Sc CP
MASSEY UNIVERSITY
ALBANY CAMPUS
EXAMINATION FOR 125.241 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENTS Semester One – 2011
Time allowed: THREE (3) hours
Answer ALL questions in Sections A and B
INSTRUCTIONS This is a closed book exam Section A: Answer on the Scantron Card Provided Section B: Answer in the Blue Answer Book provided. Sc: Ensure that your name and identification number are entered on your Scantron Card in the first eight spaces. Record your answer on your Scantron card by putting a solid horizontal pencil line through the character representing the ‘best’ answer to the question with a blunt 2B or 3B pencil, please. The Scantron Card will not read properly if you do not follow these instructions. At the conclusion of the examination hand in the Scantron Cards separately. CP – Calculators are permitted Section A: 75 questions worth 1 each. Section B: 5 questions worth 5 each. Total 75 marks Total 25 marks Total 100 marks
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Section A – Answer on the Scantron Card provided. 1. Setting the investment policy involves determining the investor’s objectives and a. risk tolerance b. investable wealth the ability to make “a lot of money” c. d. setting the risk of the potential reduction in household income e. market portfolio 2. The discount rate is most important to the analyst who conducts a. technical analysis b. fundamental analysis c. macroeconomic analysis d. microeconomic analysis e. top-down analysis 3. Although the secondary market does not generate funds for the original issuer of securities, the existence of the secondary market makes common stock overvalued a. b. common stock more attractive c. real investment more liquid d. tax liability for the issuer less burdensome listing requirements irrelevant e. 4. When an investor specifies a time limit on the order, it indicates the a. time that the exchange is open amount of price movement allowed by the investor b.