FMSM Full Syllabus Test Old Syllabus-Executive-Revision
FMSM Full Syllabus Test Old Syllabus-Executive-Revision
FULL SYLLABUS
TEST PAPER
FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT &
STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT
CS EXECUTIVE
OLD SYLLABUS
BY
AMIT TALDA SIR
1. ABC Ltd. has estimated cash inflow of year 1, 2 and 3 as ` 750 lakh, 960 lakh
and 1440 lakh respectively. The profitability of success is 0.72, 0.68 and 0.69
respectively. The PV factor @ 12% for the year 1, 2 and 3 are 0.893, 0.797 and
0.712 respectively. Estimated initial investment is ` 1800 lakh. The expected NPV
is:
(A) – 90.06 Lakh
(B) -116.85 Lakh
(C) 90.06 Lakh
(D) 116.85 Lakh
2. A firm is considering investment in a project that requires ` 100 Lakhs. Either the
firm can invest the entire amount through equity shares of ` 100 each (option A), or
it can arrange 12% Bank Loan of ` 40 Lakhs and invest remaining amount equity
shares of ` 100 each (option B). Assume a tax rate of 35%. The indifference point of
these two options will be :
(A) ` 7,00,000
(B) ` 10,00,000
(C) ` 12,00,000
(D) None of the above
3. A company has 20,000 equity shares of ` 200 each and its current earnings for
equity shareholders is ` 4,80,000. The growth rate expected in EPS is 7%. The
current market price of company’s shares is ` 300 each. The approximate cost of
equity capital of the company on the basis of Earnings-price Ratio approach is :
(A) 8%
(B) 9%
(C) 8.56%
(D) 9.56%
4. What is the future value of an annuity amount of ` 2,500 payable at the beginning
of each of the next 5 years, if the rate of return is 12% p.a.?
(A) ` 20,288 approx.
(B) ` 15,882 approx.
(C) ` 11,948 approx.
(D) ` 8,436 approx.
6. A firm is considering a project requiring `5,00,000 with 8 years life and `60,000
salvage value. The project is expected to generate net profit before depreciation and
tax of `1,80,000 per annum. If straight line method of depreciation it to be followed
and applicable income tax rate is 30%, the Average Rate of Return (ARR) of the
project will be:
(A) 17.50%
(B) 31.25%
(C) 25.20%
(D) 45%
8. A sum of ` 40,000 is invested @ 12% p.a. for 6 years. What will be the present value
of its maturity value, assuming a required rate of return of 10%?
(A) ` 78,960
(B) ` 79,860
(C) ` 44,533
(D) ` 45,533
10. The lower the levels of financial gearing, the more __________are the financial
policies of the company:
(A) Aggressive
(B) Conservative
(C) Moderate
(D) Any of above
11. When choosing among mutually exclusive projects, the project with –
(A) Longest payback is preferred
(B) Highest NPV get selected
(C) Higher Average Rate of Return is preferred
(D) Lower cost of capital will be selected
12. Ram has taken a 20 month car loan of ` 6,00,000. The rate of interest is 12% p.a.
What will be the amount of monthly loan amortization?
(A) 33,294.1
(B) 33,249.1
(C) 33,924.1
(D) 32,349.1
15. In India, RBI has specified a minimum Capital Adequacy requirement of _______for
banks:
(A) 8%
(B) 9%
(C) 10%
(D) 12%
17. As per Walter’s Model when r > k, increase in dividend payout ratio will lead to –
(A) Increase in market price
(B) Decrease in market price
(C) No change in market price
(D) None of the above
18. When a firm is short of cash yet it wishes to distribute something to shareholders,
it should consider –
(A) Cash dividend.
(B) Liquidating dividend
(C) Stock dividend
(D) None of the above
20. Funds represented by cheques which have been issued, but which have not been
debited from bank is technically referred to as:
(A) Indenture
(B) Forward Cover
(C) Float
(D) Proxy
24. If the intrinsic value is more than the market value, the fundamentalists
recommend ______________the security:
(A) Buying
(B) Selling
(C) Hold
(D) Any of above
25. __________type of chart is useful for making broad analysis over a longer period of
time:
(A) Bar Chart
(B) Line Chart
(C) Candle Stick Chart
(D) Point & Figure Chart
27. …………………… focus more on past price movements of firm’s stock than on the
underlying determinations of future profitability.
(A) Fundamental Analysis
(B) System Analysis
(C) Credit Analysis
(D) Technical Analysis
28. ______________indicates the bottom which the share values are unable to pierce:
(A) Support Level
(B) Resistance Level
(C) Head & Shoulder
(D) None of above
31. It is possible to develop a fairly simply decision rule for selecting an optimal
portfolio for an investor that can take both risk and return into account. This is
called a __________:
(A) Risk Less Return
(B) Risk Added Return
(C) Risk Adjusted Return
(D) Risk Avoidable Return
33. In case of agricultural and rural development projects generally the prescribed IRR
for viability is:
(A) 10% in India and other developing countries
(B) 15% in India and other developing countries
(C) 20% in India and other developing countries
(D) 25% in India and other developing countries
34. In terms of difference between operating leverage and financial leverage, which of
the following is incorrect?
(A) Operating Leverage is associated with investment activities of the company,
whereas Financial Leverage is associated with financing activities of the company.
(B) Operating Leverage consists of fixed operating expenses of the company, whereas
financial leverage consists of fixed financial expenses of the company.
(C) Operating Leverage represents the firm’s ability to use the fixed financial cost,
whereas financial leverage represents the firm’s ability to use the fixed operating cost.
(D) Operating Leverage is calculated as Contribution/EBIT, whereas financial leverage
is calculated as EBIT/EBT.
35. Which of the following statements is not true in the context of ‘M-M’s dividend
theory?
(A) The firm operates in perfect capital markets
(B) All investors are rational
(C) There is no fixed investment policy of the firm
(D) The dividend policy of the firm is irrelevant
37. A critical assumption of the net operating income (NOI) approach to valuation is:
(A) That debt and equity levels remain unchanged
(B) That dividends increase at a constant rate
(C) That 𝑘0 remains constant regardless of changes in leverage
(D) That interest expenses and taxes are included in the calculation
39. The annual cash requirement of A Ltd is Rs. 10 Lakhs. The company has
marketable securities in lot sizes of Rs. 50,000, Rs. 1,00,000, Rs. 2,00,000, Rs.
2,50,000, Rs. 5,00,000. Cost of conversion of marketable securities per lot is Rs.
1,000. The company can earn 5% annual yield on its securities.
40. The earning per share of a company is ` 10. It has an internal rate of return of
15% and the capitalization rate of the same risk class is 12.5%. If Walter’s model is
used, what should be the price of a share at optimum pay-out?
(A) 92
(B) 94
(C) 96
(D) 98
41. If Current Ratio is 2.5, Acid Test Ratio is 1.5 and Current Liabilities are `50,000,
the value of inventory is:
(A) `50,000
(B) `75,000
(C) `1,25,000
(D) `1,50,000
42. Mr. A is planning to buy a security and is in a dilemma regarding price to be paid.
For this he is relying on the required rate of return on the security. Help him out to
calculate the aforesaid rate (%), if you are informed that security’s standard
deviation is 6%, correlation coefficient of the security with the market is 0.8, and
market standard deviation is 5%. You may assume that return from risk-free
security in the market is 8%, and return on market portfolio is 15%.
(A) 12.72%
(B) 10.88%
(C) 14.58%
(D) 14.72%
43. JP Limited has earned 10% return on total assets of ` 18,00,000 and has a net
profit ratio of 7.2%. Find out sales of the company.
(A) ` 14,40,000
(B) ` 25,00,000
(C) ` 27,50,000
(D) ` 22,50,000
47. When a portfolio comprises investment in three shares (Share A – 50%, Share B –
25% and Share C – 25%) whose beta factors are 1.5, 1.2 and 1.1, respectively, the
portfolio beta is:
(A) 1.285
(B) 1.432
(C) 1.325
(D) 1.420
48. GRI Co. Ltd., decided to invest in plant and machinery ` 650.00 lakh and life of
asset estimated is 5 years. At the end of the fifth year estimated residual value
3.00 lakh and disposal expenses 1.00 lakh only. The estimated inflow ` 75, 90,
110, 125 and 140 lakh respectively and PVF @ 9% for the year 1-5 as (0.9174,
0.8417, 0.7722, 0.7084 and 0.6499 respectively). Calculate NPV.
(A) 239.66
(B) (-) 239.66
(C) 240.96
(D) – 240.96
49. A company is considering two mutually exclusive projects X and Y. Project X costs
` 3,00,000 and Project Y ` 3,60,000. You have been given below the net present
value, probability distribution for each project:
Project X Project Y
NPV Estimate Probability NPV Estimate Probability
(`) (`)
30,000 0.1 30,000 0.2
60,000 0.4 60,000 0.3
1,20,000 0.4 1,20,000 0.3
1,50,000 0.1 1,50,00O 0.2
Compute the expected net present value of Projects X and Y.
(A) 30,000 : 30,000
(B) 60,000 : 60,000
(C) 90,000 : 60,000
(D) 90,000 : 90,000
52. An investor purchases an 10% bond having a face value of ` 1,000 and maturity of
5 years for ` 900. A year later he sells it for ` 950 in the market. The holding period
gain of the investor is:
(A) 8.88%
(B) 14.00%
(C) 16.66%
(D) 15.55%
53. Current Assets & Current Liabilities of Deelip Ltd. are 9,60,000 and 3,60,000
respectively. Maximum permissible bank finance as per method III as per Tandon
Committee norms is 3,15,000. What are the core current assets of Deelip Ltd.?
(A) ` 30,000
(B) ` 45,000
(C) ` 60,000
(D) ` 90,000
54. Economic Order Quantity of a product is 6000 units. Its cost per unit is ` 2.50 and
ordering cost is ` 15 per order. If the carrying cost per annum is 10% per annum
for average inventory value, annual consumption in units is :
(A) 1,50,000 units
(B) 3,00,000 units
(C) 1,68,750 units
(D) 2,00,000 units
55. A firm has a Degree of Operating Leverage (DOI) of 5 and Degree of Financial
Leverage (DFL) of 4. The interest burden is ` 300 Lakhs, variable cost as a % to
sales is 75%, and the effective tax rate is 45%. Its fixed cost is:
(A) ` 1600 Lakhs
(B) ` 1450 Lakhs
(C) ` 1500 Lakhs
(D) ` 1700 Lakhs
56. A firm is currently selling its goods on 30 days credit. It is selling 4 Lakh units @ `
12.5 each. Variable cost is ` 10 per unit and average cost is ` 11.5 per unit. The
firm is planning to double the credit period. It will increase the sales by 20% and
bad debts by ` 20,000. If the pre-tax required rate of return of the company is 20%,
what will be the impact on company’s profit if the policy is changed? Assume a 365
days’ year.
(A) Profit will increase by ` 98,000 approx.
(B) Profit will increase by ` 78,000 approx.
(C) Profit will increase by ` 70,000 approx.
(D) Profit will decrease by ` 70,000 approx.
58. Which statement is true about terms of trade credit of 2/10, net 30?
(A) A 10% cash discount is offered for payment before 30 days
(B) A 2% cash discount can be taken for payment before the 10th of the following
month
(C) A 10% cash discount can be taken if paid by the second day after invoicing
(D) No cash discount is offered from the eleventh day of sales
60. …………………. does not result in a substantial transfer of the risks and rewards of
ownership from one party to other.
(A) Finance Lease
(B) Operating Lease
(C) Sale
(D) None of the above
62. __________________strategy involves scaling down the level of business or cut back
in cost or reduction of scale of operations through divestment of some units or
divisions:
(A) Stability
(B) Internal Growth
(C) External Expansion
(D) Retrenchment
65. Which of the following is false with respect to Corporate Level Strategy:
(A) It is formulated by Top Level Management
(B) It deals with Entire business organisation
(C) It is long term
(D) Major Strategies include Cost Leadership, Focus & Differentiation
68. Identify Defensive Strategy as per TOWS Analysis from the following:
70. Which of the following is not a force in the Porter Five Forces model?
(A) Buyers
(B) Suppliers
(C) Complementary products
(D) Industry rivalry
74. ______________is a function which brings together human, physical and financial
resources of the organisation.
(A) Planning
(B) Organizing
(C) Controlling
(D) Directing
78. Which of the following is not correct related with reference to PERT?
(A) Compels managers to plan their projects critically in considerable detail from
beginning to the end and analyse all factors affecting the progress of the plan.
(B) Provides management a tool for forecasting the impact of schedule changes. The
likely trouble spots are located early enough to take preventive measures or corrective
actions
(C) A considerable amount of data may be presented in precise manner. The task
relationships are presented graphically for easier evaluation
(D) The PERT time is based upon 5-way estimate and hence is the most objective time
in the light of uncertainties and results in greater degree of accuracy in time
forecasting.
85. The existence of price-wars in the airline industry in India indicates that:
(A) Customers are relatively weak because of the high switching costs created by
frequent flyer programs
(B) The industry is moving towards differentiation of services
(C) The competitive rivalry in the industry is severe
(D) The economic segment of the external environment has shifted, but the airline
strategies have not changed
86. Potential rivals will not find it difficult to enter a market where:
(A) Existing firms have long-term contracts with the biggest customers.
(B) Product differentiation is very strong.
(C) Existing firms have the ability to retaliate strongly.
(D) Economies of scale are insignificant
87. When management pays attention to more important areas and when the day to
day routine problems are looked after by lower level management, it is known as –
(A) Management by objectives
(B) Management by Exception
(C) Participative Management
(D) Critical path method
90. The Answer to the Question “Are the actions being performed according to the
plan?” is given by which of the following:
(A) Planning
(B) Organizing
(C) Directing
(D) Controlling
98. Which of the following is not a Support Process under Business Process Re-
engineering Project:
(A) Financial Systems
(B) Order Fulfilment Processes
(C) Human Resources Systems
(D) Information Technology