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Chapter 27The Basic Tools of Finance1. The amount of money that someone would pay today for the right to receive a future payment is called the a. present value of the future payment. b. determinate value of the future payment. c. market interest rate. d. principal.2. Which of the following changes would increase the present value of a future payment? a. a decrease in the size of the payment b. a decrease in the certainty of the payment actually being received c. an increase in the amount of time that elapses before receiving the payment d. a decrease in the interest rate: 3. You have a bond that you can redeem for $10,000 one year from now. The interest rate is 10 percent per year. How much is the bond worth today? a. $9,091.01 b. $10,000.00 c. $8,264.46 d. 9,523.814. A snowplow will generate a net income of $2,000 per year for its owner. After 8 years, the plow will break down and have zero value. The maximum amount of money anyone would pay for the plow is a. less than $2,000. b. $2000. c. between $2,000 and $16,000. d. $16,000.5. You have a choice among three options. Option 1: receive $900 immediately. Option 2: receive $1,200 one year from now. Option 3: receive $2,000 five years from now. The interest rate is 15% per year. Rank these three options from highest present value to lowest present value. a. Option 1; Option 2; Option 3 b. Option 3; Option 2; Option 1 c. Option 2; Option 3; Option 1 d. Option 3; Option 1; Option 26. Someone who cares only about expected return and doesn’t worry about risk is someone who is a. risk averse. b. risk neutral. c. risk seeking. d. irrational.7. Diversification has the advantage of a. reducing expected return. b. reducing actual return. c. reducing risk. d. reducing the profits of insurance companies.8. To diversify, a homeowner with a variable-rate mortgage should choose investments that a. pay higher returns when interest rates rise and lower returns when interest rates fall. b. pay lower returns when interest rates rise and higher returns when interest rates fall. c. provide a higher return than the market average. d. provide a lower return than the market average.9. Rex is a mortgage broker, who is paid by commission. When interest rates decline, he does a lot of business and earns a lot of money, as more people buy houses or refinance their mortgages. But when interest rates rise, business falls substantially. To diversify, Rex should choose investments that a. provide a higher return than the market average. b. provide a lower return than the market average. c. pay higher returns when interest rates rise and lower returns when interest rates fall. d. pay lower returns when interest rates rise and higher returns when interest rates fall.10. A person is risk averse if he or she a. prefers a riskier income, holding fixed its expected value. b. doesn’t care about the riskiness of income. c. prefers a less-risky income, holding fixed its expected value. d. refuses to diversify risk.11. When an agent lacks an incentive to promote the best interests of the principal, and the principal cannot observe the actions of the agent, there is said to be a. an optimal contract. b. diversification. c. moral hazard. d. idiosyncratic risk.: 12. Steve bought fire insurance for his house for an amount that was greater than his house was worth, then became careless about leaving burning cigarettes around. This is an example of a. an optimal contract. b. diversification. c. moral hazard. d. aggregate risk.
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