Economics Of Money Banking And Financial
Markets 10th Edition by Mishkin – Test bank
Economics of Money, Banking, and Fin. Markets, 10e
(Mishkin) Chapter 6 The Risk and Term Structure of Interest
Rates
6.1 Risk Structure of Interest Rates
1) The risk structure of interest rates is
1. A) the structure of how interest rates move over time.
2. B) the relationship among interest rates of different bonds with the same maturity.
3. C) the relationship among the term to maturity of different bonds.
4. D) the relationship among interest rates on bonds with different maturities.
Answer: B
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2) The risk that interest payments will not be made, or that the face value of a bond is not repaid
when a bond matures is
1. A) interest rate risk.
2. B) inflation risk.
3. C) moral hazard.
4. D) default risk.
Answer: D
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3) Bonds with no default risk are called
1. A) flower bonds.
2. B) no-risk bonds.
3. C) default-free bonds.
4. D) zero-risk bonds.
Answer: C
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4) Which of the following bonds are considered to be default-risk free?
1. A) Municipal bonds
2. B) Investment-grade bonds
3. C) U.S. Treasury bonds
, 4. D) Junk bonds
Answer: C
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5) U.S. government bonds have no default risk because
1. A) they are backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government.
2. B) the federal government can increase taxes to pay its obligations.
3. C) they are backed with gold reserves.
4. D) they can be exchanged for silver at any time.
Answer: B
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6) The spread between the interest rates on bonds with default risk and default-free bonds is
called the
1. A) risk premium.
2. B) junk margin.
3. C) bond margin.
4. D) default premium.
Answer: A
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, 7) If the probability of a bond default increases because corporations begin to suffer large
losses, then the default risk on corporate bonds will and the expected return on these bonds
will , everything else held constant.
1. A) decrease; increase
2. B) decrease; decrease
3. C) increase; increase
4. D) increase; decrease
Answer: D
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8) A bond with default risk will always have a risk premium and an increase in its
default risk will the risk premium.
1. A) positive; raise
2. B) positive; lower
3. C) negative; raise
4. D) negative; lower
Answer: A
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9) If a corporation begins to suffer large losses, then the default risk on the corporate bond will
1. A) increase and the bond’s return will become more uncertain, meaning the expected return
on the corporate bond will fall.
Markets 10th Edition by Mishkin – Test bank
Economics of Money, Banking, and Fin. Markets, 10e
(Mishkin) Chapter 6 The Risk and Term Structure of Interest
Rates
6.1 Risk Structure of Interest Rates
1) The risk structure of interest rates is
1. A) the structure of how interest rates move over time.
2. B) the relationship among interest rates of different bonds with the same maturity.
3. C) the relationship among the term to maturity of different bonds.
4. D) the relationship among interest rates on bonds with different maturities.
Answer: B
,Ques Status: Previous Edition
AACSB: Reflective thinking skills
2) The risk that interest payments will not be made, or that the face value of a bond is not repaid
when a bond matures is
1. A) interest rate risk.
2. B) inflation risk.
3. C) moral hazard.
4. D) default risk.
Answer: D
Ques Status: Previous Edition
3) Bonds with no default risk are called
1. A) flower bonds.
2. B) no-risk bonds.
3. C) default-free bonds.
4. D) zero-risk bonds.
Answer: C
Ques Status: Previous Edition
4) Which of the following bonds are considered to be default-risk free?
1. A) Municipal bonds
2. B) Investment-grade bonds
3. C) U.S. Treasury bonds
, 4. D) Junk bonds
Answer: C
Ques Status: Previous Edition
AACSB: Analytic skills
5) U.S. government bonds have no default risk because
1. A) they are backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government.
2. B) the federal government can increase taxes to pay its obligations.
3. C) they are backed with gold reserves.
4. D) they can be exchanged for silver at any time.
Answer: B
Ques Status: Previous Edition
AACSB: Reflective thinking skills
6) The spread between the interest rates on bonds with default risk and default-free bonds is
called the
1. A) risk premium.
2. B) junk margin.
3. C) bond margin.
4. D) default premium.
Answer: A
Ques Status: Previous Edition
AACSB: Analytic skills
, 7) If the probability of a bond default increases because corporations begin to suffer large
losses, then the default risk on corporate bonds will and the expected return on these bonds
will , everything else held constant.
1. A) decrease; increase
2. B) decrease; decrease
3. C) increase; increase
4. D) increase; decrease
Answer: D
Ques Status: Previous Edition
AACSB: Reflective thinking skills
8) A bond with default risk will always have a risk premium and an increase in its
default risk will the risk premium.
1. A) positive; raise
2. B) positive; lower
3. C) negative; raise
4. D) negative; lower
Answer: A
Ques Status: Previous Edition
AACSB: Reflective thinking skills
9) If a corporation begins to suffer large losses, then the default risk on the corporate bond will
1. A) increase and the bond’s return will become more uncertain, meaning the expected return
on the corporate bond will fall.
