FIN203 Tutorial 1
1) Every financial market performs the following function:
A) It determines the level of interest rates.
B) It allows common stock to be traded.
C) It allows loans to be made.
D) It channels funds from lenders-savers to borrowers-spenders.
2) Which of the following can be described as involving direct finance?
A) A corporation's stock is traded in an over-the-counter market.
B) People buy shares in a mutual fund.
C) A pension fund manager buys commercial paper in the secondary market.
D) An insurance company buys shares of common stock in the over-the-counter markets.
E) None of the above.
3) Which of the following can be described as involving indirect finance?
A) A corporation takes out loans from a bank.
B) People buy shares in a mutual fund.
C) A corporation buys commercial paper in a secondary market.
D) All of the above.
E) Only A and B of the above.
4) Financial markets improve economic welfare because
A) they allow funds to move from those without productive investment opportunities to those
who have such opportunities.
B) they allow consumers to time their purchases better.
C) they weed out inefficient firms.
D) they do all of the above.
E) they do A and B of the above.
5) A country whose financial markets function poorly is likely to
A) efficiently allocate its capital resources.
B) enjoy high productivity.
C) experience economic hardship and financial crises.
D) increase its standard of living.
6) Which of the following are securities?
A) A certificate of deposit
B) A share of Texaco common stock
C) A Treasury bill
D) All of the above
E) Only A and B of the above
7) Which of the following statements about the characteristics of debt and equity are true?
A) They both can be long-term financial instruments.
B) They both involve a claim on the issuer's income.
C) They both enable a corporation to raise funds.
D) All of the above.
E) Only A and B of the above.
8) The money market is the market in which ________ are traded.
A) new issues of securities
B) previously issued securities
C) short-term debt instruments
D) long-term debt and equity instruments
9) Long-term debt and equity instruments are traded in the ________ market.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) capital
D) money
10) Which of the following are primary markets?
A) The New York Stock Exchange
B) Bursa Malaysia
C) The over-the-counter stock market
D) The options markets
E) None of the above
11) Which of the following are secondary markets?
A) The New York Stock Exchange
B) Bursa Malaysia
C) The over-the-counter stock market
D) The options markets
E) All of the above
12) A corporation acquires new funds only when its securities are sold in the
A) secondary market by an investment bank.
B) primary market by an investment bank.
C) secondary market by a stock exchange broker.
D) secondary market by a commercial bank.
13) Intermediaries who are agents of investors and match buyers with sellers of securities are
called
A) investment bankers.
B) traders.
C) brokers.
D) dealers.
E) none of the above.
14) Intermediaries who link buyers and sellers by buying and selling securities at stated prices
are called
A) investment bankers.
B) traders.
C) brokers.
D) dealers.
E) none of the above.
15) An important financial institution that assists in the initial sale of securities in the primary
market is the
A) investment bank.
B) commercial bank.
C) stock exchange.
D) brokerage house.
16) Which of the following statements about financial markets and securities are true?
A) Most common stocks are traded over-the-counter, although the largest corporations have their
shares traded at organized stock exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange.
B) A corporation acquires new funds only when its securities are sold in the primary market.
C) Money market securities are usually more widely traded than longer-term securities and so
tend to be more liquid.
D) All of the above are true.
E) Only A and B of the above are true.
17) Bonds that are sold in a foreign country and are denominated in a currency other than that of
the country in which they are sold are known as
A) foreign bonds.
B) Eurobonds.
C) Eurocurrencies.
D) Eurodollars.
18) Financial intermediaries
A) exist because there are substantial information and transaction costs in the economy.
B) improve the lot of the small saver.
C) are involved in the process of indirect finance.
D) do all of the above.
E) do only A and B of the above.
19) The main sources of financing for businesses, in order of importance, are
A) financial intermediaries, issuing bonds, issuing stocks.
B) issuing bonds, issuing stocks, financial intermediaries.
C) issuing stocks, issuing bonds, financial intermediaries.
D) issuing stocks, financial intermediaries, issuing bonds.
20) The presence of transaction costs in financial markets explains, in part, why
A) financial intermediaries and indirect finance play such an important role in financial markets.
B) equity and bond financing play such an important role in financial markets.
C) corporations get more funds through equity financing than they get from financial
intermediaries.
D) direct financing is more important than indirect financing as a source of funds.
21) Financial intermediaries can substantially reduce transaction costs per dollar of transactions
because their large size allows them to take advantage of
A) poorly informed consumers.
B) standardization.
C) economies of scale.
D) their market power.
22) When the lender and the borrower have different amounts of information regarding a
transaction, ________ is said to exist.
A) asymmetric information
B) adverse selection
C) moral hazard
D) fraud
23) When the potential borrowers who are the most likely to default are the ones most actively
seeking a loan, ________ is said to exist.
A) asymmetric information
B) adverse selection
C) moral hazard
D) fraud
24) When the borrower engages in activities that make it less likely that the loan will be repaid,
________ is said to exist.
A) asymmetric information
B) adverse selection
C) moral hazard
D) fraud
25) The concept of adverse selection helps to explain
A) which firms are more likely to obtain funds from banks and other financial intermediaries,
rather than from the securities markets.
B) why indirect finance is more important than direct finance as a source of business finance.
C) why direct finance is more important than indirect finance as a source of business finance.
D) only A and B of the above.
E) only A and C of the above.
ESSAY:
26) What crucial role do financial intermediaries perform in an economy?
27) Why is it important for us to understand how the global financial system works?
