LOS e: Compute and interpret option payoffs, and explain how interest rate option payoffs differ from the payoffs of other types of options.
Q1. The payoff of a call option on a stock at expiration is equal to:
A) the minimum of zero and the stock price minus the exercise price.
B) the maximum of zero and the stock price minus the exercise price.
C) the maximum of zero and the exercise price minus the stock price.
Q2. Which of the following descriptions of how option payoffs are determined is most accurate?
A) The long position in an interest rate call option receives cash at expiration equal to Max[0, (reference rate-strike rate)] x notional principal amount.
B) An equity call option holder receives cash in the amount by which the exercise price is greater than the strike price.
C) Payoffs on futures options can be determined without knowing the spot price of the underlying commodity.
Q3. The value of an interest-rate call option at expiration is zero or the:
A) market rate minus the exercise rate, adjusted for the period of the rate, times the principal amount.
B) present value of, the market rate minus the exercise rate, adjusted for the period of the rate, times the principal amount.
C) exercise rate minus the market rate, adjusted for the period of the rate, times the principal amount.
Q4. An important difference between interest rate options and bond options is that:
A) bond options must account for coupon payments.
B) bond options have positive payoffs when rates increase, interest-rate options when rates decrease.
C) the payoffs on interest-rate options are not made at option expiration.
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