Chapter 15 Answers

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According to recent research, bank stock prices usually drop within a week after a dividend cut is announced. True Deposit insurance subsidized by government encourages banks to increase their ratios of capital to deposits. False Question 3 1 / 1 point The risk that a customer with whom the bank has entered into a contract with, will fail to pay or perform, forcing the bank to find a replacement contract with another party that may be less satisfactory is what form of risk listed below? A)  Counterparty risk Questi on 4 0 / 1 point Equity notes are considered to be part of Tier 1 capital. False Question 5 1 / 1 point Credit risk models measure the market risk of a portfolio whose value may decline due to adverse movements in interest rates, stock prices, currency values, or commodity prices.
False Question 6 1 / 1 point A bank that is "critically under-capitalized": D)  will be placed into conservatorship or receivership if its capital level is not increased within a certain Questi on 7 1 / 1 point Geographic diversification refers to the spreading out credit accounts and deposits among a wide variety of customers within a country, including large and small business accounts, different industries, and households with a variety of sources of income and collateral. False Question 8 1 / 1 point The internal growth rate for a bank is a function of which of the following factors? All options A)  Profit margin B)  Asset utilization C)  Equity multiplier D)  Earnings retention ratio
E)  All of the options are correct Questi on 9 1 / 1 point If the ratio of tangible equity capital to total assets is 2 percent or less, it is subject to being placed in conservatorship or receivership unless the institution's principal regulator and the FDIC determine that it would be in the public interest to allow the institution to continue under present ownership and management. True Question 10 1 / 1 point In the field of banking, capital refers principally to those funds contributed by a bank's owners. True Question 11 1 / 1 point According to the textbook, the role of capital is to: all options A)  provide a cushion against failure risk. B)  provide funds needed to charter, organize, and operate a bank. C)  promote public confidence. D)  support growth and the development of new services E)  All of the options are correct.
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Questio n 12 1 / 1 point The fundamental purposes of regulating bank capital cited in the textbook include which of the following? B)  To preserve public confidence in banks. Questio n 13 0 / 1 point Recent research suggests that interest-rate contracts display considerably less risk exposure than do foreign-currency contracts. True Question 14 0 / 1 point Regulatory capital focuses on the market value of equity. False Question 15 1 / 1 point Off-balance-sheet commitments of banks carry capital requirements under the international (Basel) capital standards. True