A Company Is Considering a New Project

question 11

Multiple Choice

A company is considering a new project. The CFO plans to calculate the project's NPV by estimating the relevant cash flows for each year of the project's life (i.e., the initial investment cost, the annual operating cash flows, and the terminal cash flow) , then discounting those cash flows at the company's overall WACC. Which one of the following factors should the CFO be sure to INCLUDE in the cash flows when estimating the relevant cash flows?

• A) All sunk costs that have been incurred relating to the project.
• B) All interest expenses on debt used to help finance the project.
• C) The investment in working capital required to operate the project, even if that investment will be recovered at the end of the project's life.
• D) Sunk costs that have been incurred relating to the project, but only if those costs were incurred prior to the current year.

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Definitions:

Department Income Statements

Financial statements that show the revenue, expenses, and profit or loss of individual departments within an organization.

Preparation Steps

The planned actions or tasks that are performed in order to prepare for an activity or process.

Joint Costs

Costs that are incurred in the process of producing two or more products simultaneously and cannot be directly assigned to a particular product.

Allocation

The process of distributing resources, costs, or revenues among various accounts, departments, or products based on specific criteria.