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Chapter 3 - ĐTTC
Chapter 3 - ĐTTC
4. 4. The following statements regarding the spe- E. A, B, and C are all true.
cialist are true:
A. Specialists maintain a book listing out- The specialists' functions
standing unexecuted limit orders. are all of the items list-
B. Specialists earn income from commissions ed in A, B, and C. In ad-
and spreads in stock prices. dition, specialists trade in
C. Specialists stand ready to trade at quoted their own accounts.
bid and ask prices.
D. Specialists cannot trade in their own ac-
counts.
E. A, B, and C are all true.
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10. 10. You purchased JNJ stock at $50 per share. D. limit-sell order
The stock is currently selling at $65. Your gains
may be protected by placing a __________.
A. stop-buy order With a limit-sell order, your
B. limit-buy order stock will be sold only at
C. market order a specified price, or better.
D. limit-sell order Thus, such an order would
E. none of the above. protect your gains. None
of the other orders are ap-
plicable to this situation.
11. 11. You sold JCP stock short at $80 per share. C. stop-buy order
Your losses could be minimized by placing a
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__________. With a stop-buy order, the
A. limit-sell order stock would be purchased
B. limit-buy order if the price increased to a
C. stop-buy order specified level, thus limit-
D. day-order ing your loss. None of the
E. none of the above other orders are applica-
ble to this situation.
12. 12. Which one of the following statements re- E. None of the above.
garding orders is false?
A. A market order is simply an order to buy
or sell a stock immediately at the prevailing All of the order descrip-
market price. tions above are correct.
B. A limit sell order is where investors specify
prices at which they are willing to sell a secu-
rity.
C. If stock ABC is selling at $50, a limit-buy
order may instruct the broker to buy the stock
if and when the share price falls below $45.
D. A day order expires at the close of the trad-
ing day.
E. None of the above.
13. 13. Restrictions on trading involving insider D. All of the above are sub-
information apply to the following except ject to insider trading re-
A. corporate officers and directors. strictions.
B. relatives of corporate directors and officers.
C. major stockholders. A, B, and C are corporate
D. All of the above are subject to insider trad- insiders and are subject
ing restrictions. to restrictions on trading
E. None of the above is subject to insider trad- on inside information. Fur-
ing restrictions. ther, the Supreme Court
held that traders may not
trade on nonpublic infor-
mation even if they are not
insiders.
14. 14. The cost of buying and selling a stock con- E. A, B, and C.
sists of __________.
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A. broker's commissions All of the above are pos-
B. dealer's bid-asked spread sible costs of buying and
C. a price concession an investor may be selling a stock.
forced to make.
D. A and B.
E. A, B, and C.
16. 16. You sold short 200 shares of common stock D. $7,200.
at $60 per share. The initial margin is 60%. Your
initial investment was 200 shares * $60/share *
A. $4,800. 0.60 = $12,000 * 0.60 =
B. $12,000. $7,200
C. $5,600.
D. $7,200.
E. none of the above.
20. 20. Assume you sell short 100 shares of com- C. 22%
mon stock at $45 per share, with initial margin
at 50%. What would be your rate of return if you Profit on stock = ($45
repurchase the stock at $40/share? The stock - $40) * 100 = $500,
paid no dividends during the period, and you $500/$2,250 (initial invest-
did not remove any money from the account ment) = 22.22%.
before making the offsetting transaction.
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 22%
D. 77%
E. none of the above
21. 21. You sold short 300 shares of common stock B. $65
at $55 per share. The initial margin is 60%. At
what stock price would you receive a margin Equity = 300($55) * 1.6 =
call if the maintenance margin is 35%? $26,400; 0.35 = ($26,400
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A. $51 - 300P)/300P; 105P =
B. $65 26,400 - 300P; 405P =
C. $35 26,400; P = $65.18
D. $40
E. none of the above
22. 22. Assume you sold short 100 shares of com- B. 33%
mon stock at $50 per share. The initial margin
is 60%. What would be the maintenance margin $5,000 X 1.6 =
if a margin call is made at a stock price of $60? $8,000; [$8,000 -
A. 40% 100($60)]/100($60) =
B. 33% 33%.
C. 35%
D. 25%
E. none of the above
24. 24. Shares for short transactions B. are typically shares held
A. are usually borrowed from other brokers. by the short seller's broker
B. are typically shares held by the short seller's in street name.
broker in street name.
C. are borrowed from commercial banks.
D. B and C. Typically, the only source
E. none of the above. of shares for short trans-
actions is those held by
the short seller's broker in
street name; often these
are margined shares.
25. 25. Which of the following orders is most use- D. Stop-buy order
ful to short sellers who want to limit their po-
tential losses? By issuing a stop-buy or-
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A. Limit order der, the short seller can
B. Discretionary order limit potential losses by as-
C. Limit-loss order suring that the stock will be
D. Stop-buy order purchased (and the short
E. None of the above position closed) if the price
increases to a certain lev-
el.
26. 26. Which of the following orders instructs the E. Market order
broker to buy at the current market price?
A. Limit order Market orders are to be ex-
B. Discretionary order ecuted immediately at the
C. Limit-loss order best prevailing price.
D. Stop-buy order
E. Market order
27. 27. Which of the following orders instructs the C. Limit-buy order
broker to buy at or below a specified price?
A. Limit-loss order Limit-buy orders are to
B. Discretionary order be executed if the mar-
C. Limit-buy order ket price decreases to the
D. Stop-buy order specified limit price.
E. Market order
29. 29. Which of the following orders instructs the C. Limit-sell order
broker to sell at or above a specified price?
A. Limit-buy order Limit-sell orders are to
B. Discretionary order be executed if the mar-
C. Limit-sell order ket price increases to the
D. Stop-buy order specified limit price.
E. Market order
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30. 30. Which of the following orders instructs the D. Stop-buy order
broker to buy at or above a specified price?
A. Limit-buy order Stop-buy orders are to
B. Discretionary order be executed if the mar-
C. Limit-sell order ket price increases to the
D. Stop-buy order specified limit price.
E. Market order
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34. 34. When stocks are held in street name E. C and D.
A. the investor receives a stock certificate with
the owner's street address. When stocks are held
B. the investor receives a stock certificate in street name, the in-
without the owner's street address. vestor does not receive a
C. the investor does not receive a stock certifi- stock certificate; the bro-
cate. ker holds the stock in
D. the broker holds the stock in the brokerage the brokerage firms' name
firms' name on behalf of the client. on behalf of the client.
E. C and D. This arrangement speeds
transfer of securities.
36. 36. You want to buy 100 shares of Hotstock C. market order
Inc. at the best possible price as quickly as
possible. You would most likely place a A market order is for imme-
A. stop-loss order diate execution at the best
B. stop-buy order possible price.
C. market order
D. limit-sell order
E. limit-buy order
37. 37. You want to purchase XON stock at $60 A. 100 shares
from your broker using as little of your own
money as possible. If initial margin is 50% and .5 = [(Q * $60) - $3,000] /
you have $3000 to invest, how many shares (Q * $60); $30Q = $60Q -
can you buy? $3,000; $30Q = $3,000; Q
A. 100 shares = 100.
B. 200 shares
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C. 50 shares
D. 500 shares
E. 25 shares
A. 100 shares
38. 38. A sale by IBM of new stock to the public B. seasoned equity offer-
would be a(n) ing.
A. short sale.
B. seasoned equity offering. When a firm whose stock
C. private placement. already trades in the sec-
D. secondary market transaction. ondary market issues new
E. initial public offering. shares to the public this is
referred to as a seasoned
equity offering.
39. 39. The finalized registration statement for new C. the prospectus
securities approved by the SEC is called
A. a red herring The prospectus is the fi-
B. the preliminary statement nalized registration state-
C. the prospectus ment approved by the
D. a best-efforts agreement SEC.
E. a firm commitment
42.
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42. The floor broker is best described as A. an independent mem-
A. an independent member of the exchange ber of the exchange who
who owns a seat and handles overload work owns a seat and handles
for commission brokers. overload work for commis-
B. someone who makes a market in one or sion brokers.
more securities.
C. a representative of a brokerage firm who is The floor broker is an
on the floor of the exchange to execute trade. independent member of
D. a frequent trader who performs no public the exchange who handles
function but executes trades for himself. work for commission bro-
E. any counter party to a trade executed on the kers when they have too
floor of the exchange. many orders to handle.
43. 43. You sell short 100 shares of Loser Co. at a B. unlimited
market price of $45 per share. Your maximum
possible loss is A short seller loses money
A. $4500 when the stock price ris-
B. unlimited es. Since there is no upper
C. zero limit on the stock price, the
D. $9000 maximum theoretical loss
E. cannot tell from the information given is unlimited.
44. 44. You buy 300 shares of Qualitycorp for $30 B. 40%
per share and deposit initial margin of 50%.
The next day Qualitycorp's price drops to $25 AM = [300 ($25) - .5 (300)
per share. What is your actual margin? ($30)] / [300 ($25)] = .40
A. 50%
B. 40%
C. 33%
D. 60%
E. 25%
45. 45. When a firm markets new securities, a pre- B. the Securities and Ex-
liminary registration statement must be filed change Commission.
with
A. the exchange on which the security will be The SEC requires the
listed. registration statement and
B. the Securities and Exchange Commission. must approve it before the
C. the Federal Reserve. issue can take place.
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D. all other companies in the same line of busi-
ness.
E. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
47. 47. Which of the following is true regarding D. The shares are sold di-
private placements of primary security offer- rectly to a small group of
ings? institutional or wealthy in-
A. Extensive and costly registration state- vestors.
ments are required by the SEC.
B. For very large issues, they are better suited
than public offerings. Firms can save on regis-
C. They trade in secondary markets. tration costs, but the result
D. The shares are sold directly to a small group is that the securities can-
of institutional or wealthy investors. not trade in the secondary
E. They have greater liquidity than public offer- markets and therefore are
ings. less liquid. Public offerings
are better suited for very
large issues.
48. 48. A specialist on the AMEX Stock Exchange B. Route the order to the
is offering to buy a security for $37.50. A broker NYSE.
in Oklahoma City wants to sell the security
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for his client. The Intermarket Trading System The broker should try to
shows a bid price of $37.375 on the NYSE. obtain the best price for
What should the broker do? his client. Since the client
A. Route the order to the AMEX Stock Ex- wants to sell shares and
change. the bid price is higher on
B. Route the order to the NYSE. the AMEX, he should route
C. Call the client to see if she has a preference. the order there.
D. Route half of the order to AMEX and the
other half to the NYSE.
E. It doesn't matter - he should flip a coin and
go with it.
49. 49. You sold short 100 shares of common stock C. $2,250.
at $45 per share. The initial margin is 50%. Your
initial investment was 100 shares * $45/share *
A. $4,800. 0.50 = $4,500 * 0.50 =
B. $12,000. $2,250
C. $2,250.
D. $7,200.
E. none of the above.
50. 50. You sold short 150 shares of common stock D. $1,822.50
at $27 per share. The initial margin is 45%. Your
initial investment was 150 shares * $27/share *
A. $4,800.60. 0.45 = $4,050 * 0.45 =
B. $12,000.25. $1,822.50
C. $2,250.75.
D. $1,822.50.
E. none of the above.
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D. $80.34
E. none of the above
55.
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55. You purchased 100 shares of common E. 24%
stock on margin for $50 per share. The initial
margin is 50% and the stock pays no dividend. 100($50)(0.50) = $2,500
What would your rate of return be if you sell investment; gain on stock
the stock at $56 per share? Ignore interest on sale = (56 - 50)(100)
margin. = $600; Return =
A. 28% ($600/$2,500) = 24%.
B. 33%
C. 14%
D. 42%
E. 24%
57. 57. Assume you sell short 1000 shares of com- C. 57.14%
mon stock at $35 per share, with initial margin
at 50%. What would be your rate of return if you Profit on stock =
repurchase the stock at $25/share? The stock ($35 - $25)(1,000) =
paid no dividends during the period, and you $10,000; initial invest-
did not remove any money from the account ment = ($35)(1,000)(.5)
before making the offsetting transaction. = $17,500; return
A. 20.47% = $10,000/$17,500 =
B. 25.63% 57.14%.
C. 57.14%
D. 77.23%
E. none of the above
58. 58. Assume you sell short 100 shares of com- A. -33.33%
mon stock at $30 per share, with initial margin
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at 50%. What would be your rate of return if you Profit on stock = ($30 -
repurchase the stock at $35/share? The stock $35)(100) = -500; initial in-
paid no dividends during the period, and you vestment = ($30)(100)(.5)
did not remove any money from the account = $1,500; return = $-
before making the offsetting transaction. 500/$1,500 = -33.33%.
A. -33.33%
B. -25.63%
C. -57.14%
D. -77.23%
E. none of the above
59. 59. You want to purchase GM stock at $40 from B. 200 shares
your broker using as little of your own money
as possible. If initial margin is 50% and you you can buy ($4000/$40)
have $4000 to invest, how many shares can = 100 shares outright and
you buy? you can borrow $4,000 to
A. 100 shares buy another 100 shares.
B. 200 shares
C. 50 shares
D. 500 shares
E. 25 shares
60. 60. You want to purchase IBM stock at $80 from C. 50 shares
your broker using as little of your own money
as possible. If initial margin is 50% and you You can buy ($2000/$80) =
have $2000 to invest, how many shares can 25 shares outright and you
you buy? can borrow $2,000 to buy
A. 100 shares another 25 shares.
B. 200 shares
C. 50 shares
D. 500 shares
E. 25 shares
61. 61. Assume you sold short 100 shares of com- B. 20%
mon stock at $40 per share. The initial margin
is 50%. What would be the maintenance margin $4,000 X 1.5 =
if a margin call is made at a stock price of $50? $6,000; [$6,000 -
A. 40% 100($50)]/100($50) =
B. 20% 20%.
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C. 35%
D. 25%
E. none of the above
62. 62. Assume you sold short 100 shares of com- D. 23.5%
mon stock at $70 per share. The initial margin
is 50%. What would be the maintenance margin $7,000 X 1.5
if a margin call is made at a stock price of $85? = $10,500; [$10,500
A. 40.5% - 100($85)]/100($85) =
B. 20.5% 23.5%.
C. 35.5%
D. 23.5%
E. none of the above
63. 63. You sold short 100 shares of common stock A. $50
at $45 per share. The initial margin is 50%. At
what stock price would you receive a margin Equity = 100($45) * 1.5 =
call if the maintenance margin is 35%? $6,750; 0.35 = ($6,750 -
A. $50 100P)/100P; 35P = 6,750
B. $65 - 100P; 135P = 6,750; P =
C. $35 $50.00
D. $40
E. none of the above
64. 64. You sold short 100 shares of common stock C. $86.54
at $75 per share. The initial margin is 50%. At
what stock price would you receive a margin Equity = 100($75) * 1.5 =
call if the maintenance margin is 30%? $11,250; 0.30 = ($11,250 -
A. $90.23 100P)/100P; 30P = 11,250
B. $88.52 - 100P; 130P = 11,250; P =
C. $86.54 $86.54
D. $87.12
E. none of the above
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D. China
E. France
73. 73. The average daily number of shares trad- A. 1.8 billion
ed on the NYSE in 2006 was approximately
____________ dollars. The trading volume of the
A. 1.8 billion NYSE averaged 1.8 bil-
B. 1.8 trillion lion shares with an approx-
C. 12 billion imate value of $75 billion.
D. 4 trillion
E. none of the above
77. 77. Which of the following is not required un- B. disclosure of all person-
der the CFA Institute standards of professional al investments whether or
conduct? not they may conflict with
A. knowledge of all applicable laws, rules and a client's investments
regulations
B. disclosure of all personal investments
whether or not they may conflict with a client's
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investments
C. disclosure of all conflicts to clients and
prospects
D. reasonable inquiry into a client's financial
situation
E. All of the above are required under the CFA
Institute standards.
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