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Changed 2016-FRR Exam Questions

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Financial Risk and Regulation (FRR) Series Questions and Answers

Question 105

While contractually, depositors are not required to keep liquid funds on deposit for very long, in fact they tend to leave their deposits for longer periods of time, even if interest rates rise and the bank does not raise its deposit interest rate. What does a bank consider these deposits to be?

Options:

A.

Credible deposits

B.

Core deposits

C.

Permanent deposits

D.

Tangible equity

Question 106

A risk associate is trying to determine the required risk-adjusted rate of return on a stock using the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Which of the following equations should she use to calculate the required return?

Options:

A.

Required return = risk-free return + beta x market risk

B.

Required return = (1-risk free return) + beta x market risk

C.

Required return = risk-free return + beta x (1 – market risk)

D.

Required return = risk-free return + 1/beta x market risk

Question 107

Which one of the following statements is an advantage of using implied volatility as an input when calculating VaR?

Options:

A.

Implied volatility assumes volatilities are constant which makes it easy to implement in models.

B.

Current market data is used to determine implied volatilities, which makes them forward looking measures

C.

Implied volatilities are better at predicting actual volatilities

D.

Loss probabilities from the standard normal distribution are used to compute implied volatilities, which makes it easy to compute the.

Question 108

Why do regulatory standards impose formulaic capital calculations for all of the banks activities?

I. If the banks use different models it is difficult for a regulator to compare results across banks.

II. By imposing standardized calculations regulators can make sure that banks are not missing key risks in their calculations.

III. By imposing standardized calculations regulators can make sure that banks do not use capital calculations to game the banking regulation system.

Options:

A.

I

B.

I,II

C.

II, III

D.

I,II, III

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