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1. If a firm has no operating leverage and no financial leverage, then a 10% increase in sales will have what effect on EPS?
A EPS will remain the same
B EPS will increase by 10%
C EPS will decrease by 10%
D EPS will increase by less than 10%


2. A firm's optimal capital structure occurs where?
A EPS are maximized, and WACC is minimized.
B Stock price is maximized, and EPS are maximized.
C Stock price is maximized, and WACC is maximized.
D WACC is minimized, and stock price is maximized.


3. Which of the following will result from a stock repurchase?
A Earnings per share will rise.
B Number of shares will increase.
C Corporate cash is conserved.
D Ownership is diluted.


4. The final approval of a dividend payment comes from
A the controller.
B the president of the company.
C the board of directors.
D It is a joint decision requiring approval from all of the above.

 

1. I know you are folks are patriotic god-loving citizens, just like me, but my opponent is not. How can you vote for him when he doesn’t support the same values that we cherish?
Appeal to pride
Appeal to pity
Ad hominem
Red herring



2. You are all intelligent people, so you should be able to see the fallacy in his statement.
Appeal to pride
Appeal to pity

Ad hominem
Red herring



3. Humanitarian groups have argued in favor of housing for the poor. Apparently what they want is another high-density project. Unfortunately, these projects have been tried in the past and have failed. In no time they turn into ghettos with astronomical rates of crime and delinquency. Chicago's Cabrini-Green is a prime example. Clearly, these humanitarian arguments are not what they seem.
Appeal to pity
Composition
Straw man
Ad hominem

1. If students play video games, their school work will suffer, and they will not have the ability to succeed in life, ending up in lower paying jobs and needing government programs, which will increase our taxes. So video games will increase our taxes.
Appeal to fear
Slippery Slope
Red herring
Tu quoque

2. Child to parent: Your argument that I should stop stealing candy from the corner store is no good. You told me yourself just a week ago that you, too, stole candy when you were a kid.
Appeal to fear
Tu quoque
Ad hominem
Red herring

3. Officer, How can you ticket me for speeding, when I see cops speeding all the time?
Appeal to fear
Slippery Slope
Red herring
Tu quoque

Question:

Your earned value analysis calculates, "The PV was $240, the EV is $230, and the AC is $250, so we have a CV of $-20 and an SV of -$10." What does this information tell you about this project? What else might you need to know? Explain this as though you were presenting to someone who does not understand the earned value terminology.

1. Interviewer: "Senator, you voted for the B-1 bomber. Would you explain your reasons, particularly in light of criticisms about the effectiveness of the plane?"
Senator: "I'd be glad to. America needs a strong defense. We'd all like to live in peace with the other nations of this world, but we deceive ourselves if we think we can do that without being prepared to defend ourselves and our allies, our rights and our interests. It's a dangerous world out there, and I'd be derelict in my duty to the people of this nation if I allowed us to lie down and cry 'Uncle."'
Red herring
Ad hominem
Appeal to pride
Ignoring the question

2. Officer, please excuse my going over the speed limit, but my mother is ill and I'm being audited by the IRS, and I don't know how I can meet all my bills.
Appeal to pride
Appeal to pity
Ad hominem
Red herring

 

3. There is a good deal of talk these days about the need to eliminate pesticides from our fruits and vegetables. But many of these foods are essential to our health. Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin A, broccoli is rich in iron, and oranges and grapefruits have lots of vitamin C.
Appeal to fear
Tu quoque
Ad hominem
Red herring

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