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LOS f: Explain the factors that affect prepayments and the types of prepayment risks.
Q1. Which of the following mortgage loan characteristics least likely affects prepayments?
A) reputation of the lender with the agencies (e.g., Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae).
B) original mortgage rate.
C) type of loan (e.g., 30-year fixed rate, 15-year variable).
Q2. Which of the following most accurately describes prepayments?
A) A payment made in excess of the monthly mortgage payment.
B) A payment that pays the mortgage in full prior to maturity.
C) Prepayment occurs if both interest and principal are paid before the end of the mortgage term.
Q3. Prepayments or curtailments:
A) cause the duration of the original mortgage to lengthen or increase.
B) will reduce the amount of interest the lender receives over the life of the loan.
C) will increase the amount of interest the lender receives over the life of the loan.
Q4. Identify three risks associated with investing in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Risks associated with investing in MBS are:
A) interest rate risk, default risk, and prepayment risk.
B) interest rate risk, contraction risk, and servicing fee risk.
C) extension risk, credit risk, and downgrade risk.
Q5. Which of the following factors does NOT affect prepayments?
A) The time to maturity of the mortgage-backed security.
B) Seasonal factors.
C) Characteristics of the underlying mortgage pool.
Q6. Which of the following best describes how a growing economy can affect prepayments? A growing economy:
A) does not affect prepayments.
B) leads to increasing prepayments.
C) leads to decreasing prepayments.
Q7. Which of the following best describes prepayment risk?
A) The lender's interest rate risk resulting from prepayments.
B) The risk associated with the unknown amount and timing of cash flow's resulting from prepayments.
C) The lender's spread risk resulting from prepayments.
Q8. Payments in excess of the required monthly payment amount are called:
A) mega-payments.
B) passthroughs.
C) prepayments.
Q9. Prepayments cause the timing and amount of cash flows from mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) to be uncertain. Thus:
A) the analyst must make specific assumptions about the rate at which prepayments of the pooled mortgages occurs when valuing the passthrough securities.
B) the rate of prepayments is important to valuing the passthrough securities but is impossible to estimate.
C) regulators mandate the convention firms must use when estimating prepayment rates.
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