1. A three-year Treasury note with a par value of $100 is currently priced to yield 3.50%. If the coupon rate is 4% and coupon
payments are made on a semi-annual basis, the bond's price is...
2. The firm that you work for requires that any investment o§er a return of at least 10%. After some due diligence on a
particular project, you determine that this investment will o§er a 7.5% internal rate of return.
Based on this information, you conclude
(a) the project's net present value is strictly positive.
(b) the project's net present value is zero.
(c) the project's net present value is strictly negative.
(d) that there is no relation between a project's net present value and its internal rate of return.
3. If you put $75 in a bank account today o§ering a 4% annual yield that is compounded quarterly, how much money will you
have after 100 years?
4. You work for an insurance company that has just purchased a property for $22 million dollars and, based on your estimates
of future cash flows and required return on investment, o§ers a net present value of $4 million dollars. The insurance
company's estimate of the total value of the cash flows that will be received from the building is...
5. A consol bond is a bond o§ering a constant periodic interest payment forever. If a consol bond is priced to yield 5% and
pays a dividend of $250 each year, what is its current value?
(a) $250.00
(b) $5000.00
(c) $12,500.00
(d) $1.
6. You and your significant other want to buy an apartment in three years. You talk with your bank and they o§er a savings
plan o§ering a 6% annual return that is compounded on a monthly basis. If you put $100 a month into the plan, how much will
you have accumulated after three years?
7. At retirement, you cash in your retirement savings and purchase an annuity o§ering you an annual payment of $25,000 a
year for 20 years. If the annuity is based on a 4% annual interest rate and you will receive the first annuity payment one year
from now, how much did you save for retirement?
8. A ten-year corporate bond is priced at its par value of $1,000. If the coupon rate is 4%, the corresponding yield to
maturity....
(a) is less than 4%.
(b) is equal to 4%.
(c) is more than 4%.
(d) cannot be determined due to insu¢cient information.
9. The current price of a five-year Treasury bond is $101.50. If the bond has a par value of $100 and a coupon rate of 5%,
where coupon payments are made on a semi-annual basis,
the bond's yield to maturity is...