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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Commerce (M.com) , Bachelor of Banking and Insurance (BBI) .
1. |
Liquidity risk is : |
A. | is risk investment bankers face. |
B. | is lower for small OTC |
C. | increases whenever interest rates increases |
D. | is risk associated with secondary market transactions |
Answer» C. increases whenever interest rates increases |
2. |
Bond holders usually accept interest payment each. |
A. | 1 year |
B. | six months |
C. | 2 months |
D. | 2 years |
Answer» B. six months |
3. |
Passive management is also referred to as.......? |
A. | index fund management |
B. | index folio management |
C. | interest free management |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. index fund management |
4. |
Multifactor asset pricing model that can be used to estimate the ......rate for the valuation of financial asset. |
A. | discount |
B. | interest |
C. | expense |
D. | risk |
Answer» A. discount |
5. |
Arbitrate pricing theory is an ................. model. |
A. | asset pricing |
B. | risk evaluation |
C. | bond pricing |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. asset pricing |
6. |
CAMP stands for . |
A. | capital asset pricing model |
B. | capital assessment pricing model |
C. | capital asset placement model |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. capital asset pricing model |
7. |
An asset risk premium is given by : |
A. | the asset standard deviation |
B. | the assets expected returns |
C. | expected return per unit of standard deviation |
D. | the excess of the assets expected return over the riskless rates |
Answer» A. the asset standard deviation |
8. |
Which of the following is an example of a depreciable asset? |
A. | land |
B. | cash |
C. | account receivable |
D. | equipment |
Answer» D. equipment |
9. |
While bond prices fluctuate , |
A. | yeilds are constant |
B. | coupon are constant |
C. | the spread between yeilds is constant |
D. | short term bond prices fluctuate even more |
Answer» A. yeilds are constant |
10. |
To calculate historical (realised) risk and return, use; |
A. | ex-post data |
B. | mean and variance of expected return |
C. | probability distribution of possible states |
D. | ex- ante data |
Answer» A. ex-post data |
11. |
A price weighted index is an arithmetic mean of |
A. | future prices |
B. | current prices |
C. | quarter prices |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. current prices |
12. |
A firm that fails to pay dividends on its preferred stock is said to be ……… |
A. | insolvent |
B. | in arrears |
C. | in sufferable |
D. | delinquent |
Answer» B. in arrears |
13. |
............... is not a money market instrument. |
A. | cerftificates of deposit |
B. | a treasury bill |
C. | a treasury bond |
D. | commercial paper |
Answer» C. a treasury bond |
14. |
A bond that has no collateral is called ...................... .? |
A. | collable bond |
B. | a debenture |
C. | a junk bond |
D. | a mortgage |
Answer» B. a debenture |
15. |
The process of addition of more assets in an existing portfolio is called.....? |
A. | portfolio revision |
B. | portfolio addition |
C. | portfolio exchanging |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. portfolio revision |
16. |
------is the amount left over after individual consumption. |
A. | Investment |
B. | Savings |
C. | Surplus |
D. | Money. |
Answer» B. Savings |
17. |
--- include “expensive stocks” that offer big rewards but have big risk. |
A. | The patient portfolio |
B. | Conservative portfolio |
C. | Aggressive portfolio |
D. | Efficient portfolio |
Answer» B. Conservative portfolio |
18. |
Find the odd one. |
A. | Risk |
B. | Return |
C. | Safety |
D. | Tax evasion |
Answer» D. Tax evasion |
19. |
An investor committed money for very short period expect…. |
A. | Return from price fluctuation |
B. | Dividend |
C. | Benefit from both price variation and dividend |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Return from price fluctuation |
20. |
Investment in precious metals are included in ……… asset class. |
A. | Liquid assets |
B. | Financial assets |
C. | Real assets |
D. | Monetary assets |
Answer» C. Real assets |
21. |
The investment process begins with ------ |
A. | Investment policy |
B. | Security analysis |
C. | Portfolio construction |
D. | Fundamental analysis |
Answer» A. Investment policy |
22. |
Total risk includes--------- |
A. | Systematic risk only |
B. | Unsystematic risk only |
C. | Both a and b above |
D. | Only diversifiable risks |
Answer» C. Both a and b above |
23. |
Systematic risk includes------ |
A. | Market risk |
B. | Interest rate risk |
C. | Purchasing power risk |
D. | All the above |
Answer» D. All the above |
24. |
Which among the following statements are true about unsystematic risk? |
A. | It is diversifiable |
B. | It is company specific |
C. | Both a and b |
D. | a only |
Answer» C. Both a and b |
25. |
Which among the following is true about systematic risk? |
A. | It is not diversifiable |
B. | a only |
C. | Its measure is Beta |
D. | Both a and c |
Answer» D. Both a and c |
26. |
According to Graham, a stock should have a current ratio of at least--- |
A. | One |
B. | Two |
C. | Three |
D. | Four |
Answer» B. Two |
27. |
--------is the process of combining together various investment assets to obtain optimum returns with minimum risk. |
A. | Portfolio construction |
B. | Portfolio analysis |
C. | Portfolio evaluation |
D. | Portfolio revision |
Answer» A. Portfolio construction |
28. |
Modern portfolio theory is a contribution by……… |
A. | William sharp |
B. | Benchamin Graham |
C. | Stephen Rose |
D. | Harry Markowitz |
Answer» D. Harry Markowitz |
29. |
MACD stands for ----- |
A. | Managing asset classes for dividend |
B. | Multiple asset class deposit |
C. | Moving average convergence divergence |
D. | Main asset class deposit |
Answer» C. Moving average convergence divergence |
30. |
The concept ’never putting all your eggs in one basket’ is explained in --- |
A. | Markowitz Model |
B. | Sharp single index Model |
C. | Multi Index Model |
D. | APT |
Answer» A. Markowitz Model |
31. |
Who introduced mean variance analysis in portfolio theory? |
A. | William Sharp |
B. | Harry Markowitz |
C. | F.Amling |
D. | Kritzman |
Answer» B. Harry Markowitz |
32. |
Unsystematic risk may arise due to the following reason. |
A. | Change in interest rate |
B. | Increase in population |
C. | Employee strike in the company |
D. | Exchange rate fluctuations |
Answer» C. Employee strike in the company |
33. |
A higher standard deviation is an indicator of---- |
A. | Greater risk and higher potential returns |
B. | Moderate risk and higher potential returns |
C. | Lower risk and higher potential returns |
D. | Greater risk and lower potential returns |
Answer» A. Greater risk and higher potential returns |
34. |
If the returns of two securities are unrelated, the covariance will be--- |
A. | Positive |
B. | Negative |
C. | Zero |
D. | One |
Answer» C. Zero |
35. |
Portfolios included in the risk return space is called------ |
A. | Feasible set |
B. | Efficient portfolio |
C. | High return portfolio |
D. | Risky portfolio |
Answer» A. Feasible set |
36. |
The concept efficient frontier is a contribution by----. |
A. | Robert Rhea |
B. | E.GeorgeSchaefer |
C. | Charles H.Dow |
D. | Harry Markowitz |
Answer» D. Harry Markowitz |
37. |
A fully diversified portfoliocontains securities which have--- |
A. | Only unsystematic risk |
B. | Both systematic and unsystematic risk |
C. | Only systematic risk |
D. | No risk |
Answer» C. Only systematic risk |
38. |
----- is the measure of risk in the case portfolio with two securities. |
A. | Correlation |
B. | Covariance |
C. | Standard deviation |
D. | Beta |
Answer» C. Standard deviation |
39. |
Value of Beta above 1 implies--- |
A. | Higher risk than the market average |
B. | Less risk than market average |
C. | Less risk than risk free investment |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Higher risk than the market average |
40. |
CML stands for. |
A. | Convergence Market Line |
B. | Critical Market Line |
C. | Critical Maturity Line |
D. | Capital Market Line |
Answer» D. Capital Market Line |
41. |
------- is also called characteristic Lines. |
A. | CML |
B. | SML |
C. | Efficient Frontier |
D. | CAL |
Answer» B. SML |
42. |
Efficient frontier is situated at -------- boundary of opportunity set. |
A. | North west |
B. | North east |
C. | South west |
D. | South east |
Answer» A. North west |
43. |
Arbitrage Pricing Theory was introduced by--- |
A. | Charles Dow |
B. | Benchamin Graham |
C. | William sharp |
D. | Stephen S.Rose |
Answer» D. Stephen S.Rose |
44. |
Which pricing model provides no guidance on the determination of the risk premium factor? |
A. | The Multifactor APT |
B. | The CAPM |
C. | Both CAPM &Multifactor APT |
D. | Neither the CAPM nor Multifactor APT |
Answer» A. The Multifactor APT |
45. |
. -------- is an example for oscillators. |
A. | ROC |
B. | RSI |
C. | MACD |
D. | All the above |
Answer» D. All the above |
46. |
The APT differs from CAPM because the APT. |
A. | Places more emphasis on market risk |
B. | Recognizes multiple systematic risk factors |
C. | Recognizes multiple unsystematic risk factors |
D. | Minimizes the importance of diversification |
Answer» B. Recognizes multiple systematic risk factors |
47. |
----------- focus more on past price movement of a firm’s stock than on the underlying determinants of future profitability. |
A. | Credit Analysis |
B. | Fundamental Analysis |
C. | Systems Analysis |
D. | Technical Analysis |
Answer» D. Technical Analysis |
48. |
RAPM stands for ----- |
A. | Risk Adjustment Performance Matrix |
B. | Risk Adjusted Performance Measure |
C. | Risk return Analysis of portfolio management |
D. | Risk Adjusted portfolio Measure |
Answer» A. Risk Adjustment Performance Matrix |
49. |
Reward to variability Ratio is---- |
A. | Traynor Ratio |
B. | Sharp Ratio |
C. | Jenson Ratio |
D. | Book Market Ratio |
Answer» B. Sharp Ratio |
50. |
Reward to volatility Ratio is also called as---- |
A. | Treynor Ratio |
B. | Sharp Ratio |
C. | Jenson Ratio |
D. | Book market Ratio |
Answer» A. Treynor Ratio |
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