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CIMA Strategic level Changed F3 Questions

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Financial Strategy Questions and Answers

Question 9

Company A is a large well-established listed entertainment company and Company B is a small unlisted company specializing in providing online media streaming.

Company A has a gearing ratio of 60% (using book values) and interest cover of 2.

Company A is considering making an offer for Company B, either a cash offer financial by raising additional debt finance or a share-for-share exchange.

Which of the following is most likely to occur if Company A offers a share-for exchange rather than offering cash finance by raising debt?

Options:

A.

Earnings per share would be higher.

B.

Divided per share would be higher.

C.

Gearing would be lower.

D.

There would be no dilution f of control.

Question 10

A listed company has recently announced a profit warning.

 

The company's share price fell 20% on the day of the announcement but had been fairly static in the weeks leading up to the announcement.

 

Which form of efficient market is most likely to be indicated by this share price movement?

Options:

A.

Weak form

B.

Semi-strong form

C.

Strong form

D.

Random walk

Question 11

Which THREE of the following methods of business valuation would give a valuation of the equity of an entity, rather than the value of the whole entity?

Options:

A.

Expected dividend in one year's time / (cost of equity - growth rate).

B.

Total earnings x appropriate price-earnings ratio.

C.

Forecast future cash flows to all Investors, discounted at the weighted average cost of capital.

D.

Forecast future cash flows to equity, discounted at the cost of equity.

E.

Non-current assets, plus current assets, minus current liabilities

Question 12

A company is considering either directly exporting its product to customers in a foreign country or setting up a subsidiary in the foreign country to manufacture and supply customers in that country.

 

Details of each alternative method of supplying the foreign market are as follows:

 

 

There is an import tax on product entering the foreign country of 10% of sales value.

This import duty is a tax-allowable deduction in the company's domestic country.

The exchange rate is A$1.00 = B$1.10

 

Which alternative yields the highest total profit after taxation?

Options:

A.

Domestic: A$41,250

B.

Domestic: A$33,750

C.

Foreign subsidiary: A$35,000

D.

Foreign subsidiary: A$38,500

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