1、金融英语业务知识练习试卷 20及答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 The shorter the maturity of a debt instrument,_. ( A) the larger the change in price resulting from a change in interest rates ( B) the smaller the change in price resulting from a change in interest rates ( C) the more liquid it is ( D) only A and C ( E) only B and C
2、 2 A repurchase agreement is a transaction in which_. ( A) a lender agrees to buy back securities at a specified future date at a predetermined price ( B) a borrower agrees to buy back securities at a specified future date at a predetermined price ( C) a borrower agrees to sell back securities at a
3、specified future date at a predetermined price ( D) none of the above 3 Which of the following statements about repo and reverse repo is not true?_. ( A) Reverse repos are purchases of securities with the agreement to sell them at a higher price at a specific future date. ( B) Repos are classified a
4、s a money-market instrument. They are usually used to raise short-term capital. ( C) For the party selling the security (and agreeing to repurchase it in the future) it is a reverse repo; for the party on the other end of the transaction (buying the security and agreeing to sell in the future) it is
5、 a repo. ( D) None of the above. 4 What is the price of a RMB1 000 face value, 10% coupon bond with three years to run befo reaching maturity? The three-year rate of interest is currently 8%._. ( A) RMB1 051.54 ( B) RMB1 000 ( C) RMB951.98 ( D) RMB1 037.62 5 Which of the following is a reason why a
6、company might issue a stock dividend?_. ( A) To show that the company is performing well ( B) To give stockholders a nontaxable distribution ( C) To increase the shares outstanding, while keeping the price per share low enough to attract small investors ( D) All of the above 6 Consider a 13-week US
7、Treasury security that has a price of $9 970($10 000 face value). What would be the annualized yield on this investment?_. ( A) 0.012% ( B) 0.12% ( C) 0.012 ( D) 0.048 ( E) 0.1203 7 “Gilt-edged“ is_. ( A) shares in gold mines ( B) government securities ( C) land and property shares ( D) corporate bo
8、nds 8 A borrower is_. ( A) a bondholder ( B) a bond issuer ( C) a stockholder ( D) a stock issuer ( E) both B and D 9 Which of the following stock market indexes is based on the smallest number of stocks? ( A) The Standard kind Poors Composite Index ( B) The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index (
9、 C) The Dow-Jones Industrial Average ( D) The Standard and Poors Industrial Index 10 Which of the following stock market indexes is price-weighted?_. ( A) MSCI ( B) FTSE ( C) DJIA ( D) S&P500 11 Call provisions arts often exercised when_. ( A) tax rates rise ( B) interest rates have fallen substanti
10、ally ( C) the borrower is planning a major expansion ( D) the borrower is in great need of cash 12 Consider two corporate bonds identical in all respects except that one is convertible and the other is not. The return on the convertible bond should be_. ( A) higher than that on the unconvertible bon
11、d ( B) lower than that on the nonconvertible bond ( C) the same as that on the nonconvertible bond ( D) that one cannot tell which one of the two bonds should have a higher return 13 Which of the following securities markets is organized as an over-the-counter market?_. ( A) The New York Stock Excha
12、nge ( B) The NASDAQ market for stocks ( C) The US Government bond market ( D) Both B and C 14 Consider two corporate bonds identical in all respects except that one has a call provision and the other has not. The return on the callable bond should be_. ( A) higher than that on the noncallable bond (
13、 B) lower than that on the noncallable bond ( C) the same as that on the noncallable bond ( D) that one cannot tell which one of the two bonds should have a higher return 15 The ability of a bond issuer to service its debt refers to_. ( A) the issuers agreement to convert the bond into common stocks
14、 at the bondholders request ( B) the issuers willingness to issue a new bond whenever an existing bond is either lost or destroyed ( C) the issuers readiness to fix the coupon rate whenever interest rates are falling ( D) the capacity of the issuer to make timely interest payments and repay the bond
15、s principal on the scheduled maturity date 16 Which of the following stock market indexes is based on the largest number of stocks? ( A) The Standard and Poors Composite Index ( B) The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index ( C) The Dow-Jones Industrial Average ( D) The Standard and Poors Industria
16、l Index 17 A “random walk“ occurs when_. ( A) stock price changes are random but predictable ( B) stock prices respond slowly to both new and old information ( C) future price changes are uncorrelated with past price changes ( D) past information is useful in predicting future prices 18 The call fea
17、ture of a bond means the_. ( A) investor can call for payment on demand ( B) investor can call only if the firm defaults on an interest payment ( C) issuer can call the bond issue during the first three years ( D) issuer can call the bond issue before the maturity date 19 A bond with a call feature_
18、. ( A) is attractive because the immediate receipt of principal plus premium produces a high return ( B) is more apt to be called when interest rates are high because the interest saving will be greater ( C) will usually have a higher yield than a similar noncallable bond ( D) all of the above 20 De
19、alers will quote a narrow bid-ask spread for a particular issue if_. ( A) the volume of transactions in that issue is large ( B) the price volatility of that issue is low ( C) competitive pressures are high ( D) all of the above 金融英语业务知识练习试卷 20答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 答案为 E项。债务工具的期限越短,流动性越强,且
20、由于市场利率波动引起的价格变化也就越小。故本题选 E项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。 repurchase agreement, repo“回购协议 ”,货币市场上广泛使用的一种短期信用工具。基本做法是:证券出售者先以一定的价格向投资者出售证券,同时承诺在一定时期后 (通常为隔夜,或者几天,最长不超过 90天 )再以特定的价格购回原证券。其实际上是一种证券抵押贷款协议,出售者相当于借款人,购买证券的投资者为贷款人,出售者向投资者购回证券时使用的价格则相当于原出售价格加上贷款利息。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 3 【正确
21、答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。回购协议是从证券出售者 (即资金借入方 )的角度来说的,若从购买证券的投资者 (即资金有余 的贷出方 )来看,则称为反向回购协议(reverse repurchase agreement reverse repo),即证券的购买方在购入证券时同时与出售方达成在未来的某个特定日期按照某个特定价格 (原出售价格加上贷款利息 )将该证券再出售的协议。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 答案为 A项。决定债券价格的根本因素是债券息票收入和到期票面价值的现值总和,通常市场利率若等于债券的票面利率,则债券平价 (ac
22、 par)销售;若市场利率高于债券的票面 利率,则债券折价销售 (below par);若市场利率低于债券的票面利率,则债券溢价销售 (above par)。本题的债券销售价格为: l 00010 (1+8 )+1 00010%/ (1+8 )2+l 00010 (1+8 )3+1 000(1+8 )3=l054。故本题选 A项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。 stock dividend“股份股利,股票股利 ”,即上市公司以本公司的股票代替现金作为股利向股东分红的一种形式。这种 分红形式即送红股的形式。所送红股是由红利转增资本或盈余公积金
23、转增资本形成的,属于无偿增资发行股票。股票股利的发放显示了发行公司经营状况良好;股票股利是免所得税的;股票股利的发放将使每股市场价保持在较低的价位,以吸引小投资者,增加发行在外的股票数量。本题中 A项、 B项、 C项表示的都是公司发放股息的原因,故选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。 annualized yield“年收益 ”。本题中的投资年收益率为: (100009970)9 97013x52=2,故选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。 gilt-edged“金边的 ”,指由
24、英国政府发行的记名证券,特色是风险低而息率固定,通常每年派息一次。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 8 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 答案为 E项。债券和股票的发行人都是借款人。故本题选 E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。 the Standard and Poors Composite Index, S&P 500“标准普尔综合指数 ”,系由 500种股票加权平均而成,由工业、金融业、运输业以及公用事业股票组成,因此又称 “s&P500指数 ”。标准普尔股价指数是以194l 1943年抽样股票市价总值的均值作为计算基准
25、,采用加权方法,把每种抽样股票的收盘价格分别乘以其在外股票数,求得计算期市价总值,然后除以计算基准的市价总值,再用百分比表示就得到了股价指数。 the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index“纽约证券交易所综 合指数 ”,是将在纽约证券交易所上市的所有普通股票的交易价格取平均所得到的指标。 the Standard and Poors Industrial Index“标准普尔工业指数 ”。本题中 C项所表示的 “道 琼斯工业平均指数 ”所采样本股票为 30种,是最少的,故选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】
26、答案为 C项。 MSCI是 Morgan Stanley Capital International的缩写,即摩根士丹利资本国际公司。 FTSE是 Financial Times Stock Exchange Index的缩写,即伦敦金融时报指数。本题中除 C项 “DJIA”是股价加权指数 (priceweighted index),其他三个均为股票市值加权指数 (marketvalueweighted index),故选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。当利率下降幅度较大时,提前赎回条款往往就会被行使,因为借款人收回借款后,可以更低
27、的成本重新举债。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。可转换债券的收益低于不可转换债券。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。纳斯达克市场和美国政府债券市场都属于场外交易市场。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 答案为 A项。由于可赎回债券 (callable bond)的投资人需要承担债券被随时赎回的风险,其收益高于不可赎回债券 (noncallable bond)。 故本题选 A项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知
28、识 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。债券发行人的偿债能力是指其按时付息和归还本金的能力。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。纽约证券交易所综合指数是所有在纽交所上市的普通股价格进行平均得出的,依据的股票数最多。故本题选 B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。 random walk“随机走势 ”。由法国数学家路易斯 巴克雷首先提出的。该观点认为,股价是对各种信息做出反应的结果,由于各方面信息随机进入股市,因而股价是随意变动的。随机走势意味着股票价格是不可预
29、测的,不论是用过去的价格变动还是任何其他的数据资料。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。具有赎回条款的债券是指发行者可以在债券到期日之前回购债券。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。有提前赎 回条款的债券相对于不可赎回的类似债券,通常具有更高的收益率,以便补偿投资者承担的赎回风险。本题中 C项是正确的,故选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 20 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。当交易量比较大,价格的波动性比较小,竞争压力巨大时,交易商对某证券的买卖差价 (bid-ask spread)就会定得比较小。故本题选D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识
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