laboursonline – MCQs, Mock Tests | CSS[FPSC-U.S. Civil Service Commission]-USA [USA] CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ COMMERECE Set 2

In a well-functioning markets two investments that offer the same payoff must have the same

1. beta
2. return
3. risk
4. price

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The mixture of debt and equity, used to finance a corporation is also known as

1. capital structure
2. capital budgeting
3. investing
4. treasury

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The present value of $100 expected in two years from today at a discount rate of 5% is

1. $105
2. $110.7
3. $95
4. $90.7

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What will be value of $100 after two years, if the interest rate during this period is 5%?

1. $105
2. $107.5
3. $110.25
4. $95

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Investors require higher return on

1. levered equity
2. unlevered equity
3. both levered and unlevered
4. bond equity

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In a well-functioning capital market if the firm pays no taxes then what is better about borrowing?

1. Borrowing is not a good idea in this case
2. No difference who (firm or shareholders) borrows
3. It is better that the firm borrows
4. It is better that the shareholders borrow

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Corporations can return cash to their shareholders by

1. paying cash dividends
2. stock repurchase
3. both A and B
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which from the following is true about stock repurchases?

1. Repurchases are more flexible
2. Repurchases are tax-advantaged
3. both A and B
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What should be the goal of a corporation?

1. to maximize the profit of the shareholders
2. to maximize the value of the corporation
3. both A and B
4. to take care of the interests of the management

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The money a investor receive for taking on a risk is called

1. risk premium
2. risk free rate
3. option value
4. arbitrage

✅ Correct Answer: 1

An asset that pays a fixed amount of cash each year for a specified number of years is called

1. perpetuity
2. dividend
3. liquidity
4. annuity

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Net Present Value is calculated as

1. cash inflow - cash outflow
2. cash outflow - cash inflow
3. PV of cash inflow - PV of cash outflow
4. PV of cash outflow - PV of cash inflow

✅ Correct Answer: 3

An investment should be accepted if its NPV is

1. 0
2. 1
3. positive
4. negative

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The ratio between the amount of profit and investment is called the

1. NPV
2. opportunity cost
3. risk premium
4. rate of return

✅ Correct Answer: 4

An investment should be accepted if

1. Rate of Return > Opportunity Cost
2. Rate of Return < Opportunity Cost
3. Rate of Return = Opportunity Cost
4. A, B and C are irrelevant

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Governments and corporations issue bonds to

1. borrow money
2. lend money
3. both A and B
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Regular interest payment to the bond holders is called

1. principal
2. coupon
3. face value
4. yield

✅ Correct Answer: 2

At maturity the bond holders get back their principal. The principal is called

1. coupon
2. face value
3. yield
4. return

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Any economic resource that can produce economic value to the holder is called

1. asset
2. return
3. maturity
4. yield

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A collection of assets held by an investor is called

1. corporate bond
2. random returns
3. risk premium
4. portfolio

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The risk of a well-diversified portfolio depends on the __________ of the securities included in the portfolio.

1. specific risk
2. market risk
3. both A and B
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The contribution of an individual security to the risk of a well-diversified portfolio is measured by?

1. beta
2. variance
3. standard deviation
4. CAPM

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The sensitivity of an asset to the market movements is called

1. beta
2. variance
3. standard deviation
4. CAPM

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The average beta of all stocks in a market is

1. 1
2. 0
3. 1
4. 1.5

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In portfolio analysis __________ curves play an important role.

1. circle
2. ellipse
3. parabola
4. hyperbola

✅ Correct Answer: 4

According to the MM proposition, dividend policy is

1. correlated
2. under-performed
3. relevant
4. irrelevant

✅ Correct Answer: 4

If stock prices increases, dividend yield

1. also increases
2. decreases
3. remains same
4. increases to one and a half

✅ Correct Answer: 2

According to residual dividend policy, a firm should pay a dividend of all left over when

1. zero NPV projects have been funded
2. positive NPV projects have been funded
3. projects with IRR equal to risk-free interest rate have been funded
4. projects with IRR greater than risk-free interest rate have been funded

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The value of probability is always between __________ (inclusive).

1. 1 and 0
2. 0 and 1
3. 1 and 1
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The value of correlation is always between __________ (inclusive).

1. 1 and 0
2. 0 and 1
3. 1 and 1
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

If two firms in the same line of business merge together, it is called __________ merger.

1. horizontal
2. vertical
3. straight
4. conglomerate

✅ Correct Answer: 1

If two firms at different stages of production merge together, it is called __________ merger

1. horizontal
2. vertical
3. straight
4. conglomerate

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If two firms in unrelated line of business merge together, it is called __________ merger.

1. horizontal
2. vertical
3. straight
4. conglomerate

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The measure for calculating how much two random variable change together is called

1. variance
2. covariance
3. skewness
4. skewness

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The normalized version of covariance is called

1. regression
2. correlation
3. cross-section
4. spread

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Suppose our portfolio consists of two stocks A and B. What should be the correlation between them so that we have no risk in our portfolio?

1. 1
2. 0
3. 1
4. risk cannot be eliminated

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In the beginning, some companies receive equity investment from wealthy individuals. The wealthy individuals are called

1. angel investors
2. corporate investors
3. venture capitalists
4. venture capital firms

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Firms that invest in new companies as they try to grow are called

1. spinning
2. underwriters
3. venture capitalists
4. venture capital firms

✅ Correct Answer: 4

An investor will receive $5,000 and $10,000 after one and two years from today respectively. If the interest rate during this period is 10% then what is the present value of this cash flow?

1. $12000
2. $12450
3. $12810
4. $13705

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The success of a new company critically depends on

1. managers
2. board of directors
3. shareholders
4. venture capitalists

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Companies go public in order to

1. avoid taxes
2. reduce management cost
3. raise more cash
4. get merge

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Companies go public with the help of

1. venture capital firms
2. underwriters
3. shareholders
4. A, B and C

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If beta of a stock is __________ then it tends to amplify the overall market movement.

1. 0
2. 1
3. greater than 1
4. between 0 and 1

✅ Correct Answer: 3

he relationship between short and long term interest rates is called __________ of interest rates.

1. yield to maturity
2. duration
3. volatility
4. term structure

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Financial managers are interested in __________ when see bond market

1. yield to maturity
2. duration
3. volatility
4. term structure

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Underwriters are also called

1. bookrunner
2. venture capitalists
3. subscribers
4. angel investors

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which from the following is not the role of an underwriter?

1. They provide procedural and financial advice
2. They buy the issue
3. They resell the issue to the public
4. They provide funds to the corporation

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Risk __________ with the duration of bond.

1. remains same
2. increases
3. decreases
4. multiplied

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The difference between the public-offer price and the price paid by the underwriter is called

1. underpricing
2. spread
3. commission
4. margin

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The underwriters receive their payments in the shape of

1. underpricing
2. spread
3. commission
4. margin

✅ Correct Answer: 2