A Disadvantage of Using the Payback Period to Compare Investment

question 147

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage of using the payback period to compare investment alternatives is that:

• A) It ignores cash flows beyond the payback period.
• B) It includes the time value of money.
• C) It cannot be used when cash flows are not uniform.
• D) It cannot be used if a company records depreciation.
• E) It cannot be used to compare investments with different initial investments.

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Definitions:

Credits

An accounting entry that either decreases assets or increases liabilities and equity on the company's balance sheet.

Debits

An entry recorded on the left side of a double-entry bookkeeping system that increases asset and expense accounts, and decreases liability, equity, and revenue accounts.

Journal

A chronological record of all the financial transactions of a business, used for the process of accounting.

Indenting

The process of setting text inwards from the margin to separate sections or emphasize parts of a document.