1、金融英语业务知识练习试卷 18及答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 Which of the following would you classify as capital market instruments?_. ( A) Fixed-rate securities convertible into shares in a bank ( B) Bank loans ( C) Bank deposits ( D) None of the above 2 Which of the following features is common to most capital market instrum
2、ents?_. ( A) Their ownership gives a right to appoint directors to the board of the issuer. ( B) They are used to finance short-term needs for the issuers. ( C) They are sold directly to investors. ( D) They entitle the purchaser to a fixed amount of income. 3 Which of the following statements is in
3、correct?_. ( A) Debt instruments have a face value of the principal amount to be repaid at maturity. ( B) Holders of equity usually take precedence over holders of debt instruments in a liquidation. ( C) The interest payable on debt instruments is always specified at the outset of the loan. ( D) Bon
4、ds are negotiable debt instruments. 4 Which of the following is a convertible security?_. ( A) A kind of equity convertible into a bond. ( B) A bond secured on assets which may be converted into other, better quality assets. ( C) A bond which can be converted on pre-fixed terms into equity. ( D) A f
5、ixed-rate bond that continues to exist after its option to buy shares has been exercised. 5 Which of the following statements is true?_. ( A) Central governments are always creditworthy borrowers in any market. ( B) Small companies can rarely access the fixed-rate bond markets. ( C) Banks only parti
6、cipate in the capital markets as issuers. ( D) Bonds issued by public sector institutions always carry a government guarantee. 6 Which of the following statements is true?_. ( A) An issue of preference shares dilutes the control of existing shareholders. ( B) Payments of both interest and dividends
7、are made after a company has paid tax on its profits. ( C) An issue of long-term debt is appropriate for financing inventory. ( D) None of the above. 7 The holder of preference shares has preference over the ordinary shareholders under the following circumstances:_. ( A) his voting rights are consid
8、ered more important ( B) he considers his voting rights more important ( C) he has the greater right in choosing the board of directors ( D) he has the right to buy ordinary shares more cheaply 8 Business firms raise money by selling_. ( A) currency ( B) cash ( C) demand deposits ( D) both stocks an
9、d bonds 9 Municipal bonds are issued by_. ( A) the central government ( B) local governments ( C) any corporation that does greater than 25 percent of its average annual business with the federal government ( D) major corporations 10 The holder of a bond is the_. ( A) lender ( B) borrower ( C) debto
10、r ( D) demander of credit 11 Perpetual bonds are called_. ( A) municipal bonds ( B) zero-coupon bonds ( C) infinite bonds ( D) consols 12 Bonds that are issued without coupons are referred to as_. ( A) non-coupon bonds ( B) consols ( C) zero-coupon bonds ( D) tax-exempts 13 The main thing that all b
11、onds have in common is that they_. ( A) denote borrowing by whomever issued them ( B) have less than twenty years maturity ( C) include a coupon payment ( D) are issued by corporations 14 When a bond issuer has the right to pay off part or all of the bond before the scheduled maturity date, the bond
12、 is said to have_. ( A) a conversion feature ( B) a call provision ( C) a replacement value ( D) a reduced maturity 15 Which of the following bonds has the lowest chance of default?_. ( A) A corporate bond issued by General Motors ( B) A municipal bond issued by the State of Texas ( C) A zero-coupon
13、 bond issued by IBM ( D) A U.S. Treasury bond 16 According to the Standard & Poors rating scheme, a bond with highest quality and minimal risk is rated_. ( A) Aaa ( B) AAA ( C) D ( D) EEE 17 Revenue bonds are considered riskier than general obligation bonds because they are_. ( A) issued by local go
14、vernments only ( B) issued by corporations with Moodys rating of Baa or less ( C) tied to a particular government project ( D) issued by state and local governments, while general obligation bonds are issued by the federal government 18 A key difference between bonds and stocks is that stocks_. ( A)
15、 are tax-exempt ( B) represent ownership ( C) represent borrowing ( D) can be issued by state and local governments 19 Common stock car be distinguished from preferred stock by its feature of_. ( A) denoting ownership ( B) denoting indebtedness ( C) tax-exemption status ( D) variable income payments
16、 20 In which one of the following cases is the bond selling at a discount?_. ( A) Coupon rate is greater than current yield, which is greater than yield to maturity. ( B) Coupon, current yield, and yield to maturity are all the same. ( C) Coupon rate is less than current yield, which is less than yi
17、eld to maturity. ( D) Coupon rate is less than current yield, which is greater than yield to maturity. 金融英语业务知识练习试卷 18答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 答案为 A项。银行存款与贷款属于问接融资方式,由银行充当媒介 (bank intermediation)。本题中,只有 A项表述的 “可以转化为银行股份的固定利率证券 ”属于资 本市场工具,故选 A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。资本市场工具通
18、常是由投资者在资本市场上直接购买。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。 take precedence over“优先于 ,地位在 之上 ”,在清算时,公司的债券持有人比股权持有人享有优先索偿权。本题中 B项的说法是不正确的,故选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。 convertible security“可转换证券 ”,是指可以转换为其他证券 (通常是发行人的普通股 )的证券,主要包括可转换债券 (convertible bonds)和可转换优先股 (convertibl
19、e preferred stocks)。故本题选 C项。 convertible preferred stocks“可转换优先股 ”,指视可转换优先股股东的选择而定的,可以转换为指定数量普通股数的优先股。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析 】 答案为 B项。政府之间的信用程度也有区别,如发达国家政府的信用等级会高些,而落后、贫穷的国家政府的信用等级未必比发达国家的某些企业高;债券发行和股票发行一样,都有严格的法律程序,只有符合发行条件的企业,才能采用发债形式进行融资。因此,一般小企业都不具有监管部门的发行条件;银行参与资本市场,既可以充当发行人,也可以是投资人;
20、公共机构发债并不一定有政府担保。本题中只有 B项是正确的,故选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。优先股股东不享有投票表 决权,因此优先股的发行不会减弱普通股股东对企业的经营决策参与权;利息支付应从税前利润中支出,而股息红利支付则是从税后利润中支付;存货融资应发行短期债务,而不是以长期债务支持。本题中 A项、 B项、 C项均错误,故选 D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。优先股股东在股息分配的顺序上享有优先权。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 8 【正确答案】 D 【试
21、题解析】 答案为 D项。商业企业 (business firm)可以通过出 售股票和债券来融资。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。市政债券是由地方政府发行的。故本题选 B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。债券的持有人是贷款人。故本题选 A项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。 consol“永续政府债券 ”,在英国比较多见,支付固定的利息率,但是没有到期日,因而永远也不可能被提前 赎回。故本题选 D项。 【知识模块】 金融
22、英语业务知识 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案为 C项。没有息票收益的债券被称为零息债券。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 答案为 A项。债券的发行人是资金短缺方;债券的期限可以超过20年;零息债券是不支付利息的;政府债券并非由企业发行。本题中只有 A项是所有债券的共同点,故选 A项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 答案为 B项。 在发行后一定时期可按特定的赎买价格由发行公司收回的债券为可赎回债券,即有提前赎回条款 (call provision)。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业
23、务知识 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。本题中,选项 D“美国国库券 ”的违约风险最低。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。目前国际上公认的最具权威性的信用评级机构,主要有美国标准普尔公司 (the Standard&Poors Corporation)和穆迪投资服务公司(Moodys Investor Service),它们所做出的信用评级具有很高的权威性。标准普尔公司信用等级标准从高到低叮划分为: AAA级、 AA级、 A级、 BBB级、 BB级、B级、 CCC级、 CC级、 C级和 D级。穆迪投资服务公
24、司信用等级标准从高到低可划分为: Aaa级、 Aa级、 A级、 Baa级、 Ba级、 B级、 Caa级、 Ca级和 C级。两家机构信用等级划分大同小异。前四个级别债券信誉高,违约风险小,是“投资级债券 ”,第五级开始的债券信誉低,是 “投机级债券 ”。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。 revenue bond“收入债券 ”,将从一种或者多种特定来源中得到的收入抵押以满足债券利息和本金支付要求的市政债券,例如由对于特定路、桥或者隧道征收的通行费所支持的债券。 general obligation bond“一般责任债券 ”,
25、是以发行者的课税能力为担保所发行的地方证券。一般来说,收入债券的收益如何完全取决于特定项目的经营情况,因此风险比一般责仟债券的风险大。故小题选 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。债券和股票的一个关键的区别存于,股票代表的是所有权,而债券代表的是债权。故本题选 B项。 【知识模块】 金融英语业务知识 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案为 D项。本题中只有 D项之意 “不稳定的收益 ”是普通股区别于优先股的特征之一,故选 D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。当债券息票率 到期收益率时,债券将折价出售。故本题选 C项。 【知识模块】 金 融英语业务知识