Leave the strength standing
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- Eliminate the shortcomings of the payback period method.
- Choices
- Item
- It is simple to calculate
- Correct
- Yes
- Explanation
- That is named as the first shortcoming of the method.
- Item
- It ignores the time value of money
- Explanation
- That is named as a second disadvantage of the method.
- Item
- It has no clear accept or reject rule
- Explanation
- That is named as a third drawback of the method.
- Item
- It ignores cash flows after payback
- Instructions
- Knock out the shortcomings. One real advantage should survive.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Principles of Finance (CC BY 4.0), Ch 16 'How Companies Think about Investing', sections 16.1-16.5_