Financial Markets and
Institutions
Instructor's Manual by
Mike Casey
Financial Markets and
Institutions
Tenth Edition
Frederic Mishkin
Stanley Eakins
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,Test bank and Solution Manuals For Financial Markets and Institutions, 10th edition
Frederic S Mishkin
Financial Markets and Institutions, 10e (Mishkin)
Chapter 1 Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Financial markets and institutions
A) involve the movement of huge quantities of money.
B) affect the profits of businesses.
C) affect the types of goods and services produced in an economy.
D) do all of the above.
E) do only A and B of the above.
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
2) Financial market activities affect
A) personal wealth.
B) spending decisions by individuals and business firms.
C) the economy's location in the business cycle.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
3) Markets in which funds are transferred from those who have excess funds available to those
who have a shortage of available funds are called
A) commodity markets.
B) funds markets.
C) derivative exchange markets.
D) financial markets.
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
4) The price paid for the rental of borrowed funds (usually expressed as a percentage of the
rental of $100 per year) is commonly referred to as the
A) inflation rate.
B) exchange rate.
C) interest rate.
D) aggregate price level.
Answer: C
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
1
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, 5) The bond markets are important because
A) they are easily the most widely followed financial markets in the United States.
B) they are the markets where interest rates are determined.
C) they are the markets where foreign exchange rates are determined.
D) all of the above.
Answer: B
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
6) Interest rates are important to financial institutions since an interest rate increase the
cost of acquiring funds and the income from assets.
A) decreases; decreases
B) increases; increases
C) decreases; increases
D) increases; decreases
Answer: B
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
7) Typically, increasing interest rates
A) discourages individuals from saving.
B) discourages corporate investments.
C) encourages corporate expansion.
D) encourages corporate borrowing.
E) none of the above.
Answer: B
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
8) Compared to interest rates on long-term U.S. government bonds, interest rates on
fluctuate more and are lower on average.
A) medium-quality corporate bonds
B) low-quality corporate bonds
C) high-quality corporate bonds
D) three-month Treasury bills
E) none of the above
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
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Institutions
Instructor's Manual by
Mike Casey
Financial Markets and
Institutions
Tenth Edition
Frederic Mishkin
Stanley Eakins
,This work is protected by United States copyright laws and is provided
solely for the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing
student learning. Dissemination or sale of any part of this work (including
on the World Wide Web) will destroy the integrity of the work and is not
permitted. The work and materials from it should never be made available
to students except by instructors using the accompanying text in their
classes. All recipients of this work are expected to abide by these
restrictions and to honor the intended pedagogical purposes and the needs
of other instructors who rely on these materials.
Commercial Product Manager: Christopher DeJohn
Content Producer: Reshma Arumugam
Copyright © 2024, 2018, 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is protected by copyright, and
permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in
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,Test bank and Solution Manuals For Financial Markets and Institutions, 10th edition
Frederic S Mishkin
Financial Markets and Institutions, 10e (Mishkin)
Chapter 1 Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Financial markets and institutions
A) involve the movement of huge quantities of money.
B) affect the profits of businesses.
C) affect the types of goods and services produced in an economy.
D) do all of the above.
E) do only A and B of the above.
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
2) Financial market activities affect
A) personal wealth.
B) spending decisions by individuals and business firms.
C) the economy's location in the business cycle.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
3) Markets in which funds are transferred from those who have excess funds available to those
who have a shortage of available funds are called
A) commodity markets.
B) funds markets.
C) derivative exchange markets.
D) financial markets.
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
4) The price paid for the rental of borrowed funds (usually expressed as a percentage of the
rental of $100 per year) is commonly referred to as the
A) inflation rate.
B) exchange rate.
C) interest rate.
D) aggregate price level.
Answer: C
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
1
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, 5) The bond markets are important because
A) they are easily the most widely followed financial markets in the United States.
B) they are the markets where interest rates are determined.
C) they are the markets where foreign exchange rates are determined.
D) all of the above.
Answer: B
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
6) Interest rates are important to financial institutions since an interest rate increase the
cost of acquiring funds and the income from assets.
A) decreases; decreases
B) increases; increases
C) decreases; increases
D) increases; decreases
Answer: B
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
7) Typically, increasing interest rates
A) discourages individuals from saving.
B) discourages corporate investments.
C) encourages corporate expansion.
D) encourages corporate borrowing.
E) none of the above.
Answer: B
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
8) Compared to interest rates on long-term U.S. government bonds, interest rates on
fluctuate more and are lower on average.
A) medium-quality corporate bonds
B) low-quality corporate bonds
C) high-quality corporate bonds
D) three-month Treasury bills
E) none of the above
Answer: D
Topic: Chapter 1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
Question Status: Previous Edition
2
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