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[单项选择]Brendan Witt, CFA, is a sell-side analyst within a research team covering companies in the technology sector. The team reaches a consensus to recommend selling a mining company after long time debating. Witt does not agree with the team's investment conclusion and believes the mining company is a potential target of takeover. According to the Standards of Professional Conduct relating to diligence and reasonable basis, which of the following statements is most accurate Witt must:()
A. decline to be identified with the report.
B. dissociate from the report because it does not reflect his opinion.
C. ensure the consensus opinion has a reasonable and adequate basis and is independent and objective to keep her name on the report.
[单项选择]Benjamin Franklin, CFA, does research about consumer surplus and producer surplus. The deadweight loss from a perfectly competitive market is most likely:()
A. greater than the deadweight loss of a monopoly market.
B. less than the deadweight loss of a monopoly market.
C. equal to the deadweight loss of a monopoly market.
[单项选择]Jack George, CFA, does research about financial leverage and gathers the following information about a company (in millions):
| 2011 | 2010 |
Interest expense | $15 | $15 |
Net profit margin | 12.0% | 9.0% |
Total asset turnover | 2.0 | 2.2 |
If return on equity decreased over the same time period, the company's financial leverage most likely:()
A. decreased.
B. remained the same.
C. increased.
[单项选择]Helen Hawke, CFA, does research about foreign exchange market. Hawke gathers the following information about currency spot rates:
| Spot Rate |
CAD/USD | 0.9811 |
EUR/USD | 1.2388 |
Note: CAD/USD exchange rate quote convention is CAD per USD.
CAD=Canadian dollar, USD=U. S. dollar, EUR=euro.
The cross-rate EUR/CAD is closest to:()
A. 0.7920
B. 1.2154
C. 1.2627
[单项选择]Andre Shrub, CFA, does research about the production function approach to analyzing the sources of economic growth. Total factor productivity best reflects the portion of economic growth related to:()
A. technology.
B. labor.
C. capital.
[单项选择]Michael Papis, CFA, does research about fiscal policy. According to the tools of fiscal policy, adjustments to direct taxes are most likely:()
A. less difficult to implement quickly than adjustments to indirect taxes.
B. equally difficult to implement quickly compared with adjustments to indirect taxes.
C. more difficult to implement quickly than adjustments to indirect taxes.
[单项选择]Babu Dhaliwal, CFA, does research about foreign exchange market. The euro per Argentine peso (EUR/ARS) spot rate is 0.1789 and the forward rate is at a discount of 0.27%. The forward rate is closest to:()
A. 0.1741
B. 0.1784
C. 0.1794
[单项选择]Jasmir Singh, CFA, is a famous economist and does research about capital market. Which of the following factors most likely affects the demand for capital and not supply of capital()
A. Marginal revenue product of capital.
B. Income.
C. Interest rates.
[单项选择]How does Ghosn feel about Nissan
A. Nissan is a legend to be remembered.
B. Nissan sets a good example in auto industry.
C. Nissan is well worth studyin
[单项选择]What does the speaker talk about
A. The role he’s going to play in the lab.
B. The workbook pupils are going to use.
C. The experiment the pupils are going to do.
[单项选择]An analyst does research about standard deviation and gathers the following information about two scenarios:
Scenario | Probability | Expected rate of return |
A | 0.40 | -5% |
B | 0.60 | 10% |
The expected standard deviation is closest to:()
A. 5.29%
B. 7.35%
C. 8.57%
[单项选择]An analyst does research about portfolio management. Which of the following statements is Least accurate when an investor diversifies a portfolio()
A. Systematic risk is eliminated.
B. The variance of the portfolio declines.
C. The portfolio will have a higher correlation with the market portfolio.
[单项选择]An analyst does research about relationship between credit spreads and economic well being. In general, credit spreads on corporate bonds tend to:()
A. tighten during both economic expansions and economic contractions.
B. widen during economic expansions and tighten during economic contractions.
C. tighten during economic expansions and widen during economic contractions.
[单项选择]An analyst does research about calculating reinvestment income to achieve desired yield. An 8 percent coupon bond with seven years to maturity makes semiannual interest payment and has a maturity value of $1000. The bond is currently selling at $1112.96 to provide a 6 percent yield. The amount of reinvestment income required to generate this yield is closest to:()
A. $110.48
B. $123.45
C. $226.44
[单项选择]An analyst does research about financial reporting quality. An incentive for a company's management reporting lower earnings is least likely to:()
A. remain in compliance with lending covenants.
B. obtain trade relief in the form of quotas or protective tariffs.
C. negotiate favorable terms from creditors.
[单项选择]An analyst does research about depreciation expense for a company. The company purchases equipment for $1200000 with an estimated useful life of 6 years and no estimated residual value. Using the double-declining balance method, the depreciation expense for year 3 is closest to:()
A. $177778
B. $200000
C. $266667
[单项选择]An analyst does research about financial statements. Which of the following best describes the firm's financial performance over a period of time()
A. Balance sheet.
B. Income statement.
C. Cash flow statement.
[单项选择]An analyst does research about different inventory valuation methods. Which inventory valuation method least likely results in the same cost of sales for both periodic and perpetual inventory systems()
A. FIFO.
B. LIFO.
C. Specific identification method.