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6) The risk premium to be used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model is calculated as (rrf-rm).
AACSB: 3 Analytical thinking
Question Status: New Question
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 4
7) You have gathered the following information concerning a particular investment and
conditions in the market.
According to the Capital Asset Pricing Model, the required return for this investment is
A) 8.85%.
B) 11.48%.
C) 13.98%.
D) 14.85%.
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8) OKAY stock has a beta of 0.8. The market as a whole is expected to decline by 12% thereby
causing OKAY stock to
A) decline by 9.6%.
B) decline by 12.5%.
C) increase by 9.6%.
D) increase by 12%.
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Question Status: New Question
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9) The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is a mathematical model that depicts the
A) positive relationship between risk and return.
B) standard deviation between a risk premium and an investment's expected return.
C) exact price that an investor should be willing to pay for any given investment.
D) difference between a risk-free return and the expected rate of inflation.
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10) When the Capital Asset Pricing Model is depicted graphically, the result is the
A) standard deviation line.
B) coefficient of variation line.
C) security market line.
D) alpha-beta line.
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11) Which of the following factors comprise the CAPM?
I. dividend yield
II. risk-free rate of return
III. the expected rate of return on the market
IV. risk premium for the firm
A) I and III only
B) II and IV only
C) III and IV only
D) II, III and IV only
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12) The Franko Company has a beta of 1.90. By what percent will the required rate of return on
the stock of Franko Company increase if the expected market rate of return rises by 3%?
A) 1.91%
B) 2.75%
C) 3.27%
D) 5.70%
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13) What is the expected return on a stock with a beta of 1.09, a market risk premium of 8%,
and a risk-free rate of 4%?
A) 4.36%
B) 8.36%
C) 8.72%
D) 12.72%
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14) According to MSN money, the stock of Orange Corporation has a beta of 1.5, but according
to Yahoo Finance it is 1.75. The expected rate of return on the market is 12% and the risk free
rate is 2%. What is the difference between the required rates of return calculated using each of
these betas?
A) 1.50%
B) 1.75%
C) 2.0%
D) 2.5%
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15) The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) includes which of the following in its base
assumptions?
I. Investors should earn a minimum return equal to the risk-free rate.
II. Investors in the market should earn a return greater than the return on the overall market.
III. Investors should be rewarded for the amount of risk they assume.
IV. Investors should earn a return located above the Security Market Line.
A) I and III only
B) II and IV only
C) I, II and III only
D) I, III and IV only
role in shaping investment choices
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16) Small company stocks are yielding 10.7% while the U.S. Treasury bill has a 1.3% yield and
a bank savings account is yielding 0.8%. What is the risk premium on small company stocks?
A) 10.7%
B) 9.4%
C) 12.0%
D) 9.9%
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17) The risk-free rate of return is 2% while the market rate of return is 12%. Parson Company
has a historical beta of .85. Today, the beta for Delta Company was adjusted to reflect internal
changes in the structure of the company. The new beta is 1.38. What is the amount of the
change in the expected rate of return for Delta Company based on this revision to beta?
A) 8.5%
B) 5.3%
C) 12.2%
D) 14.0%
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18) Which of the following statements about the Security Market Line are correct?
I. The intercept point is the risk-free rate of return.
II. The slope of the line is beta.
III. An investor should accept any return located above the SML line.
IV. A beta of 1.0 indicates the risk-free rate of return.
A) I and II only
B) III and IV only
C) II, III and IV only
D) I,II and III only
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5.5 Learning Goal 5
1) Both the efficient frontier and beta are important aspects of MPT.
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2) Portfolios located on the efficient frontier are preferable to all other portfolios in the feasible
set.
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3) Portfolios C and X each have expected rates of return of 12%. C's beta is .9; X's beta is 1.1,
therefore C dominates X.
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into practice)
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4) Modern portfolio theory seeks to minimize risk and maximize return by combining highly
correlated assets.
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into practice)
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5) Traditional portfolio management
A) concentrates on only the most recent "hot" sectors of the market.
B) typically centers on interindustry diversification.
C) uses portfolio betas and standard deviations to minimize risk.
D) is based on statistical measures to develop the portfolio plan.
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6) Traditional portfolio managers prefer well-known companies because
I. stocks of well-known firms tend to be less risky than stocks of lesser-known firms.
II. individuals are more apt to purchase a mutual fund if it contains stocks of well-known firms.
III. window dressing encourages the purchase of well-known stocks.
IV. institutional investors tend to exhibit "herd-like" behavior.
A) I only
B) I and II only
C) II and III only
D) I, II , III and IV
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7) Which of the following measures or concepts are deliberately used by modern portfolio
theory?
I. beta
II. inter industry diversification
III. efficient frontier
IV. correlation
A) II and III only
B) I and IV only
C) I, III and IV only
D) I, II, III and IV
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8) Portfolios falling to the left of the efficient frontier
A) have too much risk for the expected return.
B) would be desirable if only they were possible.
C) do not use all of the assets in the portfolio.
D) fall within the set of feasible portfolios.
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9) The efficient frontier
A) is represented by the rightmost boundary of the feasible set of portfolios.
B) represents the best attainable tradeoff between risk and return.
C) includes all feasible sets of portfolios based on risk and return characteristics.
D) provides the highest level of risk for the lowest level of return.
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