Question 1

Explain why one would need to be able to compute currency exchanges,why direct quote spot currency exchange rates,and when triangular arbitrage may be possible.

Accepted Answer

To buy and sell products internationally...

Question 2

An exchange rate regime where the country's central bank allows its currency price to float freely between an upper and lower bound and may buy or sell large amounts of it in order to provide price support or resistance is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  forward exchange regime.
B)  purchasing parity regime.
C)  freely floating regime.
D)  managed floating regime.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Purchasing Power Parity If the current spot rate between the U.S.dollar and the Netherland Antilles guilder was $1 = 1.68 guilder,and if the inflation rate in the United States was 1 percent and in the Netherland Antilles it was 6 percent,then what would be the expected spot rate in one year?

Accepted Answer

A)  $0.5952
B)  $0.5654
C)  $0.6250
D)  $0.6571E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Currency Exchange Compute the amount of foreign currency that can be purchased for $600,000:
1 Korean won = $0.001045

Accepted Answer

A)  627,000 won
B)  627 won
C)  5,741,640 won
D)  574,162,679.4 wonE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Currency Exchange Compute the amount of foreign currency that can be purchased for $1,300,000:
1 Thai baht = $0.03057

Accepted Answer

A)  39,741 baht
B)  1,339,741 baht
C)  1,260,259 baht
D)  42,525,351.65 bahtE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Compute the number of dollars that can be bought with 1 million of each foreign currency units:
• $1 = 3.9 Saudi Arabian riyal
• $1 = 0.52 Philippine peso
• $1 = 0.75 Latvian lat

Accepted Answer

A)  $258,410.26; $1,923,076.92; $1,333,888.33
B)  $256,410.26; $1,928,076.92; $1,333,333.33
C)  $256,410.26; $1,923,076.92; $1,333,333.33
D)  $258,410.26; $1,928,076.92; $1,333,333.33E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Tools that multinationals can use to help them reduce the risks inherent in making investments in foreign countries include:

Accepted Answer

A)  options.
B)  hedges.
C)  swaps.
D)  All of these are tools that multinationals can use to help them reduce the risks inherent in making investments in foreign countries.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

If you are told that $1 will buy 25 Korean wons,then you were given a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)  indirect quote.
B)  direct quote.
C)  cross-rate.
D)  none of the above.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Exam 19: International Corporate Finance

Purchasing Power Parity If the current spot rate between the U.S.dollar and the Netherland Antilles guilder was $1 = 1.68 guilder,and if the inflation rate in the United States was 1 percent and in the Netherland Antilles it was 6 percent,then what would be the expected spot rate in one year?

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Currency Exchange Compute the amount of foreign currency that can be purchased for $600,000: 1 Korean won = $0.001045

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An exchange rate regime where the country's central bank allows its currency price to float freely between an upper and lower bound and may buy or sell large amounts of it in order to provide price support or resistance is referred to as:

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Explain why one would need to be able to compute currency exchanges,why direct quote spot currency exchange rates,and when triangular arbitrage may be possible.

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Compute the number of dollars that can be bought with 1 million of each foreign currency units: • $1 = 3.9 Saudi Arabian riyal • $1 = 0.52 Philippine peso • $1 = 0.75 Latvian lat

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Currency Exchange Compute the amount of foreign currency that can be purchased for $1,300,000: 1 Thai baht = $0.03057

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If you are told that $1 will buy 25 Korean wons,then you were given a(n) :

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Tools that multinationals can use to help them reduce the risks inherent in making investments in foreign countries include:

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Purchasing Power Parity If the current spot rate between the U.S.dollar and the Netherland Antilles guilder was $1 = 1.68 guilder,and if the inflation rate in the United States was 1 percent and in the Netherland Antilles it was 6 percent,then what would be the expected spot rate in one year?

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Currency Exchange Compute the amount of foreign currency that can be purchased for $600,000: 1 Korean won = $0.001045

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An exchange rate regime where the country's central bank allows its currency price to float freely between an upper and lower bound and may buy or sell large amounts of it in order to provide price support or resistance is referred to as:

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Explain why one would need to be able to compute currency exchanges,why direct quote spot currency exchange rates,and when triangular arbitrage may be possible.

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Compute the number of dollars that can be bought with 1 million of each foreign currency units: • $1 = 3.9 Saudi Arabian riyal • $1 = 0.52 Philippine peso • $1 = 0.75 Latvian lat

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Currency Exchange Compute the amount of foreign currency that can be purchased for $1,300,000: 1 Thai baht = $0.03057

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If you are told that $1 will buy 25 Korean wons,then you were given a(n) :

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