Information about sovereign borrowers and corporate borrowers is generated by the

A. bond rating agencies
B. bond issuance agencies
C. federal placement
D. private pavement agencies
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Information about sovereign borrowers and corporate borrowers is generated by the bond rating agencies. Bond rating agencies are companies that assess the creditworthiness of both debt securities and their issuers. Credit rating agencies publish the ratings and used by investment professionals to assess the likelihood that the debt will be repaid.

142. The human resource management functions aims at

A. ensuring that the ‘human resources possess, adequate capital, tool equipment and material to perform the job successful
B. helping the Organisation deal with its employees in different stages of employment
C. improving an Organisation’s creditworthiness among financial institutions
D. Ensuring financial & Marketing Stability
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The human resource management functions aims at helping the Organisation deal with its employees in different stages of employment. Human Resource Management typically means to engage, improve and preserve sufficiently capable employees, to implement the activities essential to achieve organizational aims.

Plant and equipment are examples of

A. long term fixed assets
B. short term fixed assets
C. short term working capital
D. long term working capital
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Plant and equipment are examples of long term fixed assets. The term fixed assets generally refers to the long-term assets, tangible assets used in a business that are classified as property, plant and equipment.

Difference between price of underlying asset and exercise price of option is classified as

A. extrinsic value of European option
B. intrinsic value of option
C. extrinsic value of option
D. intrinsic value of European option
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Difference between price of underlying asset and exercise price of option is classified as intrinsic value of option. The intrinsic value of an option represents the current value of the option, or in other words how much in the money it is. When an option is in the money, this means that it has a positive payoff for the buyer.

In Eurodollar market, increase in demand of Euro dollars results in

A. increase in LIBOR
B. decrease in LIBOR
C. increase in KIBOR
D. decrease in KIBOR
✅ The correct answer is option A.
In Eurodollar market, increase in demand of Euro dollars results in increase in LIBOR. Deposits from overnight out to a week are priced based on the fed funds rate. Prices for longer maturities are based on the corresponding London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).

1621. Variable cost per unit is multiplied to quantity of sold units to calculate

A. per unit cost
B. variable cost
C. fixed cost
D. multiple cost
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Variable cost per unit is multiplied to quantity of sold units to calculate variable cost. A variable cost is a corporate expense that changes in proportion to production output. Variable costs increase or decrease depending on a company’s production volume; they rise as production increases and fall as production decreases.

Example of derivative securities includes

A. swap contract
B. option contract
C. futures contract
D. all of above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Example of derivative securities includes swap contract, option contract and futures contract. A derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from the value of one or more underlying, which can be commodities, precious metals, currency, bonds, stocks, stocks indices, etc.

1612. _____ leader who commands both positional and personal influence.

A. Team
B. Project
C. Formal
D. Informal
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Formal leader who commands both positional and personal influence. Formal leadership is a person exercising authority conferred upon him by the organization pursuant to the individual’s position in the organization.

1609. What is Kelloggs main challenge for the future:

A. To create new products for a market that is both growing and declining according to geography whilst generating enough cash to advertise and launch new products
B. To create new products for a market that is both growing and declining according to geography
C. To create new products for a market that has the same tastes, whilst generating enough cash to advertise and launch new products
D. To not become adversely affected by increased competition again and adapt to changing customer tastes
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Kelloggs main challenge for the future is to create new products for a market that is both growing and declining according to geography whilst generating enough cash to advertise and launch new products.