INTRODUCTION TO DERIVATIVES AND RISK
MANAGEMENT 10TH EDITION EXAMINATION
TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Floor.
Answer: Put on interest rates that hedges against falling rates; seller
pays difference when rates < floor rate.
◉ Collar.
Answer: Combination of buying a cap and selling a floor to limit rate
exposure within a band.
◉ Interest Rate Risk.
Answer: Arises when the maturity or duration of a financial
institution's assets and liabilities differ.
◉ Repricing Model (Gap Model).
Answer: Measures change in Net Interest Income (NII) for a given
rate change within time buckets.
◉ Repricing GAP.
, Answer: Calculated as Rate Sensitive Assets (RSA) − Rate Sensitive
Liabilities (RSL).
◉ Cumulative GAP (CGAP).
Answer: Sum of gaps across multiple periods.
◉ Limitations of CGAP.
Answer: Ignores market value effects (only focuses on income),
assumes all instruments reprice simultaneously, ignores
prepayments/runoffs and off-balance-sheet items.
◉ Duration (D).
Answer: Weighted average time to receive cash flows; measures
interest rate sensitivity.
◉ %ΔP.
Answer: Approximation formula for price change: %ΔP≈−D×ΔR1+R.
◉ %ΔE.
Answer: Applied to balance sheet: %ΔE=−A×(DA−kDL)ΔR1+R.
◉ DADA.
Answer: Duration of assets.
MANAGEMENT 10TH EDITION EXAMINATION
TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Floor.
Answer: Put on interest rates that hedges against falling rates; seller
pays difference when rates < floor rate.
◉ Collar.
Answer: Combination of buying a cap and selling a floor to limit rate
exposure within a band.
◉ Interest Rate Risk.
Answer: Arises when the maturity or duration of a financial
institution's assets and liabilities differ.
◉ Repricing Model (Gap Model).
Answer: Measures change in Net Interest Income (NII) for a given
rate change within time buckets.
◉ Repricing GAP.
, Answer: Calculated as Rate Sensitive Assets (RSA) − Rate Sensitive
Liabilities (RSL).
◉ Cumulative GAP (CGAP).
Answer: Sum of gaps across multiple periods.
◉ Limitations of CGAP.
Answer: Ignores market value effects (only focuses on income),
assumes all instruments reprice simultaneously, ignores
prepayments/runoffs and off-balance-sheet items.
◉ Duration (D).
Answer: Weighted average time to receive cash flows; measures
interest rate sensitivity.
◉ %ΔP.
Answer: Approximation formula for price change: %ΔP≈−D×ΔR1+R.
◉ %ΔE.
Answer: Applied to balance sheet: %ΔE=−A×(DA−kDL)ΔR1+R.
◉ DADA.
Answer: Duration of assets.