RMI2302 Exam 2 Practice Questions
- ✔✔Which of the following was not included in the corporate strategy perspective for
BP?
growth through hostile takeovers
doing more with less
growth through mergers and acquisitions
cost cutting
"derivatives are the financial weapons of mass destruction" - ✔✔which warren buffett
quote provides a glimpse of his views on the riskiness of derivatives?
"derivatives are the crystal meth of finance"
"there is no future in derivatives without more government regulation"
"derivatives are the financial weapons of mass destruction"
"derivates are the silent killers of mutual funds"
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$56,521.74 - ✔✔Cole's Consulting Consortium (CCC) has two clients requesting
service, but they only have enough resources to fulfill one of the requests. Client 1 is
willing to pay $50,000 today for their services. Client 2 is willing to pay $65,000 for the
services, but only when the services are completed, one year from today. CCC's
discount rate is 15%. What is the present value of client 2's request?
$45,523.65
$50,000
$56,521.74
$58,342.76
$909,090.91 - ✔✔Cole's Consulting Consortium (CCC) signed a contract to deliver
work one year from today. When the work is delivered, they will receive payment of
$1,000,000 for services rendered. How much is that contract worth in today's dollars if
CCC has a discount rate of
$900,000
,$909,090.91
$920,000
$950,000
A number of spectacular financial failures from 1994 to 2008 - ✔✔what contributes to
the high-risk image of derivatives?
aggressive strategies used by individual investors
A number of spectacular financial failures from 1994 to 2008
Government irresponsibility with social security exchanges
The poor use of derivatives in foreign exchange markets
a return to the workforce following retirement - ✔✔Poor financial planning by
individuals may cause:
early retirement
a return to the workforce following retirement
better social security benefits
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more leisure time
a tax shelter - ✔✔Organizations can use derivatives for all of the following reasons
except:
a tax shelter
offset existing position
increase returns
all of the above are reasons to use derivatives
adaptive startegies - ✔✔The set of optimal conditions for the continuous emergence
of other strategies is:
a. efficient frontier
b. global marketing
c. adaptive startegies
d. not achievable
, all of the above - ✔✔a sound strategy should alert an organization to circumstances
that may impact its operation. this should enhance:
industry awareness
all of the above
understanding of the market conditions
awareness of customers' shifting needs and tastes
All of the above - ✔✔Benefits to the use of big data include:
all of the above
Reduction in reliance on intuitional decision making
Improved understanding of consumers
Reduction in human error in evaluating opportunities and risk
Imporved identification of innovation opportunities
all of the above - ✔✔Business risk can encompass which of the following?
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all of the above
strategic
operational
hazard
all of the above - ✔✔Causes of liability include:
violations of statutory laws
violations of contract terms
negligent behavior
all of the above
none of the above
all of the above - ✔✔Common causes of failed strategies include:
Macroeconomic conditions
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