What Is a Contingency Question

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Multiple Choice

What is a contingency question?

• A)a two-part question in which a first question screens who gets the second question
• B)a two-part sentence with a beginning and an end
• C)question with a "yes" or "I don't know" response
• D)a delay question used to annoy the respondent

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Definitions:

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment, representing the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows equal to zero.

Net Present Value

The variance between the current value of cash coming in and the current value of cash going out over a time span.

Discount Rate

The interest rate used in determining the present value of future cash flows or in evaluating the attractiveness of an investment.

Project Cash Flows

The net amount of cash that is generated or expended by a particular project or investment, after accounting for all inflows and outflows.