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TABLE OF CONTENT
Section 1: Globalization and the Multinational Firm .......... Questions 1–50
Section 2: Balance of Payments ............................... Questions 51–100
Section 3: Foreign Exchange Markets .......................... Questions 101–150
Section 4: International Parity Conditions ................... Questions 151–200
Section 5: Foreign Exchange Exposure and Risk Management ..... Questions 201–250
Section 6: International Capital Markets and Financing ....... Questions 251–300
Section 7: Exchange Rate Determination and Forecasting ....... Questions 301–350
Section 8: Multinational Financial Management ................ Questions 351–400
SECTION 1: GLOBALIZATION AND THE MULTINATIONAL FIRM (Questions 1–50)
QUESTIONS 1 – 100
1. What are the three major dimensions that set international finance apart from
domestic finance?
A) Foreign exchange risk, political risk, and market imperfections
B) Interest rates, inflation, and economic growth
C) Taxation, regulation, and labor costs
D) Currency risk, sovereign risk, and liquidity risk
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Three major dimensions set international finance apart: foreign
exchange and political risks, market imperfections, and an expanded opportunity
set.
2. Foreign exchange risk refers to:
A) The risk that a country will expropriate foreign assets
B) The risk that foreign currency profits may evaporate in dollar terms due to
unanticipated exchange rate movements
C) The risk of default on foreign loans
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,D) The risk of inflation in foreign markets
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Foreign exchange risk is the risk that foreign currency profits may
evaporate in dollar terms due to unanticipated unfavorable exchange rate
movements.
3. Which of the following best describes political risk in international finance?
A) The risk of currency fluctuations
B) The risk that a sovereign country can change the "rules of the game"
C) The risk of interest rate changes
D) The risk of market competition
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Political risk includes unexpected changes in tax rules to outright
expropriation of assets held by foreigners.
4. Market imperfections in international finance include all of the following
EXCEPT:
A) Legal restrictions on movement of goods, people, and money
B) Excessive transaction and transportation costs
C) Perfect information symmetry
D) Discriminatory taxation
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Market imperfections represent frictions preventing markets from
functioning perfectly. Perfect information symmetry is the opposite.
5. The expanded opportunity set available in international finance allows firms to:
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,A) Only raise funds domestically
B) Locate production in any country to maximize performance and raise funds in
markets with the lowest cost of capital
C) Avoid all currency risks
D) Eliminate political risk entirely
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Firms can locate production in any country and raise funds in any
capital market where the cost of capital is lowest.
6. The goal of financial management in the United States and other Anglo-Saxon
countries is:
A) Maximizing profits
B) Maximizing shareholder wealth
C) Maximizing market share
D) Minimizing costs
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The fundamental goal is shareholder wealth maximization,
accomplished
by increasing the market value of the firm.
7. Financial globalization has resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:
A) More open capital markets
B) Increased availability of capital globally
C) Less open capital markets
D) Greater integration of financial markets
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Financial globalization has led to more open capital markets, not less
open.
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, 8. BRICs refer to:
A) Assets that are inexpensive and fundamentally unsound
B) Major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China)
C) A new currency union
D) A type of financial derivative
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: BRICs refer to major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China).
9. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are firms that:
A) Operate only in their home country
B) Operate in more than one country through subsidiaries
C) Only export goods
D) Only import goods
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: MNEs operate in more than one country through subsidiaries.
10. A weaker dollar is generally:
A) Bad for sales by US companies that sell to countries with a relatively
stronger currency
B) Good for sales by US companies that sell to countries with a relatively
stronger currency
C) Neutral for US exports
D) Always bad for the US economy
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A weaker dollar is good for sales by US companies that sell to
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