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Types and sources of risk

Pregunta 1 de 18

1

The risk of the other party to a contract failing to honour its obligations is an example of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Financial market risk

  • Liquidity risk

  • Credit risk ( counter party risk)

  • Operational risk

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 18

1

A company has an overdue trade receivable from a customer located abroad. The amount outstanding is due to be paid in a foreign currency. The greatest potential loss arises from:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Interest rate risk

  • Foreign exchange risk

  • Liquidity risk

  • Credit risk

  • Operational risk

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 18

1

1st January X8: Company AB borrows £100,000 under a 5 year bank loan linked to 6-month LIBOR plus 50 basis points,
1st January X8 5 year semi-annual fixed rate swap rate is 6% against 6-months LIBOR
Outturn 6-month LIBOR rates were as follows:
1st January X8 5.0% 1st July X8 5.5% - 1st January X9 6.1%
For company AB. the interest rate exposure on the unhedged bank loan is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Continues - Committed - Transferable

  • Continues - Committed

  • Continues - Transferable

  • Committed - Transferable

  • Committed

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 18

1

Generally aggressive financing:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • increases the risk of insolvency

  • reduces shareholders return

  • increases exchange rate risk

  • reduces the volatility of earnings

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 18

1

A company's credit standing is LEAST likely to affect its ability to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • borrow from a bank

  • use OTC derivatives

  • issue debt in the capital markets

  • sell on credit

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 18

1

The interest rate arising on a long term floating rate is a:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Committed and transferable risk

  • Committed risk

  • Transferable risk

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 18

1

The offices of a small company are threatened by fire risk. this risk is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • continues and transferable

  • an event led risk and transferable

  • an event risk and non-transferable

  • continuous and non-transferable

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 18

1

Financial risk includes:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • operational risk, credit risk and liquidity risk

  • credit risk, liquidity risk and commercial risk

  • liquidity risk, commercial risk and financial markets risk

  • interest rate risk, credit risk and liquidity risk

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 18

1

ABC'S principal costs are a floating rate loan financing a property and staffing costs. ABC revenues depend primarily on chargeable staff hours. ABC has the following financial risks.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • interest rate and liquidity risk

  • interest rate risk

  • liquidity risk

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 18

1

The loss of a building to fire is a

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • continuous risk

  • transferable risk

  • committed risk

  • sector-specific risk

  • commercial risk

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 18

1

which of the following is MOST likely to indicate hight counterparty risk for a corporate?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • customers generally pay in cash prior to the dispatch of goods

  • suppliers provide goods that are widely available for cash payment

  • low net drawdown on a large bilateral revolving credit facility

  • investments are of low value

  • customers are large in number but generally small size

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 18

1

which of the following is LEAST likely to influence decisions whether or not to manage a particular risk?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • risk culture of the organisation

  • financial ratios needed to maintain credit rating

  • shareholder expectations

  • length of the financial year

  • competitors' risk profiel

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 18

1

A UK company exports hight-vloume goods to the USA priced in US dollars. The goods are manufactured to a customer's specific requirements. Standard terms are 90 days credit. Raw materials are sourced in the UK and main competitors are located in the UK.
What is the key foreign exchange risk to which the company is exposed?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Transaction

  • Pre-transaction (committed)

  • Strategic (economic exposure)

  • Pre-transaction and strategic

  • Strategic and transaction

  • Transaction, pre-transaction and strategic

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 18

1

A company has debt of 100 million, operating profit of 30 million, interest cover of 4.0 and an average rate payable of 7.5%. What is the new interest cover if the average interest rate payable rises to 10%

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 2.0

  • 3.0

  • 3.6

  • 4.0

  • 5.3

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 18

1

The share prince of a UK airline fluctuates with the changes in the USD price of oil. This is best classified as an example of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • economic risk

  • transaction risk

  • pre-transaction risk

  • translation risk

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 18

1

On 1 January 20X0 R GmbH, a German based manufacturing company is due to pay a UK supplier GBP 100,000 on 1 April 20X0. R GmbH has a 31 December year end. Market data is as follows:
FBP/EUR spot: 1.3008/16
Three--month forward points: 200/211
Three month standard deviation: 3.8%
Company R's GBP exposure on this future supplier payment is best classified as

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Economic risk

  • Transactional risk

  • Pre-transaction risk

  • Translation risk

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 18

1

A BBB rated parent company has made loans, in EUR, to its French subsidiary. The US parent is close to breaching a book vaue gearing covenant. It is principally concerned with

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • economic risk

  • transaction risk

  • pre-transaction risk

  • translation risk

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 18

1

A company is funded solely by a large overdraft and has no cash equal, what is the impact of a rise interest rates?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the market value FALLS and interest rate WORSENS

  • the market value FALLS and interest rate IS UNCHANGED

  • the market value IS UNCHANGED and interest rate WORSENS

  • the market value IS UNCHANGED and interest rate IS UNCHANGED

Explicación