Question 1
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Which one of the following is not a primary market function of investment bankers?
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· Question 2
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Market stabilization is:
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· Question 3
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___________________ are comprised of direct costs, the spread, and underpricing.
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· Question 4
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An agreement whereby an investment banker tries to sell securities of an issuing corporation, but assumes no risk if the flotation is unsuccessful is called a:
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· Question 5
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The regulation of new security sales by individual states is referred to as:
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· Question 6
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A stock that went from $40 per share at the beginning of the year to $45 at the end of the year and paid a $2 dividend provided an investor with a ____ return.
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· Question 7
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According to the definitions given in the text, if Stock A has a standard deviation of 4% and expected returns of 9%, and Stock B has a standard deviation of 3% and returns of 1%, which stock is riskier?
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· Question 8
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The effect on revenues and expenses from variations in the value of the U.S. dollar in terms of other currencies is called:
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· Question 9
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If Stock A had a price of $120 at the beginning of the year, $150 at the end of the year and paid a $6 dividend during the year, what would be the annualized holding period return?
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· Question 10
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As defined in accordance with efficient markets notions, a strong-form efficient market would be a market in which asset prices reflect all:
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· Question 11
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Under which one of the following business organizations do the owners have unlimited liability for all debts of the firm?
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· Question 12
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Suppose Ningbo Steel had sales revenue of $10,000 sales revenue, cost of goods sold of $5,000, operating expenses of $3000, interest expense of $1,000, a tax rate of 20%, and 1,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Based on this information, net profit after tax was:
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· Question 13
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Which form of business organization does not have a basic weakness of raising capital?
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· Question 14
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The goal of a business should be:
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· Question 15
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Of the following forms of business organization, which have the advantage of limited liability but no stockholders?
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· Question 16
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The quick ratio of a firm with current assets of $300,000, current liabilities of $100,000 and inventory of $100,000 is:
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· Question 17
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Ratios used to compare different firms at the same point in time belong to a category of analysis called:
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· Question 18
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The _______________ ratio is computed as earnings before interest and taxes divided by interest expense:
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· Question 19
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The method of evaluating the firm’s performance over time is known as:
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· Question 20
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If a firm has sales of $100, total expenses (including interest and taxes) of $50, has a stock that is selling at $50 per share and has 10 shares of stock outstanding, then the firm has a P/E ratio of:
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