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Business Finance Exam 2
Business Finance Exam 2
BUSINESS FINANCE
(ABM 12)
Name: SCORE:
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Encircle the correct answer.
1. Money placed into a banking institution for safekeeping.
a. Bank account b. Bank deposit c. Savings account
2. Debt investments where an investor loans money to an entity which borrows the funds for
a defined period of time at a variable or commonly, fixed interest rate.
a. Bonds b. Loan c. Interest
3. The interest in the first compounding period is added on the principal, which will then be
the basis for the interest to be computed for the next period.
a. Compound interest b. Simple interest c. Bank interest
4. The number of times interest is computed on a certain principal in one year.
a. Present value b. Single amount c. Compounding frequency
5. An investment that is made up of a pool of funds collected from many investors for the
purposes of investing in stocks, bonds, and similar assets.
a. Unit Investment Trust Fund b. Trust Fund c. Mutual Fund
6. A basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the
same type (example; gold, oil)
a. Commodities b. Real estate c. Currencies
7. General increase in prices.
a. Hedge b. Inflation c. Liquidity
8. A scenario when a single cash outflow is made and the total receipts will be at a single
future date.
a. Single amount b. Lump sum c. Annuity
9. It is the process of evaluating and selecting long-term investments that are consistent with
the firm’s goal of maximizing owners’ wealth.
a. Long-term investment b. Capital Budgeting c. financial budgeting
10. An asset or item acquired with the goal of generating income or appreciation.
a. Investment b. financial c. Unit Investment Trust Fund
4. Variable Universal Life Insurance or a life insurance that offers both death benefit and
investment features.
5. An asset or item acquired with the goal of generating income or appreciation.
6. A basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the
same type.
7. An investment that is made up of a pool of funds collected from many investors for the
purposes of investing in stocks, bonds, and similar assets.
9. A periodic stream of equal cash flow at equal time intervals (annually, monthly, etc.).
10. Results are monitored and actual cost and benefits are compared with those that were
expected.
V. ESSAY
Direction: Read the passage carefully and plan what you will say. Write your
answer at the back or use yellow paper.
Based in your own understanding, explain why investments require additional risk-
taking.