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Note that there is an overlap between the T/F and multiple-choice questions, as some of the T/F statements are used in
multiple-choice questions.
Multiple Choice: True/False
1. A financial intermediary is a corporation that takes funds from investors and then provides those funds to those who
need capital. A bank that takes in demand deposits and then uses that money to make long-term mortgage loans is one
example of a financial intermediary.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
2. The NYSE is defined as a “spot” market purely and simply because it has a physical location. The NASDAQ, on the
other hand, is not a spot market because it has no one central location.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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False
3. The NYSE is defined as a “primary” market because it is one of the largest and most important stock markets in the
world.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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False
4. Primary markets are large and important, while secondary markets are smaller and less important.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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False
5. Private markets are those like the NYSE, where transactions are handled by members of the organization, while public
markets are those like the NASDAQ, where anyone can make transactions.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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False
6. A share of common stock is not a derivative, but an option to buy the stock is a derivative because the value of the
option is derived from the value of the stock.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
7. Financial institutions are more diversified today than they were in the past, when federal laws kept investment banks,
commercial banks, insurance companies, and similar organizations quite separate. Today the larger financial services
corporations offer a variety of services, ranging from checking accounts, to insurance, to underwriting securities, to stock
brokerage.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
8. Hedge funds are somewhat similar to mutual funds. The primary differences are that hedge funds are less highly
regulated, have more flexibility regarding what they can buy, and restrict their investors to wealthy, sophisticated
individuals and institutions.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
9. Trades on the NYSE are generally completed by having a brokerage firm acting as a “dealer” buy securities and adding
them to its inventory or selling from its inventory. The NASDAQ, on the other hand, operates as an auction market, where
buyers offer to buy, and sellers to sell, and the price is negotiated on the floor of the exchange.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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False
10. The “over-the-counter” market received its name years ago because brokerage firms would hold inventories of stocks
and then sell them by literally passing them over the counter to the buyer.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
11. If you decide to buy 100 shares of Google, you would probably do so by calling your broker and asking him or her to
execute the trade for you. This would be defined as a secondary market transaction, not a primary market transaction.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
12. The term IPO stands for “individual purchase order,” as when an individual (as opposed to an institution) places an
order to buy a stock.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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13. In a “Dutch auction” for new stock, individual investors place bids for shares directly. Each potential bidder indicates
the price he or she is willing to pay and how many shares he or she will purchase at that price. The highest price that
permits the company to sell all the shares it wants to sell is determined, and this is the “market clearing price.” All bidders
who specified this price or higher are allowed to purchase their shares at the market clearing price.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
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14. When a corporation’s shares are owned by a few individuals who are associated with the firm’s management, we say
that the stock is closely held.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
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15. A publicly owned corporation is a company whose shares are held by the investing public, which may include other
corporations as well as institutional investors.
a.
True
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b.
False
True
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Public company
16. If you wanted to know what rate of return stocks have provided in the past, you could examine data on the Dow Jones
Industrial Index, the S&P 500 Index, or the NASDAQ Index.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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17. The annual rate of return on any given stock can be found as the stock’s dividend for the year plus the change in the
stock’s price during the year, divided by its beginning-of-year price.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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Bloom’s: Comprehension
18. The annual rate of return on any given stock can be found as the stock’s dividend for the year plus the change in the
stock’s price during the year, divided by its beginning-of-year price. If you obtain such data on a large portfolio of stocks,
like those in the S&P 500, find the rate of return on each stock, and then average those returns, this would give you an
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idea of stock market returns for the year in question.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
19. Each stock’s rate of return in a given year consists of a dividend yield (which might be zero) plus a capital gains yield
(which could be positive, negative, or zero). Such returns are calculated for all the stocks in the S&P 500. A weighted
average of those returns, using each stock’s total market value, is then calculated, and that average return is often used as
an indicator of the “return on the market.”
a.
True
b.
False
True
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False
20. Each stock’s rate of return in a given year consists of a dividend yield (which might be zero) plus a capital gains yield
(which could be positive, negative, or zero). Such returns are calculated for all the stocks in the S&P 500. A simple
average of those returns (which gives equal weight to each company in the S&P 500) is then calculated. That average is
called “the return on the S&P Index,” and it is often used as an indicator of the “return on the market.”
a.
True
b.
False
False
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False
Multiple Choice: Conceptual
21. You recently sold 100 shares of Microsoft stock to your brother at a family reunion. At the reunion your brother gave
you a check for the stock and you gave your brother the stock certificates. Which of the following best describes this
transaction?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Capital allocation
Bloom’s: Comprehension
Multiple Choice: Conceptual
22. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a.
The NYSE does not exist as a physical location. Rather it represents a loose collection of dealers who trade
stock electronically.
b.
An example of a primary market transaction would be your uncle transferring 100 shares of Walmart stock to
you as a birthday gift.
c.
Capital market instruments include both long-term debt and common stocks.
d.
If your uncle in New York sold 100 shares of Microsoft through his broker to an investor in Los Angeles, this
would be a primary market transaction.
e.
While the two frequently perform similar functions, investment banks generally specialize in lending money,
whereas commercial banks generally help companies raise large blocks of capital from investors.
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Bloom’s: Comprehension
23. Which of the following is a primary market transaction?
a.
You sell 200 shares of IBM stock on the NYSE through your broker.
b.
You buy 200 shares of IBM stock from your brother. The trade is not made through a broker; you just give
him cash and he gives you the stock.
c.
IBM issues 2,000,000 shares of new stock and sells them to the public through an investment banker.
d.
One financial institution buys 200,000 shares of IBM stock from another institution. An investment banker
arranges the transaction.
e.
IBM sells 2,000,000 shares of treasury stock to its employees when they exercise options that were granted in
prior years.
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
24. Which of the following is an example of a capital market instrument?
a.
Commercial paper.
b.
Preferred stock.
c.
U.S. Treasury bills.
d.
Banker’s acceptances.
e.
Money market mutual funds.
b
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
25. Money markets are markets for
a.
Foreign currencies.
b.
Consumer automobile loans.
c.
Common stocks.
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d.
Long-term bonds.
e.
Short-term debt securities such as Treasury bills and commercial paper.
e
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
26. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a.
If you purchase 100 shares of Disney stock from your brother-in-law, this is an example of a primary market
transaction.
b.
If Disney issues additional shares of common stock through an investment banker, this would be a secondary
market transaction.
c.
The NYSE is an example of an over-the-counter market.
d.
Only institutions, and not individuals, can engage in derivative market transactions.
e.
As they are generally defined, money market transactions involve debt securities with maturities of less than
one year.
e
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
27. You recently sold 200 shares of Disney stock, and the transfer was made through a broker. This is an example of:
a.
A money market transaction.
b.
A primary market transaction.
c.
A secondary market transaction.
d.
A futures market transaction.
e.
An over-the-counter market transaction.
c
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28. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a.
Hedge funds are legal in Europe and Asia, but they are not permitted to operate in the United States.
b.
Hedge funds are legal in the United States, but they are not permitted to operate in Europe or Asia.
c.
Hedge funds have more in common with investment banks than with any other type of financial institution.
d.
Hedge funds have more in common with commercial banks than with any other type of financial institution.
e.
Hedge funds are not as highly regulated as most other types of financial institutions. The justification for this
light regulation is that only “sophisticated investors” (i.e., those with high net worths and high incomes) are
permitted to invest in these funds, and these investors supposedly can do any necessary “due diligence” on
their own rather than have it done by the SEC or some other regulator.
e
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
29. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a.
While the distinctions are becoming blurred, investment banks generally specialize in lending money, whereas
commercial banks generally help companies raise capital from other parties.
b.
The NYSE operates as an auction market, whereas NASDAQ is an example of a dealer market.
c.
Money market mutual funds usually invest their money in a well-diversified portfolio of liquid common
stocks.
d.
Money markets are markets for long-term debt and common stocks.
e.
A liquid security is a security whose value is derived from the price of some other “underlying” asset.
b
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
30. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a.
The New York Stock Exchange is an auction market, and it has a physical location.
b.
Home mortgage loans are traded in the money market.
c.
If an investor sells shares of stock through a broker, then it would be a primary market transaction.
d.
Capital markets deal only with common stocks and other equity securities.
e.
While the distinctions are blurring, investment banks generally specialize in lending money, whereas
commercial banks generally help companies raise capital from other parties.
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
31. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a.
The term “IPO” stands for Introductory Price Offered, and it is the price at which shares of a new company are
offered to the public.
b.
IPO prices are generally established by the market, and buyers of the new stock must pay the price that
prevails at the close of trading on the day the stock is offered to the public.
c.
In a “Dutch auction,” investors who want to buy shares in an IPO submit bids indicating how many shares they
want to buy and the price they are willing to pay. The company determines how many shares it wants to sell.
The highest price that enables the company to sell the desired number of shares is the price that all buyers
must pay.
d.
It is possible that the price set in an IPO is so high that investors will refuse to buy the number of shares that
the company wants to sell. In this situation, the IPO is said to be oversubscribed.
e.
It is possible that the price set in an IPO is so low that investors will want to buy more shares than the
company wants to sell. In that case, the company will have to issue more shares than it wants to sell.
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
32. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a.
The most important difference between spot markets versus futures markets is the maturity of the instruments
that are traded. Spot market transactions involve securities that have maturities of less than one year whereas
futures markets transactions involve securities with maturities greater than one year.
b.
Capital market transactions involve only preferred stock or common stock.
c.
If General Electric were to issue new stock this year, this would be considered a secondary market transaction
since the company already has stock outstanding.
d.
Both NASDAQ dealers and “specialists” on the NYSE hold inventories of stocks.
e.
Money market transactions do not involve securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
d
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Multiple Choice: Conceptual
33. Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT?
a.
When a corporation’s shares are owned by a few individuals, we say that the firm is “closely, or privately,
held.”
b.
“Going public” establishes a firm’s true intrinsic value and ensures that a liquid market will always exist for
the firm’s shares.
c.
The stock of publicly owned companies must generally be registered with and reported to a regulatory agency
such as the SEC.
d.
When stock in a closely held corporation is offered to the public for the first time, the transaction is called
“going public, or an IPO,” and the market for such stock is called the new issue or IPO market.
e.
It is possible for a firm to go public and yet not raise any additional new capital for the firm itself.
b
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IPOs
Multiple Choice: Conceptual