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8009 PRMIA Exam IV: Case Studies: Standards: Governance, Best Practices and Ethics - 2015 Edition Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

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Mary Jones wants the Bylaws of PRMIA to be changed so that people can't join PRMIA unless they meet a set of criteria she has devised with her colleagues. She can do this by getting which of the following approvals:

A.

The Board of Directors, but only if the Blue Ribbon Panel affirms the change

B.

The Board of Directors and a majority of the Members

C.

The Board of Directors alone

D.

34 of all Members

As a PRMIA member, you have certain responsibilities. Among these are the requirement(s) to:

A.

Vote in Board elections

B.

Attend at least one PRMIA chapter meeting per year

C.

Adhere to the PRMIA Standards of Best Practice, Conduct and Ethics

D.

All of the above

According to LTCM managers:

A.

Stress Testing looked at the 12 biggest deals with each of their top 20 counterparties

B.

Stress Testing was not conducted

C.

Stress Testing was not necessary because their trades were hedged

D.

Stress Testing was elaborate, complex and conducted on their entire portfolio. It included the assumptions of a major breakdown in historical correlations

When supervising others, a PRMIA member must comply with

A.

PRMIA Standards

B.

the standards of the organization where the work is being performed

C.

his / her established personal standards of work approved in previous work situations

D.

local regulatory authority standards which may be less onerous than PRMIA standards

Which of the following is FALSE?

A.

Nick Leeson also ran the back office for his trading area

B.

Nick Leeson dealt in complex derivatives lacking transparency of pricing

C.

SIMEX made inquiries to Barings Bank about large margin calls on its positions

D.

Nick Leeson claimed to be running an arbitrage book

The problems at Bankgesellschaft Berlin can best be characterized as failures related to:

A.

Market Risk

B.

Credit Risk

C.

Operational Risk

D.

Both B and C

The Bankers Trust Case Study is about:

A.

overexposure to the real estate market

B.

large losses at the proprietary trading desk

C.

reliance on thinly traded derivatives to hedge

D.

failure to guard its clients' best interests

As LTCM started to have major losses, it compounded its problems by doing what?

A.

Trying to borrow more money from major money centre banks

B.

Issuing Subordinated Debt

C.

Returning capital to the general partners before others

D.

Unwinding its' more liquid trades thereby creating more liquidity risk overall

According to the PwC report China Aviation Oil, in order to avoid recording and reporting losses, the company adopted which approach covering up its losses?

A.

selling short-term options with extremely low-risk profiles to generate premiums to cover the cost of closing out loss-making option positions

B.

selling long-term options with extremely low-risk profiles to generate premiums to cover the cost of closing out loss-making option positions

C.

selling short-term options with extremely high-risk profiles to generate premiums to cover the cost of closing out loss-making option positions

D.

selling long-term options with extremely high-risk profiles to generate premiums to cover the cost of closing out loss-making option positions

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

The Basic Knowledge a PPRMIA member should comply with, as stipulated within the PRMIA Standards of Best Practice, Conduct & Ethics, is to

A.

only improve their PERSONAL professional competence

B.

maintains and improve their professional competence and strive to maintain and improve the competence of other risk professionals

C.

only possess the required skills and/or certification to complete the risk assessment / management work at hand

D.

learn from a qualified risk management practitioner

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

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%

As a result of the US government's intervention, which of the following is true?

A.

The cost of borrowing for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should decline because the government will be standing behind their debts and the buying and selling of mortgage debt will continue

B.

The cost of borrowing for house buyers will rise because of the risk premium now built into the cost of such a government guarantee

C.

The systemic risks still remain in the housing market because it increases the US government's debt

D.

Foreign Central Banks will continue to sell their holdings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities

The hedging strategy employed by MG Refining & Marketing has been called:

A.

Dynamic hedging

B.

A stacked hedge

C.

A differential hedge

D.

Nothing because MG Refining & Marketing did not hedge its position

Which of the following was NOT a factor in the National Australia Bank case?

A.

Rogue traders

B.

Improper or insufficient Board-level communication regarding the importance of risk management and oversight

C.

Inadequate back office procedures

D.

Money laundering using foreign exchange trades for political leaders

The Chief Risk Officer is responsible for the management of the Risk Management Infrastructure, and as such helps the Board define, and then implements throughout the organization, the risk appetite of the organization.

Which of the following is also the responsibility of the Chief Risk Officer?

A.

Maintaining appropriate assurance measures to ensure that the Governance and Risk framework of the organization is effective, and, if any shortcomings are discovered, to escalate these to the Board so that remedial action can be taken in an appropriate and timely manner

B.

ensuring that all employees understand the rules and regulations (both internal and external) with which they must comply and the implications, for them and for the organization, of non-compliance

C.

Ensures that reporting of risk and governance-related matters are produced in a timely and accurate manner

D.

Acts as sponsor for risk throughout the organization and ensures that a risk culture is implemented, and maintained

A VaR model for managing market risk at Barings Bank in London would most likely have:

A.

Alerted senior management to the problems before the major losses occurred

B.

Helped very little as Nick Leeson hid many trades

C.

Not correctly assessed the risk in Nick Leeson's option trades as they have non-linear price characteristics

D.

Been used if senior management had ever seen it

When considering the performance of Northern Rock within its peer group of banks, which of the following is not correct?

A.

Only a few months previously it had reported record profits.

B.

The quality of its' assets was never in question.

C.

For many years it was regarded as a star-performer in the financial markets.

D.

Its' loan loss record was poor by industry standards.

The Financial Accounting and Reporting Infrastructure of any organization must:

I. Accurately represent the corporation's current and known financial condition in a timely manner

II. Only use off-balance sheet transactions which have a legitimate economic, tax, risk transfer or risk mitigating purpose

III. Provide a detailed description of the Risk Management Infrastructure in the organization's Annual Report to Shareholders

IV. Provide an auditable Annual Statement of Compliance with the Board's publicly stated Standards of Corporate Governance to the Board and Audit Committee

A.

I, II and III only

B.

I, III and IV only

C.

I and III only

D.

All of these are expected of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Infrastructure

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