CQIB Flashcards
What are the 4 types of Financial Markets?
a) Primary market, secondary markets, equities markets and commodities markets
b) Primary market, secondary markets, exchange traded markets and over the counter markets
c) Interest rate market, foreign exchange market, equities market, derivative market
d) Exchange traded markets, over the counter market, equities market, commodities
Primary market, secondary markets, exchange traded markets and over the counter markets
What Economic Key Indicator is an indicator of Consumption?
a) Balance of payments
b) Consumer price index
c) Net foreign debt
d) Retail sales
Retail Sales
Macroeconomics focuses on:
a) Taxes, Exports and Imports, GDP, supply and demand
b) Inflation, Cash Rate, Government Regulation, Taxes
c) Climate control, supply and demand, equality, GDP
d) Unemployment, GDP, Inflation, Exports and Imports
Unemployment, GDP, Inflation, Exports and Imports
The RBA uses which policy to influence the economic environment?
A. Area Policy
B. Fiscal Policy
C. Revenue Policy
D. Monetary Policy
Monetary Policy
Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) requires Australian ADIs to hold sufficient liquid assets to meet what period of net cash outflows, as projected under an APRA-prescribed stress scenario:
A. 365 days
B. 10 days
C. 30 days
D. 60 days
30 days
When did the Government adopt a ‘four pillars policy’?
1990
What is Liquidity Risk?
The potential inability of a bank to meet its payment obligations in a timely and cost-effective manner and/or
Determined by the Bank’s ability to meet all its anticipated expenses, including making payments on debt using only liquid assets
The process of pooling funds from savers and using this to provide loans to customers is called:
Financial intermediation
The Better Banking reform package, which includes initiatives such as resolving disputes and protecting whistleblowers, was created in which year?
2017
Which one of the following is not a method of facilitating payments?
a) Negotiable Instruments
b) Periodic Payments
c) Periodic Collections
d) Private placements
Private Placements
A bank’s balance sheet comprises of the following liabilities ( 3 to choose)
a) Share capital
b) Home Loans
c) Debt Issues
d) Deposits
Share capital, Debt Issues and Deposits
What are the two main sources of bank funding?
a) Retail deposits
b) Offshore Funding
c) Wholesale Funding
d) Deposit Accounts.
Retail Deposits and Wholesale Funding
Net Stable Funding Ratio requires Australian ADIs to fund their assets with sufficient stable funding to reduce funding risk over what time period?
One year horizon as prescribed by APRA
Which of the following are different types of commercial banks that operate in Australia?
A. Community banks, Credit Unions, Foreign Owned Retail Banks
B. Community banks. regional banks,
C. Investment Banks, Retails banks,
D. Regional Banks, Private banks
Community banks, Credit Unions, Foreign Owned Retail Banks
Sandy and John make an appointment with their banker to apply for a home loan at XYZ bank. Daniel goes to the same bank to organize a term deposit. Ruth is planning to set up a savings account with the same bank. Who are XYZ bank’s creditors
Daniel and Ruth
Which of the following clearing and settlement systems provides settlement services for the OTC debt market and for derivatives traded on the ASX and ASX 24 markets?
Austraclear
Which of the following sought to improve executive accountability in ADI’s?
BEAR
Basel II Accord, established in 2007, addressed which of the following risks?
a) Credit Risk
b) Market Risk
c) Operational Risk
d) Liquidity Risk
(a), (b) and (c)
Being: Credit Risk, Market Risk & Operational Risk
Which of the following is NOT a principle of responsible banking put forward by UNEP?
A. Alignment
B. Impact and Target Setting
C. Corporate and Social Responsibility
D. Governance and Culture
Corporate Social Responsibility
Which of the following regulatory bodies is considered the “lender of last resort”?
Reserve Bank of Australia
What are the three stages of the money laundering cycle?
A. Introduction, Layering, Investigation
B. Placement, Layering, Integration
C. Introduction, Layering, Investigation
D. Placement, Folding, Integration
Placement, Layering, Integration
What is NOT a characteristic of a Company?
A. Separate Legal Entity
B. Must Be Registered with ASIC
C. Business Operations are controlled
D. Business losses can be offset against personal income
Business losses can be offset against personal income
Which of the following would be considered ‘wholesale’ clients?
a) An individual with gross income of $ 200,000
b) The product being invest in or advised on has a value of $ 800,000
c) A listed entity and its related body corporates
d) A business that has 120 employees
(b), (c) and (d)
The product being invest in or advised on has a value of $800,000, A listed entity and its related body corporate, A business that has 120 employees
The Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) is the co-ordinating body for Australia’s main financial regulatory agencies and aims to:
a) Enforce a range of legislative provisions primarily under the Corporations Act, 2001
b) Enforce a range of legislative provisions aimed to promote the overall stability of the financial system
c) Advise government on the adequacy of Australia’s financial regulatory arrangements
d) Facilitate sharing of information amongst members
(c) and (d)
Which Australian regulator would prohibit any mergers or acquisitions between two large banks?
ACCC
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 pillars of fiduciary duty?
A. Principles
B. Planning
C. Process
D. Prudence
Planning
There are six key elements to a valid contract. Which of the following are elements of a valid contract?
a) Offer and acceptance
b) Transfer of funds
c) Legal capacity of the parties to act
d) An intention between the two parties to create binding relations
(a), (c) and (d)
_______ has licenced NAB to provide financial services and act as a consumer credit provider.
ASIC
Which of the following is a main role of the RBA?
Monetary policy
Which of the following is not considered to be sensitive information under the Australian Privacy Principles?
Marital status
The Five Step Process for ethical dilemmas consists of:
a. 1. Recognise and define 2. Potential actions 3. Discuss with others 4. Identification 5. Review
b. 1. Refer and outline 2. Potential actions 3. Communicate to decision maker 4. Implementation 5. Start back at step one
c. 1. Recognise and define 2. Potential actions 3. Discuss with others 4. Implementation 5. Review
d. 1. Recognise 2. Potential actions 3. Discuss with others 4. Identification 5. Review
c. 1. Recognise and define 2. Potential actions 3. Discuss with others 4. Implementation 5. Review
In the five-step dilemma process, explaining your decision and the decision making process, is contained in which step?
A. Step 2 - Potential Actions
B. Step 3 - Discuss with Others
C. Step 4 - Implementation
D. Step 5 - Review
B. Step 3 - Discuss with Others
Elliot working in the lending team at NAB. A client has come into the bank and is threatening to take Elliot to court if he doesn’t approve his home loan before the end of the client’s settlement period. What is the chief threat to Elliot acting professionally in this matter?
A. Familiarity
B. Self Interest
C. Self-Review
D. Intimidation
D. Intimidation
When we think about influences on decision-making, what is framing?
To remove the ‘noise’ from an issue to allow us to see the problem for what it is
What are the foundation of the Carroll’s Social Responsibility Pyramid?
A. Ethical Responsibilities
B. Legal Responsibilities
C. Philanthropic Responsibilities
D. Economic Responsibilities
D. Economic Responsibilities
The Better Banking reform package, which includes initiatives such as resolving disputes and protecting whistleblowers, was created in which year?
A. 2013
B. 2017
C: 2000
D: 1995
B. 2017
What is the “four pillars policy”?
To avoid any merger of the big 4 banks in order to avoid further concentration or bank suppliers
Which on of these is not a liability?
A. Savings Deposits
B. Debt issues
C. Share Capital
D: Transaction deposits
C. Share Capital
What is maturity transformation?
A. The ability to generate earning compared to expenses
B. When the bank offers short term liabilities and turns them into longer term assets
C. Meeting long term financial obligations
D. Ability to meet all anticipated expenses
B. When the bank offers short term liabilities and turns them into longer term assets
How do Credit Unions differ from Banks?
A. Owned by and for the members
B. A limit on a proportion of funds that can be raised from the wholesale money market
C. Look to return a proportion of profit to shareholders by dividends
A. Owned by and for the members &
B. A limit on a proportion of funds that can be raised from the wholesale money market
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) became the Australian central bank and banknote issuing authority in:
A. June 1960
B. January 1980
C. January 1960
D. June 1988
C. January 1960
What is not a macroeconomic key economic indicator?
A. Unemployment rates
B. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
C. Taxes and Regulation
D. Inflation
C. Taxes and Regulation
The government uses which policy to control the economic environment?
Fiscal
What does ‘thinking about thinking’ imply?
A. Deontology
B. Metacognition
C. Relativism
D. Consequentialism
B. Metacongnition
What is a characteristic of Moral Absolutism?
A. Different cultures have different moral views
B. When in Rome, do as the Romans
C. There are universal rules that apply to everyone
D. What is good depends on what a particular group of people approve of
C. There are universal rules that apply to everyone
Self-Review can be a threat to professionalism when:
A. You will promote a customers position to the extent your objectivity is compromised
B. You are involved in auditing or evaluating the work of others
c. A financial or other interest inappropriately influences your judgement or behaviour
D. You are deterred from acting appropriately due to pressures, including attempts by another to
B. You are involved in auditing or evaluating the work of others