1) Every financial market has the following characteristic:
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.
Answer: D
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2) Financial markets have the basic function of
A) getting people with funds to lend together with people who want to borrow funds.
B) assuring that the swings in the business cycle are less pronounced.
C) assuring that governments need never resort to printing money.
D) providing a risk-free repository of spending power.
Answer: A
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3) Financial markets improve economic welfare because
A) they channel funds from investors to savers.
B) they allow consumers to time their purchase better.
C) they weed out inefficient firms.
D) eliminate the need for indirect finance.
Answer: B
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4) Well-functioning financial markets
A) cause inflation.
B) eliminate the need for indirect finance.
C) cause financial crises.
D) produce an efficient allocation of capital.
Answer: D
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5) A breakdown of financial markets can result in
A) financial stability.
B) rapid economic growth.
C) political instability.
D) stable prices.
Answer: C
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6) The principal lender-savers are
A) governments.
B) businesses.
C) households.
D) foreigners.
Answer: C
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7) Which of the following can be described as direct finance?
A) You take out a mortgage from your local bank.
B) You borrow $2500 from a friend.
C) You buy shares of common stock in the secondary market.
D) You buy shares in a mutual fund.
Answer: B
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8) Assume that you borrow $2000 at 10% annual interest to finance a new business project. For this
loan to be profitable, the minimum amount this project must generate in annual earnings is
A) $400.
B) $201.
C) $200.
D) $199.
Answer: B
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9) You can borrow $5000 to finance a new business venture. This new venture will generate annual
earnings of $251. The maximum interest rate that you would pay on the borrowed funds and
still increase your income is
A) 25%.
B) 12.5%.
C) 10%.
D) 5%.
Answer: D
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10) Which of the following can be described as involving direct finance?
A) A corporation issues new shares of stock.
B) People buy shares in a mutual fund.
C) A pension fund manager buys a short-term corporate security in the secondary market.
D) An insurance company buys shares of common stock in the over-the-counter markets.
Answer: A
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11) Which of the following can be described as involving direct finance?
A) A corporation takes out loans from a bank.
B) People buy shares in a mutual fund.
C) A corporation buys a short-term corporate security in a secondary market.
D) People buy shares of common stock in the primary markets.
Answer: D
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12) Which of the following can be described as involving indirect finance?
A) You make a loan to your neighbor.
B) A corporation buys a share of common stock issued by another corporation in the primary
market.
C) You buy a U.S. Treasury bill from the U.S. Treasury.
D) You make a deposit at a bank.
Answer: D
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13) Which of the following can be described as involving indirect finance?
A) You make a loan to your neighbor.
B) You buy shares in a mutual fund.
C) You buy a U.S. Treasury bill from the U.S. Treasury.
D) A corporation buys a short-term security issued by another corporation in the primary
market.
Answer: B
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14) Securities are ________ for the person who buys them, but are ________ for the individual or
firm that issues them.
A) assets; liabilities
B) liabilities; assets
C) negotiable; nonnegotiable
D) nonnegotiable; negotiable
Answer: A
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15) With ________ finance, borrowers obtain funds from lenders by selling them securities in the
financial markets.
A) active
B) determined
C) indirect
D) direct
Answer: D
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16) With direct finance funds are channeled through the financial market from the ________ directly to the ________.
A) savers, spenders
B) spenders, investors
C) borrowers, savers
D) investors, savers
Answer: A
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17) Distinguish between direct finance and indirect finance. Which of these is the most important source of funds for corporations in the United States?
Answer: With direct finance, funds flow directly from the lender/saver to the borrower. With
indirect finance, funds flow from the lender/saver to a financial intermediary who then
channels the funds to the borrower/investor. Financial intermediaries (indirect finance)
are the major source of funds for corporations in the U.S.
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2.2 Structure of Financial Markets
1) Which of the following statements about the characteristics of debt and equity is false?
A) They can both be long-term financial instruments.
B) They can both be short-term financial instruments.
C) They both involve a claim on the issuerʹs income.
D) They both enable a corporation to raise funds.
Answer: B
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2) Which of the following statements about the characteristics of debt and equities is true?
A) They can both be long-term financial instruments.
B) Bond holders are residual claimants.
C) The income from bonds is typically more variable than that from equities.
D) Bonds pay dividends.
Answer: A
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3) Which of the following statements about financial markets and securities is true?
A) A bond is a long-term security that promises to make periodic payments called dividends
to the firmʹs residual claimants.
B) A debt instrument is intermediate term if its maturity is less than one year.
C) A debt instrument is intermediate term if its maturity is ten years or longer.
D) The maturity of a debt instrument is the number of years (term) to that instrumentʹs
expiration date.
Answer: D
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4) Which of the following is an example of an intermediate-term debt?
A) A thirty-year mortgage.
B) A sixty-month car loan.
C) A six month loan from a finance company.
D) A Treasury bond.
Answer: B
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5) If the maturity of a debt instrument is less than one year, the debt is called ________.
A) short-term
B) intermediate-term
C) long-term
D) prima-term
Answer: A
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6) Long-term debt has a maturity that is ________.
A) between one and ten years.
B) less than a year.
C) between five and ten years.
D) ten years or longer.
Answer: D
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7) When I purchase ________, I own a portion of a firm and have the right to vote on issues
important to the firm and to elect its directors.
A) bonds
B) bills
C) notes
D) stock
Answer: D
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8) Equity holders are a corporationʹs ________. That means the corporation must pay all of its debt
holders before it pays its equity holders.
A) debtors
B) brokers
C) residual claimants
D) underwriters
Answer: C
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9) Which of the following benefit directly from any increase in the corporationʹs profitability?
A) a bond holder
B) a commercial paper holder
C) a shareholder
D) a T-bill holder
Answer: C
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10) A financial market in which previously issued securities can be resold is called a ________
market.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) used securities
Answer: B
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11) 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.
Answer: A
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12) When an investment bank ________ securities, it guarantees a price for a corporationʹs securities
and then sells them to the public.
A) underwrites
B) undertakes
C) overwrites
D) overtakes
Answer: A
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13) Which of the following is not a secondary market?
A) foreign exchange market
B) futures market
C) options market
D) IPO market
Answer: D
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14) ________ work in the secondary markets matching buyers with sellers of securities.
A) Dealers
B) Underwriters
C) Brokers
D) Claimants
Answer: C
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15) A corporation acquires new funds only when its securities are sold in the
A) primary market by an investment bank.
B) primary market by a stock exchange broker.
C) secondary market by a securities dealer.
D) secondary market by a commercial bank.
Answer: A
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16) 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.
Answer: B
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17) An important function of secondary markets is to
A) make it easier to sell financial instruments to raise funds.
B) raise funds for corporations through the sale of securities.
C) make it easier for governments to raise taxes.
D) create a market for newly constructed houses.
Answer: A
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18) Secondary markets make financial instruments more
A) solid.
B) vapid.
C) liquid.
D) risky.
Answer: C
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19) A liquid asset is
A) an asset that can easily and quickly be sold to raise cash.
B) a share of an ocean resort.
C) difficult to resell.
D) always sold in an over-the-counter market.
Answer: A
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20) The higher a securityʹs price in the secondary market the ________ funds a firm can raise by
selling securities in the ________ market.
A) more; primary
B) more; secondary
C) less; primary
D) less; secondary
Answer: A
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21) When secondary market buyers and sellers of securities meet in one central location to conduct
trades the market is called a(n)
A) exchange.
B) over-the-counter market.
C) common market.
D) barter market.
Answer: A
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22) Forty or so dealers establish a ʺmarketʺ in these securities by standing ready to buy and sell
them.
A) Secondary stocks
B) Surplus stocks
C) U.S. government bonds
D) Common stocks
Answer: C
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23) Which of the following statements about financial markets and securities is true?
A) Many common stocks are traded over-the-counter, although the largest corporations
usually have their shares traded at organized stock exchanges such as the New York Stock
Exchange.
B) As a corporation gets a share of the brokerʹs commission, a corporation acquires new
funds whenever its securities are sold.
C) Capital market securities are usually more widely traded than shorter-term securities and
so tend to be more liquid.
D) Because of their short-terms to maturity, the prices of money market instruments tend to
fluctuate wildly.
Answer: A
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24) A financial market in which only short-term debt instruments are traded is called the ________
market.
A) bond
B) money
C) capital
D) stock
Answer: B
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25) Equity instruments are traded in the ________ market.
A) money
B) bond
C) capital
D) commodities
Answer: C
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26) Corporations receive funds when their stock is sold in the primary market. Why do corporations
pay attention to what is happening to their stock in the secondary market?
Answer: The existence of the secondary market makes their stock more liquid and the price in the
secondary market sets the price that the corporation would receive if they choose to sell
more stock in the primary market.
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27) Describe the two methods of organizing a secondary market.
Answer: A secondary market can be organized as an exchange where buyers and sellers meet in
one central location to conduct trades. An example of an exchange is the New York Stock
Exchange. A secondary market can also be organized as an over-the-counter market. In
this type of market, dealers in different locations buy and sell securities to anyone who
comes to them and is willing to accept their prices. An example of an over-the-counter
market is the federal funds market.
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2.3 Financial Market Instruments
1) Prices of money market instruments undergo the least price fluctuations because of
A) the short terms to maturity for the securities.
B) the heavy regulations in the industry.
C) the price ceiling imposed by government regulators.
D) the lack of competition in the market.
Answer: A
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2) U.S. Treasury bills pay no interest but are sold at a ________. That is, you will pay a lower
purchase price than the amount you receive at maturity.
A) premium
B) collateral
C) default
D) discount
Answer: D
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3) U.S. Treasury bills are considered the safest of all money market instruments because there is no
risk of ________.
A) defeat
B) default
C) desertion
D) demarcation
Answer: B
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4) A debt instrument sold by a bank to its depositors that pays annual interest of a given amount
and at maturity pays back the original purchase price is called
A) commercial paper.
B) a negotiable certificate of deposit.
C) a municipal bond.
D) federal funds.
Answer: B
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5) A short-term debt instrument issued by well-known corporations is called
A) commercial paper.
B) corporate bonds.
C) municipal bonds.
D) commercial mortgages.
Answer: A
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6) ________ are short-term loans in which Treasury bills serve as collateral.
A) Repurchase agreements
B) Negotiable certificates of deposit
C) Federal funds
D) U.S. government agency securities
Answer: A
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7) Collateral is ________ the lender receives if the borrower does not pay back the loan.
A) a liability
B) an asset
C) a present
D) an offering
Answer: B
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8) Federal funds are
A) funds raised by the federal government in the bond market.
B) loans made by the Federal Reserve System to banks.
C) loans made by banks to the Federal Reserve System.
D) loans made by banks to each other.
Answer: D
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9) The British Bankerʹs Association average of interbank rates for dollar deposits in the London market is called the
A) Libor rate.
B) federal funds rate.
C) prime rate.
D) Treasury Bill rate.
Answer: A
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10) Which of the following are short-term financial instruments?
A) A repurchase agreement.
B) A share of Walt Disney Corporation stock.
C) A Treasury note with a maturity of four years.
D) A residential mortgage.
Answer: A
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11) Which of the following instruments are traded in a money market?
A) State and local government bonds.
B) U.S. Treasury bills.
C) Corporate bonds.
D) U.S. government agency securities.
Answer: B
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