3I0-012

3I0-012 practice questions, page 13 of 30, with answer review and explanations.

Question 61

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Unilateral collateral obligations to sovereign counterparties provide liquidity to banks.
  2. Under Basel III commercial banks are most likely to incur lower costs to service their sovereign clients.
  3. While banks usually do not call for collateral from sovereign counterparties, they must provide collateral for the offsetting hedge transactions which are undertaken with commercial counterparties.
  4. Uncollateralised exposures to sovereign counterparties will not require additional regulatory capital to be set aside against potential credit losses

Question 62

Which one of the following statements about interest rate movements is true?

  1. An upward parallel shift of interest rates will cause a loss of income if the rate-sensitivity of a bank’s liabilities is higher than the rate-sensitivity of its assets.
  2. A bank will lose income if it has more rate-sensitive liabilities than rate-sensitive assets.
  3. Falling interest rates will always result in mark-to-market profits on short positions in fixed rate securities.
  4. Rising interest rates can result in mark-to-market losses on fixed-rate assets.

Question 63

Under Basel rules, what is the meaning of EEPE?

  1. Effective Expected Potential Exposure
  2. Effective Expected Positive Exposure
  3. Effective Expected Price Earning
  4. Effective Expected Payment Exposure

Question 64

The major risk to the effectiveness of netting is:

  1. Credit risk
  2. Settlement risk
  3. Liquidity risk
  4. Legal risk

Question 65

Which of the following methods is a means of credit risk mitigation?

  1. entering into a plain vanilla IRS
  2. entering into collateral agreements
  3. hedging a portfolio’s USD exposure
  4. investing only in sizeable and liquid markets