International Corporate Finance

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Which of these seeks to reduce, or even eliminate, trade restrictions and tariffs to ease trade between countries?

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A

Commerce bureaus

B

Tariff agreements

C

Trade agreements

D

Economic analysts

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Question 2
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Which of these is the trade agreement between South American countries to create their own free trade zone?

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A

South American Union

B

South American Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)

C

South American Monetary Fund (SAMF)

D

Mercosur

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Question 3
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Which of these is a political and economic union of 27 European countries?

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A

European Union

B

European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA)

C

European Monetary Fund (EMF)

D

Mercosur

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Question 4
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Which of these is an international organization that deals with international trade rules and helps settle disputes between its member governments?

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A

World Trade Union

B

World Free Trade Agreement

C

International Monetary Fund

D

World Trade Organization

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Question 5
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Which of these is an organization of 185 countries that monitors currency exchange, examines financial stability, and watches the global financial system?

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A

World Monetary Union

B

World Monetary Organization

C

International Monetary Fund

D

International Monetary Union

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Question 6
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Which of these is a company that operates production and/or sales facilities in multiple countries?

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A
World trade corporation
B
Multinational corporation
C
Free trade corporation
D
Managed-floating corporation
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Question 7
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Which of these is defined as long-term investment in capital in a business operation located in an economy other than that in which the company is based?

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A
Managed-floating corporation
B
Multinational investment
C
Multinational corporation
D
Foreign direct investment
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Question 8
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Which of these is defined as the price of one currency in terms of another?

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A
Exchange rate
B
Spot transaction
C
Indirect exchange quote
D
Direct exchange quote
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Question 9
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Which of these is defined as exchanging one currency for another today?

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A
Exchange rate
B
Spot transaction
C
Indirect quote
D
Direct quote
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Question 10
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Which of these is defined as the amount of foreign currency it takes to buy one unit of domestic currency?

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A
Exchange rate
B
Spot transaction
C
Indirect quote
D
Direct quote
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Question 11
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Which of these is defined as the amount of domestic currency it takes to buy one unit of foreign currency?

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A
Exchange rate
B
Spot transaction
C
Indirect quote
D
Direct quote
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Question 12
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Which of these is defined as the currency exchange rate between two foreign currencies, each of which is not the currency of the domestic country?

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A
Exchange rates
B
Spot rates
C
Indirect rates
D
Cross rates
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Question 13
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Which of these is defined as the practice of simultaneously purchasing and selling an asset in different forms or markets to take advantage of an imbalance in price?

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A
Arbitrage
B
Spot transaction
C
Indirect quote
D
Cross quote
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Question 14
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Which of these is defined as the possibility that the spot currency exchange rate will change and reduce the value of foreign assets and cash flows?

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A
Foreign rate risk
B
Exchange rate risk
C
Spot rate risk
D
Value rate risk
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Question 15
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Which of these is defined as an exchange rate regime where the currency is completely determined by the foreign-exchange market through supply and demand?

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A
Foreign market regime
B
Freely floating regime
C
Currency market regime
D
Managed-floating regime
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Question 16
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Which of these is defined as an exchange rate regime where the country's central bank allows its currency price to float freely between an upper and lower bound and may buy and sell large amounts of it in order to provide price support or resistance?

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A
Foreign market regime
B
Freely floating regime
C
Currency market regime
D
Managed-floating regime
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Question 17
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Which of these is defined as an exchange rate regime where a currency's price is fixed to the value of another currency or to a basket of other currencies?

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A
Fixed peg arrangement
B
Freely floating regime
C
Currency market regime
D
Managed-floating regime
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Question 18
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Which of these is defined as a contractual agreement that states the exchange rate to be used at a future exchange date?

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A
Fixed peg rate
B
Forward exchange rate
C
Managed exchange rate
D
Future strategy rate
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Question 19
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Which of the following is NOT an example of how a company could hedge to reduce currency risk?

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A
Buying futures contracts
B
Buying options
C
Currency swaps
D
Fixed peg arrangements
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Question 20
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Which of the following is a theory that the difference in interest rates between two countries is equal to the difference between the forward currency exchange rate and the spot exchange rate?

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A
Purchasing power parity
B
Interest rate parity
C
Law of one price
D
Currency swap parity
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