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1、1 Financial Markets and Institutions,6e(Mishkin/Eakins)Chapter 11 The Stock Market 11.1 Multiple Choice 1)(I)A share of common stock in a firm represents an ownership interest in that firm.(II)A share of preferred stock is as much like a bond as it is like common stock.A)(I)is true,(II)false.B)(I)is

2、 false,(II)true.C)Both are true.D)Both are false.Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 2)Preferred stockholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of A)both common stockholders and bondholders.B)neither common stockholders nor bondholders.C)common stockholders,but after tha

3、t of bondholders.D)bondholders,but after that of common stockholders.Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 3)(I)Preferred stockholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of common stockholders,but after that of bondholders.(II)Firms issue preferred stock in far greater amou

4、nts than common stock.A)(I)is true,(II)false.B)(I)is false,(II)true.C)Both are true.D)Both are false.Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 4)(I)Preferred stockholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of common stockholders.(II)Bondholders hold a claim on assets that has p

5、riority over the claims of preferred stockholders.A)(I)is true,(II)false.B)(I)is false,(II)true.C)Both are true.D)Both are false.Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 5)(I)Firms issue common stock in far greater amounts than preferred stock.(II)The total volume of stock issued is much less than

6、the volume of bonds issued.A)(I)is true,(II)false.B)(I)is false,(II)true.C)Both are true.D)Both are false.Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 2 6)The riskiest capital market security is A)preferred stock.B)common stock.C)corporate bonds.D)Treasury bonds.Answer:B Question Status:Previous Editio

7、n 7)Organized exchanges account for about _ percent of the total dollar volume of domestic stock shares traded.A)30 B)45 C)60 D)70 Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 8)Organized exchanges account for about _ percent of the total dollar volume of domestic stocks traded.A)60 B)70 C)80 D)90 Answ

8、er:B Question Status:Previous Edition 9)(I)The largest of the organized stock exchanges in the United States is the New York Stock Exchange.(II)To be listed on the NYSE,a firm must have a minimum of$100 million dollars in market value or$10 million in revenues.A)(I)is true,(II)false.B)(I)is false,(I

9、I)true.C)Both are true.D)Both are false.Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 10)To list on the NYSE,a firm must A)have earnings of at least$100 million for each of the last three years.B)have at least$500 million of market value and$100 million of revenue.C)have a total of$100 million in market

10、 value of publicly traded shares.D)meet all of the above requirements.E)meet A and B of the above requirements.Answer:E Question Status:Previous Edition 3 11)Securities not listed on one of the exchanges trade in the over-the-counter market.In this exchange,dealers make a market by A)buying stocks f

11、or inventory when investors want to sell.B)selling stocks from inventory when investors want to buy.C)doing both of the above.D)doing neither of the above.Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 12)The most active stock exchange in the world is the A)Nikkei Stock Exchange.B)London Stock Exchange.C

12、)Shanghai Stock Exchange.D)New York Stock Exchange.Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 13)Which of the following statements about trading operations in an organized exchange is correct?A)Floor traders all deal in a wide variety of stocks.B)In most trades,specialists match buy and sell orders.C

13、)In most trades,specialists buy for or sell from their own inventories.D)The SuperDOT system is used to expedite large trades of over 100,000 shares.Answer:B Question Status:Previous Edition 14)Which of the following is not an advantage of Electronic Communications Networks(ECNs)?A)All unfilled orde

14、rs are available for review by ECN traders.B)Transactions costs are lower for ECN trades.C)Trades are made and confirmed faster.D)ECNs work well for thinly traded stocks.Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 15)Which of the following statements is false regarding Electronic Communications Networ

15、ks(ECNs)?A)Archipelago and Instinet are two examples of ECNs.B)Competition from ECNs has forced NASDAQ to cut its fees.C)Traders benefit from lower trading costs and faster service.D)ECNs allow institutional investors,but not individuals,to trade after hours.Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition

16、 4 16)A basic principle of finance is that the value of any investment is A)the present value of all future net cash flows generated by the investment.B)the undiscounted sum of all future net cash flows generated by the investment.C)unrelated to the future net cash flows generated by the investment.

17、D)unrelated to the degree of risk associated with the future net cash flows generated by the investment.Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 17)A stock currently sells for$25 per share and pays$0.24 per year in dividends.What is an investors valuation of this stock if she expects it to be selli

18、ng for$30 in one year and requires 15 percent return on equity investments?A)$30.24 B)$26.30 C)$26.09 D)$27.74 Answer:B Question Status:Previous Edition 18)A stock currently sells for$30 per share and pays$1.00 per year in dividends.What is an investors valuation of this stock if he expects it to be

19、 selling for$37 in one year and requires 12 percent return on equity investments?A)$38 B)$33.50 C)$34.50 D)$33.93 Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 19)In the one-period valuation model,a stocks value will be higher A)the higher is its expected future price.B)the lower is its dividend.C)the h

20、igher is the required return on investments in equity.D)all of the above.Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 20)In the one-period valuation model,a stocks value falls if the _ rises.A)dividend B)expected future price C)required return on equity D)current price Answer:C Question Status:Previous

21、 Edition 5 21)In the generalized dividend valuation model a stocks value depend only on A)its future dividend payments and its future price.B)its future dividend payments and the required return on equity.C)its future price and the required return on investments on equity.D)its future dividend payme

22、nts.Answer:B Question Status:Previous Edition 22)Which of the following is not an element of the Gordon growth model of stock valuation?A)the stocks most recent dividend paid.B)the expected constant growth rate of dividends.C)the required return on investments in equity.D)the stocks expected future

23、price.Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 23)According to the Gordon growth model,what is an investors valuation of a stock whose current dividend is$1.00 per year if dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 10 percent over a long period of time and the investors required return is

24、 11 percent?A)$110 B)$100 C)$11 D)$10 E)$5.24 Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 24)According to the Gordon growth model,what is an investors valuation of a stock whose current dividend is$1.00 per year if dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 10 percent over a long period of t

25、ime and the investors required return is 15 percent?A)$20 B)$11 C)$22 D)$7.33 E)$4.40 Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 25)Holding other things constant,a stocks value will be highest if its dividend growth rate is A)15%.B)10%.C)5%.D)2%.Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 6 26)Holding

26、other things constant,a stocks value will be highest if its most recent dividend is A)$2.00.B)$5.00.C)$0.50.D)$1.00.Answer:B Question Status:Previous Edition 27)Holding other things constant,a stocks value will be highest if the investors required return on investments in equity is A)20%.B)15%.C)10%

27、.D)5%.Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 28)Suppose the average industry PE ratio for auto parts retailers is 20.What is the current price of Auto Zone stock if the retailers earnings per share are projected to be$1.85?A)$21.85 B)$37 C)$10.81 D)$9.25 Answer:B Question Status:Previous Edition

28、29)Which of the following is true regarding the Gordon growth model?A)Dividends are assumed to grow at a constant rate forever.B)The dividend growth rate is assumed to be greater than the required return on equity.C)Both A and B.D)Neither(a)nor(b).Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 30)The PE

29、ratio approach to valuing stock is especially useful for valuing A)privately held firms.B)firms that dont pay dividends.C)both A and B.D)neither(a)nor(b).Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 31)The PE ratio approach to valuing stock is especially useful for valuing A)publicly held corporations.

30、B)firms that regularly pay dividends.C)both A and B.D)neither(a)nor(b).Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 7 32)A weakness of the PE approach to valuing stock is that it is A)difficult to estimate the constant growth rate of a firms dividends.B)difficult to estimate the required return on equi

31、ty.C)difficult to predict how much a firm will pay in dividends.D)based on industry averages rather than firm-specific factors.Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 33)A firm is expected to pay a dividend of$1.00 next year and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4 percent over

32、 time.Some investors have required returns on investments in equity of 12 percent,some 10 percent,and some 8 percent.The market price of this firms stock will be slightly above A)$25.B)$18.C)$16.67.D)$12.50.Answer:C Question Status:Previous Edition 34)(I)The market price of a security at a given tim

33、e is the highest value any investor puts on the security.(II)Superior information about a security increases its value by reducing its risk.A)(I)is true,(II)is false.B)(I)is false,(II)is true.C)Both are true.D)Both are false.Answer:B Question Status:Previous Edition 35)The main cause of fluctuations

34、 in stock prices is changes in A)tax laws.B)errors in technical stock analysis.C)daily trading volume in stock markets.D)information available to investors.E)total household wealth in the economy.Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 36)Stock values computed by valuation models may differ from a

35、ctual market prices because it is difficult to A)estimate future dividend growth rates.B)estimate the risk of a stock.C)forecast a stocks future dividends.D)all of the above are true.Answer:D Question Status:Previous Edition 8 37)The 2001 terrorist attacks and the Enron financial scandal caused anti

36、cipated dividend growth to _,investors required return on equity to _,and stock prices to _.A)decreases;increase;decrease B)decrease;increase;increase C)increase;decrease;decrease D)increase;decrease;increase Answer:A Question Status:Previous Edition 38)Which of the following is not an objective of

37、the Securities and Exchange Commission?A)maintain integrity of the securities markets B)advise investors about which particular stocks are good buys C)require firms to provide specific information to investors D)regulate major participants in securities markets Answer:B Question Status:Previous Edit

38、ion 39)A share of common stock in a firm represents an ownership interest in that firm and allow stockholders to A)vote.B)receive dividends.C)receive interest payments.D)both A and B.Answer:D Question Status:New 40)The NYSE trades _ shares on an average trading day.A)2 billion B)5 billion C)10 billi

39、on D)12 billion Answer:A Question Status:New 41)Exchange traded funds(ETFs)have which of the following features?A)They are listed and traded as individual stocks on a stock exchange.B)They are indexed rather than actively managed.C)Their value is based on the underlying net asset value of the stocks

40、 held in the index basket.D)All of the above.Answer:D Question Status:New 42)What is the primary disadvantage of an ETF?A)ETFs tend to have lower management fees than do comparable index mutual bonds.B)ETFs usually have no minimum investment amount.C)Investors have to pay a broker commission each ti

41、me they buy or sale shares.D)None of the above are disadvantages of an ETF.Answer:C Question Status:New 9 43)A high price earnings ratio(PE)gives what interpretation.A)The market expects earnings to fall in the future.B)The market feels the firms earnings are very high risk and are willing to pay a

42、premium for them C)The market expects the earnings to rise in the future.D)The firm is not paying a dividend.Answer:C Question Status:New 44)A _ PE may indicate that the market feels the firms earnings are very _ risk and is therefore willing to pay a _ for them.A)high;low;premium B)high;high;discou

43、nt C)low;low;discount D)high;high;premium Answer:A Question Status:New 11.2 True/False 1)More stock trading in the U.S.occurs in over-the-counter markets rather than on organized exchanges.Answer:FALSE Question Status:Previous Edition 2)In over-the-counter markets,dealers increases the liquidity of

44、thinly traded securities.Answer:TRUE Question Status:Previous Edition 3)Electronic Communications Networks apply technology to make organized exchanges more efficient and speedy.Answer:FALSE Question Status:Previous Edition 4)All stocks pay dividends,as that is the only way an investor can profit fr

45、om holding stock.Answer:FALSE Question Status:Previous Edition 5)Common stock is the riskiest corporate security,followed by preferred stock and then bonds.Answer:TRUE Question Status:Previous Edition 6)The Enron financial scandal increased uncertainty about the quality of accounting information and

46、 as a result increased required return on investment in stocks.Answer:TRUE Question Status:Previous Edition 10 7)The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the broadest and best indicator of the stock markets day-to-day performance.Answer:FALSE Question Status:Previous Edition 8)The Securities and Exchange

47、 Commission requires firms to submit various documents to increase the flow of information to investors but does not verify the accuracy of that information.Answer:TRUE Question Status:Previous Edition 9)About half of new equity issues are preferred stock.Answer:FALSE Question Status:Previous Editio

48、n 10)A stocks market value will be higher the higher is its expected dividend stream,all else equal.Answer:TRUE Question Status:Previous Edition 11)The Gordon growth model assumes that a stocks dividend grows at a constant rate forever.Answer:TRUE Question Status:Previous Edition 12)A stocks market

49、value will be higher the higher is the investors required rate of return,all else equal.Answer:FALSE Question Status:Previous Edition 13)About 95%of orders to buy or sell on the NYSE are executed using SuperDOT.Answer:TRUE Question Status:New 14)The Wall Street Journal reports on 23 different indexe

50、s in its Markets Lineup column.Answer:FALSE Question Status:New 15)A lower than average PE may mean that the market expects earnings to rise in the future.Answer:FALSE Question Status:New 11.3 Essay 1)How do corporate stocks differ from bonds?Question Status:Previous Edition 2)How do common stocks d