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Financial Risk and Regulation Changed 2016-FRR Questions

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Financial Risk and Regulation (FRR) Series Questions and Answers

Question 73

Which one of the four following statements about the Risk Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC) is correct?

RAROC is the ratio of:

Options:

A.

Risk to the profitability of a trading portfolio or a business unit within the bank.

B.

Value-at-risk to the profitability of a trading portfolio or a business unit.

C.

Profitability to the expected return of a trading portfolio or bank business unit.

D.

Profitability to the risk of a trading portfolio or bank business unit.

Question 74

A bank customer can use either a plain vanilla option or an option contract with volumetric flexibility to reduce the following risks:

I. Market Risk

II. Basis Risk

III. Operational Risk

Options:

A.

I

B.

II

C.

I, II

D.

II, III

Question 75

Which one of the following statements accurately describes market risk tolerance?

Options:

A.

Market risk tolerance is the maximum likely gain in the market value of portfolios over a given period of time.

B.

Market risk tolerance is the maximum loss in the market value of financial instruments caused by the failure of the counterparty to meet its obligations.

C.

Market risk tolerance is the maximum loss the bank is willing to bear due to fluctuations in market prices and rates.

D.

Market risk tolerance is the minimum loss the bank is willing to bear due to fluctuations in market prices and rates.

Question 76

A bank considers issuing new capital to increase its Tier 1 capital levels. Which of the following financial instruments would most likely to be considered?

Options:

A.

Long-term and callable debt convertible to equity

B.

Convertible preferred shares

C.

Short-term callable debt

D.

Short-term debt convertible to non-cumulative preferred shares

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