Which One of the Following Is an Advantage of the Payback

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is an advantage of the payback method of evaluating capital investment proposals?

• A) It provides a (rough) measure of project risk.
• B) It is linearly related to the net present value (NPV) of a proposed project.
• C) It considers all possible future cash flows of the project.
• D) It applies conventional discounting procedures to anticipated future cash flows.
• E) It allows managers to choose between competing projects with different useful lives.

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Transfer Price

The cost at which products or services are exchanged between departments or divisions within the same organization.

Castings Division

A specialized department within a manufacturing company focused on producing parts by pouring molten material into molds.

Machine Products Division

A specialized department or section within a company focused on the manufacturing and distribution of machine-based products.

Transfer Price

The price charged for goods or services sold between departments or subsidiaries within the same company.