Question 1

Regarding the conditions for model selection criteria to demonstrate consistency, which of the following statements is true?I. The most consistent selection criteria with the greatest penalty factor for degrees of freedom is unbiased mean squared error.II. If we consider the fact that the true model may be much more complicated than the models under consideration, then the Akaike information criterion (AIC) measure should be examined.

Options :

A : I only.

B : Both I and II.

C : II only.

D : Neither I nor II.

Answer: C

Question 2

Portfolio A has total assets of $14 million and an expected return of 12.50 percent. Historical VAR of the portfolio at 5 percent probability level is $2,400,000. What is the portfolio's standard deviation?

Options :

A : 14.65%.

B : 15.75%.

C : 12.50%.

D : 17.97%.

Answer: D

Question 3

An operational risk manager is presenting to a group of risk analysts about different techniques to model operational risk. An analyst asks the manager about the appropriate use of the power law in estimating operational losses. Which of the following would be a correct statement for the manager to make about the use of the power law?

Options :

A : It is suitable for modeling the tail of the operational loss distribution, but not for modeling the body of the distribution.

B : It implies that operational losses tend to follow a normal distribution.

C : It is more effective in modeling some types of operational risk, such as losses from fraud, than others, such as losses from natural disasters.

D : It is generally used to estimate routine operational losses which occur at a relatively high frequency.

Answer: A

Question 4

A risk manager at an investment bank is examining the forward and futures contracts the bank’s clients use as hedging instruments. The manager compares the way the two types of contracts are priced, how profits and losses are calculated, and how decisions to offset or deliver against the contracts are made. Which of the following statements is correct?

Options :

A : When the price of an asset is positively correlated with interest rates, the forward contract will typically have a higher price than the futures contract.

B : The daily profit and loss on forward and futures contracts differ, since futures contracts realize profits and losses each day while forward contracts realize them at maturity.

C : Prices on similar forward and futures contracts will be the same due to the no-arbitrage relationship between forwards and futures.

D : If interest rates are higher than the income generated by a financial asset, delivery of the asset against the futures contract will take place on the latest date possible.

Answer: B

Question 5

As a fund manager, Bryan Cole, CFA, is responsible for assessing the risk and return parameters of the portfolios he oversees. Cole is currently considering a portfolio consisting of only two stocks. The first stock, Remba Co., has an expected return of 12 percent and a standard deviation of 16 percent. The second stock, Labs, Inc., has an expected return of 18 percent and a standard deviation of 25 percent. The correlation of returns between the two securities is 0.25.Cole has the option of including a third stock in the portfolio. The third stock, Wimset, Inc., has an expected return of 8% and a standard deviation of 10 percent. If Cole constructed an equally weighted portfolio consisting of all three stocks, the portfolio's expected return would be closest to:

Options :

A : 17.1%.

B : 15.9%.

C : 12.7%.

D : 13.9%.

Answer: C

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