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FIN 100 Quiz 6-Strayer

Review Test Submission: Quiz 6
  
 

•  Question 1

 
 An order that remains in effect until the end of the day is called a:
   
•  Question 2

 
 The price for which the owner is willing to sell the security is called the:
   
•  Question 3

 
 If an investor feels the price of a stock will decline in the future, which trade should the investor undertake?
   
•  Question 4

 
 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:
   
•  Question 5

 
 Commercial banks were for many years prohibited from full-fledged investment banking by the:
   
•  Question 6

 
 Sales of securities that the seller does not own is called a:
   
•  Question 7

 
 ___________________ is the maximum purchase price or minimum selling price specified by an investor.
   
•  Question 8

 
 A market whereby large institutional investors arrange purchases and sales of securities among themselves without the benefit of a broker or dealer is referred to as the:
   
•  Question 9

 
 A contract that gives the owner the option or choice of selling a particular good at a specified price on or before a specified date is called a (n):
   
•  Question 10

 
 A contract that obligates the owner to purchase an underlying asset at a specified price on a specified day is a (n) ____________ contract.
   
•  Question 11

 
 Which one of the following is not considered to be a generally recognized type of market efficiency?
   
•  Question 12

 
 Which of the following is not required to compute the standard deviation of a two-stock portfolio?
   
•  Question 13

 
 The market portfolio would have a beta of:
   
•  Question 14

 
 Variations in a firm’s tax rate and tax-related charges over time due to changing tax laws and regulations is called:
   
•  Question 15

 
 In comparing the deviations of returns, which one of the following assets has historically had the largest standard deviation of annual returns?
   
•  Question 16

 
 The risk cause by variations in income before taxes over time because fixed interest expenses do not change when operating income rises or falls is called:
•  Question 17

 
 The correlation between the return on the risk-free asset and the return on a risky asset is always:
   
•  Question 18

 
 If the _____________ of a stock is known, an investor can use the security market line to determine the expected return on that stock.
   
•  Question 19

 
 Which one of the following assets has historically had the highest average annual return?
   
•  Question 20

 
 The risk cause by variations in interest expense unrelated to sales or operating income arising from changes in the level of interest rates in the economy is called: