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1. A "foreign" bond is a bond
A. sold in the United States by a U.S. company.
B.
sold to investors in the local market but issued by a company from some other country.
C. sold in Europe by a U.S. company.
D. sold in Europe by a European company.
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2. The largest market for foreign bonds is
A.
the United States.
B. Japan.
C. Switzerland.
D. Russia.
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3. A "samurai bond" is a bond
A. sold by a company from Japan.
B. sold in the United States by a company from Japan.
C. sold in Japan by a local company.
D.
sold in Japan by a company from some other country.
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4. A Yankee bond is a bond
A. sold by a company from the United States.
B.
sold in the United States by a foreign firm.
C. sold in the United States by a local company.
D. sold in Japan by a company from some other country.
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5. A Yankee bond will be denominated in
A.
U.S. dollars.
B. British pounds.
C. Japanese yen.
D. Euros.
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6. The bonds that are sold to local investors issued by a firm from another country are called
A. private placement.
B.
foreign bonds.
C. junk bonds.
D. investment-grade bonds.
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7. According to SEC Rule 144A,
A. bonds issued through private placements can be bought and sold by institutional investors.
B. SEC registration is not needed for privately placed bonds.
C. SEC registration is required of all securities issued in the United States.
D.
bonds issued through private placements can be bought and sold by institutional investors and SEC registration
is not needed for privately placed bonds.
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8. The written agreement between a corporation and the bondholder's representative is called the
A.
indenture.
B. collateral maintenance agreement.
C. prospectus.
D. debenture.
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9. The trust company for a bond issue represents the
A. managers of the firm.
B. firm's shareholders.
C. firm's board of directors.
D.
firm's bondholders.
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10. Very large bond issues that are marketed both internationally as well as in individual domestic markets
are called
A. Eurobonds.
B. foreign bonds.
C.
global bonds.
D. None of the options are correct.
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11. In general, which of the following statements is (are) true?
A.
Bonds issued in the United States are registered and Eurobonds are normally issued in a major currency
(e.g., $US, euro, or yen).
B. Bonds issued in the United States are bearer bonds.
C. Eurobonds are normally issued in a major currency (e.g., $US, euro, or yen).
D. Bonds issued in the United States are bearer bonds and Eurobonds are normally issued in the local currency.
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12. A type of bond that has the advantage of secrecy of ownership, but has the disadvantage of ownership
not recorded by the firm's registrar, is a
A. registered bond.
B. premium bond.
C. par bond.
D.
bearer bond.
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13. Which of the following are included in the typical bond indenture?
A. The basic terms of the bond
B. Details of the protective covenants
C. Details of the protective covenants and sinking fund arrangements
D.
The basic terms of the bond, details of the protective covenants, sinking fund arrangements, and call provisions
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14. Any bond that is issued at a discount is known as
A. a pure discount bond.
B. a zero-coupon bond.
C.
an original issue discount bond.
D. a premium bond.
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15. In general, which of the following statements is true?
A. Bonds issued in the United States pay interest annually, while bonds issued in other countries pay
interest semiannually.
B. Bonds issued in the United States and other countries pay interest semiannually.
C. Bonds issued in the United States and other countries pay interest annually.
D.
Bonds issued in the United States pay interest semiannually, while bonds issued in other countries pay
interest annually.
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16. The Alfa Co. has a 6 percent coupon bond outstanding that pays semiannual interest. Calculate the
semiannual interest payment on a $1,000 face value bond.
A. $60
B.
$30
C. $10
D. $6
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17. The Alfa Co. has a 6 percent coupon bond outstanding that pays annual interest. Calculate the annual
interest payment on a $1,000 face value bond.
A.
$60
B. $30
C. $10
D. $120
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18. The Alfa Co. has a 12 percent bond outstanding on a $1,000 face value bond that pays interest on February
1 and July 1. Today is March 1 and you are planning to purchase one of these bonds. How much will you pay in
accrued interest?
A.
$10
B. $20
C. $30
D. $60
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19. A zero-coupon bond is also called a(n)
A. income bond.
B. original issue discount bond.
C.
pure discount bond.
D. premium bond.
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20. LIBOR means
A.
London Interbank Offered Rate.
B. London International Bank Offered Rate.
C. Long-term International Bank Offered Rate.
D. Liberty of Repayment.
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21. Which of the following bonds is secured by assets?
A.
A mortgage bond
B. A floating rate bond
C. A debenture
D. An indenture
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22. Which of the following bonds is typically secured?
A. Sinking fund debenture
B.
Mortgage bond
C. Floating rate note
D. Eurobond
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23. Long-term bonds that are unsecured obligations of a company are called
A. indentures.
B.
debentures.
C. mortgage bonds.
D. bearer bonds.
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24. The following are secured bonds
except
A. mortgage bonds.
B.
debentures.
C. collateral trust bonds.
D. equipment trust certificates.
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25. The following are various types of secured debt:
A. mortgage bonds only.
B. mortgage bonds and collateral trust bonds only.
C.
mortgage bonds, collateral trust bonds, and equipment trust certificate only.
D. mortgage bonds, collateral trust bonds, equipment trust certificate, and debentures.
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26. Floating-rate bonds have adjustable rates to protect real rates of return against inflation. The rates paid
are limited by
A. the put provisions of the issues.
B. a floor rate that sets the minimum.
C. a cap rate that sets the maximum.
D.
a floor rate that sets the minimum and a cap rate that sets the maximum.
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27. Which of the following bonds is typically
not
secured?
A. Collateral trust bond
B. Mortgage bond
C.
Debenture
D. Equipment trust certificate
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28. The recovery rate on defaulting debt is the highest for the following type of debt:
A.
bank debt.
B. senior secured bonds.
C. senior subordinated bonds.
D. junior subordinated bonds.
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29. The recovery rate on defaulting debt is the least for the following type of debt:
A. bank debt.
B. senior secured bonds.
C. senior subordinated bonds.
D.
junior subordinated bonds.
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30. Which of the following provisions would often be included in the indenture for a first-mortgage bond?
A. A limit on officer salaries
B. A negative pledge clause
C. A limit on new issues of subordinated debt
D.
A limit on the amount of senior debt that can be issued
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31. Firms often bundle up a group of assets and then sell the cash flows from these assets in the form of
securities. They are called
A. debentures.
B. subordinated issues.
C.
asset-backed securities.
D. mortgage bonds.
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32. A sinking fund may be useful to a corporation because
A. the corporation does not have to worry about paying the bondholders.
B.
it may provide the corporation with the option to acquire the bonds at the lower of face value or market price.
C. the payments to the sinking fund are not necessary when the firm is in financial difficulty.
D. they are simple and easy to monitor.
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33. Corporations often have the right to repurchase a debt issue prior to maturity at a fixed price. Such debt
issues are said to be
A. indentured.
B. protected.
C. convertible.
D.
callable.
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34. Even though many bonds have deferred sinking funds, the sinking fund has the following effects on
bondholders:
A.
provides extra protection to bondholders as both an early warning system and perhaps some collateral cash
and provides an option to the firm to buy bonds at the lower of market or face value.
B. puts the bondholders at added risk due to potential inability to meet sinking fund payments.
C. provides an option to the firm to buy bonds at the lower of market or face value.
D. provides an option to the firm to buy bonds at the lower of market or face value and puts the bondholders
at added risk due to potential inability to meet sinking fund payments.
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35. The following are some of the complications associated with call provisions of bonds:
A. The firm may be prevented from calling a bond because of a nonrefunding clause from issuing new debt.
B. The firm may be prevented from calling a bond because of a nonrefunding clause from issuing new debt, and
the call premium is a tax-deductible expense for the firm but is taxed as capital gains to bondholders.
C. The firm may be prevented from calling a bond because of a nonrefunding clause from issuing new debt, the
call premium is a tax-deductible expense for the firm but is taxed as capital gains to bondholders, and there
may be other tax consequences to both the firm and the bondholders from replacing a low-coupon bond with a
higher-coupon bond.
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