All Free Management Sciences MCQs with Answers

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  • A. direct price of security
  • B. repurchase price of securities
  • C. purchase price of security
  • D. transaction price of securityInvesting

Explanation: In a repurchase agreement, the repurchase price equals the original selling price plus the agreed repo interest.

Correct answer: repurchase price of securities
  • A. economic rates
  • B. foreign exchange risk
  • C. selling rate
  • D. buying rates

Explanation: Foreign exchange risk is the possibility that exchange-rate movements will change the value of assets, liabilities, or cash flows…

Correct answer: foreign exchange risk
  • A. money market instruments
  • B. capital market instruments
  • C. counter instruments
  • D. long term instrumentsEconomics

Explanation: Government securities issued to raise funds for short periods, such as Treasury bills, are money-market instruments.

Correct answer: money market instruments
  • A. mutual funds
  • B. commercial banks and thrifts
  • C. savings banks
  • D. credit unions

Explanation: Depository institutions accept deposits and lend a large portion of those funds; the main categories are commercial banks and thrifts.

Correct answer: commercial banks and thrifts
  • A. primary cash flows
  • B. number of issued securities
  • C. market prices of securities
  • D. both B and CFinancial Planning & Management

Explanation: The market value of outstanding capital-market instruments is calculated from the number of securities issued and their current market…

Correct answer: both B and CFinancial Planning & Management
  • A. supplier monitor
  • B. funds monitor
  • C. delegated monitor
  • D. allocation monitor

Explanation: A financial intermediary is a delegated monitor when funds suppliers appoint it to monitor borrowers on their behalf.

Correct answer: delegated monitor
  • A. savings risk
  • B. advance risk
  • C. cost risk
  • D. technology riskAccounting & Auditing

Explanation: Technology risk arises when technological advancement fails to generate the expected cost savings, leaving an institution at a cost…

Correct answer: technology riskAccounting & Auditing
  • A. insolvency risk
  • B. solvency risk
  • C. balanced risk
  • D. unbalanced risk

Explanation: Insolvency risk occurs when an institution lacks sufficient capital to absorb a sudden fall in the value of its assets.

Correct answer: insolvency risk
  • A. largest
  • B. smallest
  • C. never paid
  • D. none of the above

Explanation: Corporate equities, or stocks, generally form the largest component of capital-market instruments because corporations issue substantial…

Correct answer: largest
  • A. stated rates
  • B. banks debentures
  • C. banks liabilities
  • D. banks deposits

Explanation: Subordinated debentures and notes represent borrowed funds that the bank must repay, so they appear as bank liabilities.

Correct answer: banks liabilities
  • A. activity funds
  • B. mutual funds
  • C. penalty funds
  • D. financing fundsBanking

Explanation: Mutual funds pool money from individuals and companies, then invest it in a diversified portfolio of securities or other assets.

Correct answer: mutual funds
  • A. demand and supply
  • B. increased maturity
  • C. decreased maturity
  • D. instrument availability

Explanation: Foreign-exchange rates change as demand for a currency and its supply change in the market.

Correct answer: demand and supply
  • A. commercial banks
  • B. commercial mortgages
  • C. credit mortgages
  • D. credit derivativeFinance

Explanation: Commercial banks are depository institutions whose principal assets are loans and advances made to households, businesses, and…

Correct answer: commercial banks
  • A. variable securities
  • B. convertible securities
  • C. liquidity
  • D. constant securities

Explanation: Liquidity is the ease and speed with which an asset can be converted into cash without a substantial loss in value.

Correct answer: liquidity
  • A. London bonds
  • B. Eurodollar bonds
  • C. central bonds
  • D. decentralize bonds

Explanation: Eurodollar bonds are dollar-denominated bonds issued outside the United States, commonly through financial centres such as London and…

Correct answer: Eurodollar bonds
  • A. asset transformers
  • B. liability transformers
  • C. issuing transformers
  • D. claiming transformers

Explanation: Financial institutions act as asset transformers by issuing their own claims to investors and using the funds to acquire claims issued by…

Correct answer: asset transformers
  • A. trading institutions
  • B. activity institutions
  • C. investment banks
  • D. mortgage banks

Explanation: Investment banks underwrite securities, arrange their issuance, and may provide brokerage and trading services.

Correct answer: investment banks
  • A. asset risk
  • B. trade risk
  • C. market risk
  • D. exchange risk

Explanation: Market risk is the possibility of loss caused by changes in market prices, including asset prices, interest rates, and exchange rates.

Correct answer: market risk
  • A. flow market
  • B. primary markets
  • C. secondary markets
  • D. funding markets

Explanation: Primary markets are where a publicly traded firm issues new shares or debt instruments and receives the funds raised.

Correct answer: primary markets
  • A. penalty companies
  • B. insurance companies
  • C. events dealers
  • D. protecting companies

Explanation: Insurance companies provide financial protection against specified risks such as accidents, theft, and death in exchange for premiums.

Correct answer: insurance companies