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标题: Reading 70: Option Markets and Contracts LOSc习题精选 [打印本页]

作者: honeycfa    时间: 2010-4-26 14:19     标题: [2010] Session 17 - Reading 70: Option Markets and Contracts LOSc习题精选

LOS c: Identify the types of options in terms of the underlying instruments.

Financial options include all of the following EXCEPT options on:

A)
interest rates.
B)
foreign currencies.
C)
futures.



Options on futures are considered a separate type of options.

 

作者: honeycfa    时间: 2010-4-26 14:19

An option to buy Mexican pesos is:

A)
an exchange rate option.
B)
a foreign option.
C)
a currency option.



Options on foreign currencies are called currency options and cover a specific number of foreign currency units.


作者: honeycfa    时间: 2010-4-26 14:20

Which of the following statements regarding interest-rate options is least accurate?

A)
They are based on a fixed income security.
B)
Call option values move in the same direction as interest rates.
C)
They are based on a specific interest rate rather than a bond.



Treasury bond or bill options are options on fixed income securities. Interest rate options are based on a specific reference rate and interest rate calls have positive payoffs when the reference rate is above the rate specified in the contract.


作者: honeycfa    时间: 2010-4-26 14:20

An option is settled in cash, with nothing delivered. The long payoff is the difference between the security value and the strike price, multiplied by a contract multiplier. The option is a(n):

A)
index option.
B)
commodity option.
C)
futures option.



Options on stock indexes are only settled in cash and require a multiplier to determine the payoff. Futures options give the holder the right to buy or sell a futures contract, but require no multiplier. Commodity options give the holder the right to buy or sell physical goods.






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