
88 QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
______________ or service the firm will be able to sell and
the ______________ of these units. ______________ risk is
the uncertainty arising from the mix of ______________
and ______________ operating costs. ______________ risk
is the uncertainty arising from the firm’s ______________
decisions.
3. The more burdened a firm is with ______________,
required ______________ and ______________ payments,
the more likely it is that ______________ promised to
______________ will not be made and that there will be
nothing left for the ______________. We refer to the
______________ flow risk of a(n) ______________ security
as ______________ risk or ______________ risk. Techni-
cally, ______________ risk on a(n) ______________ security
depends on the specific obligations comprising the debt.
4. ______________ rate risk is the uncertainty associated
with ______________ cash flows. If ______________ fall,
one cannot ______________ the ______________ pay-
ments from the ______________ and get the same
______________ as before. Of two bonds with the same
______________-to-maturity and the same ______________
rate, the bond with the ______________ maturity has
______________ reinvestment risk as it has ______________
cash flows to ______________ throughout its life. Like-
wise, of two bonds with the same ______________-to-
maturity and the same ______________ to ______________,
the bond with the ______________ coupon rate has
______________ reinvestment rate risk because it has
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