Multinational Business Finance Test Bank 16th Edition | Eiteman, Stonehill, Moffett

TEST BANK
Multinational Business Finance
DAVID EITEMAN, ARTHUR STONEHILL, MICHAEL MOFFETT
16th Edition

,MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE, 16E (EITEMAN/STONEHILL/MOFFETT)

Chapter 1 Multinational Financial Management: Opportunities and Challenges

1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace

1) Financial globalization has NOT resulted in:
A) continuing imbalances of balance of payments.
B) an increase in quantity and speed in the flow of capital across the world.
C) capital markets less open and a decrease in the availability of capital for many
organizations.
D) uniform ways of ownership, control, and governance across the
world. Answer: D
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

2) Financial globalization has NOT resulted in:
A) continuing imbalances of balance of payments.
B) an increase in quantity and speed in the flow of capital across the world.
C) capital markets more open and an increase in the availability of capital
for many organizations.
D) an increase in the flow of capital into and out of industrialized
markets. Answer: C
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

3) The institutions of global finance are:
A) central banks.
B) commercial banks.
C) investment banks.
D) All of the above are institutions of global
finance. Answer: D
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge




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,4) A major cost avoided in the eurocurrency markets is the payment of deposit
insurance fees, such as:
A) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — FDIC.
B) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — OCC.
C) International Monetary Fund — IMF.
D) World Bank — WB.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

5) The modern eurocurrency market was born shortly after:
A) World War II.
B) World War I.
C) Korean War.
D) Bosnian
War. Answer:
A Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

6) The reference rate of interest in the eurocurrency market is the:
A) London Interbank Offered Rate.
B) Prima rate.
C) Federal funds rate.
D) Treasury
rate. Answer:
A Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

7) Interest spreads in the eurocurrency market are small for many reasons EXCEPT:
A) Eurocurrency loans are secured loans.
B) Eurocurrency deposits and loans are made in amounts of $500,000 or more on an
unsecured basis.
C) The eurocurrency is a wholesale market.
D) Borrowers are usually large corporations or government
entities. Answer: A
Diff: 2
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge




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, 8) Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are firms, both for-profit companies and not-for-
profit organizations, that have operations in more than one country, and conduct their
business through foreign subsidiaries, branches, or joint ventures with host country
firms.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

9) Ownership, control, and governance changes radically across the world. The
publicly traded company is not the dominant global business organization—the
privately held or family-owned business is the prevalent structure—and their goals
and measures of performance differ dramatically.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

10) The securities at the heart of the global capital markets are the Mortgage Backed
Securities (MBS). The health and security of the global financial system rely on the
quality of these securities.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

11) The U.S. dollar has been the focal point of currency trading since the 1940s. As
a result, most of the world's currencies are quoted against the dollar.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge

12) Several of the world's major currency exchange rates follow a specific quotation
convention that is the result of tradition and history. The exchange rate between the
U.S. dollar and the euro is always quoted as "dollars per euro."
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
L.O.: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Application of knowledge




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