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International Finance and Treasury MCQ Questions with Answers
Question. Type of negotiable certificate of deposits is usually classified as
A. primary instrument
B. bearer instrument
C. term instrument
D. interim instrument
Answer
B
Question. Feature of stock which allows stock holders to buy shares at price below than market price is called
A. shares offering
B. price offering
C. rights offering
D. stock offering
Answer
C
Question. Expected worth is the
A. inverse of standard deviation
B. correlation between a security
C. same as discrete probability distribution
D. weighted average of all possible outcomes
Answer
D
Question. Federal Reserve increases money supply by
A. selling treasury bills
B. buying treasury bills
C. selling Swiss bills
D. buying Swiss bills
Answer
B
Question. Exchange rate entail delivery of trade currency within two business days know as
A. forward rate
B. future rate
C. spot rate
D. bid rate
Answer
C
Question. Buying price of stock is $35 and it canbe sold for $30 whereas dividend paid is $6 then return on stock is
A. 36.67%
B. 46.67%
C. 26.67%
D. 26.67%
Answer
A
Question. Promised payments on Eurobonds will be paid in
A. currency of denomination
B. currency of home country
C. currency of Australia
D. currency of local market
Answer
A
Question. Bondholders usually accept interest payments each
A. 1 year
B. six months
C. 2 months
D. 2 years
Answer
B
Question. Type of contract which involves immediate exchange of funds and assets is classified as
A. spot contract
B. forward contract
C. future contracts
D. present contract
Answer
A
Question. Conversion values is divided by conversion rate received on conversion on stock to calculate
A. current market price
B. past market price
C. future market value
D. current stock value
Answer
A
Question. In borrowing and lending of federal funds, federal funds rate is result of function between
A. assets and liability
B. cost and marketing
C. supply and demand
D. income and expense
Answer
C
Question. The eligibility to borrow from IDA is based on
A. relative poverty
B. lack of creditworthiness to borrow on market terms
C. good policy performance
D. all the above
Answer
D
Question. If maturity date of bond is closer than premium of bond will be
A. relatively lower
B. relatively higher
C. quantifiable
D. not be quantifiable
Answer
A
Question. Call premium of bond is $630 and call price of bond is $240 then face value of bond is
A. 2.63%
B. $870
C. $390
D. $2.63
Answer
C
Question. If financial intermediaries are appointed by funds suppliers then these intermediaries are classified as
A. supplier monitor
B. funds monitor
C. delegated monitor
D. allocation monitor
Answer
C
Question. Single European Act created in
A. 1970
B. 1988
C. 1977
D. 1978
Answer
B
Question. Type of bidding in which bids are met before allocation of competitive bidders is considered as
A. firstly basis
B. preferential basis
C. federal basis
D. last basis
Answer
B
Question. Federal funds are loans borrowed and lent on
A. single payment basis
B. monthly payment basis
C. semi-annual payment basis
D. annual payment basis
Answer
A
Question. The primary component of the current account is the.
A. balance of trade
B. balance of money market flows
C. balance of capital market flows
D. unilateral transfers
Answer
A
Question. Rate of return on non-callable bonds is $370 and value of issuer option is $250 then return on callable bond is
A. $120
B. 1.48%
C. $620
D. $1.48
Answer
C
Question. The system operated by the WTO is known as the
A. multilateral trading system
B. bilateral trading system
C. ratified system
D. ungratified system
Answer
A
Question. The balance of payments always has a zero balance. This is caused by.
A. the working of the foreign exchange market
B. by including errors and omissions
C. the system of double entry bookkeeping
D. by including reserves and related items
Answer
A
Question. The current account of balance of payments includes
A. Unilateral payments
B. Portfolio investments
C. Short term borrowings
D. Long term borrowings
Answer
B
Question. Private placement of issues is consisted as
A. registered issue
B. unregistered issue
C. federal issue
D. negotiable issue
Answer
B
Question. Factors considered by rating agencies on issuing bonds are
A. position in industry
B. overall financial strength
C. issuer
D. all of above
Answer
D
Question. Deposit issued by bank, usually negotiable and have specific maturity date and interest rate is classified as
A. indirect certificate
B. direct certificate
C. negotiable certificate
D. deposit certificate
Answer
C
Question. Suppliers, funds consumers, foreign and government intervening intermediaries are classified as participants of
A. financial markets
B. setting interest arte
C. setting compounding rate
D. setting savings rate
Answer
A
Question. International Money Market is for about
A. 2 years
B. 3 years
C. 5 years
D. 1 years
Answer
D
Question. Debt which depict historical accumulated record of federal government expenditures is classified as
A. national debt
B. international debt
C. global debt
D. contraction debt
Answer
A
Question. A swap that is used to evade risk of exchange rate exists because of currency mismatching is classified as
A. floating swaps
B. fixed swaps
C. currency swaps
D. notion swaps
Answer
C
Question. Slightest hazardous method by which organizations carry out international trade is
A. Licensing
B. Franchising
C. International Trade
D. The establishment of new subsidiaries
Answer
C
Question. Marginal income tax rate is 46.8% and before tax rate of return is 15.5% then after tax rate of return is
A. 7.25%
B. 8.25%
C. 10.25%
D. 9.25%
Answer
B
Question. The external method of hedging transaction exposure does not include
A. Forward contact hedge
B. Money market hedge
C. Cross hedging
D. Future hedging
Answer
C
Question. Commercial mortgages, farm mortgages and home mortgages are categories of
A. swapped mortgages
B. sovereign mortgages
C. secondary mortgages
D. primary mortgagees
Answer
D
Question. Risk which arises from insufficient capital available to balance sudden decrease in assets value is classified as
A. insolvency risk
B. solvency risk
C. balanced risk
D. unbalanced risk
Answer
A
Question. Treasury bills have high liquidity because of
A. extensive secondary markets
B. extensive primary markets
C. premium money markets
D. discounted money markets
Answer
A
Question. Placement of financial issue in which investment bank and municipality together finds large buyers is classified as
A. reserve placement
B. federal placement
C. private placement
D. government placement
Answer
C
Question. Repurchase agreements usually called repos can be traded
A. directly
B. with brokers or dealers
C. functional buyers
D. both a and b
Answer
D
Question. Inverse relationship between price change and interest rate change is represented by
A. negative discount
B. negative duration
C. positive duration
D. positive discount
Answer
B
Question. Type of risk in which payments are interrupted by intervention of foreign governments is considered as
A. channel risk
B. globalization risk
C. state risk
D. country risk
Answer
D
Question. How many chapters are there in The ForeignTrade (Development and Regulation Act, 1992?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 6
D. 7
Answer
C
Question. Exchange markets and over counter markets are considered as two types of
A. floating market
B. risky market
C. secondary market
D. primary market
Answer
C
Question. Considering coupon rate, Brady bonds pays
A. higher than traditional
B. lower than promised
C. higher than promise
D. none of above
Answer
B
Question. Liquidity status of certificate of deposit which is more negotiable is considered as
A. certified liquidity
B. term liquidity
C. more liquid
D. less liquid
Answer
C
Question. For other non-price conditions, decrease in equilibrium interest rate leads to
A. increase restrictiveness
B. decrease restrictiveness
C. zero restrictiveness
D. negative restriction
Answer
A
Question. Difference between net proceeds and gross proceeds is called
A. non-participating spread
B. participating spread
C. under writer spread
D. over writer spread
Answer
C
Question. Example of derivative securities is
A. return backed security
B. mortgage backed security
C. cash flow backed security
D. interest backed security
Answer
B
Question. Bonds that are considered as junk bonds and termed as higher yield are classified as
A. expansion debentures
B. premium debentures
C. subordinated debentures
D. ordinate debentures
Answer
C
Question. Repurchase agreements having maturity of longer term have denominations of
A. $40 million
B. $10 million
C. $20 million
D. $30 million
Answer
B
Question. An Acquisition is
A. More risky than other foreign investment techniques
B. Less risky than other foreign investment techniques
C. A way to share control over foreign operations
D. A way to share risk of a new foreign investment
Answer
A
Question. Underwriter spread of stock is $17000 and net proceeds of stock are $24000 then gross proceeds are
A. $41,000
B. $7,000
C. $17,000.00
D. $24,000
Answer
A
Question. If demand of loanable demands decrease then borrowing cost of funds is
A. upside
B. lower
C. higher
D. zero
Answer
B
Question. Which of the countries did not become a member of the Economic and Monetary Union as on Jan 1 1999.
A. Britain
B. France
C. Germany
D. Italy
Answer
A
Question. For a particular security transaction, agreement is classified as ’reverse repo’ with point of view of
A. security liability
B. security buyer
C. security seller
D. security function
Answer
B
Question. Chief cause that market worth of organization might raise in reaction to privatization is expected
A. improvements in financial performance
B. improvement in profits
C. improvements in exports
D. improvement in managerial efficiency
Answer
D
Question. Convertibility of a currency is indicated by its
A. Conversion at market rates
B. Conversion at market rates, but subject to quantity restriction by government
C. Conversion at market rate without any quantitative restriction by government
D. Conversion at official rate
Answer
C
Question. Change in interest rate measured in percentage for given interest rate change is classified as
A. premium yield
B. elasticity
C. duration
D. maturity yield
Answer
B
Question. Issued bond which is considered as hybrid bond is called
A. non-convertible bonds
B. premium convertible bonds
C. discount convertible bonds
D. convertible bonds
Answer
D
Question. If 180 days T-bill have maturity of one year with value of $9250 and face value is $10000 then reported discount yield is
A. 20.00%
B. 13.00%
C. 14.00%
D. 15.00%
Answer
D
Question. The apex body of the Export Promotion organizations is:
A. EPC
B. Commodity Boards
C. FIEO
D. IIFT
Answer
D
Question. European Economic Community founded in
A. 1957
B. 1958
C. 1963
D. 1968
Answer
A
Question. Type of bonds which is fully backed by credit and faith of issuer is classified as
A. general obligation tax
B. general obligation savings
C. general obligation bonds
D. general obligation notes
Answer
C
Question. The certificate issued for the registration under Export Promotion Council is called.
A. Registration Cum Membership Certificate
B. Permanent Account Number
C. Importer Exporter Code
D. ITC number
Answer
D
Question. Capital gain is subtracted from return to stockholders to calculate
A. periodic dividend payments
B. constant spot rate payment
C. constant forward rate payment
D. constant future rate payment
Answer
A
Question. Considering yields of bonds, secured bonds as compared to unsecured bonds have
A. higher yields
B. lower yields
C. untimed yields
D. termed yields
Answer
A
Question. International Monetary Fund formal existence came into being in
A. 12-05-44
B. 27-07-44
C. 27-12-45
D. 27-09-45
Answer
C
Question. Markets which reallocate liquid funds in relatively fixed amounts are classified as
A. capital markets
B. debt markets
C. secondary markets
D. primary markets
Answer
C
Question. Type of exchange members who only buy and sell for their personal account are classified as
A. non-investment traders
B. professional traders
C. commercial traders
D. investment traders
Answer
B
Question. Bids of bidder which tells that how much treasury bills bidder wants to buy is classified as
A. federal acceptance bid
B. bankers
C. non-competitive bids
D. competitive bids
Answer
C
Question. Most flexible and liquid source of funding for savings banks is
A. annual loan market
B. federal funds market
C. functional funding market
D. secured funding market
Answer
B
Question. Rate which is used in major banks in United States as a rate for industrial and commercial loans is
A. London intra bank offered rate
B. London interbank offered rate
C. euro interbank offered rate
D. demand intra bank rate
Answer
B
Question. Marginal income tax rate is 28% and before tax rate of return is 14.5% then after tax rate of return is
A. 7.44%
B. 8.44%
C. 9.44%
D. 10.44%
Answer
D
Question. The apex body of the Foreign Trade is
A. The Central Government
B. The State Government
C. The Ministry of Commerce
D. All the above
Answer
C
Question. Type of Eurobonds which are convertible are considered as
A. related to international market
B. related to equity
C. related to common stock
D. related to national market
Answer
B
Question. Type of preferred stock whose dividend payments are never paid to stock holders and are not considered in in arrears is classified as
A. non-participating preferred stock
B. participating preferred stock
C. non-cumulative preferred stock
D. cumulative preferred stock
Answer
C
Question. Mortgages used to purchase shopping malls and office buildings are classified as
A. developed mortgages
B. dwelling mortgages
C. commercial mortgages
D. non-commercial mortgages
Answer
C
Question. In real world, all factors of production are perfectly
A. Mobile
B. Immobile
C. Somewhat mobile
D. All of answers are correct
Answer
B
Question. The total value of the products and services marketed by a nation is called.
A. Gross Domestic Product
B. Gross National Product
C. National Income
D. Per capita income
Answer
D
Question. Process of selling and buying of stocks and bonds is classified as
A. s-trade
B. b-trade
C. e-trade
D. stock trade
Answer
C
Question. Type of traders who take position in market of futures which is based on expectations of prices of underlying assets are classified as
A. professional traders
B. non-investment traders
C. position traders
D. future market traders
Answer
C
Question. Banks, mutual funds and insurance companies are considered as
A. major suppliers
B. major investors
C. major portfolio holders
D. major rates decider
Answer
A
Question. Institutions classified as depository ones and have loans as their major assets are classified as
A. commercial banks
B. commercial mortgages
C. credit mortgages
D. credit derivative
Answer
A
Question. Markets in which bonds are traded and issued are classified as
A. corporate markets
B. treasury markets
C. bond markets
D. municipal markets
Answer
C
Question. Type of bond in which coupon payment is mailed registered bondholders and owner is recorded by issuing company is classified as
A. unregistered bonds
B. indenture bonds
C. trustee bonds
D. registered bonds
Answer
D
Question. If price of municipal bonds suddenly changes because of an unexpected interest rate change then investment bank
A. faces a high profit
B. faces a loss
C. face a inflation
D. face an index risk
Answer
B
Question. Eurobonds are admired because
A. they are less risky than traditional bonds
B. European companies are considered very stable
C. of absence of government regulation
D. they are always denominated in euro
Answer
C
Question. Full fledged money changers are authorized to undertake
A. only sale transactions
B. only purchase transactions
C. all types of foreign exchange transactions
D. purchase and sale of foreign currency notes, coins and travellers cheques
Answer
D
Question. Type of security backed by mortgage cash flows and are packed by financial instruments is classified as
A. cash mortgage
B. securitized mortgage
C. financial mortgage
D. instrumental mortgage
Answer
B
Question. Not a profit maximizing business is
A. International Monetary Fund
B. International bank for Reconstruction and Development
C. International Financial Corporation
D. World Trade OrganisationA. after tax rate of return
Answer
B
Question. Factor proceeds are part of which section of balance of payments
A. liabilities
B. current account
C. balance of trade
D. both a & b
Answer
B
Question. Major participants in forward markets are
A. commercial banks
B. broker deals
C. investment banks
D. all of above
Answer
D
Question. Yields of municipal bonds is
A. after tax rate of return
B. before tax rate of return
C. corporative rate of return
D. federal rate of return
Answer
A
Question. Which of the following is not a reason for international investment?
A. To provide an expected risk-adjusted return in excess of that required
B. To gain access to important raw materials
C. To produce products and/or services more efficiently than possible domestically
D. International investments have less political risk than domestic investments
Answer
D
Question. The forward market is especially wellsuited to offer hedging protection against.
A. translation risk exposure
B. transactions risk exposure
C. political risk exposure
D. taxation
Answer
B
Question. Type of voting in which owner having half voting shares can elect board of directors is called
A. directors voting
B. half voting
C. straight voting
D. owners voting
Answer
C
Question. A specified country
A. Other Country
B. Other People
C. Parent Company
D. Other Subsidiary
Answer
C
Question. Which of following is not a cause for global investment?
A. To gain access to important raw materials.
B. To produce products and/or services more efficiently than possible domestically.
C. To provide an expected risk-adjusted return in excess of that required.
D. International investments have less political risk than domestic investments.
Answer
D
Question. Margin which must be maintained as soon as futures contract takes place is classified as
A. spot margin
B. maintenance margin
C. futures margin
D. forwards margin
Answer
B
Question. The exports made by an exporter or manufacturer on behalf of another exporters are called
A. Registered Exporter
B. Manufacturer Exporter
C. Merchant Exporter
D. Third Party Exporter
Answer
A
Question. Under the interest rate option, the buyer
A. Avoids unfavourable movement in interest rates
B. Gains from favorable movement in interest rates
C. Both a and b
D. Gains nothing, only the seller gains
Answer
C