Risk in a Revenue-Producing Project Can Best Be Adjusted for by

question 48

Multiple Choice

Risk in a revenue-producing project can best be adjusted for by

• A) Ignoring it.
• B) Adjusting the discount rate upward for increasing risk.
• C) Adjusting the discount rate downward for increasing risk.
• D) Picking a risk factor equal to the average discount rate.
• E) Reducing the NPV by 10 percent for risky projects.

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