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In the United States, most money is created by:


A) depository institutions
B) the United States Treasury
C) capital markets
D) None of the above

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Involves analyzing individual client insurance needs and investment plans to meet retirement goals.


A) Stockbroker
B) Security analyst
C) Investment banking analyst
D) Financial planner assistant

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Successful businesses typically progress through a series of life-cycle stages-from the idea stage to exiting the business; these five stages include the:


A) development stage, startup stage, survival stage, rapid growth stage, and maturity stage.
B) idea stage, design stage, operating stage, rebuilding stage, and decline stage
C) development stage, operating stage, rebuilding stage, rapid growth stage, and maturity stage
D) idea stage, startup stage, rapid growth stage, survival stage, and decline stage

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The financial environment:


A) encompasses the financial markets and global interactions that contribute to an efficiently operating economy.
B) encompasses the financial institutions and financial markets that contribute to an efficiently operating economy.
C) encompasses the financial system, financial institutions, financial markets, business firms, individuals, and global interactions that contribute to an efficiently operating economy.
D) encompasses the trade in goods and services by financial instruments.

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The role of financial markets is to market and facilitate the transfer of financial assets.

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Money markets are markets where equity securities and debt securities with maturities of greater than one year are traded.

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__________ are electronic markets in which banks and institutional traders buy and sell various currencies on behalf of businesses and other clients.


A) Debt securities markets
B) Bond markets
C) Foreign exchange markets
D) Equity Securities markets
E) Derivative securities markets

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One of the most significant functions of the financial system is the creation of money, which serves as a medium of exchange.

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Finance is:


A) the study of how individuals, institutions, governments, and businesses acquire, spend, and manage money and other financial assets
B) the study of how businesses acquire, spend, and manage money and other financial assets
C) the study of how governments, and businesses acquire, spend, and manage money and other financial assets
D) the study of how money is used to purchase goods and services

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A basic requirement of an effective financial system includes:


A) storing money
B) transferring money
C) designing money
D) all of the above

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Accumulating and leading and investing savings is the role of who?


A) Policy makers
B) Monetary system
C) Financial institutions
D) Financial markets
E) None of the above

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An area of finance that involves the study of organizations or intermediaries that help the financial system operate efficiently and transfer funds from savers and investors to individuals, businesses, and governments that seek to spend or invest the funds in physical assets (inventories, buildings, and equipment) is called:


A) financial management
B) investments
C) financial institutions
D) banks

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Financial management is the study of financial planning, asset management and fund raising by businesses and financial institutions.

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This is the financial system, institutions, markets, businesses, individuals, and global interactions that help the economy operate efficiency.


A) Financial management
B) Investments
C) Financial markets
D) Financial institutions
E) Financial environment

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Which statement best describes the six principles of finance?


A) Money has a time value; Higher returns are expected for taking on more risk; Diversification of investments does not impact risk; Financial markets are efficient in pricing securities; Manager and stockholder objectives may differ; Reputation matters.
B) Money has a time value; Higher returns are expected for taking on more risk; Diversification of investments can reduce risk; Financial markets are efficient in pricing securities; Manager and stockholder objectives may differ; Reputation matters.
C) Money has a time value; Higher returns are expected for taking on more risk; Diversification of investments can reduce risk; Financial markets are inefficient in pricing securities; Manager and stockholder objectives may differ; Reputation matters.
D) Money has a time value; Higher returns are expected for taking on more risk; Diversification of investments can reduce risk; Financial markets are efficient in pricing securities; Manager and stockholder objectives may differ; Reputation doesn't matter.

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In the United States, the central bank is the Federal Reserve System.

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__________ are where debt securities of one year or less are issued or traded.


A) Money markets
B) Capital markets
C) Primary markets
D) Secondary markets

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__________ are where corporate ownership shares are initially sold and traded.


A) Debt securities markets
B) Bond markets
C) Mortgage markets
D) Equity Securities markets
E) Derivative securities markets

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Brokerage firms do not perform which of the following functions?


A) handle shares of ownership
B) create money
C) market existing securities
D) transfer shares of ownership

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Involves preparing financial statements for tax purposes.


A) Cash management analyst
B) Capital expenditures analyst
C) Credit analyst
D) Cost analyst
E) Tax analyst

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