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Multiple Choice Test Bank Questions No Feedback - Chapters 8 and 9
Multiple Choice Test Bank Questions No Feedback - Chapters 8 and 9
1. What would typically be the shape of the news impact curve for a series that exactly followed
a GARCH (1,1) process?
(a) It would be asymmetric, with a steeper curve on the left than the right
(b) It would be asymmetric, with a steeper curve on the right than the left
(c) * It would be symmetric about zero
(d) It would be discontinuous about zero
3. Which of the following would represent the most appropriate definition for implied volatility?
(a) * It is the volatility of the underlying asset’s returns implied from the price of a traded option
and an option pricing model
(b) It is the volatility of the underlying asset’s returns implied from a statistical model such as
GARCH
(c) It is the volatility of an option price implied from a statistical model such as GARCH
(d) It is the volatility of an option price implied from the underlying asset volatility
4. Suppose that a researcher wanted to obtain an estimate of realised (“actual”) volatility. Which
one of the following is likely to be the most accurate measure of volatility of stock returns for a
particular day?
(a) The price range (high minus low) on that day
(b) The squared return on that day
(c) * The sum of the squares of hourly returns on that day
(d) The squared return on the previous day
5. Suppose that a researcher wishes to test for calendar (seasonal) effects using a dummy
variables approach. Which of the following regressions could be used to examine this?
(i) A regression containing intercept dummies
(ii) A regression containing slope dummies
(iii) A regression containing intercept and slope dummies
(iv) A regression containing a dummy variable taking the value 1 for one observation and
zero for all others
6. Which of the following is the most plausible test regression for determining whether a series y
contains “ARCH effects”?
2
(a)
y t =α 0 +α 1 y t−1 +α 2 y t−2 +α 3 y t−3 +α 4 y t−4 +α 5 y t−5 +u t
2 2 2 2 2 2
(b) * y t =α 0 +α 1 y t−1 +α 2 y t−2 +α 3 y t−3 +α 4 y t−4 +α 5 y t−5 +u t
2 2 2 2 2
(c)
y t =α 0 +α 1 y t−1 +α 2 y t−2 +α 3 y t−3 +α 4 y t−4 +α 5 y t−5 +ut
2 3 4 5 6
(d)
y t =α 0+α 1 y t−1 +α 2 y t−2 +α3 y t−3 +α 4 y t−4 +α 5 y t−5 +ut
8. Consider the three approaches to conducting hypothesis tests under the maximum likelihood
framework. Which of the following statements are true?
(i) The Wald test is based on estimation only under the null hypothesis
(ii) The likelihood ratio test is based on estimation under both the null and the alternative
hypotheses
(iii) The lagrange multiplier test is based on estimation under the alternative hypothesis only
(iv) The usual t and F-tests are examples of Wald tests
10. Which one of the following problems in finance could not be usefully addressed by either a
univariate or a multivariate GARCH model?
(a) Producing option prices
(b) Producing dynamic hedge ratios
(c) Producing time-varying beta estimates for a stock
(d) * Producing forecasts of returns for use in trading models
(e) Producing correlation forecasts for value at risk models