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Money, Banking, and the Financial System, 4th
edition Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick
O'Brien
Chapter 1 Introducing Money and the Financial System
1.1 Key Components of the Financial System
1) The financial system is primarily a means by which
A) funds are transferred from savers to borrowers.
B) money is put into circulation.
C) the government puts into operation its plans for the economy.
D) business firms distribute their goods.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Topic: financial system
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
2) Which of the following is NOT a financial asset?
A) a bond issued by Google
B) Wells Fargo Bank
C) a home mortgage loan
D) a certificate of deposit
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Topic: financial assets
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
3) If you buy a bond issued by Intel, the bond is a(n)
A) liability to Intel and an asset to you.
B) liability to you and an asset to Intel.
C) liability to both you and Intel.
D) asset to both you and Intel.
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: financial assets
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
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,4) Which of the following forms the largest share of household holdings of financial assets?
A) corporate stocks
B) bonds
C) pension entitlements
D) equity in unincorporated businesses
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9-10
Topic: financial assets
Special Feature: Apply the Concept: What Do People Do with Their Savings?
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
5) From 1978 to 2019, the percentage of wealth held by households decreased for all of the
following categories of assets EXCEPT
A) corporate stocks.
B) bonds.
C) deposits.
D) equity in unincorporated businesses.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9-10
Topic: financial assets
Special Feature: Apply the Concept: What Do People Do with Their Savings?
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
6) Which of the following is NOT a key financial service provided by the financial system?
A) risk sharing
B) profitability
C) liquidity
D) information
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 12
Topic: financial system
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
7) Economists define risk as
A) the difference between the interest rate borrowers pay and the interest rate lenders receive.
B) the chance that the value of financial assets will change from what you expect.
C) the ease with which an asset can be exchanged for other assets or for goods and services.
D) the difference between the return on common stock and the return on corporate bonds.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 13
Topic: financial system
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
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, 8) Economists define liquidity as
A) the difference between the return on the asset and the return on a long-term U.S. Treasury
bond.
B) the fraction the asset makes up of an investor's portfolio.
C) the ease with which an asset can be exchanged for money.
D) the difference between the total demand for an asset and the total supply of the asset.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 13
Topic: financial system
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
9) Which of the following assets is the most liquid?
A) money market mutual fund
B) computer
C) washing machine
D) U.S. Treasury bond
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13
Topic: financial system
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
10) By providing and communicating information, the financial system
A) reduces the difference between the return on three-month U.S. Treasury bills and the return
on thirty-year U.S. Treasury bonds.
B) relieves individual savers from the necessity of searching out individual borrowers.
C) eliminates the risk in investing in the stock market.
D) guarantees investors a reasonable return on their money.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 14
Topic: financial system
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
11) Financial securities that represent partial ownership of a corporation are known as
A) bonds.
B) stocks.
C) coupons.
D) dividends.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Topic: financial assets
Objective: Identify the key components of the financial system
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