a. True or False
Which of the following occur when managers undertakegrowth-oriented investments to increase an FIâs size that may beinconsistent with stockholdersâ value-maximizing objectives?
Technology risk
Operational efficiency
Agency conflicts
Diseconomies of scale
Diseconomies of scope
Which is the ultimate goal of a commercial bank?
long-term growth
deposit growth
bank safety
d. long-term profit maximization
Under the Glass-Steagall Act commercial banks were permitted tounderwrite and trade Federal government securities and generalobligation bonds of states and municipalities.
True or False
All of the following are the major services of investment bankingfirms except
a. making commercial loans
bringing new security issues to market
trading securities
brokerage
Which of the following legislations allowed banks and thrifts toexpand geographically across state lines by acquiring the assets offailed thrifts?
Bank Holding Company Act
McFadden Act
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act
Douglas amendment
Glass-Steagall Act
Savings deposits are a larger percent of funding for small banks,compared to large banks.
a. True or False
Social Security is a fully funded pension program.
a. True or False
10. Which of the following is true about private placement?
The underwriting function is avoided.
The extremes of high credit quality firms and low or unknown creditquality firms use private placements.
The terms may be negotiated between the issuer and theinvestors.
The sale of securities must be restricted to a small group ofaccredited investors.
e. All of the above is true.
11. Which of the following money market rates is studied closelyfor indicators of changes in Federal Reserve monetary policy?
a. Federal Funds
Treasury bills
commercial paper
banker’s acceptances
12. A Mexican importer of computer parts from Canada would takewhich action in the foreign exchange markets?
supply Canadian dollars
demand pesos
c. demand Canadian dollars
demand U.S. dollars
none of the above
13. Which of the following laws is not associated with U.S.regulation of international banking?
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Edge Act of 1919
c. National Banking Act of 1863
International Banking Act of 1978
Which of the following is not an example of capital marketsecurities?
common stocks
convertible bonds
commercial paper
mortgages
A capital market financing is most likely to finance
new plant and equipment.
seasonal inventory needs.
a quarterly dividend payment.
the sale of common stock.
16. At NYSE, limit orders are usually entered into the specialistâslimit order book.
a. True or False
17. A publicly traded company issuing additional shares of commonstock does it through an IPO.
a. True or False
18. A foreign exchange rate are best described as
the cost of a unit of foreign currency.
the current interest rates of varying countries.
c. the cost of a unit of one currency in terms of anothercurrency.
the expected change in prices of international goods.
19. Which of the following is not a factor associated withinternational trade not faced by domestic traders?
One party in the trade has to be concerned about foreign exchangerisk.
No one legal authority has control over the transaction and legalremedies.
Credit information on opposite parties is often incomplete.
d. There is one currency involved.
20. A deficit in the trade balance of payments puts downwardpressure on the exchange rate.





