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1. A. B. C. D. 2. A. B. C. D. 3. A. B. C. D.

Risk that can be eliminated through diversification is called ______ risk. unique firm-specific diversifiable all of these options The _______ decision should take precedence over the _____ decision. asset allocation; stock selection bond selection; mutual fund selection stock selection; asset allocation stock selection; mutual fund selection Many current and retired Enron Corp. employees had their 401k retirement accounts wiped out when Enron collapsed because ________. they had to pay huge fines for obstruction of justice their 401k accounts were held outside the company their 401k accounts were not well diversified none of these options

4. Based on the outcomes in the following table, choose which of the statements below is (are) correct?

I. The covariance of security A and security B is zero. II. The correlation coefficient between securities A and C is negative. III. The correlation coefficient between securities B and C is positive. A. B. C. D.

I only I and II only II and III only I, II, and III

5. Asset A has an expected return of 15% and a reward-to-variability ratio of .4. Asset B has an expected return of 20% and a reward-to-variability ratio of .3. A risk averse investor would prefer a portfolio using the risk-free asset and ______.

A. B. C. D. 6. A. B. C. D. 7. A. B. C. D. 8. A. B. C. D.

asset A asset B no risky asset The answer cannot be determined from the data given. Adding additional risky assets to the investment opportunity set will generally move the efficient frontier _____ and to the ______. up; right up; left down; right down; left An investor's degree of risk aversion will determine his or her ______. optimal risky portfolio risk-free rate optimal mix of the risk-free asset and risky asset capital allocation line The ________ is equal to the square root of the systematic variance divided by the total variance. covariance correlation coefficient standard deviation reward-to-variability ratio

9.

Which of the following statistics cannot be negative?

A. covariance B. variance C. E(r) D. correlation coefficient 10. Asset A has an expected return of 20% and a standard deviation of 25%. The risk-free rate is 10%. What is the reward-to-variability ratio? A. .40 B. .50 C. .75 D. .80 11. The correlation coefficient between two assets equals _________. A. B. C. D.

their covariance divided by the product of their variances the product of their variances divided by their covariance the sum of their expected returns divided by their covariance their covariance divided by the product of their standard deviations

12. Diversification is most effective when security returns are _________. A. B. C. D.

high negatively correlated positively correlated uncorrelated

13. The expected rate of return of a portfolio of risky securities is _________. A. the sum of the securities' covariance B. the sum of the securities' variance C. the weighted sum of the securities' expected returns D. the weighted sum of the securities' variance 14. Beta is a measure of security responsiveness to _________. A. B. C. D.

firm-specific risk diversifiable risk market risk unique risk

15. The risk that can be diversified away is __________. A. B. C. D.

beta firm-specific risk market risk systematic risk

16. Approximately how many securities does it take to diversify almost all of the unique risk from a portfolio? A. B. C. D.

2 6 8 20

17.

Consider an investment opportunity set formed with two securities that are perfectly negatively correlated. The global minimum-variance portfolio has standard deviation that is always _________.

A. B. C. D.

equal to the sum of the securities' standard deviations equal to -1 equal to 0 greater than 0

18. Market risk is also called __________ and _________. A. B. C. D.

systematic risk; diversifiable risk systematic risk; nondiversifiable risk unique risk; nondiversifiable risk unique risk; diversifiable risk

19. Firm-specific risk is also called __________ and __________. A. B. C. D.

systematic risk; diversifiable risk systematic risk; nondiversifiable risk unique risk; nondiversifiable risk unique risk; diversifiable risk

20. Which one of the following stock return statistics fluctuates the most over time? A. covariance of returns B. variance of returns C. average return D. correlation coefficient 21. Harry Markowitz is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning work on _____________. A. B. C. D.

strategies for active securities trading techniques used to identify efficient portfolios of risky assets techniques used to measure the systematic risk of securities techniques used in valuing securities options

22. Suppose that a stock portfolio and a bond portfolio have a zero correlation. This means that ______. A. B. C. D.

the returns on the stock and bond portfolios tend to move inversely the returns on the stock and bond portfolios tend to vary independently of each other the returns on the stock and bond portfolios tend to move together the covariance of the stock and bond portfolios will be positive

23.

You put half of your money in a stock portfolio that has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of 24%. You put the rest of your money in a risky bond portfolio that has an expected return of 6% and a standard deviation of 12%. The stock and bond portfolios have a correlation of .55. The standard deviation of the resulting portfolio will be ________________.

A. B. C. D.

more than 18% but less than 24% equal to 18% more than 12% but less than 18% equal to 12%

24. On a standard expected return versus standard deviation graph, investors will prefer portfolios that lie to the _____________ the current investment opportunity set. A. B. C. D.

left and above left and below right and above right and below

25. The term complete portfolio refers to a portfolio consisting of _________________. A. B. C. D.

the risk-free asset combined with at least one risky asset the market portfolio combined with the minimum-variance portfolio securities from domestic markets combined with securities from foreign markets common stocks combined with bonds

26. Rational risk-averse investors will always prefer portfolios _____________. A. B. C. D.

located on the efficient frontier to those located on the capital market line located on the capital market line to those located on the efficient frontier at or near the minimum-variance point on the efficient frontier that are risk-free to all other asset choices

27. The optimal risky portfolio can be identified by finding:

I. The minimum-variance point on the efficient frontier II. The maximum-return point on the efficient frontier and the minimum-variance point on the efficient frontier III. The tangency point of the capital market line and the efficient frontier IV. The line with the steepest slope that connects the risk-free rate to the efficient frontier A. B. C. D.

I and II only II and III only III and IV only I and IV only

28. The _________ reward-to-variability ratio is found on the ________ capital market line. A. B. C. D.

lowest; steepest highest; flattest highest; steepest lowest; flattest

29.

A portfolio is composed of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 24%, while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 18%. Stock A comprises 60% of the portfolio, while stock B comprises 40% of the portfolio. If the variance of return on the portfolio is

.0380, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is _________. A. .583 B. .225 C. .327 D. .128

30.

The standard deviation of return on investment A is .10, while the standard deviation of return on investment B is .05. If the covariance of returns on A and B is .0030, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is _________.

A. .12 B. .36 C. .60 D. .77

31.

A portfolio is composed of two stocks, A and B. Stock A has a standard deviation of return of 35%, while stock B has a standard deviation of return of 15%. The correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is .45. Stock A comprises 40% of the portfolio, while stock B comprises 60% of the portfolio. The standard deviation of the return on this portfolio is _________.

A. B. C. D.

23% 19.76% 18.45% 17.67%

32. The standard deviation of return on investment A is .10, while the standard deviation of return on investment B is .04. If the correlation coefficient between th returns on A and B is -.50, the covariance of returns on A and B is _________. A. B. C. D.

-.0447 -.0020 .0020 .0447

33.

Consider two perfectly negatively correlated risky securities, A and B. Security A has an expected rate of return of 16% and a standard deviation of return of 20%. B has an expected rate of return of 10% and a standard deviation of return of 30%. The weight of security B in the minimum-variance portfolio is _________.

A. B. C. D.

10% 20% 40% 60%

34.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 18% and a standard deviation of return of 20%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of return of 5%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of A and B is .50. The risk-free rate of return is 10%. The proportion of the optimal risky portfolio that should be invested in stock A is _________.

A. B. C. D.

0% 40% 60% 100%

35.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 18% and a standard deviation of return of 20%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of return of 5%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of A and B is .50. The risk-free rate of return is 10%. The expected return on the optimal risky portfolio is _________.

A. B. C. D.

14% 15.6% 16.4% 18%

36.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 18% and a standard deviation of return of 20%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of return of 5%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of A and B is .50. The risk-free rate of return is 10%. The standard deviation of return on the optimal risky portfolio is _________.

A. B. C. D.

0% 5% 7% 20%

37.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 21% and a standard deviation of return of 39%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of return of 20%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of A and B is .4. The risk-free rate of return is 5%. The proportion of the optimal risky portfolio that should be invested in stock B is approximately

_________. A. B. C. D.

29% 44% 56% 71%

38.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 21% and a standard deviation of return of 39%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of return of 20%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of A and B is .4. The risk-free rate of return is 5%. The expected return on the optimal risky portfolio is approximately _________. (Hint: Find weights first.)

A. B. C. D.

14% 16% 18% 19%

39.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 21% and a standard deviation of return of 39%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of return of 20%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of A and B is .4. The risk-free rate of return is 5%. The standard deviation of returns on the optimal risky portfolio is _________.

A. B. C. D.

25.5% 22.3% 21.4% 20.7%

40.

An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. The standard deviation of return on stock A is 24%, while the standard deviation on stock B is 14%. The correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is .35. The expected return on stock A is 25%, while on stock B it is 11%. The proportion of the minimumvariance portfolio that would be invested in stock B is approximately _________.

A. B. C. D.

45% 67% 85% 92%

41. An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. The standard deviation of return on stock A is 20%, while the standard deviation on stock B is 15%. The correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is 0%. The rate of return for stocks A and B is 20 and 10 respectively. The expected return on the minimum-variance portfolio is approximately _________. A. B. C. D.

10% 13.6% 15% 19.41%

42. An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. The standard deviation of return on stock A is 20%, while the standard deviation on stock B is 15%. The correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is 0%. The standard deviation of return on the minimum-variance portfolio is _________. A. B. C. D.

0% 6% 12% 17%

43. A measure of the riskiness of an asset held in isolation is ____________. A. B. C. D.

beta standard deviation covariance alpha

44.

Semitool Corp. has an expected excess return of 6% for next year. However, for every unexpected 1% change in the market, Semitool's return responds by a factor of 1.2. Suppose it turns out that the economy and the stock market do better than expected by 1.5% and Semitool's products experience more rapid growth than anticipated, pushing up the stock price by another 1%. Based on this information, what was Semitool's actual excess return?

A. B. C. D.

7% 8.5% 8.8% 9.25%

45. The part of a stock's return that is systematic is a function of which of the following variables? I. Volatility in excess returns of the stock market II. The sensitivity of the stock's returns to changes in the stock market III. The variance in the stock's returns that is unrelated to the overall stock market A. B. C. D.

I only I and II only II and III only I, II, and III

46.

Stock A has a beta of 1.2, and stock B has a beta of 1. The returns of stock A are ______ sensitive to changes in the market than are the returns of stock B.

A. B. C. D.

20% more slightly more 20% less slightly less

47. Which risk can be partially or fully diversified away as additional securities are added to a portfolio? I. Total risk II. Systematic risk III. Firm-specific risk A. B. C. D.

I only I and II only I, II, and III I and III

48.

According to Tobin's separation property, portfolio choice can be separated into two independent tasks consisting of __________ and

__________. A. B. C. D.

identifying all investor imposed constraints; identifying the set of securities that conform to the investor's constraints and offer the best risk-return trade-offs identifying the investor's degree of risk aversion; choosing securities from industry groups that are consistent with the investor's risk profile identifying the optimal risky portfolio; constructing a complete portfolio from T-bills and the optimal risky portfolio based on the investor's degree of risk aversion choosing which risky assets an investor prefers according to the investor's risk-aversion level; minimizing the CAL by lending at the risk-free rate

49. You are constructing a scatter plot of excess returns for stock A versus the market index. If the correlation coefficient between stock A and the index is -1, you will find that the points of the scatter diagram ___________ and the line of best fit has a ______________. A. B. C. D.

all fall on the line of best fit; positive slope all fall on the line of best fit; negative slope are widely scattered around the line; positive slope are widely scattered around the line; negative slope

50. The term excess return refers to ______________. A. B. C. D.

returns earned illegally by means of insider trading the difference between the rate of return earned and the risk-free rate the difference between the rate of return earned on a particular security and the rate of return earned on other securities of equivalent risk the portion of the return on a security that represents tax liability and therefore cannot be reinvested

51. You are recalculating the risk of ACE stock in relation to the market index, and you find that the ratio of the systematic variance to the total variance has risen. You must also find that the ____________. A. B. C. D.

covariance between ACE and the market has fallen correlation coefficient between ACE and the market has fallen correlation coefficient between ACE and the market has risen unsystematic risk of ACE has risen

52.

A stock has a correlation with the market of .45. The standard deviation of the market is 21%, and the standard deviation of the stock is 35%. What is the stock's beta?

A. 1 B. .75 C. .60 D. .55 53. The values of beta coefficients of securities are __________. A. B. C. D.

always positive always negative always between positive 1 and negative 1 usually positive but are not restricted in any particular way

54. A security's beta coefficient will be negative if ____________. A. B. C. D.

its returns are negatively correlated with market-index returns its returns are positively correlated with market-index returns its stock price has historically been very stable market demand for the firm's shares is very low

55. The market value weighted-average beta of firms included in the market index will always be _____________. A. B. C. D.

0 between 0 and 1 1 none of these options (There is no particular rule concerning the average beta of firms included in the market index.)

56. Diversification can reduce or eliminate __________ risk. A. B. C. D.

all systematic nonsystematic only an insignificant

57. To construct a riskless portfolio using two risky stocks, one would need to find two stocks with a correlation coefficient of ________. A. 1 B. .5 C. 0 D. -1

58.

Some diversification benefits can be achieved by combining securities in a portfolio as long as the correlation between the securities is

_____________. A. B. C. D.

1 less than 1 between 0 and 1 less than or equal to 0

59. If an investor does not diversify his portfolio and instead puts all of his money in one stock, the appropriate measure of security risk for that investor is the ________. A. B. C. D.

stock's standard deviation variance of the market stock's beta covariance with the market index

60. Which of the following provides the best example of a systematic-risk event? A. B. C. D.

A strike by union workers hurts a firm's quarterly earnings. Mad Cow disease in Montana hurts local ranchers and buyers of beef. The Federal Reserve increases interest rates 50 basis points. A senior executive at a firm embezzles $10 million and escapes to South America.

61. Which of the following statements is (are...