P3 Exam Question 36

Why do businesses take risks?
Select the TWO correct answers.
  • P3 Exam Question 37

    A UK based company is considering an investment of GB£1,000,000 in a project in the USA. It is anticipated that the following cash flows will arise from this project.
    The cash flows will be either US$400,000 with a probability of 40% or US$700,000 with a probability of 60% for each of the next three years; remitted to the UK at the end of each year.
    Currently GB£1.00 is worth US$1.30.
    The expected inflation rates in the two countries over the next four years are 2% in the UK and 4% in the US.
    Applying the Purchasing Power Parity Theory, which of the following represents the expected net present value of the project in GP£ (to the nearest whole pound)?
  • P3 Exam Question 38

    Will owns $400,000 of shares in Company X.
    Company X has a daily volatility of 1% of its share price.
    Calculate the 28 day value at risk that shows the most Will can expect to lose during a 28 day period.
    (Will wishes to be 90% certain that the actual loss in any month will be less than your predicted figure).
    Give your answer to the nearest $000.

    P3 Exam Question 39

    P sells mobile phones and accessories The directors of P are concerned that there is a high risk of fraud being carried out by employees in the retail stores. There is a high turnover of employees in the shops as the sales targets are difficult to meet Which TWO of the following controls would reduce this risk?
  • P3 Exam Question 40

    YHU manufactures flour from wheal (hat it purchases from wheat wholesalers who buy the gram in bulk from farmers around the world and import it to YHU's home country.
    YHU sells its flour as "organic and free from genetically modified grain" It is difficult to test wheat to ensure that it is organic and impossible to prove that it has not been obtained from genetically modified crops YHU must trust its wholesalers to check the provenance of the wheat that they buy for resale to YHU.
    Without YHU's knowledge, a consignment of wheat that it has used to make flour was purchased from a farmer who used genetically modified seed. The wholesaler made an error in tracking this consignment through its inventory system and sold it to YHU as organic and free from genetically modified gram Which TWO of the following are correct?