4.1.2) Which of the following international transactions would NOT be counted as a balance of payments (BOP) transaction?
A) An American tourist purchases cheese in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
B) The U.S. subsidiary of a British firm pays profits (dividends) back to its parent firm in London.
C) A Canadian lumber baron purchases a U.S. corporate bond through an investment broker in Seattle.
D) All of the above are considered BOP transactions.
4.1.1) Which of the following is NOT a major subaccount of the Balance of Payments?
A) the financial account
B) the accounts payable
C) the capital account
D) the current account
4.1.3) The balance of payments as applied to a course in international finance may be defined as:
A) the amount still owed by an exporting firm after making an initial down payment.
B) the amount still owed by governments to the International Monetary Fund.
C) the measurement of all international economic transactions between the residents of a country and foreign residents.
D) the amount of a country's merchandise trade deficit or surplus.
4.1.4) Balance of payment (BOP) data may be important for any of the following reasons:
A) BOP data helps to forecast a country's market potential, especially in the short run.
B) The BOP is an important indicator of a country's foreign exchange rate.
C) Changes in a country's BOP may signal a change in controls over payment of dividends and interest.
D) all of the choices provided above
4.1.5) A country experiencing a serious BOP ________ is more likely to ________ exports than otherwise.
A) surplus; contract
B) surplus; expand
C) deficit; expand
D) none of the above
4.1.6) Which of the following would NOT be considered a typical BOP transaction?
A) Toyota U.S.A. is a U.S. distributor of automobiles manufactured in Japan by its parent company.
B) The U.S. subsidiary of European financial giant, Credit Suisse, pays dividends to its parent in Zurich.
C) A U.S. tourist purchases gifts at a museum in London.
D) All are example of BOP transactions.
4.2.1) Which of the following is NOT a part of the CURRENT ACCOUNT of BOP?
A) net export/import of goods
B) balance of trade
C) net portfolio investment
D) net export/import of services
4.2.2) Which of the following is NOT part of the FINANCIAL ACCOUNT of the BOP?
A) net foreign direct investment
B) net import/export of services
D) other Financial items
4.2.3) Which of the following is NOT an item to be considered in BOP calculations?
A) A foreign resident purchases a U.S. Treasury Bill.
B) A U.S.-based firm manages the development of an oil field in Kazakhstan.
C) A consumer buys a VCR made in Korea from a Florida Wal-Mart store.
D) A U.S. citizen living in Minnesota travels to Winnipeg, Canada, and buys a case of LaBatt's Canadian beer.
4.2.4) The balance of payments:
A) determines the eligibility of countries for IMF aid.
B) adds up the value of all assets and liabilities of a country on a specific date.
C) records all international transactions for a country over a period of time.
D) all of the above
4.2.5) An American tourist purchases a leather jacket while in Italy. Which of the following statements is true?
A) The leather purchase would be considered an import for the U.S. BOP.
B) This transaction would be properly accounted for in the Current Account of the U.S. BOP.
C) The leather purchase is considered an import of a good, and thus, considered part of the balance of trade as well.
D) All of these statements are true.
4.3.1) Which of the following is NOT part of the balance of payments account?
A) the current account
B) the financial/capital account
C) the official reserves account
D) All of the above are BOP accounts.
4.3.2) The ________ includes all international economic transactions with income or payment flows occurring within the year.
A) capital account
B) current account
C) financial account
D) IMF account
4.3.3) If your company were to import and export textiles, the transactions would be recorded in the current account subcategory of:
A) services trade.
B) income trade.
C) goods trade.
D) current transfers.
4.3.4) The travel services provided to international travelers by United Airlines would be recorded in the current account subcategory of:
4.3.5) Anaconda Copper Inc. created a subsidiary in Chile last year to mine copper ore. The proportion of net income paid back to the parent company as a dividend would be recorded in the current account subcategory of:
4.3.6) The subcategory that typically dominates the current account is:
B) services trade.
C) income trade.
D) transfer accounts.
A) goods (merchandise) trade.
4.3.7) In 2010 the United States posted a current account deficit of -$471 billion. The bulk of the negative value came from:
A) a net transfer deficit.
B) an income balance deficit.
C) a goods trade deficit.
D) an income trade deficit.
4.3.8) Over the last two decades the surplus on U.S. services trade has typically been ________ the deficit on U.S. goods trade.
A) greater than
B) equal to
C) less than
D) The relationship is constantly shifting from greater than to less than.
