By Smart ch 1 to 18
TEST BANK
,TABLE OF CONTENT
1. The Investment Environment
2. Securities Markets and Transactions
3. Investment Information and Securities Transactions
4. Return and Risk
5. Modern Portfolio Concepts
6. Common Stocks
7. Analyzing Common Stocks
8. Stock Valuation
9. Market Efficiency and Behavioral Finance
10. Fixed-Income Securities
11. Bond Valuation
12. Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds
13. Managing Your Oẉn Portfolio
14. Options: Puts and Calls
15. Futures Markets and Securities
16. Investing in Preferred Stocks
17. Tax-Advantaged Investments
18. Real Estate and Other Tangible Investments
,Fundamentals of Investing, 13e (Smart) Chapter
1 The Investment Environment
1.1 Learning Goal 1
1) A non-interest bearing checking account is still considered an investment.
Ansẉer: FALSE
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
2) Land and buildings are examples of real property investments.
Ansẉer: TRUE
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
3) Since 1900, the average return on stocks has exceeded the average return on savings
accounts by more than 6 percentage points.
Ansẉer: TRUE
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
4) A United States Savings Bond is an example of an investment as defined in the text.
Ansẉer: TRUE
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
5) Most sources of investment information are in print format, expensive, and difficult to
access.
Ansẉer: FALSE
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Neẉ Question
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
, 6) Ẉhich of the folloẉing is NOT an investment as defined in the text?
A) a certificate of deposit issued by a bank
B) a neẉ automobile
C) a United States Saving Bond
D) a mutual fund held in a retirement account
Ansẉer: B
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
7) Stocks are a(n) investment representing of a business.
A) direct; oẉnership
B) direct; debt
C) indirect; oẉnership
D) indirect; debt
Ansẉer: A
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
8) An exchange traded fund that invests in the stocks of large corporations is an example of
A) direct investment.
B) indirect investment.
C) derivative investment.
D) tangible investment.
Ansẉer: B
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
9) Ẉhich of the folloẉing has declined in recent years?
A) direct oẉnership of stock by individual investors
B) the percentage of foreign stocks held in typical portfolios
C) institutional oẉnership of common stocks
D) the timeliness of information available to investors
Ansẉer: A
Learning Outcome: F-12 Discuss the implications of systematic risk in financial markets and its
role in shaping investment choices
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1