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Z Z Chapter 13 Risk, Cost of Capital, and Capital Budgeting Answer Key Multiple Clioice Questions The weighted average of the firms costs of equity, preferred stock, and after tax debt is the: reward to risk ratio for the firm. expected capital gains yield for the stock. expected capital gains yield for the firm. portfolio beta for the firm. E? weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Difficulty level: Easy Topic: WACC Type: DEFINITIONS If the CAPM is used to estimate the cost of equity capital, the expected excess market return is equal to the: return on the stock minus the risk-free rate. difference between the return on the market and the risk-free rate. beta times the market risk premium. D beta times the risk-free rate. market rate of return. Difficulty level: Eaxy Topic: CAPM Type: DEFINITIONS The best fit line of a pairwise plot of the returns of the security against the market index returns is called the: Security Market Line. Capital Market Line. C? characteristic line. risk line. None of the above. Difficulty level: Medium Topic： CHAfbXCTERISTiC UNE Type: DEFINITIONS The use of debt is called: A operating leverage. production leverage. financial leverage. total asset turnover risk. business risk. Difficulty level: Medium Topic: USE OF DEBT Type: DEFINITIONS The weighted average cost of capital for a firm is the: A discount rate which the firm should apply to all of the projects it undertakes. overall rate which the firm must earn on its existing assets to maintain the value of its stock. rate the firm should expect to pay on its next bond issue. maximum rate which the firm should require on any projects it undertakes. rate of return that the firms preferred stockholders should expect to earn over the long term. Difficulty level: Medium Topic: WEIGHTED A VERAGE COST OF CAPITAL Type: DEFINITIONS The WACC is used to the expected cash flows when the firm has discount; debt and equity in the capital stmcture , discount; short term financing on the balance s