The Two Fatal Flaws of the Internal Rate of Return

question 102

Multiple Choice

The two fatal flaws of the internal rate of return rule are:

• A) arbitrary determination of a discount rate and failure to consider initial expenditures.
• B) arbitrary determination of a discount rate and failure to correctly analyze mutually exclusive investment projects.
• C) arbitrary determination of a discount rate and the multiple rate of return problem.
• D) failure to consider initial expenditures and failure to correctly analyze mutually exclusive investment projects.
• E) failure to correctly analyze mutually exclusive investment projects and the multiple rate of return problem.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entry

An accounting entry made in the books at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the correct period.

Accrued Revenue

Revenue that has been earned through sales or services provided but not yet received by the company.

Adjusting Entry

A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to record unrecorded income or expenses to ensure that the financial statements comply with the accrual basis of accounting.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A method of allocating the cost of an asset evenly over its useful life.