The income from common stock is

1 point

Fixed

Variable

Fixed and Variable

None

When did Bangabandhu took over the presidency of the country?

1 point

26 March 1972

10 February 1972

10 January 1972

12 January 1972

Convergence of incomes over time between emerging market countries and developed countries is most likely due to:

1 point

diminishing marginal productivity of capital.

the exhaustion of nonrenewable resources.

increasing marginal productivity of capital.

total factor productivity.

In which year was Chittagong Stock Exchange established?

1 point

2010

1995

2011

1996

Private commercial banks in Bangladesh obtain most of their funds from borrowing in the capital markets.

1 point

True

False

What were the titles of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?

1 point

Bangabandhu.

Sheikh Shaheb.

Miah Bhai.

All of the above

What does IPO stand for?

1 point

Initiated placement offer

Initiated prospectus offering

Initial public offering

None

Government revenue raised directly by printing money is called

1 point

Seigniorage

Arbitrage

Hard money

Soft money

When was the Mujibnagar government formed?

1 point

May 10, 1971.

March 27, 1971.

April 15, 1971.

April 10, 1971.

IDRA stand for

1 point

Insurance Directing and Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh

Insurance Development and Regulation Authority of Bangladesh

Insurance Development and Research Authority of Bangladesh

Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh

The chairman of The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is

1 point

Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam

Md Eunusur Rahman

Asif Ibrahim

Professor Helal Uddin Nizami

According to the concept of financial signaling, management behavior results in new debt issues being regarded as "____________ news" by investors.

1 point

Good

Bad

Non-event

Risk-neutral

Assuming a period of inflation, which statement is true?

1 point

The FIFO method understates balance sheet inventory

The FIFO method understates cost of goods sold on the income statement

The LIFO method overstates balance sheet inventory

D. The LIFO method understates cost of goods sold on the income statement

Investors should construct an investment portfolio in accordance with their risk tolerance and their investing objectives.

1 point

True

False

The average of squared deviations from mean is called

1 point

Mean deviation

Variance

Standard deviation

Coefficient of variation

A decrease in the real exchange rate (quoted in terms of domestic currency per unit of foreign currency) is most likely to be associated with an increase in which of the following?

1 point

Foreign price level

Domestic price level

Nominal exchange rate

Nominal interest rate

The average of all observations in a set of data is known as

1 point

median

range

mean

mode

Who was the Chief of the Provisional Government formed on April 17, 1971?

1 point

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, post was Prime Minister.

Taj Uddin Ahmmed, post was President.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as President.

Taj Uddin Ahmmed, post was Prime Minister.

When did Bangabandhu declare independence of Bangladesh?

1 point

In the early morning of March 26, 1971.

In the mid night of March 26, 1971.

In the Afternoon of March 26, 1971.

None of the Above

Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?

1 point

The WACC may decrease as a firm's debt-equity ratio increases.

When computing the WACC, the weight assigned to the preferred stock is based on the coupon rate multiplied by the par value of the stock.

A firm's WACC will decrease as the corporate tax rate decreases.

The WACC will remain constant unless a firm retires some of its debt.

Okuns law states that for every 1% increase in the unemployment rate, a country's GDP will be roughly an additional 2% lower than its

1 point

potential GNI

potential GDP

potential NNP

potential inflation

A company is considering a project which will earn cash flows of $60,000 in Year 1 and $80,000 in Year 2 but will require capital investment of $100,000 today. What is the NPV of the project if the cost of capital is 15%?

1 point

$112,665

$12,665

$21,739

$5,860

The two exchanges are self-regulated and private sector entities

1 point

True

False

A firm has a weighted average cost of capital of 8.59 percent, and a cost of equity of 11 percent. The debt-equity ratio is .65. There are no taxes. What is the firm's cost of debt?

1 point

5.9%

5.01%

5.23%

4.88%

Which of the following is not related with DSE?

1 point

DSEX Shariah index

DSE-50 index

DSEX index

DS30 index

The Austrian economic school attributes the primary cause of the business cycle to:

1 point

misguided government intervention.

the creative destruction of technological progress.

sticky price and wage expectations that exaggerate trends.

unmet consumer demand

Discounts received are

1 point

Buyer of goods granted discount by seller

Deducted when we receive cash

Given by us when we sell goods on credit

None of these

Which of the following rules is most commonly used to determine when recessions start? Recessions start when:

1 point

the central bank runs out of foreign reserves.

real GDP has two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

economic activity experiences a material decline in two business sectors.

unemployment crosses the 5 percent threshold

Market competitors are least likely to use advertising as a tool of differentiation in an industry structure identified as:

1 point

monopoly.

perfect competition.

monopolistic competition.

natural monopoly

Following universities has inaugurated a chair in the name of Bangabandhu, except

1 point

Asian Institute Thailand.

Chittagong University,

Dhaka University

Kolkata University

Which of the following will increase the length of a company's operating cycle?

1 point

Reducing the receivables collection period

Reducing the inventory holding period

Reducing the payables payment period

Reducing time taken to produce goods

If you sold a share at a higher price than purchase price at Chittagong Stock Exchange, then you actually received a _______.

1 point

profit

capital loss

dividend

none of the above

The variance is zero only if all observations are the

1 point

Different

Square

Square root

Same

Bangabandhu was a student of which department in Dhaka University?

1 point

Department of Law

Department of Political Science

Department of Journalism

None of the above

Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) provides institutional support to meet the ______ gap of the companies.

1 point

housing

equity

foreign investment

credit

An auction in which the auctioneer starts at a high price and then lowers the price in increments until there is a willing buyer is best called a:Untitled Question

1 point

Dutch auction.

Vickery auction.

Private value auction.

Public value auction

Mean, median and mode are the part of

1 point

measures of central tendency

measures of dispersion

logarithms

proportions

The accrual basis of accounting records revenues when they are:

1 point

Collected

Earned

Contracted

Readily available for use

During 2020, ABC company's assets decreased $50,000 and its liabilities decreased $90,000. Its equity therefore:

1 point

increased $40,000

increased $140,000

decreased $40,000

decreased $140,000

A company doing business in a monopolistically competitive market will most likely maximize profits when its output quantity is set such that:

1 point

average cost is minimized.

marginal revenue equals average cost.

marginal revenue equals marginal cost.

average revenue

Where did Bangabandhu give his speech on March 7?

1 point

At the Ramna Ground in Dhaka, now known as Suhrawardy Udyan.

At the Racecourse Parade Ground in Dhaka, now known as Suhrawardy Udyan.

At the Racecourse Ground in Dhaka, now known as Suhrawardy Parade Ground.

At the Racecourse Ground in Dhaka, now known as Suhrawardy Udyan.

In which of the following situations is the net realisable value of an item of inventory likely to be lower than cost?

1 point

The production cost of the item has been falling.

The selling price of the item has been rising.

The item is becoming obsolete.

Demand for the item is increasing.

Who are the residual owners of a listed company?

1 point

Bondholders

Common Shareholders

Preferred Shareholders

Debenture holders

How is goodwill evaluated?

1 point

Goodwill must be amortized over a 40-year period

Goodwill should be written up each year

Companies should determine whether goodwill has lost value, and if so, the loss in value should be written off as an impairment expense

Goodwill is to be written off at the end of the tenth year

The monthly income of 5 persons are 3000, 5000, 4000, 2000 and 6000. Their arithmetic mean should be

1 point

4000

6000

5000

3500

Which of the following acts as regulatory body in money market of Bangladesh?

1 point

Commercial bank

Bangladesh bank

CDBL

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission

What type of firm generally has the highest proportion of inventory to total assets?

1 point

Retailers

Wholesalers

Manufacturers

Service-oriented firms

What type of firm generally has the highest proportion of inventory to total assets?

1 point

Retailers.

Wholesalers.

Manufacturers.

Service-oriented firms.

In the long run, a successful acquisition is one that:

1 point

Increases financial leverage

Enables the acquirer to diversify its asset base

Enables the acquirer to make an all-equity purchase, thereby avoiding additional financial leverage

Increases the market price of the acquirer's stock over what it would have been without the acquisition

In which year Bangabandhu was elected the president of Awami League.

1 point

1965

1967

1966

1971

If there are ten values each equal to 10, standard deviation of these values is

1 point

100

20

10

0

Efficient portfolios can be defined as those portfolios which for a given level of risk provides

1 point

Maximum return

Average return

Minimum return

None of the above

Which of the following variables is not included in calculating the Human Development Index?

1 point

Life expectancy

Education

Per capita income

Gender

If it is required to maintain fixed capitals, then the partners shares of profits must be

1 point

Credited to capital accounts

Debited to capital accounts

Debited to partners current accounts

Credited to partners current accounts

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) criterion for project acceptance, under theoretically infinite funds is: accept all projects which have:

1 point

IRR equal to the cost of capital

IRR less than the cost of capital

IRR greater than the cost of capital

None of the above

RPO stands for..

1 point

Revised public offer

Repeat public offering

Reinvested public offering

None

A list of 5 pulse rates is: 70, 64, 80, 74, 92. What is the median for this list?

1 point

74

76

77

80