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Practice Quiz 6
1.
A composite rating of 5 is the rating for the soundest financial institutions.
a.
True
b.
False ***
2.
Banks have higher leverage than most manufacturing firms.
a.
True ****
b.
False
3.
The provision for loan loss account is the actual loan losses less loan recoveries in a
given time period.
a.
True
b.
False ****
4.
The allowance for loan and lease losses is bank management's estimate of the amount of
gross loans and leases that may not be repaid to the bank.
a.
True ****
b.
False
5.
Loans are the major asset on a bank's balance sheet, and they generate the largest amount
of revenue.
a.
True ****
b.
False
6.
Rate-sensitive funding sources at a bank are termed core deposits.
a.
True
b.
False ****
7.
For securities firms, income from investment and wealth management is more stable than
income from underwriting or trading activities.
a.
True ****
b.
False
8.
Diversified full-line investment banks act as both broker-dealers and securities
underwriters.
a.
True ****
b.
False
9.
The process of creating a secondary market for securities or contracts is termed
brokerage.
a.
True
b.
False ****
10.
In a best efforts offering, the investment banker acts as an agent for the issuer rather than
as a principal.
a.
True ****
b.
False
11.
A market maker buys IBM at $185 for his own account and sells the stock later in the day
at $187. He is acting as a broker in this transaction.
a.
True
b.
False ****
12.
For the trading desk of an investment bank buying large blocks of securities and holding
them until the price rises sufficiently to warrant a sale is an example of position trading.
a.
True ****
b.
False
13.
An example of a pure arbitrage strategy is to simultaneously buy and sell the same
security in two different markets at different prices.
a.
True ****
b.
False
14.
A stockbroker acts as a principal on behalf of the customer.
a.
True
b.
False ****
It acts as an agent. An underwriter acts as a principal.
15.
Program trading is the simultaneous buying and selling of at least 15 stocks worth a total
of $1 million or more.
a.
True ****
b.
False
16.
The share price of Walmart has appreciated significantly relative to the share price of
Target in the last 30 days. The trading desk takes a long position in shares of Target and a
short position in Walmart. This is an example of a risk arbitrage strategy.
a.
True ****
More specifically, this is called a statistical arbitrage (stat arb) strategy,
which is a special case of a risk arbitrage strategy.
b.
False
17.
Angel investors tend to be more active investors compared to venture fund investors.
a.
True
b.
False ****
18.
An advantage of private placements is that there is no requirement to register with the
SEC since the placements are made only to large, sophisticated investors; therefore, the
cost of issuance is lower.
a.
True ****
b.
False
19.
Firms underwriting securities assist corporate clients in selling them in secondary
markets.
a.
True
b.
False ****
They assist in selling them in the primary markets.
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TRUE OR FALSE
1. Short-term financial policies that are flexible with regard to current assets includes keeping large balance of short-term debt.
2. Costs that fall with increases in the level of investment in current assets are called shortage costs.
3. The firm further increases the effective interest rate earned by the bank on the committed line of credit.
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QUESTION TWO
Voice
Sensitivity
Editor
Rem
Selamat Islamic Bank Berhad (SIBB) just announced its financial report for the year ended
2016. Table below is a summary of CIBB's financial report.
(a)
Items
RM (000)
Income Statement
Operating Revenue
Net Income
Expenses
Profit after tax and zakat
3,662,444
1,540,333
700,343
543,443
Statement of Financial Position
Current Asset
Current Liability- Demand deposit
Total Debt
Total Assets
4,332,300
10,635,054
42,091,092
45,620,442
3,729,590
Total Equity Capital
Evaluate SIBB's performance based on the following financial ratios and explain what each
ratio means.
i.
The capability of management in converting assets into net earnings.
i.
The effectiveness of management to control cost, expenses and service price
O Focus
目
(United Kingdom)
ENC
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The financial performance of both Commercial Banks and Savings Banks is measured using the Net Interest Margin (NIM).
a, Explain what the Net Interest Margin is measuring and evaluating.
b, Cite an example of why the Net Interest Margin could turn negative.
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Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion
Q. 23 Why do commercial banks focus on relatively short-term loans?
- b/ short term loans allow rapid turnover of cash flows
- a/ short-term loans are safer
- a,b, and c
- c/ these banks need to coordinate their portfolio with changes in economic conditions and the level of interest rates
- b and c
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QUESTION 5
A bank with $10,000 in assets has ROA =2% and ROE =10%. What is its leverage ratio (TA/Equity)?
2.5
5
4
1.25
QUESTION 6
The expected loss of a loan is a function of the following, except
Unexpected loss
Loss given default
Exposure at default
Probability of default
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Exhibit 7.5 describes the key financial ratios Standard & Poor’s analysts use to assess credit risk and assign credit ratings to industrial companies. The same financial ratios for three firms follow.
Firm 1
Firm 2
Firm 3
EBIT interest coverage
2.7
12.8
16.7
EBITDA interest coverage
3.7
18.7
24.6
FFO/Total debt (%)
19.8
80.2
135.1
Free operating cash flow/Total debt (%)
8.2
40.6
87.9
Total debt/EBITDA
4.0
1.0
0.3
Return on capital (%)
9.9
29.2
32.7
Total debt/Capital (%)
54.8
30.2
8.1
Required:
What credit rating would be assigned to Firm 1?
What credit rating would be assigned to Firm 2?
Does Firm 3 have more or less credit risk than Firm 2?
EXHIBIT7.5
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4. Financial ratios in the forecasting process
Your boss has asked you to take a closer look at your company's credit policies. You have been given the following information:
Accounts receivable balance:
Average daily sales:
Weighted average cost of capital:
$715,000
$13,450
10%
Your firm's days sales outstanding (DSO) is
Your boss is unhappy with your company's DSO and wants to bring it down to the industry average of 25 days. The marketing department told you
that they expect sales to grow by 12% next year. This means that your company can expect to have an accounts receivable balance of
next year.
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A security analyst calculates the following ratios for two banks. How should the analyst evaluate the financial health of the two banks.Bank A Bank BROE 22% 24%ROA 2% 1.5%Equity Multiplier 11X 16XProfit Margin 15% 14%Asset Utilization 13% 11%Spread 3% 3%Interest Exp. Ratio 35% 40%Provision for loan loss ratio 1% 4%
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N1.
Account
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Negative Interest rate a. This action was meant to complement the quantitative easing b. encourages banks to lend more instead of keeping them as excess reserves. c. Customers will consume more and deposit less. all are correct.
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Tier-1 capital:
Refers to the best performing tier of bank assets.
Consists mainly of shareholders equity and retained earnings.
Provides complete safety net so that bank with a Tier-1 capital ratio above 8.5% cannot fail.
Chose 1 option from below:
Only III is correct.
Only II is correct.
Only I is correct.
I and II are correct.
II and III are correct.
Thanks!
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Banks use gap analysis to measure interest rate risk in their balance sheets. If firm XYZ is said to have a positive gap, this means:
Group of answer choices
C. Rate-sensitive assets exceed rate-sensitive liabilities
B. Long-term assets are funded with short-term liabilities
D. Rate-sensitive assets equal rate-sensitive liabilities
A. Liabilities reprice before assets
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Question No: 04
This is a subjective question, hence you have to write your answer in the Text-Field given below.
"In case of financial institutions along with financial performance financial stability is also very crucial." Discus
with suitable illustrations the ratios calculated in order to measure financial stability of a bank.
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please explain the detail
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Assume two banks are equal to each other in size in terms of total assets. The bank which has more
liquidity will have a lower return on equity
Select one:
O True
O False
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In comparison to small banks, larger banks typically have
A-fewer core deposits.
B-All of these choices are correct.
C-more equity capital.
D-larger net interest margins.
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3. Consider the model of Credit Risk and Dilution Costs in Freixas and Rochet 2.5.5 based
on Bolton and Freixas (2000) where firms have to choose between Bond financing, Equity
Issue and Bank debt. Firms live for two periods and in each period will obtain, y, if suc-
cessful and zero if unsuccessful. The probability of success in period 2 is 1 for good firms
and O for bad firms, where each firms knows its own type but lenders cannnot see this type,
where the proportion of good firms in period 2 is v. The probability of success in period 1
is uniformly distributed independently of type over the interval [plow, 1]. This probability is
observable and represents a frim's credit rating. Under bond financing,the firm is liquidated
for value A if unsuccessful in period 1. Under equity issue a share ac 0, 1] of any cash flow
is given to the investors and under bank debt, if the firms defaults in period 1 then bank
will claim all revenues in period 2 at a cost of C for monitoring and…
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First National Bank has assets that are more rate-sensitive than its liabilities. As interest rates rise, then we should expect the bank profits to:
A.
Rise
B.
Fall
C.
Remain unchanged
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4: Which of the following statements about bank capital are TRUE?
Banks hold equity capital to make sure they have enough cash to withstand deposit outflows.
Banks with larger leverage ratios have less capital per dollar of assets.
A bank holds equity capital to prevent insolvency.
The level of bank capital is determined by the owners of the bank without any regulation.
The only goal for capital adequacy management is to earn a high return with low risk.
The level of bank capital will decrease when a bank has to write-down the value of an asset.
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13.
A short-term creditor would be interested in
A. profitability ratio.
B. efficiency ratio.
C. liquidity ratio.
D. leverage ratio.
The quick ratio of a firm would be unaffected by which of the following?
14.
A. Land held for investment is sold for cash.
B. Equipment is purchased, financed by a long-term debt issue.
C. Inventories are sold for cash
D. Inventories are sold on a credit basis.
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Assets
Current assets
Cash.
Accounts receivable
Total current assets
Fixed Assets
Property, plant & equipment
Accumulated depreciation
Net fixed assets
Total assets
Liabilities and Owner's Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
Note payable
Deposits from customers
Total current liabilities
Total liabilities
Owner's equity
Common stock
Retained earnings
Total owner's equity
Total liabilities and equity
Applying for a Loan.
14,000
7,000
21,000
112,000
(35,000)
77,000
98,000
2,500
26,500
5,000
34,000
34,000
50,000
14,000
64,000
98,000
Use balance sheet to the process of applying for a loan
11. What is the amount of current assets and long-term assets, that you have?
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capital will stop the bank from growing because of Capital adequacy regulations
Statement B: Capital provides funds for growth. The more capital a bank has the more it will be
able to expand and diversify
Select one:
a. Dont agree with both A and B
O b.Agree with both A and B
O C Agree with B but not with A
d. Agree with A but not with B
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