Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

cfa > CFAI Mock > Flashcards

CFAI Mock Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
CFA flashcards
1
Q

3/10, net 40

A

For account payables, 3% discount if paid in 10 days, need to pay in 40 days

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Cost of trade credit calculation

A

Cost of trade credit = (1 + Discount/(1-Discount) ) ^ (365/Number of days beyond discount period)

For example, 3/10 net 40
= (1 + 3%/(1+3%) )^ (365/(40-10))

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Which profit does firm need to stay in business?

A

Normal profit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

LowP/E Ratio

A

Identify value stock, exclude growth stock. Think of as value stock has low price, while although growth stock has high price, it grows quickly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Retained earning calculation

A

Beginning RE + Net Income - Dividends

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Shareholder’s equity calculation

A

Shareholder’s equity = share capital + Retained Earnings - Treasury Shares

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Earning before tax

A

Sales minus the cost of goods sold, interest and selling, general and administrative expenses have been subtracted from gross sales

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What kind of industry have higher economic profit?

A

The economic profit
tends to be larger in industries with differentiated products, greater pricing power, and high
switching costs to customers.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Convexity of callable and putable bonds

A

When interest rates rise, a putable bond is more likely to be put back to the issuer by the investor,
limiting the loss of value and giving the bond more positive convexity than an option-free bond.

A callable bond is likely to be called from the investor when interest rates fall, limiting the
gain in value and giving the bond negative convexity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Given spot rate S1,S2,S3,S4, calculate bond (coupon P) price

A

P/S1 + P/(S1*S2) + P/(S1+S2+S3) + …

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What happens if a member’s CFA designation got suspended?

A

He can begin to use it after expiration of the suspension period

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

If candidate disagree on a report which has her as author, can she issue a new report?

A

Standard IV(A): Loyalty calls for employees to be loyal to their employer by not causing harm. If
candidate released a contradictory research recommendation report to clients, it could possibly cause
confusion among clients and embarrassment to the firm.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

If a candidate write free recommendation to a newspaper, should he send newest recommendation to his client and newspaper at the same time?

A

To avoid violating Standard III(A), Candidate
must ensure any change in an investment recommendation is first distributed to her asset
management clients before any newsletter recipients, who are not necessarily clients

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Which travel fee can the candidate require to be paid by other company?

A

Candidate should only accept transportation that he is otherwise unlikely be able to find viable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Current account

A

It measures the flows of goods and services.

Current account deficit must be compensated by surplus in sum of capital account and financial account

  • Merchandise and services (imports, exports)
  • Income receipts
  • Unilateral transfers
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Capital account

A

Capital transfers and acquisition and disposal of non-produced, non-financial assets

  • Capital transfers
  • Sales and purchase of non-financial assets
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Financial acount

A

Records investment flows

  • Government owned asset abroad
  • Foreign-owned assets in the domestic country
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Financial ratios are least likely sufficient to determine company’s

A

Creditworthiness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Change in investment property value

A

All changes are reported under net income

20
Q

Where does the securitization of account receivable proceeding go?

A

Cash from operation

21
Q

Which intangible asset should be amortized?

A

Identifiable intangible asset.
Goodwill is unidentifiable intangible, should be tested for impairment but not amortized.
Reputation is internal and is not recorded on balance sheet.

22
Q

Cash flow debt coverage ratio

A

CFO/Total debt

23
Q

Antidilutive

A

A transaction is considered to be antidilutive if its effect is to increase the amount of EPS, either by lowering the share count or increasing earnings.

24
Q

Equity return distribution are leptokurtotic or playkurtotic?

A

Leptokurtotic

25
Q

Main source of return for commodities

A

Collateral yield, roll yield, spot price return

26
Q

Fundamental weighting index

A

Fundamentally weighted indices generally will have a contrarian “effect” in that the portfolio
weights will shift away from securities that have increased in relative value and toward securities
that have fallen in relative value whenever the portfolio is rebalanced.

27
Q

Tatical asset allocation

A

An active management portfolio strategy that rebalances the percentage of assets held in various categories in order to take advantage of market pricing anomalies or strong market sectors.

28
Q

Optimal risky portfolio

A

The point of tangency between the Capital allocation line and the efficient frontier of risky assets.

29
Q

Should candidate participate in “Hot” IPO?

A

A popular or “hot” IPO in a frontier market is likely to be
oversubscribed. In such cases, Standard VI(B) dictates that the manager should not participate in
this event to better ensure clients will have a higher probability of getting their full subscription
allotment, even though clients have allowed or dictated that she participate alongside them.

30
Q

Whistleblowing policy

A

A whistleblower as defined by this policy is an employee of (Name of Company/Organization) who reports an activity that he/she considers to be illegal or dishonest to one or more of the parties specified in this Policy. The whistleblower is not responsible for investigating the activity or for determining fault or corrective measures; appropriate management officials are charged with these responsibilities.

31
Q

Primary sources of liquidity

A

Cash balance, collecting receivables, generating cash from short-term investments.

32
Q

Secondary source of liquidity

A

Liquidating short-term or long-lived assets
Negotiating debt agreements (renegotiating)
Filing for bankruptcy
Reorganizing the company

33
Q

Value at risk

A

minimum amount of loss expected over a given time period at a given probability level.

34
Q

Covered call

A

An options strategy whereby an investor holds a long position in an asset and writes (sells) call options on that same asset in an attempt to generate increased income from the asset.

35
Q

When an FRA expires, use the contract fixed rate or the latest LIRBOR to discount the future gain/loss?

A

Use the latest LIBOR

Example:A forward rate agreement (FRA) that expires in 180 days and is based on 90-day LIBOR is quoted at 2.2%. At expiration of the FRA, 90-day LIBOR is 2.8%. For a notional principal of $1,000,000, the payoff of this FRA is closest to:
$1,000,000 × (0.028 – 0.022) × (1/4)/(1 + (0.028/4)) = $1,489.57

36
Q

Enterprise Value (EV)

A

EV = Market capitalization + Market Value (MV) of debt + MV or preferred stock - cash and short-term investments

37
Q

Price of a callable bond when interest rates fall

A

When interest rate fall, bond price increase, call option value also increase. Thus total bond value will rise less

38
Q

Spot rate in terms of bond

A

Spot rate is the ytm on a zero coupon bond

39
Q

Debt repayment priority tranking

A 
First lien/First mortgage
Senior secured debt
Junior secured debt
Senior unsecured debt
Senior subordinated debt
Subordinated debt
Junior subordinated debt
40
Q

Fives Cs of credit

A
  • Character
  • Capacity
  • Capital
  • Collateral
  • Conditions
41
Q

For dividend dates, security exchange determines which dates?

A

The ex-dividend date is normally determined by the security exchange on which the shares are listed. The corporation determines the holder-of-record date and declaration date.

42
Q

Labor force participation rate

A

The participation rate refers to the number of people who are either employed or are actively looking for work. The number of people who are no longer actively searching for work would not be included in the participation rate.

43
Q

Disposal of long-lived asset other than sale

A

Long-lived assets that will be disposed of other than by sale, such as in a spin-off, an exchange for other assets, or abandonment, are classified as held for use until disposal and continue to be depreciated until that time.

44
Q

Limitation of the yield to maturity measure

A

It assumes coupon payments can be invested at the yield to maturity.

45
Q

Portfolio duration

A

= weight average of the individual bond duration

46
Q

Approximate convexity of bond

A

ApproxCon = (Pv- + Pv+ - 2*PV0)/(delta_yield^2 * PV0)

cfa (11 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions