1. A critical drawback of the historical simulation approach for estimating VaR is that:
a. It is dependent of normality assumption
b. It ignores the risks not represented in the historical data set
c. Is simple to compute
d. It provides biased estimates if historical data contains extreme values
2. Find the net present value (NPV) for the following series of future cash flows, assuming the company’s cost of capital is 5.98 percent. The initial outlay is $359,644.
Year 1: 193,475
Year 2: 183,753
Year 3: 153,569
Year 4: 133,270
Year 5: 184,444
Round the answer to two decimal places.