完整word版投资学investment题库Chap015.docx
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完整word版投资学investment题库Chap015
MultipleChoiceQuestions
1.Thetermstructureofinterestratesis:
A)Therelationshipbetweentheratesofinterestonallsecurities.
B)Therelationshipbetweentheinterestrateonasecurityanditstimetomaturity。
C)Therelationshipbetweentheyieldonabondanditsdefaultrate。
D)Alloftheabove.
E)Noneoftheabove.
Answer:
BDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Thetermstructureofinterestratesistherelationshipbetweentwovariables,yearsandyieldtomaturity(holdingallelseconstant).
2。
Theyieldcurveshowsatanypointintime:
A)Therelationshipbetweentheyieldonabondandthedurationofthebond。
B)Therelationshipbetweenthecouponrateonabondandtimetomaturityofthebond。
C)Therelationshipbetweenyieldonabondandthetimetomaturityonthebond。
D)Alloftheabove.
E)Noneoftheabove。
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Seerationaleforquestion15.1。
3。
Aninvertedyieldcurveimpliesthat:
A)Long-terminterestratesarelowerthanshort-terminterestrates.
B)Long—terminterestratesarehigherthanshort—terminterestrates。
C)Long-terminterestratesarethesameasshort—terminterestrates.
D)Intermediateterminterestratesarehigherthaneithershort-orlong-terminterestrates.
E)noneoftheabove。
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Theinverted,ordownwardsloping,yieldcurveisoneinwhichshort—termratesarehigherthanlong—termrates.Theinvertedyieldcurvehasbeenobservedfrequently,althoughnotasfrequentlyastheupwardsloping,ornormal,yieldcurve。
4.Anupwardslopingyieldcurveisa(n)_______yieldcurve。
A)normal。
B)humped。
C)inverted.
D)flat。
E)noneoftheabove。
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Theupwardslopingyieldcurveisreferredtoasthenormalyieldcurve,probablybecause,historically,theupwardslopingyieldcurveistheshapethathasbeenobservedmostfrequently.
5。
Accordingtotheexpectationshypothesis,anormalyieldcurveimpliesthat
A)interestratesareexpectedtoremainstableinthefuture。
B)interestratesareexpectedtodeclineinthefuture。
C)interestratesareexpectedtoincreaseinthefuture.
D)interestratesareexpectedtodeclinefirst,thenincrease。
E)interestratesareexpectedtoincreasefirst,thendecrease。
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Anupwardslopingyieldcurveisbasedontheexpectationthatshort-terminterestrateswillincrease。
6。
Whichofthefollowingisnotproposedasanexplanationforthetermstructureofinterestrates:
A)Theexpectationstheory。
B)Theliquiditypreferencetheory.
C)Themarketsegmentationtheory。
D)Modernportfoliotheory.
E)A,B,andC。
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
A,B,andCarealltheoriesthathavebeenproposedtoexplainthetermstructure。
7。
Theexpectationstheoryofthetermstructureofinterestratesstatesthat
A)forwardratesaredeterminedbyinvestors’expectationsoffutureinterestrates.
B)forwardratesexceedtheexpectedfutureinterestrates.
C)yieldsonlong-andshort-maturitybondsaredeterminedbythesupplyanddemandforthesecurities.
D)alloftheabove。
E)noneoftheabove.
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Theforwardrateequalsthemarketconsensusexpectationoffutureshortinterestrates.
8。
Whichofthefollowingtheoriesstatethattheshapeoftheyieldcurveisessentiallydeterminedbythesupplyanddemandsforlong-andshort-maturitybonds?
A)Liquiditypreferencetheory。
B)Expectationstheory。
C)Marketsegmentationtheory。
D)Alloftheabove。
E)Noneoftheabove.
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Marketsegmentationtheorystatesthatthemarketsfordifferentmaturitiesareseparatemarkets,andthatinterestratesatthedifferentmaturitiesaredeterminedbytheintersectionoftherespectivesupplyanddemandcurves。
9.Ifforwardratesareknownwithcertaintyandallbondsarefairlypriced
A)allbondswouldhavethesameyieldtomaturity。
B)allshort-maturitybondswouldhavelowerpricesthanalllong—maturitybonds.
C)allbondswouldhavethesameprice。
D)allbondswouldprovideequal1—yearratesofreturn。
E)noneoftheabove。
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Inaworldofperfectcertainty,allbondmustofferequalratesofreturnoveranyholdingperiod;otherwise,atleastonebondwouldbedominatedbytheothersinthatthisbondwouldofferalowerrateofreturnthanwouldcombinationsofotherbonds。
Noonewouldbewillingtoholdthisbond,andthepriceofthebondwoulddecline(lawofoneprice)。
10.Accordingtothe"liquiditypreference"theoryofthetermstructureofinterestrates,theyieldcurveusuallyshouldbe:
A)inverted。
B)normal。
C)upwardsloping。
D)AandB。
E)BandC.
Answer:
EDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Accordingtotheliquiditypreferencetheory,investorswouldprefertobeliquidratherthanilliquid。
Inordertoacceptamoreilliquidinvestment,investorsrequirealiquiditypremiumandthenormal,orupwardsloping,yieldcurveresults。
Usethefollowingtoanswerquestions11—14:
Supposethatallinvestorsexpectthatinterestratesforthe4yearswillbeasfollows:
Year
ForwardInterestRate
0
(today)5%
1
7%
2
9%
3
10%
11。
Whatisthepriceof3-yearzerocouponbondwithaparvalueof$1,000?
A)$863。
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B)$816。
58
C)$772.18
D)$765。
55
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
BDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
$1,000/(1.05)(1.07)(1.09)=$816。
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12。
Ifyouhavejustpurchaseda4—yearzerocouponbond,whatwouldbetheexpectedrateofreturnonyourinvestmentinthefirstyeariftheimpliedforwardratesstaythesame?
(Parvalueofthebond=$1,000)
A)5%
B)7%
C)9%
D)10%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
Theforwardinterestrategivenforthefirstyearoftheinvestmentisgivenas5%(seetableabove).
13.Whatisthepriceofa2—yearmaturitybondwitha10%couponratepaidannually?
(Parvalue=$1,000)
A)$1,092.97
B)$1,054.24
C)$1,000.00
D)$1,073.34
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
[(1。
05)(1.07)]1/2-1=6%;FV=1000,n=2,PMT=100,i=6,PV=$1,073.34
14.Whatistheyieldtomaturityofa3—yearzerocouponbond?
A)7。
00%
B)9.00%
C)6.99%
D)7.49%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
[(1。
05)(1。
07)(1.09)]1/3-1=6.99.
Usethefollowingtoanswerquestions15-18:
Thefollowingisalistofpricesforzerocouponbondswithdifferentmaturitiesandparvalueof$1,000.
Maturity(Years)
Price
1
$943。
40
2
$881.68
3
$808.88
4
$742。
09
15。
Whatis,accordingtotheexpectationstheory,theexpectedforwardrateinthethirdyear?
A)7.00%
B)7.33%
C)9。
00%
D)11。
19%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
881.68/808.88—1=9%
16。
Whatistheyieldtomaturityona3-yearzerocouponbond?
A)6。
37%
B)9。
00%
C)7.33%
D)10.00%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
(1000/808。
81)1/3-1=7。
33%
17.Whatisthepriceofa4—yearmaturitybondwitha12%couponratepaidannually?
(Parvalue=$1,000)
A)$742。
09
B)$1,222。
09
C)$1,000。
00
D)$1,141.92
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
(1000/742。
09)1/4-1=7.74%;FV=1000,PMT=120,n=4,i=7.74,PV=$1,141。
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18。
Youhavepurchaseda4-yearmaturitybondwitha10%couponratepaidannually.Thebondhasaparvalueof$1,000.Whatwouldthepriceofthebondbeoneyearfromnowiftheimpliedforwardratesstaythesame?
A)$808.88
B)$1,108.88
C)$1,000
D)$1,042。
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E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
(943。
40/742.09)]1/3—1。
0=8.33%;FV=1000,PMT=100,n=3,i=8。
33,PV=$1,042。
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19.Themarketsegmentationtheoryofthetermstructureofinterestrates
A)theoreticallycanexplainallshapesofyieldcurves。
B)definitelyholdsinthe"realworld”.
C)assumesthatmarketsfordifferentmaturitiesareseparatemarkets.
D)AandB.
E)AandC。
Answer:
EDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Althoughthistheoryisquitetidytheoretically,bothinvestorsandborrowswilldepartfromtheir"preferredmaturityhabitats”ifyieldsonalternativematuritiesareattractiveenough.
20。
Giventhefollowingpatternofforwardrates:
Year
ForwardRate
1
5%
2
6%
3
6。
5%
Ifoneyearfromnowthetermstructureofinterestrateschangessothatitlooksexactlythesameasitdoestoday,whatwouldbeyourholdingperiodreturnifyoupurchaseda3—yearzerocouponbondtodayandhelditforoneyear?
A)6%
B)8%
C)9%
D)5%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
$1,000/(1。
06)(1.065)=$885.82(sellingprice);$1,000/(1.05)(1。
06)(1.065)=$843。
64(purchaseprice);($885。
82-$843.64)/$843.64=5%。
21.Anupwardslopingyieldcurve
A)isanindicationthatinterestratesareexpectedtoincrease。
B)incorporatesaliquiditypremium.
C)reflectstheconfoundingoftheliquiditypremiumwithinterestrateexpectations.
D)alloftheabove。
E)noneoftheabove。
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Oneoftheproblemsofthemostcommonlyusedexplanationoftermstructure,theexpectationshypothesis,isthatitisdifficulttoseparateouttheliquiditypremiumfrominterestrateexpectations.
22。
The”break—even"interestrateforyearnthatequatesthereturnonann-periodzero-couponbond
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