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Business Finance I Question Paper

Business Finance I 

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF COMMERCE
BAC 203: BUSINESS FINANCE I

DATE: Friday 11th September, 2009 TIME: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Answer ALL questions.
2.
Financial tables are provided at the back.

1.
Chuka Entertainment Centre is located on the slopes of Mt Kenya. The
management is considering enlarging the facility to tap into an emerging market
whose orders are currently being turned down due to inadequacy of facilities.
Two proposals A and B are under consideration. Proposal A involves a
temporary structure and umbrellas while proposal B will involve the construction
of a permanent structure to be used in all weather. The useful life of each
alternative is 10 years. The accounting department of Chuka entertainers have
assembled the following data regarding the two alternatives:

Proposal A
Proposal B
Initial Investment
Shs.28,000,000
Shs.35,000,000
Estimated salvage value
1,400,000
3,500,000
Estimated annual net cashflow
5,600,000
6,650,000
Depreciation (Straight line basis)
2,660,000
3,150,000
REQUIRED: (a) For each proposal, compute
(i)
The
payback
period.
[4
marks]
(ii)
The NPV given that the managements required rate of return is 15%.









[8 marks]
(iii)
The MIRR






[7 marks]
(b)
Based on each of the above computations which project should be chosen
and
why?
[6
marks]
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2.
(a)
What
is
the
agency
problem?
[5
marks]

(b)
Explain the various ways in which the agency problem can be solved.










[10 marks]
3. The
returns
expectations
of a stock quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange are
shown here-below:

Possible rate of return
Probability
-0.60
0.15
-0.30
0.10
-0.10
0.05
0.20
0.40
0.40
0.20
0.80
0.10

REQUIRED:

(i)
The expected return on this stock.



[8 marks]

(ii)
The standard deviation of the return expectations.
[8 marks]

(iii)
The coefficient of variation. Explain this value.

[4 marks]

4.
(a)
State any six limitations of financial
ratios.
[6
marks]

(b)
Distinguish between activity ratios and profitability ratios. [4 marks]

……………………………..











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