1. The document provides instructions to copy questions from a test on financial institutions and provide written answers on the provided lines.
2. It includes 10 multiple choice questions about different types of financial institutions such as life insurance companies, pension funds, mutual funds, and their functions.
3. It also includes 10 true/false statements about financial concepts like share price, financial markets, money markets, and primary/secondary markets.
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Activity BF
1. The document provides instructions to copy questions from a test on financial institutions and provide written answers on the provided lines.
2. It includes 10 multiple choice questions about different types of financial institutions such as life insurance companies, pension funds, mutual funds, and their functions.
3. It also includes 10 true/false statements about financial concepts like share price, financial markets, money markets, and primary/secondary markets.
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Direction: Read each question carefully, copy the question on your paper and write
your answer on the space before each number.
_____1. It is a financial intermediary handling individual savings. It receives premium
payments placed in loans or investments to accumulate funds to cover future benefits. A. life insurance company C. savings bank B. commercial bank D. credit union _____2. Which of the following is not a financial institution? A. A pension fund C. A commercial bank B. A newspaper publisher D. An insurance company _____3. It is a set up so that employees of corporations or governments can receive income after retirement. A. life insurance company C. Savings bank B. Pension fund D. credit union _____4. It is a type of financial intermediary that pools savings of individuals and makes them available to business and government users. Funds obtained through the sale of shares. A. Mutual Funds C. Savings and loans B. Commercial banks D. Credit Union _____5. Most businesses raise money by selling their securities in a. A. direct placement C. public offering B. stock exchange D. private placement _____ 6. Which of the following is not a service provided by financial institutions. A. Buying the businesses of customers B. Investing customers’ savings in stocks and bonds C. Paying savers’ interest on deposit D. Lending money to customers _____7. By definition, the money market involves the buying and selling of. A. funds that mature in more than one year. B. flows of funds. C. stocks and bonds. D. short-term funds. _____8. It creates financial relationship between suppliers and users of short-term funds. A. financial market C. stock market B. money market D. capital market _____9. Firms that require funds from external sources can obtain them from A. financial markets. C. financial institutions. B. private placement. D. All the above. _____10. The science and art of managing money. A. Financial Management C. Management Finance D. Personal Finance Directions: Write T if the statement is True and F if the statement is False. Write your answer on the space provided ______1. High cash flow is generally associated with a higher share price whereas higher risk tends to result in a lower share price. ______2. The wealth of corporate owners has measured by the share price of the stock. ______3. When considering each financial decision alternative or possible action in terms of its impact on the share price of the firm's stock, financial managers should accept only those actions that expected to maximize shareholder value. ______4. Stockholders expect to earn higher rates of return on investments of lower risk and lower rates of return on investments of higher risk. ______5. Financial markets are intermediaries that channel the savings of individuals, businesses, and government into loans or investments. ______6. Commercial banks obtain most of their funds from borrowing in the capital markets. ______7. The money market involves trading of securities with maturities of one year or less while the capital market involves the buying and selling of securities with maturities for more than one year. ______8. Primary and secondary markets are markets for short-term and long-term securities, respectively. ______9. A mutual fund is a type of financial intermediary that obtains funds through the sale of shares and uses the proceeds to acquire bonds and stocks issued by various business and governmental units. ______10. Credit unions are the largest type of financial intermediary handling individual savings.