Deck 12: Depository Institutions: Banks and Bank Management

Question 1

A bank's net worth is synonymous with it's:

A)Assets
B)Assets + a bank's liabilities
C)Capital
D)Required reserves

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A bank's reserves include:

A)Vault cash
B)U.S.Treasury Securities
C)The bank's loan portfolio
D)U.S.Treasury bills and vault cash

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Considering U.S.commercial banks, loans account for:

A)About one-third of total assets
B)One-half of total assets
C)Two-thirds of liabilities
D)About two-thirds of total assets

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A bank's reserves include:

A)U.S.Treasury bills
B)Currency in the bank but not currency in the ATM machines
C)The bank's deposits at the Federal Reserve
D)U.S.Treasury bills and currency in the bank

Question 5

Considering a bank's balance sheet, which of the following statements is true?

A)Total Bank Assets = Total Bank Capital - Total Bank Liabilities
B)Total Bank Assets = Total Bank Liabilities + Total Bank Capital
C)Total Bank Assets + Total Bank Capital = Total Bank Liabilities
D)Total Bank Assets + Total Bank Liabilities = Total Bank Capital

Question 6

Considering the balance sheet for all commercial banks in the U.S., the net worth of banks is:

A)About 5 times the total assets
B)About 1/11 of total assets
C)Just about the same as total assets
D)About the same as total liabilities

Question 7

A category of assets for banks is cash items in the process of collection.This is:

A)Uncollected funds the bank is due to receive from the clearing of checks
B)Currency the bank is due from the Treasury
C)Late fees the bank is owed from loan payments that were not made on time
D)Payments from the FDIC insurance fund due the bank

Question 8

Over the past half century, the proportion of banks' total assets held as securities has:

A)Increased
B)Decreased
C)Remained about the same
D)Not changed because securities are not a part of bank assets

Question 9

Bank's hold marketable securities as part of their assets.For U.S.banks these marketable securities include:

A)Stocks and bonds
B)Only the stocks of U.S.corporations
C)Only the bonds of the U.S.treasury
D)Only bonds

Question 10

Considering a bank's balance sheet, which of the following statements is false?

A)Total Bank Assets + Total Bank Liabilities = Total Bank Capital
B)Total Bank Assets = Total Bank Liabilities + Total Bank Capital
C)Total Bank Liabilities = Total Bank Assets - Total Bank Capital
D)Total Bank Capital = Total Bank Assets - Total Bank Liabilities

Question 11

Considering the balance sheet for all commercial banks in the U.S., the largest category of liabilities is:

A)Borrowing from other banks in the U.S.
B)Savings deposits and time deposits
C)Checkable deposits
D)Borrowings from non-banks in the U.S.

Question 12

The total assets of commercial banks in 2010 amounted to:

A)Three times nominal GDP in the U.S.
B)About one-half of nominal GDP in the U.S.
C)About two-thirds of nominal GDP in the U.S.
D)About one-tenth of nominal GDP in the U.S.

Question 13

Which of the following correctly portrays a bank's balance sheet?

A)Total Bank Liabilities = Total Bank Capital + Total Bank Assets
B)Total Bank Assets = Total Bank Capital - Total Bank Liabilities
C)Total Bank Assets = Total Bank Liabilities - Total Bank Capital
D)Total Bank Assets = Total Bank Liabilities + Total Bank Capital

Question 14

Considering the balance sheet for all commercial banks in the U.S., the largest category of assets is:

A)Cash items
B)U.S.Government Securities
C)Required reserves
D)Loans

Question 15

Considering the balance sheet for all commercial banks in the U.S., the net worth of banks is:

A)About 1/11 of total liabilities
B)About 5 times total assets
C)About the same as total assets
D)About 4 times total liabilities

Question 16

Banks do not hold a lot of their assets in the form of cash mainly because of:

A)Regulation
B)The fear of being robbed
C)The opportunity cost of holding cash; cash does not earn interest
D)It can encourage employee theft

Question 17

Commercial banks differ from credit unions in the following way:

A)Credit unions focus on consumer loans while commercial banks primarily make loans to businesses
B)Credit unions make loans and accept deposits while commercial banks just make loans
C)Commercial banks cannot make auto loans to individuals, just to businesses while credit unions can do both
D)Credit unions do not have to hold reserves while commercial banks do

Question 18

Secondary reserves for banks are:

A)The same as the bank's net worth
B)Mainly the bank's liquid securities
C)Vault cash
D)Deposits the bank has at the Federal Reserve

Question 19

One thing that is common for all bank loans is that they are:

A)Securitized
B)Liquid
C)Part of the banks' assets
D)Unsecured

Question 20

Savings and loans primarily provide:

A)Large commercial loans
B)Unsecured credit card loans
C)Student loans
D)Home mortgages

Question 21

Which of the following statements regarding checkable deposits is most accurate?

A)Checkable deposits are a larger source of bank funds today than in 1970
B)Checkable deposits are no longer a source of bank funds
C)Checkable deposits are a less important source of bank funds today than in 1970
D)Checkable deposits continue to be the largest source of bank funds

Question 22

Checkable deposits have decreased since the 1970's mainly because:

A)Regulators allowed higher rates to be paid on these accounts and banks found them to be highly unprofitable
B)People prefer to use credit cards rather than writing checks
C)These deposit accounts offer little or no interest so depositors find them to be expensive
D)As banks added fees to these accounts people increased their holdings of currency

Question 23

The primary difference in certificates of deposit (CDs) that are equal to or less than $100,000 and those over $100,000 (other than the amount) is:

A)A bank does not have to include CDs equal to or less than $100,000 in its liabilities
B)CDs greater than $100,000 are negotiable and therefore can be bought and sold
C)CDs equal to or less than $100,000 are issued for only six months or less
D)CDs greater than $100,000 are issued for only six months or less

Question 24

A repurchase agreement is:

A)An asset that represents the value of all collateral repossessed by the bank and held for sale
B)A long-term collateralized loan
C)An agreement where the parties agree to reverse the transaction on a specific day
D)Only made between two or more banks

Question 25

A non-transaction deposit would include each of the following, except:

A)A savings account
B)A checking account
C)A passbook savings account
D)A certificate of deposit

Question 26

Which of the following statements is not true?

A)The largest source of funds for banks to lend comes from the owner's capital
B)Transaction deposits make up less than 10 percent of banks sources of funds
C)The largest sources of funds for banks are non-transactions accounts
D)Borrowing is a larger source of funds for banks than transaction deposits

Question 27

Which of the following is not a bank asset?

A)Securities
B)Mortgage loans
C)Reserves
D)Non-transaction deposits

Question 28

Which of the following is a bank liability?

A)Mortgage loans
B)Demand deposits
C)Reserves
D)U.S.Treasury securities

Question 29

The federal funds market:

A)Is the term used for bank borrowing from the Federal Reserve System
B)Is the lending to banks by the U.S.treasury when banks face liquidity emergencies
C)Is the inter-bank market where excess reserves from one bank can be loaned to another bank
D)Is the borrowing by American banks from foreign lenders

Question 30

Which of the following statements best completes this sentence: "On a bank's balance sheet¼."?

A)Liabilities show the uses of funds and assets show the sources of funds
B)Assets show the sources of funds and the net worth shows the uses of funds
C)Net worth shows the sources of funds and liabilities show the uses of funds
D)Liabilities show the sources of funds and assets show the uses of funds

Question 31

Which of the following statements best completes this sentence: "On a bank's balance sheet¼."?

A)Assets show the sources of funds and the net worth shows the uses of funds
B)Net worth shows the sources of funds and liabilities show the uses of funds
C)Assets show the uses of funds and liabilities show the sources of funds
D)Net worth represents both a source and a use of funds

Question 32

Of the more than 8000 banks in the United States at the end of 2009, by far the greatest numbers of them were:

A)Regional banks
B)Money center banks
C)Community banks
D)Savings banks

Question 33

Which of the following is not a bank liability?

A)Reserves
B)Demand deposits
C)Non-transaction deposits
D)Federal fund borrowings

Question 34

Repurchase agreements are usually used by banks that:

A)Have a need for long-term financing
B)Need cash for a very short period of time
C)Have negative net worth
D)Cannot obtain financing from any other source

Question 35

Which of the following is a bank asset?

A)Demand deposits
B)Borrowings from other banks
C)Mortgage loans
D)CDs

Question 36

Savings and loan institutions:

A)Are owned by the depositors
B)Originally were formed primarily to make home mortgages
C)Today offer a much smaller array of services than when originally formed
D)Are owned by depositors who also have a common bond

Question 37

Commercial banks increased their involvement in mortgages over the years due to:

A)The ability to securitize mortgages which made them more liquid
B)The demands of regulators
C)The increase in commercial loans demanded due to the development of the commercial paper market
D)The reduced risk of borrowers' defaulting on mortgage loans

Question 38

Loans made in the federal funds market:

A)Are highly collateralized
B)Are made by the Federal Reserve System to the bank within 24 hours
C)Are unsecured loans
D)Are insured by the FDIC

Question 39

Capital is the cushion banks have against:

A)Sudden drops in the value of their assets
B)An unexpected decrease in liabilities
C)Liquidity risk
D)Moral hazard

Question 40

Money Center Banks differ from community banks in all of the following ways except:

A)They are usually much smaller
B)They obtain their funds primarily through borrowing and not by deposits
C)They are a much smaller percent of total banks
D)They are actively engaged in the money market

Question 41

Everything else equal, if the ratio of bank assets to bank capital decreases, the bank's return on equity should:

A)Decrease
B)Remain constant
C)Increase
D)Cannot be determined from the information provided

Question 42

Suppose a particular bank is very large in terms of assets, and makes consumer and residential loans as well as commercial and industrial loan.The bank is probably a:

A)Regional or super-regional bank
B)Money center bank
C)Community bank
D)Savings bank

Question 43

The tendency for large banks to have a higher return on equity than small banks suggests:

A)Small banks have better management than large banks
B)Large banks can charge higher interest rates than small banks
C)There could be significant economies of scale in banking
D)Larger banks are better able to escape the cost of regulation

Question 44

If a bank's return on equity remains constant, but the ratio of bank assets to bank capital increases:

A)The bank's return on assets must have increased
B)The bank's return on assets must have decreased
C)The bank's assets and capital must have increased by the same percentage
D)The bank must be unprofitable

Question 45

Net interest income for a bank is:

A)The difference between gross income and net income after taxes
B)The interest banks earn from uses of funds
C)The difference between interest income and interest expense
D)The difference between interest income and total expenses

Question 46

If a bank has $150 million in assets and a net worth of $20 million, its asset-to-equity ratio is:

A)6.5 to 1
B)7.5 to 1
C)0.13 to 1
D)0.15 to 1

Question 47

If a bank increases its assets by adding $1 to capital for every $1 added to assets:

A)Leverage increases
B)Leverage decreases
C)Leverage stays constant
D)The answer cannot be determined from the information in the question

Question 48

Everything else equal, if the ratio of bank assets to bank capital increases, the bank's return on equity should:

A)Remain constant
B)Decrease
C)Increase
D)Cannot be determined from the information provided

Question 49

If a bank increases its assets by adding $1 to capital for every $1 added to assets:

A)The debt-to-equity ratio will increase
B)The debt-to-equity ratio will remain constant
C)The debt-to-equity ratio will decrease
D)The answer cannot be determined from the information in the question

Question 50

A bank's Return on Assets (ROA) is calculated by dividing:

A)The bank's assets by its net worth
B)The bank's net profits after taxes by its assets
C)The bank's net worth by its assets
D)The bank's assets less its net profit after taxes by its net worth

Question 51

Suppose a particular depository institution that specializes in residential mortgages is owned by its depositors.The institution is probably a:

A)Regional or super-regional bank
B)Money center bank
C)Community bank
D)Savings bank

Question 52

A bank's net interest margin is calculated by taking net interest income and:

A)Dividing it by the bank's capital
B)Dividing it by the bank's assets
C)Dividing it by the sum of the bank's assets and capital
D)Subtracting taxes

Question 53

If a bank has $100 million in assets and a net worth of $10 million, its debt-to-equity ratio is:

A)10 to 1
B)5 to 1
C)9 to 1
D)0.1 to 1

Question 54

Which of the following bank assets would be categorized as secondary reserves?

A)U.S.Treasury bills
B)Cash
C)Mortgage loans
D)Deposits at the Federal Reserve

Question 55

If a bank's return on equity remains constant, but the ratio of bank assets to bank capital decreases:

A)The bank's return on assets must have increased
B)The bank's return on assets must have decreased
C)The bank's assets and capital must have increased by the same percent
D)The bank must be unprofitable

Question 56

A bank's loan loss reserves are:

A)The amount of loans that have defaulted in the past twelve months
B)The same as equity capital
C)An amount the bank sets aside to cover potential losses from defaulted loans
D)A liability of the bank since it is a source of funds

Question 57

Suppose that a bank initially has a leverage ratio of 8 to 1.If this bank increases its capital by $1million and its assets by $10 million, then the bank's:

A)Risk increases and its leverage decreases
B)Liabilities decrease and its leverage increases
C)Leverage decreases and its liabilities increase
D)Leverage and risk increases

Question 58

If a bank sells off all of its assets and pays all of its liabilities, the amount remaining would be its:

A)Net profit
B)Reserves
C)Net worth
D)Excess reserves

Question 59

The largest liability for commercial banks in the U.S.is:

A)Demand deposits
B)Non-transaction deposits
C)Borrowing from other U.S.banks
D)Borrowing from the Federal Reserve

Question 60

A bank's Return on Equity (ROE) is calculated by:

A)Dividing the bank's net profit after taxes by the bank's capital
B)Dividing the banks liabilities by the bank's capital
C)Taking the bank's assets plus the net profit after taxes and dividing this sum by the bank's capital
D)Dividing the bank's net profit after taxes by the sum of the bank's assets and its liabilities

Question 61

Which of the following statements is most correct for U.S.commercial banks?

A)Net interest margin is much larger than return on equity
B)Net interest margin is about equal to return on equity
C)Net interest margin averages about two times the return on equity
D)Net interest margin is closely related to the return on assets

Question 62

The fact that a bank's assets tend to be long-term while its liabilities are short-term creates:

A)Interest-rate risk
B)Credit risk
C)Lower risk for the bank, this is why they follow this strategy
D)Trading risk

Question 63

Banks tend not to hold a lot of excess reserves because:

A)Regulators penalize banks that have too much in excess reserves
B)Reserves present a large opportunity cost in the form of foregone interest
C)Holding excess reserves will increase a bank's leverage
D)They can always use the funds to buy stock

Question 64

A late-night news report says the president of a local bank is about to be arrested for embezzling money from the bank at which he works.This causes most of the depositors to line up in front of the bank the next morning wanting to withdraw their deposits.This is an example of:

A)Liquidity risk
B)Operational risk
C)Interest rate risk
D)Credit risk

Question 65

The credit risk a bank faces is the risk resulting specifically from:

A)The economy entering a recession
B)Interest rates falling
C)Some of the bank's loans not being repaid
D)The bank experiencing a decrease in deposits

Question 66

A bank that meets deposit withdrawal by borrowing additional funds will alter:

A)The asset side of their balance sheet
B)The liabilities side of the balance sheet
C)The amount of bank capital
D)The asset and liabilities side of the balance sheet

Question 67

The weighted average difference between the interest received on assets and the interest rate paid for liabilities for a bank is the banks:

A)Interest rate spread
B)Net interest margin
C)Net interest income
D)Return on equity

Question 68

One way for a bank to deal with credit risk is to:

A)Charge all borrowers from the same industry an average rate for that industry
B)Add a mark-up for a specific borrower based on the borrower's credit history to the cost of funds
C)Avoid making loans to borrowers from a broad spectrum and to specialize geographically and in specific industries
D)Limit the number of loans made in any year

Question 69

The risks that banks are exposed to include each of the following, except:

A)Interest rate risk
B)Credit risk
C)Operational risk
D)Regulatory risk

Question 70

Many people believed that when the calendar changed from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000, many bank records were going to be wiped out, so many people planned on withdrawing their funds.If this were to happen, this would be an example of:

A)Credit risk
B)Operational risk
C)Interest rate risk
D)Liquidity risk.

Question 71

A bank that cannot meet its loan commitments is experiencing the results of:

A)Interest rate risk
B)Credit risk
C)Trading risk
D)Liquidity risk

Question 72

The difference between a bank's reserves and its required reserves is:

A)Profits
B)Net interest income
C)Excess reserves
D)Vault cash

Question 73

If a bank has customer deposits of $150 million, $15 million in reserves and the amount of excess reserves equals 0 (zero):

A)The required reserve rate is 15 percent
B)The required reserve rate is 10 percent
C)The required reserve rate is 1 percent
D)The bank's net interest margin is zero (0)

Question 74

A bank that does not want to hold a lot of excess reserves but wants to manage liquidity risk is likely to:

A)Hold a lot in highly liquid securities
B)Make sure that most of its assets are in small business loans
C)Have a high ratio of loans to securities
D)Limit withdrawals by customers

Question 75

If Bank A sells some its loans to Bank B for cash, everything else equal:

A)Bank A's assets decrease and Bank B's assets increase
B)Bank A becomes less liquid while Bank B becomes more liquid
C)Banks A's total assets do not change, but Bank A is more liquid
D)Bank A's liabilities decrease by the amount of the loans that are sold

Question 76

If a bank has deposits of $250 million, reserves that total $30 million and has a required reserve rate of 10 percent:

A)The bank is short of required reserves
B)The bank has excess reserves of $27.5 million
C)The bank has excess reserves of $5 million
D)The bank has excess reserves of $3 million

Question 77

A bank that specializes in granting loans to firms in a specific line of business:

A)May decrease its operating cost and decrease its credit risk
B)May increase both its operating cost and its credit risk
C)May increase its operating cost and decrease its credit risk
D)May decrease its operating costs and increase its credit risk

Question 78

Regulators require a bank to hold some of its assets as reserves mainly to address:

A)Liquidity risk
B)Trading risk
C)Credit risk
D)Operational risk

Question 79

A bank's off-balance-sheet activities usually:

A)Increase both its assets and liabilities while reducing net income
B)Increase its net income but do not change its assets or liabilities
C)Increases a bank's liabilities but not its assets
D)Increases a bank's assets but not its liabilities

Question 80

If a bank has $200 million in deposits, the required reserve rate is 10 percent and the bank has $23 million in reserves:

A)The bank is short of required reserves
B)The bank has excess reserves of $21 million
C)The bank has excess reserves of $13 million
D)The bank has excess reserves of $3 million