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CTP AFP Certified Treasury Professional Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

Prepare effectively for your AFP CTP Certified Treasury Professional certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2025, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.

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The treasury objectives of Company ABC are to ensure liquidity and produce a profit. The board of directors is allowing the treasury department to actively take a position on the direction of the market to make a profit. Which strategy is the company employing?

A.

Arbitrage

B.

Forecasting

C.

Hedging

D.

Speculation

A company has entered into a loan syndication agreement with four banks. The agreement states the company must maintain certain covenants, and a breach of any covenant will terminate the loan immediately. What is the BEST course of action for the treasurer?

A.

Adopt electronic payment methods.

B.

Ensure an accurate cash forecast.

C.

Ensure segregation of duties.

D.

Implement safekeeping for securities.

When a company decides to discontinue a product line or divest of a subsidiary, it has made what type of corporate financial decision?

A.

Accounting

B.

Financing

C.

Funding

D.

Investment

Individuals authorized to open and close bank accounts MUST match:

A.

the Articles of Incorporation or other formation documents.

B.

the members of the board of directors.

C.

the delegation of authority outlined in a board resolution passed by the board of directors.

D.

the roles and responsibilities of treasury personnel as outlined in the treasury policy.

Which of the following concentration transfer alternatives provide the fastest availability of funds?

A.

Point-of-sale terminal transfers

B.

Electronic depository transfers

C.

Wire transfers

D.

Value-added banks

Subtracting dividends from net income available to common shareholders is reflected as a change to which of the following balance sheet items?

A.

Treasury stock

B.

Paid-in capital

C.

Common stock at par value

D.

Retained earnings

What determines if the currencies of two countries will trade at a discount, at par, or at a premium in the forward market?

A.

Trade balance differential

B.

Spot rate differential

C.

Interest rate differential

D.

Tax rate differential

Which of the following methods of compensation is NOT used by banks in the United States?

A.

Account service fees

B.

Value dating

C.

Wire charges

D.

Check clearing charges

Company M operates a grocery distribution business on Main Street. As part of its business continuity plan, Company M intends to purchase insurance to cover the facility lease for its Main Street warehouse in the event it cannot operate for a period of time. What type of coverage should Company M purchase?

A.

Cost reimbursement insurance

B.

Business interruption insurance

C.

General liability insurance

D.

Fiduciary insurance

In order to control increased vulnerability to financial risk, a treasury analyst has been tasked with completing a policy statement on hedging foreign currency. Within this policy, a PRIMARY exposure that needs to be addressed is:

A.

balance sheet exposure.

B.

interest rate exposure on forecasted investments and borrowing.

C.

commodity pricing and availability exposure.

D.

income statement exposure.

A major publicly owned U.S. airline announces that it can no longer meet its pension obligations. Which organization will assume control of the airline’s pension plan?

A.

The PBGC

B.

The FDIC

C.

The CIEBA

D.

The DOL

Which one of the following is true of capital repatriation for multinational companies?

A.

Payment of dividends may not be taxed by host governments.

B.

Management fees paid by the subsidiary may require negotiation with the host government.

C.

Transfer pricing can be used to locate profits in subsidiaries in high tax jurisdictions.

D.

Intracompany loans which are paid back promptly may be considered dividends.

A company is looking for a technology solution to best link the different functional areas of its company. Which of the following solutions will BEST suit the company?

A.

Treasury management system (TMS)

B.

Enterprise resource planning system

C.

Bloomberg terminal

D.

Dashboards

A firm that thinks interest rates are going to rise is likely to:

A.

hold more fixed-rate investments than floating-rate investments.

B.

equally distribute its investments between fixed and floating rate.

C.

hold more floating-rate than fixed-rate investments.

An electronics firm realizes that due to adverse events projected over the next 18 months there is a 5% chance that its profits will decrease by $100,000. The company's beta is .08 and its cost of capital is 9%. What approach is the company MOST LIKELY using to determine its level of financial risk?

A.

Value at Risk

B.

Sensitivity analysis

C.

Scenario analysis

D.

Monte Carlo simulation

Pricing distortions, limited risk-sharing options, and capital controls are characteristics of:

A.

leading and lagging arrangements.

B.

government expropriation behaviors.

C.

exotic currencies.

D.

derivative markets.

A company's basic investment objectives should include all of the following EXCEPT:

A.

ensuring liquidity.

B.

optimizing returns.

C.

maximizing exposure.

D.

minimizing risk.

A company with operations throughout Europe uses banks that do not provide a full range of local banking services. What would be the BEST approach to concentrate cash?

A.

A system of lockboxes

B.

A SWIFT network

C.

A bank overlay structure

D.

An international dividend policy

XYZ Company's cash manager is evaluating cash concentration transfer options. The company has an 8% cost of funds and $50,000 in average daily field cash receipts. The wire transfer results in the transfer of funds one day faster. Which of the following options correctly ranks the transfer choices from most cost-effective to least cost-effective?

1. Electronic depository transfer costing $1.00

2. Electronic depository transfer costing $2.50

3. Wire transfer costing $8.00

4. Wire transfer costing $15.00

A.

1, 2, 3, 4

B.

1, 3, 2, 4

C.

3, 1, 2, 4

D.

3, 4, 1, 2

An investor relations manager reports to the:

A.

controller.

B.

treasurer.

C.

risk manager.

D.

chief financial officer.

An employee was targeted with a phishing scam, which was deleted and reported to the company's IT department. This shows the company's end-user computing policy includes which of the following?

A.

Use of an updated antivirus software

B.

Software version control and documentation requirements

C.

Training on how to identify business email compromise scams

Which of the following payment instruments is initiated by the payee rather than the payor?

A.

Travelers checks

B.

Pre-authorized drafts

C.

Government warrants

D.

Money orders

A company is evaluating its long-range plan and determined free cash flow is tight in years one and two, while more favorable in years three through five. Its financial institution has offered an attractive interest rate on a term loan with a maturity option for both two and five years. What is a good financing option for this company?

A.

Two-year term loan with a balloon payment

B.

Five-year term loan with a balloon payment

C.

Two-year term loan with standard amortization

D.

Five-year term loan with standard amortization

A U.S.-based importer, whose functional currency is USD, has an FX exposure in GBP related to a GBP denominated payment it will need to make in 120 days. As the company's treasurer is uncertain as to the exchange rate movements between the two currencies, he has decided to hedge the exposure. To do so, the treasurer has decided to purchase futures contracts at today's GBP/USD FX rate and will hold the contracts for 120 days until which the position will be liquidated in order to settle the GBP payable. If the GBP were to strengthen against the USD over the 120 day holding period, will this result in a positive or negative mark to market change on the futures position? Will this increase or decrease the total cost of the USD denominated payable?

A.

Positive mark to market change; it will decrease the total cost of the denominated payable

B.

Negative mark to market change; it will increase the total cost of the denominated payable

C.

Positive mark to market change; it will have no impact on the total cost of the denominated payable

D.

Negative mark to market change; it will have no impact on the total cost of the denominated payable

All of the following are methods of financing accounts receivable EXCEPT:

A.

unsecured borrowing

B.

securitization

C.

standby letter of credit

D.

third-party financing

Without regard to costs, which of the following concentration mechanisms maximizes investment income in a multi-bank environment?

A.

Wire transfer

B.

Zero balance account

C.

ACH

D.

DTC

In comparing the U.S. banking system and foreign banking systems, which of the following statements is true?

A.

Most foreign banking systems do not have central banks.

B.

Foreign banking systems typically have more financial institutions than the U.S.

C.

Foreign banking systems are not permitted to own equity investments in corporations and U.S. banks are.

D.

Many foreign banking systems allow notional pooling and U.S. banks do not.

The treasurer at Company ABC would like to assess the quality of the company's A/R at an aggregate level by knowing how long the company takes to convert a credit sale into cash. Identify which method the treasurer should use and calculate the result by using the following information regarding Company ABC:

Annual Revenue = $4,500,000

Annual Credit Sales = $3,800,000

Accounts Receivable = $800,000

A.

Days' Receivable; 64.89 days

B.

Days' Sales Outstanding; 76.84 days

C.

Days' Receivable; 355.39 days

D.

Days' Sales Outstanding; 432.24 days

To monitor financial institution service quality, a company would use all of the following measures EXCEPT:

A.

report cards.

B.

an earnings allowance rate.

C.

annual senior management reviews.

D.

informal reviews on day-to-day relationship management.

Since inception, an automobile manufacturer receives all of its parts from the leading industry supplier. What type of risk will the company reduce if it uses an additional distributor?

A.

Strategic

B.

Employee

C.

Reputation

D.

Counterparty

An assistant treasurer is working to reduce the annual costs for the company's line of credit. The target is to reduce it by 10%. Under the existing credit facility agreement, the cost of the revolving line is:

1. Interest rate on outstanding balance (all in rate): 3.75%

2. Commitment fee of 0.25% on the unused portion of the line.

The expected average use of the line is $1,300,000 and the total amount of the credit facility is $6,000,000. What would be the new credit line to achieve the 10% reduction in total cost?

A.

$3,222,000

B.

$3,580,000

C.

$3,352,000

D.

$3,450,000

Ensuring that a message was not modified in transit and that stored information has NOT been improperly modified or deleted is referred to as:

A.

certification.

B.

data integrity.

C.

multifactor authentication.

D.

PCI DSS compliance.

A multinational company is considering a change to several of its international subsidiaries in terms of their banking relationships. The treasurer wants to increase visibility and improve controls globally. A distinct advantage would be to establish security administrators at headquarters and switch all bank users for the company to multi-factor authentication. What will the company need to do in order to implement out-of-band controls and scale this practice for all of its users?

A.

Provide the bank its office IP addresses.

B.

Ask the bank to setup special passwords for the users.

C.

Require users to store their passwords with a secure password software.

D.

Provide and register cell phones for each bank user to receive passcodes.

A Treasury Management System (TMS) is used to:

A.

obtain account balances.

B.

translate EDI documents.

C.

review bank availability schedules.

D.

open new bank accounts.

A decrease in the accounts receivable from one period to the next is considered to be:

A.

an increase in a liability recorded on the balance sheet.

B.

a decrease of funds from financing activities.

C.

a source of funds recorded on the statement of cash flows.

Banks offer image exchange as a means to accelerate deposits for their customers. If a customer seeks to take advantage of this service, what should the customer implement?

A.

Check conversion

B.

Re-presented check entry

C.

Remote deposit

D.

Time drafts

Which of the following is an example of a company's internal data used for cash management?

A.

Investment schedules

B.

Money market rates

C.

Incoming wire transfers

D.

Returned deposited items

A company that has a nationwide workforce may use which of the following methods for disbursing payroll to minimize the number of bank accounts?

I. Payable through draft

II. Multiple drawee checks

III. ACH credit transfers

A.

I only

B.

II only

C.

I and III only

D.

II and III only

An inverted yield curve occurs when which of the following is true?

A.

As rates on current issues rise, the price of existing issues falls.

B.

In anticipation of lower long-term rates, investors push short-term rates down.

C.

The longer the maturity of the investment, the greater the risk of a price decline.

D.

The longer the maturity of the investment, the lower the rate of return.

All of the following items may be found on an income statement EXCEPT:

A.

cost of goods sold.

B.

prepaid expenses.

C.

interest expense.

D.

taxes.

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