An Analysis That Breaks the NPV Calculation into Its Component

question 13

Multiple Choice

An analysis that breaks the NPV calculation into its component assumptions and shows how the NPV varies as one of the underlying assumptions is changed is called:

• A)scenario analysis.
• B)IRR analysis.
• C)accounting break-even analysis.
• D)sensitivity analysis.

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Definitions:

Complexity-Extremity Effect

A psychological phenomenon where the complexity of a situation influences the extremity of individuals' judgments or perceptions.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias in which an observer's overall impression of a person, company, brand, or product influences their feelings and thoughts about that entity's character or properties.

Primacy

The principle that the first items presented in a series are more likely to be remembered than those that follow.

Recency

The principle that the most recently presented items or experiences are likely to be remembered best.