Which of the Following Statements Is Correct? Assume That the Project

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct? Assume that the project being considered has normal cash flows,with one outflow followed by a series of inflows.

A) The longer a project's payback period, the more desirable the project is normally considered to be by this criterion.
B) One drawback of the payback criterion for evaluating projects is that this method does not properly account for the time value of money.
C) If a project's payback is positive, then the project should be rejected because it must have a negative NPV.
D) The regular payback ignores cash flows beyond the payback period, but the discounted payback method overcomes this problem.