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Chapterg01gIntroductiongAnswergKey
Trueg/gFalsegQuestions
1. Primarygmarketsgaregmarketsgwheregusersgofgfundsgraisegcashgbygsellin
ggsecuritiesgtogfunds’gsuppliers.
TRUE
2. Secondarygmarketsgaregmarketsgusedgbygcorporationsgtograisegcashgbygissuin
ggsecuritiesgforgagshortgtimegperiod.
FALSE
3. Ingagprivategplacement,gthegissuergtypicallygsellsgthegentiregissuegtogone,gorgonl
ygagfew,ginstitutionalgbuyers.
TRUE
4. ThegNYSEgisgangexamplegofgagsecondarygmarket.
TRUE
5. Privatelygplacedgsecuritiesgaregusuallygsoldgtogonegorgmoreginvestmentgbanker
sgandgthengresoldgtogtheggeneralgpublic.
FALSE
6. Moneygmarketsgaregthegmarketsgforgsecuritiesgwithgangoriginalgmaturitygofg
1gyeargorgless.
TRUE
7. Financialgintermediariesgsuchgasgbanksgtypicallyghavegassetsgthatgaregriskie
rgthangtheirgliabilities.
TRUE
8. Theregaregthreegtypesgofgmajorgfinancialgmarketsgtoday:gprimary,gsecondary
,gandgderivativesgmarkets.gThegNYSEgandgNASDAQgaregbothgexamplesgof
gderivativesgmarkets.
FALSE
MultiplegChoicegQuestions
9. Whatgfactorsgaregencouraginggfinancialginstitutionsgtogoffergoverlapping
gfinancialgservicesgsuchgasgbanking,ginvestmentgbanking,gbrokerage,getc
.?
I. Regulatorygchangesgallowingginstitutionsgtogoffergmoregservices
II. Technologicalgimprovementsgreducinggthegcostgofgprovidinggfinancia
lgservices
III. Increasinggcompetitiongfromgfullgservicegglobalgfinancialginstitutions
IV. Reductiongingthegneedgtogmanagegriskgatgfinancialginstitutions
, A.Igonly
B. IIgandgIIIgonly
C. I,gII,gandgIIIgonly
D. I,gII,gandgIVgonly
E. I,gII,gIII,gandgIV
Figureg1-1
IBMgcreatesgandgsellsgadditionalgstockgtogtheginvestmentgbanker,gMorgangStanley.gMo
rgangStanleygthengresellsgthegissuegtogthegU.S.gpublic.
10. Thisgtransactiongisgangexamplegofga(n)
A. primarygmarketgtransaction
B. assetgtransformationgbygMorgangStanley
C. moneygmarketgtransaction
D. foreigngexchangegtransaction
E. forwardgtransaction
11. MorgangStanleygisgactinggasga(n
)gA.assetgtransformer
B.gassetgbroker
C.ggovernmentgregulator
D.gforeigngservicegrepresentative
12. Agcorporationgseekinggtogsellgnewgequitygsecuritiesgtogthegpublicgforgthegfir
stgtimegingordergtograisegcashgforgcapitalginvestmentgwouldgmostglikelygA.c
onductgangIPOgwithgthegassistancegofganginvestmentgbanker
B. engagegingagsecondarygmarketgsalegofgequity
C. conductgagprivategplacementgtogaglargegnumbergofgpotentialgbuyers
D. placegangadgingthegWallgStreetgJournalgsolicitinggretailgsuppliersgofgfunds
E. nonegofgthegabove
13. Theglargestgcapitalgmarketgsecuritygoutstandingging2010gmeasuredgbygmarke
tgvaluegwas
A. securitizedgmortgages
B. corporategbonds
C. municipalgbonds
D. Treasurygbonds
E. corporategstocks
14. Thegdiagramgbelowgisgagdiagramgofgth
egA.secondarygmarkets
B. primarygmarkets
C. moneygmarkets
D. derivativesgmarkets
E. commoditiesgmarkets
15. andg
allowgagfinancialgintermediarygtogoffergsafe,gliquidgliabilitiesg
suchgasgdepositsgwhileginvestinggthegdepositors’gmoneygingriskier,gilliquid
gassets.
, A. Diversification;ghighgequitygreturns
B. Pricegrisk;gcollateral
C. Freegriders;gregulations
D. Monitoring;gdiversification
E. Primarygmarkets;gforeigngexchangegmarkets
16. Depositoryginstitutionsginclude:
gA.banks
B. thrifts
C. financegcompanies
D. allgofgthegabove
E. AgandgBgonly
17. Matchgthegintermediarygwithgthegcharacteristicgthatgbestgdescribesgitsgfunction.
I. Providegprotectiongfromgadversegevents
II. Poolgfundsgofgsmallgsaversgandginvestgingeithergmoneygorgcapitalgmarkets
III. Providegconsumergloansgandgrealgestategloansgfundedgbygdeposits
IV. Accumulategandgtransfergwealthgfromgworkgperiodgtogretirementgperiod
V. Underwritegandgtradegsecuritiesgandgprovidegbrokeragegservices
1. Thrifts
2. Insurers
3. Pensiongfunds
4. Securitiesgfirmsgandginvestmentgbanks
5. Mutualgfunds
A. 1,g3,g2,g5,g4
B. 4,g2,g3,g5,g1
C. 2,g5,g1,g3,g4
D. 2,g4,g5,g3,g1
E. 5,g1,g3,g2,g4
18. Secondarygmarketsghelpgsupportgprimarygmarketsgbecausegsecondarygmarkets
I. Offergprimarygmarketgpurchasersgliquiditygforgtheirgholdings
II. Updategthegpricegorgvaluegofgthegprimarygmarketgclaims
III. Reducegthegcostgofgtradinggthegprimarygmarketgclaims
A.Igonly
B. IIgonly
C. IgandgIIgonly
D. IIgandgIIIgonly
E. I,gII,gandgIII
19. Financialgintermediariesg(FIs)gcangoffergsaversgagsafer,gmoregliquidginvestmen
tgthangagcapitalgmarketgsecurity,gevengthoughgthegintermediaryginvestsgingrisk
ygilliquidginstrumentsgbecause
A. FIsgcangdiversifygawaygsomegofgtheirgrisk
B. FIsgcloselygmonitorgthegriskinessgofgtheirgassets
C. thegfederalggovernmentgrequiresgthemgtogdogso