Fin 534 quiz 7 (30 questions with answers) 99,99 % scored
1. FIN 534 Quiz 7
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Question 1
Which of the following investments would have the lowest present value?
Assume that the effective annual rate for all investments is the same and is
greater than zero.
Answer
Investment A pays $250 at the end of every year for the next 10 years (a total of
10 payments).
Investment B pays $125 at the end of every 6-month period for the next 10 years
(a total of 20 payments).
Investment C pays $125 at the beginning of every 6-month period for the next 10
years (a total of 20 payments).
Investment D pays $2,500 at the end of 10 years (just one payment).
Investment E pays $250 at the beginning of every year for the next 10 years (a
total of 10 payments).
2 points
Question 2
Which of the following statements is CORRECT, assuming positive interest rates
and holding other things constant?
Answer
The present value of a 5-year, $250 annuity due will be lower than the PV of a
similar ordinary annuity.
A 30-year, $150,000 amortized mortgage will have larger monthly payments than
an otherwise similar 20-year mortgage.
A bank loan's nominal interest rate will always be equal to or less than its
effective annual rate.
2. If an investment pays 10% interest, compounded annually, its effective annual
rate will be less than 10%.
Banks A and B offer the same nominal annual rate of interest, but A pays interest
quarterly and B pays semiannually. Deposits in Bank B will provide the higher
future value if you leave your funds on deposit.
2 points
Question 3
You plan to analyze the value of a potential investment by calculating the sum of
the present values of its expected cash flows. Which of the following would
increase the calculated value of the investment?
Answer
The cash flows are in the form of a deferred annuity, and they total to $100,000.
You learn that the annuity lasts for 10 years rather than 5 years, hence that each
payment is for $10,000 rather than for $20,000.
The discount rate decreases.
The riskiness of the investment’s cash flows increases.
The total amount of cash flows remains the same, but more of the cash flows are
received in the later years and less are received in the earlier years.
The discount rate increases.
2 points
Question 4
A U.S. Treasury bond will pay a lump sum of $1,000 exactly 3 years from today.
The nominal interest rate is 6%, semiannual compounding. Which of the
following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
The periodic interest rate is greater than 3%.
The periodic rate is less than 3%.
The present value would be greater if the lump sum were discounted back for
more periods.
3. The present value of the $1,000 would be smaller if interest were compounded
monthly rather than semiannually.
The PV of the $1,000 lump sum has a higher present value than the PV of a 3-
year, $333.33 ordinary annuity.
2 points
Question 5
Which of the following statements regarding a 30-year monthly payment
amortized mortgage with a nominal interest rate of 10% is CORRECT?
Answer
The monthly payments will decline over time.
A smaller proportion of the last monthly payment will be interest, and a larger
proportion will be principal, than for the first monthly payment.
The total dollar amount of principal being paid off each month gets smaller as the
loan approaches maturity.
The amount representing interest in the first payment would be higher if the
nominal interest rate were 7% rather than 10%.
Exactly 10% of the first monthly payment represents interest.
2 points
Question 6
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
A time line is not meaningful unless all cash flows occur annually.
Time lines are not useful for visualizing complex problems prior to doing actual
calculations.
Time lines cannot be constructed in situations where some of the cash flows
occur annually but others occur quarterly.
Time lines can be constructed for annuities where the payments occur at either
the beginning or the end of the periods.
4. Some of the cash flows shown on a time line can be in the form of annuity
payments, but none can be uneven amounts.
2 points
Question 7
You are considering two equally risky annuities, each of which pays $5,000 per
year for 10 years. Investment ORD is an ordinary (or deferred) annuity, while
Investment DUE is an annuity due. Which of the following statements is
CORRECT?
Answer
The present value of ORD must exceed the present value of DUE, but the future
value of ORD may be less than the future value of DUE.
The present value of DUE exceeds the present value of ORD, while the future
value of DUE is less than the future value of ORD.
The present value of ORD exceeds the present value of DUE, and the future
value of ORD also exceeds the future value of DUE.
The present value of DUE exceeds the present value of ORD, and the future
value of DUE also exceeds the future value of ORD.
If the going rate of interest decreases from 10% to 0%, the difference between
the present value of ORD and the present value of DUE would remain constant.
2 points
Question 8
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
The cash flows for an ordinary (or deferred) annuity all occur at the beginning of
the periods.
If a series of unequal cash flows occurs at regular intervals, such as once a year,
then the series is by definition an annuity.
The cash flows for an annuity due must all occur at the ends of the periods.
The cash flows for an annuity must all be equal, and they must occur at regular
intervals, such as once a year or once a month.
5. If some cash flows occur at the beginning
of the periods while others occur at the ends, then we have what the textbook
defines as a variable annuity.
2 points
Question 9
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
The present value of a 3-year, $150 ordinary annuity will exceed the present
value of a 3-year, $150 annuity due.
If a loan has a nominal annual rate of 8%, then the effective rate will never be
less than 8%.
If a loan or investment has annual payments, then the effective, periodic, and
nominal rates of interest will all be different.
The proportion of the payment that goes toward interest on a fully amortized loan
increases over time.
An investment that has a nominal rate of 6% with semiannual payments will have
an effective rate that is smaller than 6%.
2 points
Question 10
A $150,000 loan is to be amortized over 7 years, with annual end-of-year
payments. Which of these statements is CORRECT?
Answer
The annual payments would be larger if the interest rate were lower.
If the loan were amortized over 10 years rather than 7 years, and if the interest
rate were the same in either case, the first payment would include more dollars of
interest under the 7-year amortization plan.
The proportion of each payment that represents interest as opposed to
repayment of principal would be higher if the interest rate were lower.
The proportion of each payment that represents interest versus repayment of
principal would be higher if the interest rate were higher.
6. The proportion of interest versus principal repayment would be the same for each
of the 7 payments.
2 points
Question 11
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
A time line is not meaningful unless all cash flows occur annually.
Time lines are useful for visualizing complex problems prior to doing actual
calculations.
Time lines cannot be constructed in situations where some of the cash flows
occur annually but others occur quarterly.
Time lines cannot be constructed for annuities where the payments occur at the
beginning of the periods.
Some of the cash flows shown on a time line can be in the form of annuity
payments, but none can be uneven amounts.
2 points
Question 12
Which of the following statements is CORRECT, assuming positive interest rates
and holding other things constant?
Answer
The present value of a 5-year, $250 annuity due will be lower than the PV of a
similar ordinary annuity.
A 30-year, $150,000 amortized mortgage will have larger monthly payments than
an otherwise similar 20-year mortgage.
A bank loan's nominal interest rate will always be equal to or greater than its
effective annual rate.
If an investment pays 10% interest, compounded quarterly, its effective annual
rate will be greater than 10%.
7. Banks A and B offer the same nominal annual rate of interest, but A pays interest
quarterly and B pays semiannually. Deposits in Bank B will provide the higher
future value if you leave your funds on deposit.
2 points
Question 13
Your bank account pays a 6% nominal rate of interest. The interest is
compounded quarterly. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
The periodic rate of interest is 1.5% and
the effective rate of interest is 3%.
The periodic rate of interest is 6% and the effective rate of interest is greater than
6%.
The periodic rate of interest is 1.5% and the effective rate of interest is greater
than 6%.
The periodic rate of interest is 3% and the
effective rate of interest is 6%.
The periodic rate of interest is 6% and the
effective rate of interest is also 6%.
2 points
Question 14
Which of the following statements regarding a 15-year (180-month) $125,000,
fixed-rate mortgage is CORRECT? (Ignore taxes and transactions costs.)
Answer
The remaining balance after three years will be $125,000 less one third of the
interest paid during the first three years.
Because it is a fixed-rate mortgage, the monthly loan payments (which include
both interest and principal payments) are constant.
Interest payments on the mortgage will increase steadily over time, but the total
amount of each payment will remain constant.
8. The proportion of the monthly payment that goes towards repayment of principal
will be lower 10 years from now than it will be the first year.
The outstanding balance declines at a slower rate in the later years of the loan’s
life.
2 points
Question 15
You plan to invest some money in a bank account. Which of the following banks
provides you with the highest effective rate of interest?
Answer
Bank 1; 6.1% with annual compounding.
Bank 2; 6.0% with monthly compounding.
Bank 3; 6.0% with annual compounding.
Bank 4; 6.0% with quarterly compounding.
Bank 5; 6.0% with daily (365-day) compounding.
2 points
Question 16
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
If the maturity risk premium were zero and interest rates were expected to
decrease
in the future, then the yield curve for U.S. Treasury securities would, other things
held constant, have an upward slope.
Liquidity premiums are generally higher on Treasury than corporate bonds.
The maturity premiums embedded in the interest rates on U.S. Treasury
securities are due primarily to the fact that the probability of default is higher on
long-term bonds than on short-term bonds.
Default risk premiums are generally lower on corporate than on Treasury bonds.
9. Reinvestment rate risk is lower, other things held constant, on long-term than on
short-term bonds.
2 points
Question 17
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
If the Federal Reserve unexpectedly announces that it expects inflation to
increase, then we would probably observe an immediate increase in bond prices.
The total yield on a bond is derived from dividends plus changes in the price of
the bond.
Bonds are riskier than common stocks and therefore have higher required
returns.
Bonds issued by larger companies always have lower yields to maturity (less risk)
than bonds issued by smaller companies.
The market value of a bond will always approach its par value as its maturity date
approaches, provided the bond’s required return remains constant.
2 points
Question 18
You are considering two bonds. Bond A has a 9% annual coupon while Bond B
has a 6% annual coupon. Both bonds have a 7% yield to maturity, and the YTM
is expected to remain constant. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
The price of Bond B will decrease over time, but the price of Bond A will increase
over time.
The prices of both bonds will remain unchanged.
10. The price of Bond A will decrease over time, but the price of Bond B will increase
over time.
The prices of both bonds will increase by 7% per year.
The prices of both bonds will increase over time, but the price of Bond A will
increase by more.
2 points
Question 19
Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT?
Answer
If a bond is selling at a discount to par, its current yield will be less than its yield to
maturity.
All else equal, bonds with longer maturities have more interest rate (price) risk
than bonds with shorter maturities.
If a bond is selling at its par value, its current yield equals its yield to maturity.
If a bond is selling at a premium, its current yield will be greater than its yield to
maturity.
All else equal, bonds with larger coupons have greater interest rate (price) risk
than bonds with smaller coupons.
2 points
Question 20
Assume that interest rates on 20-year Treasury and corporate bonds with
different ratings, all of which are noncallable, are as follows:
% A = 9.64%
% %
11. The differences in rates among these issues were most probably caused
primarily by:
Answer
Real risk-free rate differences.
Tax effects.
Default risk differences.
Maturity risk differences.
Inflation differences.
2 points
Question 21
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
If a bond is selling at a discount, the yield to call is a better measure of return than
the yield to maturity.
On an expected yield basis, the expected capital gains yield will always be
positive because an investor would not purchase a bond with an expected capital
loss.
On an expected yield basis, the expected current yield will always be positive
because an investor would not purchase a bond that is not expected to pay any
cash coupon interest.
If a coupon bond is selling at par, its current yield equals its yield to maturity.
The current yield on Bond A exceeds the current yield on Bond B; therefore, Bond
A must have a higher yield to maturity than Bond B.
2 points
Question 22
A 10-year corporate bond has an annual coupon of 9%. The bond is currently
selling at par ($1,000). Which of the following statements is NOT
12. CORRECT?
Answer
The bond’s expected capital gains yield is positive.
The bond’s yield to maturity is 9%.
The bond’s current yield is 9%.
If the bond’s yield to maturity remains constant, the bond will continue to sell at
par.
The bond’s current yield exceeds its capital gains yield.
2 points
Question 23
Tucker Corporation is planning to issue new 20-year bonds. Initially, the plan was
to make the bonds non-callable. If the bonds were made callable after 5 years at
a 5% call premium, how would this affect their required rate of return?
Answer
Because of the call premium, the required rate of return would decline.
There is no reason to expect a change in the required rate of return.
The required rate of return would decline because the bond would then be less
risky to a bondholder.
The required rate of return would increase because the bond would then be more
risky to a bondholder.
It is impossible to say without more information.
2 points
Question 24
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
13. Answer
All else equal, senior debt generally has a lower yield to maturity than
subordinated debt.
An indenture is a bond that is less risky than a mortgage bond.
The expected return on a corporate bond will generally exceed the bond's yield to
maturity.
If a bond’s coupon rate exceeds its yield to maturity, then its expected return to
investors exceeds the yield to maturity.
Under our bankruptcy laws, any firm that is in financial distress will be forced to
declare bankruptcy and then be liquidated.
2 points
Question 25
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
If a 10-year, $1,000 par, zero coupon bond were issued at a price that gave
investors a 10% yield to maturity, and if interest rates then dropped to the point
where = 5%, the bond would sell at a premium over its $1,000 par value.
If a 10-year, $1,000 par, 10% coupon bond were issued at par, and if interest
rates then dropped to the point where rd
= %, we could be sure that the bond would sell at a premium above its $1,000 par
value.
Other things held constant, a corporation would rather issue noncallable bonds
than callable bonds.
Other things held constant, a callable bond would have a lower required rate of
return than a noncallable bond.
Reinvestment rate risk is worse from an investor’s standpoint than interest rate
price risk if the investor has a short investment time horizon.
2 points
14. Question 26
Which of the following bonds would have the greatest percentage increase in
value if all interest rates fall by 1%?
Answer
10-year, zero coupon bond.
20-year, 10% coupon bond.
20-year, 5% coupon bond.
1-year, 10% coupon bond.
20-year, zero coupon bond.
2 points
Question 27
Amram Inc. can issue a 20-year bond with a 6% annual coupon. This bond is not
convertible, is not callable, and has no sinking fund. Alternatively, Amram could
issue a 20-year bond that is convertible into common equity, may be called, and
has a sinking fund. Which of the following most accurately describes the coupon
rate that Amram would have to pay on the convertible, callable bond?
Answer
Exactly equal to 6%.
It could be less than, equal to, or greater than 6%.
Greater than 6%.
Exactly equal to 8%.
Less than 6%.
2 points
Question 28
A Treasury bond has an 8% annual coupon and a 7.5% yield to maturity. Which
of the following statements is CORRECT?
15. Answer
The bond sells at a price below par.
The bond has a current yield greater than 8%.
The bond sells at a discount.
The bond’s required rate of return is less than 7.5%.
If the yield to maturity remains constant, the price of the bond will decline over
time.
2 points
Question 29
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
One advantage of a zero coupon Treasury bond is that no one who owns the
bond has to pay any taxes on it until it matures or is sold.
Long-term bonds have less interest rate price risk but more reinvestment rate risk
than short-term bonds.
If interest rates increase, all bond prices will increase, but the increase will be
greater for bonds that have less interest rate risk.
Relative to a coupon-bearing bond with the same maturity, a zero coupon bond
has more interest rate price risk but less reinvestment rate risk.
Long-term bonds have less interest rate price risk and also less reinvestment rate
risk than short-term bonds.
2 points
Question 30
Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
16. A zero coupon bond's current yield is equal to its yield to maturity.
If a bond’s yield to maturity exceeds its coupon rate, the bond will sell at par.
All else equal, if a bond’s yield to maturity increases, its price will fall.
If a bond’s yield to maturity exceeds its coupon rate, the bond will sell at a
premium over par.
All else equal, if a bond’s yield to maturity increases, its current yield will fall.