1. Which of the following is not a function of money? ______.
2 f. Q: n, l% m7 h1 C A. To act as a medium of exchange6 N) ?; h: D H7 {1 `6 F
B. To act as a unit of account
/ J# U' z7 J. b3 K, v C. To act as a store of value
7 o% m. b6 S! x; r5 e: s D. To provide a double coincidence of wants/ A, g$ Z# g2 Y% N Z. [
E. To act as a means of payment
2 f/ ?& c: z ]4 S 2. The price in the foreign exchange market is called ______.
9 ]& X) v9 \+ V% a/ ]& [ A. the trade surplus; b1 i! d3 ]1 g, q4 b! O! l
B. the exchange rate3 t. y6 r" C! t; C" D% g
C. the money price
) ^& H" B' A* z# G D. the currency rate
3 j6 [3 Q: o8 y; R' T* o 3. Market risk refers to the risk of______.% t j, D/ f* [4 k5 U! N
A. financial prices fluctuations4 X) t- N8 Q8 J! W2 J
B. default1 K" ]5 z. ~6 t% i3 W
C. fraud
$ k6 z5 }- H" \$ N6 N p6 |0 m D. deferred payments
) z/ O) R/ o% J* ^7 K, J 4. Which of the following is not among the generally accepted accounting principles? ______.
) {" d( C! q! f b A. Cash basis0 {4 p8 s: |8 x( D. B/ x: E
B. Prudence$ B7 L# h& G+ u4 L& |
C. Consistency+ K4 m) ~( B8 t" q+ c! A
D. Going concern; {$ ]9 R8 o3 p! Q7 T' Q
E. Money measurement.
$ Q1 ^- L0 M* \3 o# n- Y; l% s: L 5. What is a documentary letter of credit? ______.
- f2 l \( {; B" h6 [! C1 y9 l: G8 R A. A conditional bank undertaking to pay an exporter on production of stipulated documentation
9 s1 Z x" d' _$ n# P% `6 N6 Y7 v B. A method of lending against documentary security3 L9 f" ?4 p+ d! H+ r
C. An international trade settlement system biased in favour of importers- r+ S) a6 \0 u; h+ P$ A& R% V
D. All of the above
' u9 L3 F) f/ j" z4 j4 }4 g 6. Holding a group of assets reduces risk as long as the assets ______.
7 w! _. u7 v$ M5 f" N A. are perfectly correlated2 |+ l3 q! k. F( \
B. are completely independent
! L! R, n6 n/ O2 S6 a) o3 w& Z3 h" T C. do not have precisely the same pattern of returns% a. Q% r6 o! f9 {% @* `) T1 e' ^
D. have a correlation coefficient greater than one
- [ K( ~% S! k2 f! Z" _ 7. An amount, payable in money goods, or service, owed by a business to a creditor, is known as a/an .% W) @" k6 {, @ @, e
A. liability
$ _4 H2 s( y$ ^8 d, o B. debt F' n; x7 y, B7 M2 l
C. equity
) b4 S3 p( A: k, G, u/ m$ H) j D. asset* g- s# r1 @5 S, ?1 K( d
8. What function is money serving when you buy a ticket to a movie? ______.
7 t: s; \. R" J# h5 Y A. store of value, d' O% D$ p8 s- T# c4 |
B. a medium of exchange
9 a* j& k; ]1 S/ s C. transaction demand
: J$ r9 _5 b: H7 H D. a unit of account
8 _0 L7 r4 l6 @ 9. If foreigners expect that the future price of sterling will be lower, the ______.: E7 H1 u& _1 q e" c6 G j
A. supply of sterling will increase, demand for sterling will fall, and the exchange rate will fall% o9 c( N" |: C- R, a3 V
B. supply of sterling will increase, demand for sterling will rise, and the exchange rate may or may not increase
5 M7 s i, U( q C. supply of sterling will fall, demand for sterling will increase, and the exchange rate will rise; \, D6 [2 f. u0 ?9 i
D. supply of sterling will fall, demand for sterling will fall, and the exchange rate may or may not fall |