The Quantitative Easing done by the Federal Reserve during the great recession used which monetary
policy tool? - correct answer Buying bonds by the Federal Open Market Operations
of the Fed
The Glass Steagall Act was basically repealed through which act of Congress? - correct answer
Allowing Financial Holding Companies
Breaking the buck refers to - correct answer Not permitting MMF (money market
fund) to go below $1 NAV in most circumstance
Monetary Control Act of 1980 assisted in loosening the economy by - correct answer
Reducing float in the payment system
In case of bankruptcy, what is the order of payment? - correct answer 1. Senior
Debt
2. Bankruptcy Trustee
3. Taxes Owed
4. Subordinated bondholders
5. Common Shareholders
A retail brokerage firm is MOST like which one of the following types of financial institutions? - correct
answer Investment Banks
The type of underwriting that is most risky to the company putting out the public offering - correct
answer Best Efforts Underwriting
What is the service a commercial bank traditionally does NOT make money from? - correct answer
Underwriting security issued to the public
, All of these are attributes of Jumbo CDs except:
- CDs must be held to maturity
- They are negotiable instruments with a secondary market
- "The minimum denomination is $100,000"
- The funds invested are exposed to bankruptcy risk over the FDIC amount - correct answer
CDs must be held to maturity
When utilizing a Factor (financial intermediary that purchases receivables from a company)to sell your
receivables, all could be true except:
- you will sell receivables at a discount off of the face amount
- they must be sold without recourse back to the selling company
- factors can have recourse back to the selling company if customers do not pay
- factoring can assist in raising cash for a company - correct answer they must be
sold without recourse back to the selling company
Financing decisions in a budget are used to construct all of the following pro forma financial statement
components EXCEPT:
- debt
- interest expense
- shareholders equity
- inventory - correct answer Inventory
Examples of fixed assets include which of the following
- inventory
- treasury bills
- forklift
- goodwill - correct answer forklift
When it comes to Audit Opinions, firms would like - correct answer unqualified