1、金融英语业务知识练习试卷 19及答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 The widely followed Dow-Jones Industrial Average is based on_. ( A) the stock prices of 500 major U.S. corporations ( B) the bond prices of 500 major U.S. corporations ( C) a combination of 250 stock prices and 250 bond prices of major U.S. corporations ( D) the stock
2、 prices of 30 major U.S. corporations 2 The liabilities used by ultimate borrowers are known as_. ( A) secondary securities ( B) tertiary securities ( C) primary securities ( D) depository securities 3 Which of the following assets are most liquid?_. ( A) Passbook savings deposits ( B) Time deposits
3、 ( C) Stocks in General Electric Company ( D) High grade corporate bonds 4 The spread between Treasury and BAA corporate bond yields widens when_. ( A) interest rates are low ( B) there is economic uncertainty ( C) there is an increase in the expected return of the corporate bond ( D) all of the abo
4、ve 5 Which of the following is a debt instrument found in the capital market?_. ( A) U.S. Treasury bill ( B) Commercial paper ( C) Residential mortgage ( D) Demand deposit 6 Which of the following are money market securities?_. ( A) Federal Reserve notes ( B) Negotiable bank CDs ( C) Preferred stock
5、s ( D) Common stocks 7 An optimal strategy for an investor who is convinced that interest rates will rise in the near future would be to purchase_ . ( A) a five-year corporate bond ( B) a ten-year corporate bond ( C) long-term government bonds ( D) short-term U.S. Treasury bills 8 The money market s
6、pecializes in_. ( A) cash transactions ( B) short-term securities ( C) disintermediation ( D) financial dissemination 9 Why would a company issue commercial paper?_. ( A) Because it can essentially print money. ( B) Because it needs to finance large projects and expansions. ( C) Because it needs to
7、finance short term items like account receivables and inventories. ( D) All of the above. 10 Zero-coupon bonds differ from other bonds in having_. ( A) only one payment ( B) zero payment ( C) many payments at irregular intervals ( D) variable coupon payments 11 Which of the following securities has
8、the least risk of capital loss?_. ( A) A five-year corporate bond ( B) Common corporate stock ( C) A twenty-year corporate bond ( D) A three-month U.S. Treasury bill 12 The clientele of the investment environment can be classified into three groups except ( A) the household sector ( B) the corporate
9、 sector ( C) the government sector ( D) the not-for-profit agencies sector 13 When we say stockholders of a firm can vote with their feet, we mean stockholders_. ( A) express their displeasure with management by voting ( B) sell their stocks ( C) are allowed to vote by tap on the floor ( D) all of t
10、he above 14 Investment banks are_. ( A) banks that specialize in the management of wealthy peoples investments ( B) financial institutions that make loans to corporations ( C) dealers in primary markets ( D) none of the above 15 Municipal securities_. ( A) are issued by state and local governments (
11、 B) pay interest that is exempt from federal income taxation ( C) pay interest that is exempt from state income taxation for holders who are residents of that state ( D) are either backed by the general taxing power of the issuing municipality or by the capacity of specific projects to generate futu
12、re revenues ( E) all of the above 16 One can obtain bond ratings for all of the following debt instruments except_. ( A) municipal bonds ( B) corporate bonds ( C) central government bonds ( D) bonds issued by the state and local governments 17 An example of a money market instrument is_. ( A) a dema
13、nd deposit at commercial banks ( B) a mortgage ( C) a negotiable certificate of deposit ( D) all of the above 18 As issuers of commercial paper, business firms are_. ( A) increasing their assets ( B) raising temporary cash in the money market ( C) acting as saver-lenders ( D) all of the above 19 Mon
14、ey market instruments are characterized by their_. ( A) high degree of liquidity ( B) low risk ( C) near-moneyness ( D) short maturity ( E) all of the above 20 When interest rates increase, the price of_. ( A) short-term bonds increases less than the decrease in the price of long-term bonds ( B) lon
15、g-term bonds decreases more than the increase in the price of short-term bonds ( C) short-term bonds decreases less than the decrease in the price of long-term bonds ( D) short-term bonds decreases more than the decrease in the price of long-term bonds 金融英语业务知识练习试卷 19答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】
16、答案为 D项。 Dow-Jones Industrial Average, DJIA“道 琼斯工业股票平 均指数 ”,是全球无数股票指数中最有影响、使用最广的股价指数。其样本股为 30种,这 30种工业界领导股票均抽样于工业界实力雄厚、发展趋势强烈的典型公司,并且都经受了市场的检验。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。 secondary security“二级证券 ”。 primary security“初级证券 ”。由最终借款人所使用的负债属于初级证券。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 3 【正确答案】 A 【
17、试题解 析】 答案为 A项。本题中 A项所表述的 “活期存折存款 ”的流动性最大,故选 A项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。 spread“差价 ”。经济的不确定性将增加公司债券的违约风险, BAA级公司债券的收益率会上升。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。国库券和商业票据属于货币市场工具,活期存款属于存款性金融机构的负债,住宅抵押贷款属于资本市场工具。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。 money marke
18、t security“货币市场债券 ”,是有效期少于一年的债务工具,包括短期国库券、存款单、商业票据、回购协议以及大多数欧洲美元存款。 Negotiable certificates of deposit, negotiable CD“可转让定期存单 ”。此种存单可以在到期日之前拿到货币市场上出售,存单持有人的资金流动性水平因此提高。本题中只有 B项的意思 “可转让定期存单 ”属于货币市场证券,故选 B项。 【知识模块 】 金融英语业务知识 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。如果投资者预期市场利率不久会上升,那他应该选择购买短期的国库券。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语
19、业务知识 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。 disintermediation“脱媒 ”,指金融机构的中介作用被削弱的现象,即借款人和贷款人不通过金融中介直接完成投融资活动。货币市场从事短期证券交易。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答 案为 C项。发行商业票据的目的在于支持短期的融资需要。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 答案为 A项。由于零息债券不支付利息,因此,只要到期后支付一次本金即可,而其他债券都有多次的利息支付。故本题选 A项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识
20、 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。根据句意,资本损失风险最小的是三个月的美国国库券。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题 解析】 答案为 D项。 clientele“(集合名词 )顾客 ”,常客主要投资者可以分为三类:家庭、企业和政府机构。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。当股东对公司的经营状况不满意时,他们可以将持有的股票出售,即通常所说的 “用脚投票 ”。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。投资
21、银行主要在一级市场中从事交易。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 15 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 答案为 E项。美国市政证券是由州政府和地方政府发行的,利息收入是免联邦所得税的,也免收所在州政府征收的所得税,可分为收入债券和一般责任债券,分别由以发行者的课税能力和特定的项目所产生的收入作为发债担保。故本题选 E项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。中央政府所发行债券一般没有信用评级。故本题选C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。可 转让的定期存单属于货币市场工具。故本题
22、选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。企业发行商业票据的目的在于通过货币市场筹措短期资金。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 19 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 答案为 E项。货币市场工具具有以下特征:高流动性、低风险性、近似货币、期限短等。故本题选 E项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 20 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。债券价格的波动与市场 利率成反比,当市场利率上升时,因新发行债券会支付较高票面利率,使市面上债券吸引力减低,引致债券价格下降;相反当市场利率下跌时,有较高票面利率的旧债券便相对变得有吸引力,故其价格上升,而期限越长的债券对利率变化的敏感度越大,其价格波动会越人。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识
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