QUIZ

1.

A market participant has a time horizon of one week. He is typically:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

2.

Which one of the following is not one among the broad categories in which shares
are classified into?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

3.

(b)

False

There are no frequent price changes in the market

New orders emerge in response to price changes
The market volume is resilient
All the above
None of the above

Traditionally the cut off between short-term and long-term financial claims has
been:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

6.

True

Resilience of a market means:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

5.

Speculative shares
Advancing shares
Cyclical shares
Income shares
None of the above

A preference share is a hybrid instrument.

(a)

4.

A trader
An investor
A speculator
A gambler
None of the above

Three years
Five years
Six months
One year
None of the above

Which one of the following factors is not behind the globalisation of financial
markets?
(a)
(b)
(c)

Deregulation
Institutionalisation
Liberalisation.

(d)
(e)
7.

The most important decision in portfolio management is the:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

8.

Market value
Discounted value
Value at which it was issued
Long-term average value
None of the above

Investor performance in the long run may not depend on:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

10.

Choice of the market

Choice of the instruments
Choice of the asset mix
Cost of the management
None of the above

The true value of a security is its:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

9.

Cartelisation
None of the above

Maintaining composure
Sticking to a pattern
Patience
Diligence
None of the above

The reflexivity principle is a special insight developed by

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

George Soros
Warren Buffett
J.M.Keynes
Benjamin Graham
None of the above

KEY
1 (a)
10 (a)

2 (b)

3 (a)

4 (b)

5 (d)

6 (d)

7 (c)

8 (e)

9 (b)