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Key Facts: CMA Final Paper 14 (SFM) Exam
100 marks
Paper Total
ICMAI Syllabus 2022
3 hours
Exam Duration
ICMAI Syllabus 2022
5 sections
Syllabus Structure
ICMAI Syllabus 2022
35%
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ICMAI Syllabus 2022
40% / 50%
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Group III
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CMA Final Paper 14 (Strategic Financial Management) is a 100-mark, 3-hour Group III descriptive paper under ICMAI Syllabus 2022. The five sections are weighted Section A Investment Decisions 25%, Section B Security Analysis and Portfolio Management 35%, Section C Financial Risk Management 20%, Section D International Financial Management 15% and Section E Digital Finance 5%. Pass criteria are 40% in the paper and 50% aggregate in the group. ICMAI publishes an official MCQ Bank for practice; this free set of 100 MCQs mirrors the section weightings for revision.
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1A project requires an initial outlay of Rs.10,00,000 and is expected to generate uniform annual cash inflows of Rs.2,50,000 for 6 years. At a 10% discount rate (PVIFA 10%, 6 years = 4.355), what is the project's Net Present Value (NPV)?
A.Rs.88,750
B.Rs.5,00,000
C.Rs.10,88,750
D.Rs.2,50,000
Explanation: NPV = (Annual inflow x PVIFA) - Initial outlay = (2,50,000 x 4.355) - 10,00,000 = 10,88,750 - 10,00,000 = Rs.88,750. A positive NPV indicates the project adds value and should be accepted.
2Under the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method, a conventional independent project is accepted when:
A.IRR is less than the cost of capital
B.IRR is greater than the cost of capital
C.IRR equals zero
D.IRR equals the payback period
Explanation: IRR is the discount rate at which NPV equals zero. An independent project is accepted when its IRR exceeds the firm's required rate (cost of capital), because the project earns more than the cost of financing it.
3When NPV and IRR give conflicting rankings for two mutually exclusive projects, which method should be relied upon and why?
A.IRR, because percentages are easier to interpret
B.Payback, because it is simplest
C.NPV, because it directly measures the absolute addition to shareholder wealth
D.Accounting Rate of Return, because it uses profits
Explanation: For mutually exclusive projects, NPV is theoretically superior because it measures the absolute rupee value added to shareholder wealth and assumes reinvestment at the cost of capital. IRR can mislead due to its reinvestment assumption and scale/timing differences.
4A non-conventional project has cash flows that change sign more than once over its life. This situation may give rise to:
A.A guaranteed single IRR
B.A negative payback period
C.An undefined NPV
D.Multiple IRRs
Explanation: Descartes' rule of signs implies that a cash-flow stream with more than one sign change can produce multiple IRRs (one per sign change). In such cases the IRR rule becomes ambiguous and NPV or modified IRR (MIRR) is preferred.
5The Profitability Index (PI) of a project is 1.25. This indicates that:
A.The present value of inflows is 1.25 times the initial outlay, so the project is acceptable
B.The project should be rejected
C.NPV is exactly zero
D.The IRR equals 25%
Explanation: PI = PV of inflows / Initial outlay. A PI of 1.25 means inflows are 25% greater than the outlay in present-value terms, so NPV is positive and the project is acceptable. PI above 1 implies acceptance.
6Under capital rationing with divisible projects, projects should be selected to:
A.Choose only the project with the highest IRR
B.Maximise total NPV within the budget constraint, ranking by profitability index
C.Choose the project with the shortest payback
D.Accept all projects regardless of the budget
Explanation: Under single-period capital rationing with divisible projects, ranking by Profitability Index and selecting until the budget is exhausted maximises total NPV per rupee of scarce capital. The goal is wealth maximisation subject to the funding limit.
7In capital budgeting under risk, the Certainty Equivalent (CE) approach adjusts for risk by:
A.Increasing the discount rate above the risk-free rate
B.Ignoring risky cash flows altogether
C.Multiplying risky cash flows by certainty-equivalent coefficients and discounting at the risk-free rate
D.Adding a risk premium to every cash flow
Explanation: The CE approach converts uncertain cash flows into their certain equivalents using coefficients (0 to 1) that decline with greater risk, then discounts these at the risk-free rate. This separates risk adjustment (in the numerator) from the time-value adjustment (in the denominator).
8The Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate (RADR) method incorporates project risk by:
A.Reducing cash flows by a certainty coefficient
B.Discounting at the risk-free rate only
C.Lowering the discount rate for riskier projects
D.Adding a risk premium to the risk-free rate to derive a higher discount rate for riskier projects
Explanation: RADR = Risk-free rate + Risk premium. Riskier projects are discounted at higher rates, lowering their present value to compensate investors for bearing additional risk. The adjustment occurs in the denominator.
9The coefficient of variation is used to compare the risk of two investment projects because it measures:
A.Risk per unit of expected return (standard deviation divided by mean)
B.Absolute total risk only
C.The correlation between projects
D.The payback period adjusted for risk
Explanation: Coefficient of variation = Standard deviation / Expected value. It expresses relative risk per unit of return, allowing a fair comparison between projects with different expected values or scales. A lower CV indicates a better risk-return trade-off.
10Sensitivity analysis in capital budgeting primarily helps a manager identify:
A.The exact probability distribution of NPV
B.Which input variable has the greatest impact on a project's NPV
C.The optimal capital structure
D.The certainty-equivalent coefficients
Explanation: Sensitivity analysis changes one input at a time (e.g., sales volume, price, cost) to see how the project's NPV responds, revealing the variables to which the outcome is most sensitive. It identifies critical risk drivers but does not assign probabilities.
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