金融衍生工具英文版 第六章题库学习资料

1、fundamentals of futures and options markets,(hull)8echapter 6 interest rate futures1) which of the following is applicable to corporate bonds in the united states? a) actual/360b) actual/actualc) 30/360d) actual/365answer: c2) it is may 1. the quoted price of a bond with an actual/actual (in period)

2、 day count and 12% per annum coupon in the united states is 105. it has a face value of 100 and pays coupons on april 1 and october 1. what is the cash price?a) 106.00b) 106.02c) 105.98d) 106.04answer: c3) it is may 1. the quoted price of a bond with a 30/360 day count and 12% per annum coupon in th

3、e united states is 105. it has a face value of 100 and pays coupons on april 1 and october 1. what is the cash price?a) 106.00b) 106.02c) 105.98d) 106.04answer: a4) the most recent settlement bond futures price is 103.5. which of the following four bonds is cheapest to deliver?a) quoted bond price =

4、 110; conversion factor = 1.0400b) quoted bond price = 160; conversion factor = 1.5200c) quoted bond price = 131; conversion factor = 1.2500d) quoted bond price = 143; conversion factor = 1.3500answer: c5) which of the following is not an option open to the party with a short position in the treasur

5、y bond futures contract?a) the ability to deliver any of a number of different bondsb) the wild card play1copyright 2014 pearson education, inc.c) the fact that delivery can be made any time during the delivery monthd) the interest rate used in the calculation of the conversion factoranswer: d6) a t

6、rader enters into a long position in one eurodollar futures contract. how much does the trader gain when the futures price quote increases by 6 basis points? a) $6b) $150c) $60d) $600answer: b7) a company invests $1,000 in a five-year zero-coupon bond and $4,000 in a ten-year zero-coupon bond. what

7、is the duration of the portfolio?a) 6 yearsb) 7 yearsc) 8 yearsd) 9 yearsanswer: d8) the modified duration of a bond portfolio worth $1 million is 5 years. by approximately how much does the value of the portfolio change if all yields increase by 5 basis points?a) increase of $2,500b) decrease of $2

8、,500c) increase of $25,000d) decrease of $25,000answer: b9) a portfolio is worth $24,000,000. the futures price for a treasury note futures contract is 110 and each contract is for the delivery of bonds with a face value of $100,000. on the delivery date the duration of the bond that is expected to

9、be cheapest to deliver is 6 years and the duration of the portfolio will be 5.5 years. how many contracts are necessary for hedging the portfolio?a) 100b) 200c) 300d) 400answer: b2copyright 2014 pearson education, inc.10) which of the following is true?a) the futures rates calculated from a eurodoll

10、ar futures quote are always less than the corresponding forward rateb) the futures rates calculated from a eurodollar futures quote are always greater than the corresponding forward ratec) the futures rates calculated from a eurodollar futures quote should equal the corresponding forward rated) the

11、futures rates calculated from a eurodollar futures quote are sometimes greater than and sometimes less than the corresponding forward rateanswer: b11) how much is a basis point?a) 1.0%b) 0.1%c) 0.01%d) 0.001%answer: c12) which of the following day count conventions applies to a us treasury bond? a)

12、actual/360b) actual/actual (in period)c) 30/360d) actual/365answer: b13) what is the quoted discount rate on a money market instrument?a) the interest rate earned as a percentage of the final face value of a bondb) the interest rate earned as a percentage of the initial price of a bondc) the interes

13、t rate earned as a percentage of the average price of a bondd) the risk-free rate used to calculate the present value of future cash flows from a bondanswer: a14) which of the following is closest to the duration of a 2-year bond that pays a coupon of 8% per annum semiannually? the yield on the bond

14、 is 10% per annum with continuous compounding.a) 1.82b) 1.85c) 1.88d) 1.923copyright 2014 pearson education, inc.answer: c15) which of the following is not true about duration?a) it equals the years-to-maturity for a zero coupon bondb) it equals the weighted average of payment times for a bond, wher

15、e weights are proportional to the present value of paymentsc) equals the weighted average of individual bond durations for a portfolio, where weights are proportional to the present value of bond pricesd) the prices of two bonds with the same duration change by the same percentage amount when intere

16、st rate move up by 100 basis pointsanswer: d16) the conversion factor for a bond is approximatelya) the price it would have if all cash flows were discounted at 6% per annumb) the price it would have if it paid coupons at 6% per annumc) the price it would have if all cash flows were discounted at 8%

17、 per annumd) the price it would have if it paid coupons at 8% per annumanswer: a17) the time-to-maturity of a eurodollars futures contract is 4 years, and the time-to-maturity of the rate underlying the futures contract is 4.25 years. the standard deviation of the change in the short term interest r

18、ate, = 0.011. what is the difference between the futures and the forward interest rate?a) 0.105%b) 0.103%c) 0.098%d) 0.093%answer: b18) a trader uses 3-month eurodollar futures to lock in a rate on $5 million for six months. how many contracts are required?a) 5b) 10c) 15d) 20answer: b19) in the u.s. what is the longest maturity for 3-month eurodollar futures contracts?a) 2 years4copyright 2014 pearson education, inc.b) 5 yearsc