NPV MCQ – Net Present Value Multiple Choice Questions

Net Present Value NPV is a valuable technique to evaluate various projects for investment opportunities. We have covered NPV in great detail under Financial Management topic. Limited time scale exams normally includes MCQs (multuple choice questions), so it is a good idea to practice these before the actual exam day.

1. Net Present Value is a technique of:

a. Capital budgeting

b. Revenue recognition

c. Prudence concept

2. There is a direct relation between NPV and Economic Value Added (EVA)?

a. Yes

b. No.

3. NPV will be zero when:

a. Cash flows are not sufficient to repay capital invested

b. Cash flows are more than the capital invested

c. Cash flows are sufficient to repay capital invested

4. You will undertake a project, if its NPV is:

a. Zero

b. Positive

c. Negative

5. The discount rate to discount cash flows is a measure of:

a. Interest rate

b. Inflation rate

c. Opportunity cost of capital

1.What is the relationship between NPV (Net Present Value) and EVA (Economic Value Added)?

Indirect

Direct

No relation

2.We can get NPV by subtracting the present value of future cash flows from the initial investment.

True

False

3.When cash flows of a project are sufficient to repay the capital investment, the NPV will be:

Positive

Negative

Zero

None of the above

4.Capital budgeting starts from:

Identification of potential projects

Pooling of funds for the projects

Estimation of cash flows

Determination of discount rate

5.Mutually exclusive projects means:

Accepting project with highest net present value

Accepting project with lowest net present value

Excluding projects with highest IRR

6.Investment’s profitability is totally ignored in:

NPV

IRR

Payback

ARR (Accounting rate of return)

7.The most reliable method for evaluating capital budgets is:

IRR

NPV

ARR

8.IRR is the interest rate at which NPV of the project becomes:

Zero

Positive

Negative

9.Present Value of future cash flows depends upon:

Length of the project

Interest rate

None of the above.

10.When the present value of the project are sufficient to repay the capital investment, the NPV will be:

Negative

Positive

Zero

Irrelevant