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Question 141
 
                            
                            
                                Bonds usually pay interest _________ per year.
                                             Once
                                        
                                    
                                             Twelve times
                                        
                                    
                                             Twice
                                        
                                    
                                             Four times
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: C
                                                                                                        
                                Question 142
 
                            
                            
                                Coupon rate is paid until the bond ____________.
                                             Matures
                                        
                                    
                                             Expires
                                        
                                    
                                             Is sold
                                        
                                    
                                             Reach to its half life to maturity
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: A
                                                                                                        
                                Question 143
 
                            
                            
                                Bond's par value is known as __________ value.
                                             Call
                                        
                                    
                                             Maturity
                                        
                                    
                                             Face
                                        
                                    
                                             Coupon
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: C
                                                                                                        
                                Question 144
 
                            
                            
                                Time consumed in clearing a check through the banking system.
                                             Processing float
                                        
                                    
                                             Deposit float
                                        
                                    
                                             Collection float
                                        
                                    
                                             Availability float
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: D
                                                                                                        
                                Question 145
 
                            
                            
                                Commercial paper is essentially:
                                             Another form of junk bond
                                        
                                    
                                             A short-term unsecured corporate IOU
                                        
                                    
                                             An intermediate-term corporate bond
                                        
                                    
                                             A certificate that may be exchanged for a share of common stock at a specified future date
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: B
                                                                                                        
                                Question 146
 
                            
                            
                                Concentration banking:
                                             Increases idle balances
                                        
                                    
                                             Moves excess funds from a concentration bank to regional banks
                                        
                                    
                                             Is less important during periods of rising interest rates
                                        
                                    
                                             improves control over corporate cash
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: D
                                                                                                        
                                Question 147
 
                            
                            
                                Which would be an appropriate investment for temporarily idle cash that will be used to pay quarterly dividends three months from now?
                                             A long-term Aaa-rated corporate bond with a current annual yield of 9.4 percent
                                        
                                    
                                             A 30-year Treasury bond with a current annual yield of 8.7 percent
                                        
                                    
                                             Ninety-day commercial paper with a current annual yield of 6.2 percent
                                        
                                    
                                             Common stock that has been appreciating in price 8 percent annually, on average, and paying a quarterly dividend that is the equivalent of a 5 percent annual yield
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: C
                                                                                                        
                                Question 148
 
                            
                            
                                According to the Bond Equivalent Yield (BEY) method, the yield on a $1,000, 13-week US Treasury bill purchased for $960 would be closest to .
                                             16 Percent
                                        
                                    
                                             16.7 Percent
                                        
                                    
                                             17 Percent
                                        
                                    
                                             17.8 Percent
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: B
                                                                                                        
                                Question 149
 
                            
                            
                                Accounts receivable conversion (a.k.a., check conversion) is the conversion of a paper check to
                                             An electronic check image
                                        
                                    
                                             A 'substitute check'
                                        
                                    
                                             An ACH debit transaction
                                        
                                    
                                             A foreign currency
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: C
                                                                                                        
                                Question 150
 
                            
                            
                                It is a type of flexible mortgage where the payments increase for a specified period of time and then level off. What is it?
                                             Flexible payment mortgage
                                        
                                    
                                             Graduated payment mortgage
                                        
                                    
                                             Constant payment mortgage
                                        
                                    
                                             Variable payment mortgage
                                        
                                    
                                        Suggested answer: B
                                                                                                        
                                 
        


 
  
                                            
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