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Payback is considered an unsophisticated budgeting techique, and as such ______.

gives no consideration to timing of cash flows and therefore the time value of money, gives no consideration to risk exposure, does consider the timing of cash flows and therefore gives explicit consideration to the time value of money, or gives some implicit consideration to the timing of cash flows and therefore the time value of money

I beleive the answer is - gives no consideration to timing of cash flows and therefore the time value of money - please advise answer & why - thanks!

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