Brokerage fee charged by a stockbroker is an example of:

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Margin profit
Insurance premium
Transaction cost
Capital expenditure

The three broad categories of financial assets are:

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Debt, equity and money market securities
Corporate securities, derivatives and equity
Debt, equity and derivatives
long-term debt and equity and money market securities

Companies that have capitalization amounts of more than $2 billion are known as _________.
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Small cap companies
Mid cap companies
Growth companies
Large cap companies

In which of the following cases will the buy decision be taken?

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Where the intrinsic value is greater than the current market price as the asset is undervalued
Where the intrinsic value is lesser than the current market price as the asset is overvalued
Where the intrinsic value is equivalent to the current market price as the asset is acquired
Where the current market price has doubled from the intrinsic value as the asset is distributed

Which of the following index is price weighted?

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New York Stock Exchange Composite

Dow Jones Industrial Average
Standards and Poors Index
Russell 3000 Index

Which of the following ratios that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its
share price?
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Dividend per share

Dividend yield ratio
Dividend coverage ratio
Dividend earned ratio

Which of the following statements hold TRUE for spread?

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It is the price asked by a seller of securities from buyers
It is the quoted price in an order to buy shares of a company
It is the rate at which a dealer will buy the base currency
It is the difference between the bid and ask price

Which of the following statements also takes into account some non-cash accounting items such as
depreciation?
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Income Statement
Cash Flow Statement
Balance Sheet
Statement of Owners Equity

Which of the following shows brokerage fees charged by a stockbroker?

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Margin profit
An insurance premium
Transaction costs
Capital expenditure

In which of the following cases will the sell decision be taken?

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Where the intrinsic value is greater than the current market price as the asset is undervalued
Where the intrinsic value is lesser than the current market price as the asset is overvalued
Where the intrinsic value is equivalent to the current market price as the asset is acquired
Where the current market price has doubled from the intrinsic value as the asset is distributed

All of the following is required to calculate the present value figure, EXCEPT:
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The amount of future cash flows
The length of time
The discount rate
The retained earnings

___________ are financial intermediaries that hold a portfolio of securities on behalf of their shareholders.
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Growth companies
Value companies
Investment companies
Banking companies

Which of the following trading systems is used by the Lahore Stock Exchange?
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ISECTS
LOTS
KATS
PETS
Which of the following ratios would not be used to draw a conclusion about a company's managerial
effectiveness?
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Net margin
Price-Earnings Ratio
Return on equity
Return on Investment (not sure)

If a company decides to issue new securities, these should be issued in:

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Primary market
Secondary market
Third market
Fourth market

Apart from the balance sheet or retained earnings what else must the financial analyst take into
consideration in fundamental analysis?

The assortment track record

The previous track record
The crowbar track record
The advisor track record

Which of the following always involve predicting an uncertain future and mistakes will be made and outlooks will
differ?
Fundamental analysis
Technical analysis
Security analysis
Vertical analysis

Which of the following is a payment to owners in stock?

Penny stock
Stock dividend
Stock flicker
Stock ticker

In which of the following approaches the capitalization of income is done?

Present value approach
Multiple of earning approach
Communicative approach
Integrated eclectic approach

Which of the following is NOT true about technical analysis?

It requires some subjective decision-making
It requires much accounting information
Its success would mean markets are not efficient
Technical analysis is older than fundamental analysis

Which of the following terms refer to the recurring and fluctuating levels of economic activity that an economy
experiences over a long period of time?
Claims cycle
Reaction cycle
Business cycle
Capital cycle

A technical analysis term pattern to describe a chart formation in which a stock's price rises to a peak and
subsequently declines, then the price rises above the former peak and again declines. And finally, rises again, but
not to the second peak and declines once more is known as:
Head and shoulder
Resistance and support
Double ups
Triangles

Which of the following is NOT a type of bond?

Tertiary bond
Bearer bond
Fixed income bond
Euro bond

Which of the following statements record performance over a period of time?

Cash flow and statement of owners equity
Cash flow and income statements
Balance sheet and income statement
Cash flow statement and balance sheet

Which of the following represents the total amount that may be distributed to its shareholders?
Other income
Net income
Extraordinary income
Operating income

The circuit breaker that is applied where stock prices in the market are dropping is known as which of
the following?

Starter
Floor
Ceiling
Simulator

All of the following are the broad sectors of stocks, EXCEPT:

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Interest-sensitive stocks
Consumer durable stocks
Capital goods stocks
Hostile stocks

Which order will be executed automatically at the current bid or ask price?
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Limit order
Market order
Stop order
Good till cancelled

A degree of informational efficiency which states that future stock prices cannot be predicted by analyzing price
from the past is known as:
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Strong form efficiency
Weak form efficiency
Semi strong form efficiency
None of the given options

In which of the following markets do the investor cannot short sell?

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Target market
Historic market
Borough market
Regular market

Which of the following statement is FALSE regarding bond duration?

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Duration is shorter than maturity for all bonds except zero coupon bonds
Duration is equal to maturity for zero coupon bonds
Duration is directly related to coupon yield
Duration is measured in years

Which of the following is NOT the technical indicator?

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Moving Average Convergence/Divergence
Relative Strength Index
On Balance Volume
Broadening Formation

Which of the following charts give the economic information on weekly or yearly basis?
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Line charts
Bar charts
Pie charts
Symbol charts

In which of the following cases support occurs?

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Inability to recede prior high
Inability to break below prior low
Inability to surpass prior low
Capacity to surpass prior high

What is the relationship between price sensitivity and yield to maturity at which the bond is selling?
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It has a direct relationship
It has no relationship
It has a countless relationship
It has an inverse relationship

Which of the following statements hold TRUE for bid price?

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It is the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain security
It is the price at which an investor can buy units from the funded company
It is the price asked by a seller of securities from buyers
It is the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security

Which of the following is known as Secondary trend in Dow Theory?

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Wave
Triangle
Tide
Rounded bottom

Which of the following invest in undervalued stocks as determined by fundamental financial analysis?
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Growth funds
Value funds
Mutual funds
Hedge funds

Which of the following orders is used to secure your profits?

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Market order
Stop order
Limit order
Mitigate order

If an investor wants to avoid transaction costs, which of the following strategy should he opt?
Select correct option:
Active strategy
Passive strategy
Buy and hold strategy