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8004 PRMIA PRM Certification - Exam IV: Case Studies; Standards: Governance, Best Practices and Ethics Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

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Which of the following are PRMIA Governance Principles?

I. Independence of Key Parties

II. Disclosure and Transparency

III. Internal Validation

IV. Solvency

A.

I and II only

B.

I, II and III only

C.

I, II and IV only

D.

All are PRMIA Governance Principles

Bankgesellschaft Berlin's failures can be best characterised as

A.

credit risk caused by overexposure to the property market

B.

credit risk caused by a diversified portfolio of poor-quality loans

C.

both A and B

D.

none of the above

The Fortress Re accounting risk transfer procedures

A.

made it straightforward for TFMI to determine whether risk had actually been transferred and they decided not to take out more catastrophe insurance cover

B.

made it difficult for TFMI to determine whether risk had actually been transferred so they had to take out additional catastrophe insurance cover

C.

made it straightforward for TFMI to determine when the risk had been transferred and to take out additional catastrophe insurance cover

D.

made it difficult for TFMI to determine whether risk had actually been transferred and whether it had sufficient catastrophe insurance cover

Which of the following are PRMIA Governance Principles?

I. Sufficiency of Key Resources and Process

II. State of the Art Risk Management Technology

III. Ongoing Education and Discernment

IV. Sufficiency of Key Competencies

A.

I, II and IV only

B.

I and II only

C.

I, III and IV only

D.

All of these are PRMIA Governance Principles

Unlike the case at Barings Bank, National Australia Bank:

A.

Had a risk management infrastructure that was credited with doing its' job well, despite the losses

B.

Was not dealing in derivatives

C.

Had a Board of Directors that was unaware of the true nature of trading activities

D.

Had a separation of duties between trading and back office

What was the main risk scenario on the Metallgesellschaft trading strategy?

A.

Realized losses on short-term contracts against unrealized gains on the long-run contract

B.

The final price of the underlying being higher than the initial price

C.

The initial price of the underlying being higher than the final price

D.

The short-term price of the underlying being higher than the long-run contract

The problems which initiated the crisis at Northern Rock during the summer of 2007 were:

A.

Large customer withdrawals despite the UK regulator and the UK Treasury giving assurances that the bank was solvent

B.

Doubts arising about the viability of the business model which necessitated Bank of England intervention

C.

A general lack of confidence in mortgage backed securities associated in large part with developments in the US sub-prime mortgage market, and doubts emerging about the viability of the Northern Rock business model

D.

A depositor run on the bank, following doubts about the viability of the Northern Rock business model

Which of the following best characterize the problems that developed at Bankers Trust?

A.

Volume growth at the expense of margin

B.

Excessive reliance on volatile and sophisticated derivatives

C.

A failure to try to protect their clients' interests

D.

Over exposure to the property market

Select the one correct statement relative to Barings Bank.

A.

Proprietary and agency trading were combined and therefore did not increase risk.

B.

Proprietary and agency trading were separate and therefore did not increase risk.

C.

Proprietary and agency trading were combined and therefore did increase risk.

D.

Proprietary and agency trading were separate and did increase risk.

Which of the following is part of the Group of 30 Report's market risk and stress testing recommendations?

A.

To be consistent with regulatory capital measures, 10-day holding periods should be standardized for VaR reporting

B.

Historic simulations are not effective methods of stress testing

C.

Stress tests should incorporate changes in liquidity

D.

Market risk VaR measures should be multiplied by 3 to get to a stress test figure, as long as the VaR model has been back-tested

How much of Washington Mutual's assets were funded by customer deposits for the decade ending in 2006?

A.

30%

B.

40%

C.

50%

D.

60%

For the sentence

"The organization should have at its disposal employees who have adequate _________, ________ and _______ to perform the tasks assigned to them",

Choose the correct combination of words from the following options:

A.

knowledge, skills, expertise

B.

experience, skills, previous successes

C.

risk appetite, knowledge, expertise

D.

track record, expertise, skills

When describing the reasons for the collapse of China Aviation Oil, which of the following was not cited?

A.

No properly defined risk management policies in place and general lack of oversight by senior management

B.

Time value was not taken into account during the contract valuation process

C.

Loss generating positions were rolled over by selling options on larger positions to generate cash premiums' to settle existing position losses

D.

Senior management in China were aware of the positions but did not understand the complexities of risk managing them

Every PRMIA chapter is designed to serve the local needs of members, so they often have fairly independent planning structures and ideas. According to the PRMIA Bylaws, Regional Chapters and Regional Directors:

A.

Can have their own offices, bylaws and regulations provided they do not conflict with those of PRMIA

B.

Can have meetings that only local members are allowed to attend

C.

Can sign contracts on behalf of PRMIA without prior approval from the Board of Directors

D.

All of the above

Which of the following best characterizes the problems that developed at Bankgesellschaft Berlin?

A.

Volume growth at the expense of margin.

B.

Excessive reliance on volatile trading income.

C.

Banking is a "for-profit" business, not a means of fulfilling political goals.

D.

A company culture where profits may justify "excesses."

National Australia Bank and Barings cases are similar in that:

A.

Losses kept increasing while rogue trader(s) hid their positions

B.

The back offices had inadequate procedures

C.

Both A and B

D.

None of the above

Metallgesellschaft's retail contracts were

A.

unhedged

B.

hedged using exchange-traded futures with longer maturities than the retail contracts

C.

hedged using exchange-traded futures with shorter maturities than the retail contracts

D.

fully hedged using exchange-traded futures of the same maturities as the retail contracts

A risk manager is asked to analyze the credit risk of a convertible bond. The risk manager has never analyzed convertible bonds, but does have significant expertise in credit risk. The risk manager accepts the assignment, finds a paper on the subject through the PRMIA web site and copies the method used there. The risk manager completes the assignment and delivers a report to his or her direct supervisor and the supervisor is quite pleased.

According to the PRMIA Standards of Best Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Code of Conduct), this was acceptable behavior if the following conditions were met:

I. The risk manager disclosed the lack of knowledge about convertible bonds

II. The methodology employed is disclosed and explained

III. The report was just to be used for analysis and not in practice

IV. The risk manager was sure of his/her understanding of the paper found on the web

A.

I and II

B.

I, II and IV

C.

I, II and III

D.

I only

Boards, including Audit and Risk Committees must:

I. Clearly articulate the corporate risk appetite to senior management

II. Thoroughly review compensation plans of potentially "highly compensated positions" for consistency with corporate risk appetite, competitive market conditions and fiduciary responsibility to shareholders

III. Have a single member formally given responsibility for understanding and reporting the effectiveness of the corporation's risk management infrastructure

IV. Be fully accountable to shareholders and work to the benefit of public good and financial stability

A.

I and II only

B.

I, II and IV only

C.

I, II and III only

D.

All of these are responsibilities of Board and Audit Committees

Which of the following was a key problem in the Barings Bank case?

A.

Having the back office and front office operations under the same person

B.

Difference in the contract sizes in the OSE and SIMEX

C.

The different time zones that the office was trading in

D.

Leeson was executing an arbitrage strategy even though he was not authorized to do so

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