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You purchase 5 call option contracts on ABC stock with a price of $3.26 and a strike price of $45. At expiration, the stock price is $51.24. What is your payoff?


A) $3,120
B) $1,630
C) $1,080
D) $1,490
E) $2,460

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You write 5 put option contracts with a premium of $4.85 and a strike price of $80. What is your profit if the stock price at expiration is $78.13?


A) $1,490
B) $935
C) $3,860
D) -$935
E) -$1,620

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Which of the following has the potential for the greatest loss?


A) Naked calls.
B) Protective puts.
C) Covered calls.
D) Straddles.
E) Naked puts.

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Employee stock options


A) Have a significant up-front cost to employers
B) Can be resold through on option exchanges
C) Usually have a vesting period
D) Are no longer re-priced
E) Generally have a 5-year life

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A(n) _________ option gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to sell an asset within the option period.


A) call
B) put
C) American
D) European
E) index

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A security whose value is based on the value of another security is called a _________ security.


A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Derivative
D) Real
E) cross-match

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The maximum


A) Profit from writing a put is the option premium
B) Loss from buying a call is zero
C) Profit from writing a call is the exercise price
D) Loss from writing a put is the option premium
E) Profit from buying a put is the stock price

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You purchase 5 put option contracts with an option premium of $2.64 and a strike price of $60. If the stock price at expiration is $51.12, what is your percentage return?


A) 116%
B) 42%
C) 164%
D) 236%
E) 183%

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Which of the following is an income producing strategy?


A) Buying naked calls.
B) Protective puts.
C) Covered calls.
D) Straddles.
E) Buying naked puts.

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Put-call parity is the relationship between the _________ of a call and a put for a European style option with identical exercise date and strike price.


A) market price
B) intrinsic value
C) break-even price
D) premium value
E) expiration value

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 Quote  Symbol  Last  Chg  Bid  Ask  Vol  Open Int1 F120218C00004000 8.830.008.758.8517192 F120218C00005000 7.400.007.757.8020343 F120218C00006000 6.82+0.376.756.8012264 F120218C00007000 5.80+0.055.755.8010515 F120218C00008000 4.450.004.754.85545\begin{array}{|r|l|r|r|r|r|r|r|}\hline \text { Quote } & \text { Symbol }& \text { Last }&\text { Chg } &\text { Bid } & \text { Ask } &\text { Vol } &\text { Open } \\&&&&&&&\text {Int}\\\hline 1 & \text { F120218C00004000 } & 8.83 & 0.00 & 8.75 & 8.85 & 17 & 19 \\\hline 2 & \text { F120218C00005000 } & 7.40 & 0.00 & 7.75 & 7.80 & 20 & 34 \\\hline 3 & \text { F120218C00006000 } & 6.82 & +0.37 & 6.75 & 6.80 & 12 & 26 \\\hline 4 & \text { F120218C00007000 } & 5.80 & +0.05 & 5.75 & 5.80 & 10 & 51 \\\hline 5 & \text { F120218C00008000 } & 4.45 & 0.00 & 4.75 & 4.85 & 5 & 45 \\\hline\end{array} -When do the options in this chain expire?


A) December 2, 2018
B) February 12, 2018
C) February 18, 2012
D) December 18, 2012
E) Not enough information

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The price of a stock is $40. There are both call and put options on this stock. Both options have an exercise price of $40 and expire in two months. The market return is 10% and the risk-free rate is 4%. Given this, you know the


A) Call option must be worthless
B) Put option must be worthless
C) Call option price is greater than the put option price
D) Put option price is greater than the call option price
E) Both (A) and (B)

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An option that would not yield a profit if exercised now is called a(n) _________ option.


A) initiator
B) cash-settled
C) out-of-the-money
D) cash-free
E) activator

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When you write a covered call, you:


A) Forfeit upside potential gains in exchange for current income
B) Risk of having to buy shares of the underlying security at the market price
C) Risk selling your underlying shares at a currently unknown price
D) Are basically offering to buy shares in exchange for receiving the option premium
E) Accept unlimited risk

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A credit default swap acts like _______ for fixed-income assets.


A) derivatives
B) put options
C) speculative hedges
D) call options
E) futures

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A stock is currently selling for $32 a share. A call option on the stock is available for $3.40 with a strike price of $30 and three months to maturity. The risk-free rate is 4% and the market rate is 11%. What is the price of a 3-month put option with the same strike and expiration? Assume the options are European style.


A) $0.30
B) $0.83
C) $1.11
D) $1.23
E) $1.40

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You find a call and a put with the same strike price and exercise date. The price of the put is greater than the price of the call. You know that:


A) the call is in-the-money.
B) the stock price is equal to the strike price.
C) the put is in-the-money.
D) one of the options is mis-priced since it is impossible for the call price to be equal to the put price.
E) Insufficient information.

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If a call option holder elects to buy the underlying stock for the previously specified price they are said to "________" the option.


A) strike
B) put
C) call
D) exercise
E) cover

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The most critical assumption of put-call parity is that


A) both options may have different exercise prices, but the same expiration dates
B) both options have the same exercise prices and the same expiration dates
C) both options will produce the same profit on the stock as well as a risky bond
D) both options will produce the same profit on the stock as well as a risk-free bond
E) both options will produce the same profit on the stock as well as another risky asset

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You have purchased one SXO put option with a strike price of 1,350. You have also written one SXO put option with the same maturity date at a strike price of 1,300. At maturity, what is your total payoff if the S&P Canada 60 index is 1,290?


A) $3,000
B) $0
C) $6,000
D) -$6,000
E) $5,000

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