Multiple-choice test(only one is correct):1. Gresham’s Law states thata)Bad money drives good money out of circulation.b)Good money drives bad money out of circulationc)If a country bases its currency on both gold and silver, at an official exchange rate, it will be themore valuable of the two metals that circulate.d)None of the above.2. Balance of paymentsa)is defined as the statistical record of a country’s international transactions over a certain period oftime presented in the form of a double-entry bookkeepingb)provides detailed information concerning the demand and supply of a country’s currencyc)can be used to evaluate the performance of a country in international economic competitiond)all of the above3. If the United States imports more than it exports, thena)The supply of dollars is likely to exceed the demand in the foreign exchange market, ceterisparibus.b)One can infer that the U.S. dollar would be under pressure to depreciate against other currenciesc)a) and b)d)None of the above4. The current spot exchange rate is $1.55/£ and the three-month forward rate is $1.50/£. You enter into a short position on £1,000. At maturity, the spot exchange rate is $1.60/£. How much have you made or lost?a)Lost $100b)Made £100c)Lost $50d)Made $1505. The sensitivity of “realized” domestic currency values of the firm’s contractual cash flows denominated in foreign currency to unexpected changes in the exchange rate is:a)Transaction exposureb)Translation exposurec)Economic exposured)None of the above6. Three days ago, you ente red into a futures contract to sell €62,500 at $1.20 per €. Over the past three days the contract has settled at $1.20, $1.22, and $1.24. How much have you made or lost?a)Lost $0.04 per € or $2,500b)Made $0.04 per € or $2,500c)Lost $0.06 per € or $3,750d)None of the above7. A swap banka)Can act as a broker, bringing together counterparties to a swapb)Can act as a dealer, standing ready to buy and sell swapsc)Both a) and b)d)Only sometimes a) but never ever b)8. Suppose that the one-year interest rate is 5.0 percent in the United States, the spot exchange rate is$1.20/€, and the one-year forward exchange rate is $1.16/€. What must one-year interest rate be in the euro zone?a) 5.0%b) 1.09%c)8.62%d)None of the above.9. Suppose the spot ask exchange rate, S a($|£), is $1.90 = £1.00 and the spot bid exchange rate, S b($|£), is $1.89 = £1.00. If you were to buy $10,000,000 worth of British pounds and then sell them five minutes later, how much of your $10,000,000 would be “eaten” by the bid-ask spread?a)$1,000,000b)$52,910.05c)$100,000d)$52,631.5810. Under the gold standard, international imbalances of payment will be corrected automatically under thea)Gresham Exchange Rate regimeb)European Monetary Systemc)Price-specie-flow mechanismd)Bretton Woods Accord11. With any hedgea)Your losses on one side should about equal your gains on the other sideb)You should try to make money on both sides of the transaction: that way you make moneycoming and goingc)You should spend at least as much time working the hedge as working the underlying deal itselfd)You should agree to anything your banker puts in front of your face12. Comparing “forward” and “futures” exchange contracts, we can say that:a)They are both “marked-to-market” daily.b)Their major difference is in the way the underlying asset is priced for future purchase or sale:futures settle daily and forwards settle at maturity.c) A futures contract is negotiated by open outcry between floor brokers or traders and is traded onorganized exchanges, while forward contract is tailor-made by an international bank for its clients and is traded OTC.d)b) and c)13. An “option” isa) a contract giving the seller (writer) the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a given quantityof an asset at a specified price at some time in the futureb) a contract giving the owner (buyer) the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a givenquantity of an asset at a specified price at some time in the futurec)not a derivative, nor a contingent claim, securityd)unlike a futures or forward contract14. Economic exposure refers toa)the sensitivity of realized domestic currency values of the firm’s contractual cash flowsdenominated in foreign currencies to unexpected exchange rate changesb)the extent to which the value of the firm would be affected by unanticipated changes in exchangeratec)the potential that the firm’s consolidated financial statement can be affected by changes inexchange ratesd)ex post and ex ante currency exposures15. Under a purely flexible exchange rate systema) Supply and demand set the exchange ratesb) Governments can set the exchange rate by buying or selling reservesc) Governments can set exchange rates with fiscal policyb) and c) are correct.。