1. Which of the following is not a function of money? ______.1 d. ?8 o: U: W# g V0 f
A. To act as a medium of exchange! r6 ^, c9 | |; l( Z/ Z. u
B. To act as a unit of account+ @: M0 q" q. i& d
C. To act as a store of value
) o0 h3 }9 b( I% R& Y# I D. To provide a double coincidence of wants' @1 Z; P9 G; M( ^
E. To act as a means of payment. [8 p2 v* f: B9 X; H: ?. v
2. The price in the foreign exchange market is called ______.# I8 d! A8 Y; ~! M: n0 V1 G9 Q
A. the trade surplus# F; V3 n6 k/ `2 i0 p
B. the exchange rate
6 @8 `# h* l7 I C. the money price
g( x0 N9 }$ J D. the currency rate L2 b- u. C, @6 \0 r
3. Market risk refers to the risk of______.0 ^; ~. C7 U) v( S0 f; O
A. financial prices fluctuations4 M, K2 {$ z" T1 @
B. default# L& @' O1 {" g, R
C. fraud, S1 h8 R$ K6 h' C( \
D. deferred payments% I8 Y, f. O3 R; c1 {, U5 R% e
4. Which of the following is not among the generally accepted accounting principles? ______.: W" T( g* h& ^9 T
A. Cash basis
7 ^% a, v# w" s- X8 q n0 r% T. x- O B. Prudence
( h- M1 G" Z {9 {/ g; S5 k C. Consistency
0 B* m, A$ w( T6 R! U( V+ X3 B D. Going concern: B: q3 ^( `# v0 h9 w5 A/ D5 I
E. Money measurement.1 {3 K! z* Z/ Z( x
5. What is a documentary letter of credit? ______.
. L& y8 w, E' C2 h% ~' j/ p( t3 n A. A conditional bank undertaking to pay an exporter on production of stipulated documentation
6 a. K& p0 L( d# a+ [- g/ B( r B. A method of lending against documentary security
8 |- Q4 D% Q. g# n* ~3 X- N$ k C. An international trade settlement system biased in favour of importers+ s/ K# C- D$ B
D. All of the above
; Z5 ~* E4 a5 a 6. Holding a group of assets reduces risk as long as the assets ______.
i- `& Q& t3 O3 o8 L' \* i A. are perfectly correlated) z E6 w; B2 V& n# V3 z. J+ g
B. are completely independent
& c. o) l4 ~: _8 p* {* C C. do not have precisely the same pattern of returns
. s9 S4 @ g6 a0 ]7 C/ n D. have a correlation coefficient greater than one
# W2 A2 x$ b; ? 7. An amount, payable in money goods, or service, owed by a business to a creditor, is known as a/an .. e9 O* g7 I7 \: B! L8 f
A. liability
) p# l$ {. [* g$ k' h6 V$ g6 Y( K B. debt$ h/ F. _; Y; g1 N7 e7 @# Y8 u
C. equity* }' E' D: s# R Q6 m
D. asset
. r# o6 F% k- s' q 8. What function is money serving when you buy a ticket to a movie? ______.. J. x- i* J9 V) P/ ~
A. store of value
* n( S: s3 f7 a7 T1 E: L B. a medium of exchange) a! D7 W3 ?$ Q E! R7 S
C. transaction demand
* @/ O u* z& l0 e) |- X' J D. a unit of account7 B3 H% I3 ~+ X# ?/ b
9. If foreigners expect that the future price of sterling will be lower, the ______.
3 y" ]9 n2 c- i v7 q5 r+ E A. supply of sterling will increase, demand for sterling will fall, and the exchange rate will fall
t2 D& R" r3 p3 x( {& ~3 T B. supply of sterling will increase, demand for sterling will rise, and the exchange rate may or may not increase, n9 I" ?9 }4 j7 d( H6 h l
C. supply of sterling will fall, demand for sterling will increase, and the exchange rate will rise% t# Z1 j( {* g* e6 Q: n
D. supply of sterling will fall, demand for sterling will fall, and the exchange rate may or may not fall |