and PI methods may give contradictory results.
Reason (R) : The contradictory results in the ranking are due to differing dimensions relating to the scale of investments, cash flow patterns and project lives.
Indicate the correct answer :
Codes :
Match the items of the following two lists and suggest the correct code :
| List – I | List – II | ||
| a. | Pay-back Rate of Return | i. | Discounted Cash Flow Technique |
| b. | Internal Rate of Return | ii. | Compounded values of investments and returns |
| c. | Benefit Cost Ratio | iii. | Crude method for project evaluation |
| d. | Net Terminal Value Method | iv. | Varying sized projects evaluation |
Codes :
a b c d
Formula for net cash inflow of a project is :
Which of the following variables is not known in Internal Rate of Return methods of capital budgeting?