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标题: Reading 51: General Principles of Credit Analysis -LOS h 习题 [打印本页]

作者: 土豆妮    时间: 2010-4-20 14:26     标题: [2010]Session 14-Reading 51: General Principles of Credit Analysis -LOS h 习题

Session 14: Fixed Income: Valuation Concepts
Reading 51: General Principles of Credit Analysis

LOS h: Explain how the creditworthiness of municipal bonds is assessed and contrast the analysis of tax-backed debt with the analysis of revenue obligations.

 

 

 

Which of the following statements regarding the comparison of "general obligation" and "revenue" municipal bonds is FALSE?

A)
Revenue bonds must be evaluated with respect to their covenants such that revenues from the project are not redirected toward other uses within the community.
B)
Revenue bonds are backed by the full faith and credit of the issuing municipality.
C)
General obligation bonds must be evaluated with respect to the issuer's existing debt structure and the ability of the local government to generate the requisite level of taxes to repay the debt.



 

The cash flows (revenue) from the project that the revenue bond funded are used to service the bond.


作者: 土豆妮    时间: 2010-4-20 14:26

Each of the following factors are employed in the assessment of "tax-backed" municipal bonds EXCEPT:

A)
Credit quality of the collateral.
B)
Issuer's debt structure.
C)
Local tax availability.



There is typically no collateral pledged to a general obligation municipal bond.


作者: 土豆妮    时间: 2010-4-20 14:27

Which of the following factors used to assess municipal tax-backed debt analyzes the issuer’s ability to manage general operating funds?

A)

Budgetary policy.

B)

Issuer's debt structure.

C)

Local tax and intergovernmental revenue availability.




The analysis of budgetary policy entails the assessment of the issuer’s ability to manage general operating funds.


作者: 土豆妮    时间: 2010-4-20 14:27

Which of the following securities is analyzed in much the same way as corporate bonds?

A)

Foreign currency debt securities.

B)

Municipal tax-backed debt.

C)

Municipal revenue bonds.




Revenue bonds are evaluated much like corporate bonds, because the primary concern is whether or not enough cash flow will be generated to satisfy the debt obligations.


作者: 土豆妮    时间: 2010-4-20 14:30

When assessing the risk of tax-backed municipal bonds, it is important to analyze all of the following factors EXCEPT:

A)

whether there are sufficient covenants to ensure revenues are not redirected for purposes other than the payment of tax-backed municipal bonds.

B)

the issuer's ability and political discipline to maintain a sound budgetary policy.

C)

evaluating the issuer's socioeconomic environment.




When evaluating tax-backed debt the analyst should assess the issuer’s debt structure, budgetary policy, local tax and intergovernmental revenue availability, and the issuer’s socioeconomic environment.






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