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01Question

How banks earn, and how loans go bad

A bank holds ৳8,00,000 of loans earning 9% funded by ৳7,20,000 of deposits costing 4%. What is net interest income?

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02Question

How banks earn, and how loans go bad

A portfolio of ৳10,00,000 has a 3% probability of default and a 60% loss given default. What is the expected loss?

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03Question

How banks earn, and how loans go bad

Net income is ৳17,400 and equity is ৳80,000. What is return on equity, in percent?

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04Question

How banks earn, and how loans go bad

Which change lowers a bank's net interest margin, all else equal?

05Question

Fintech: payments, wallets, and digital lending

A loan earns ৳1,800, expected loss is ৳500, and servicing costs ৳300. What is the contribution per loan?

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06Question

Fintech: payments, wallets, and digital lending

Fixed platform costs are ৳25,00,000 a month and contribution per loan is ৳1,000. How many loans are needed to break even each month?

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07Question

Fintech: payments, wallets, and digital lending

A platform processes ৳5,00,000,000 at a 0.35% merchant rate and incurs ৳10,00,000 of transaction cost. What is the net monthly revenue?

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08Question

Fintech: payments, wallets, and digital lending

Why is fraud more dangerous in instant payments than in card payments?

09Question

Forwards, futures, and how hedging works

An asset costs ৳100 today and the one-year rate is 8%. Ignoring storage, what is the no-arbitrage forward price?

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10Question

Forwards, futures, and how hedging works

A call has a strike of ৳600 and a premium of ৳25. The underlying finishes at ৳680. What is the net profit per unit?

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11Question

Forwards, futures, and how hedging works

A farmer sells futures on 1,000 tonnes at ৳32,000. The spot price at harvest is ৳29,000. What are total proceeds, including the futures gain?

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12Question

Forwards, futures, and how hedging works

Which best describes the difference between a future and a forward?

13Question

Cost-volume-profit analysis

Rise Bakery sells each box for ৳60 with a variable cost of ৳24. What is the contribution margin per box?

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14Question

Cost-volume-profit analysis

With fixed costs of ৳120,000 and a contribution margin of ৳36, what is the break-even volume in boxes? Round to two decimals.

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15Question

Cost-volume-profit analysis

At 5,000 boxes, what is the monthly operating profit?

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16Question

Cost-volume-profit analysis

Which single change lowers the break-even volume?

17Question

Bond pricing and yield

A 2-year bond has a ৳1,000 face value and a 10% coupon, and the market yield is 10%. What is its price?

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18Question

Bond pricing and yield

The same 2-year, 10% coupon bond now yields 12%. What is its price? Round to two decimals.

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19Question

Bond pricing and yield

Using the ৳966.20 price and the ৳100 annual coupon, what is the current yield? Answer as a percentage, rounded to two decimals.

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20Question

Bond pricing and yield

Rates are expected to fall. Which bond should gain the most in price?

21Question

Financial ratios, explained simply

Current assets are ৳420,000 and current liabilities are ৳260,000. What is the current ratio? Round to two decimals.

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22Question

Financial ratios, explained simply

Net income is ৳90,000 and shareholders' equity is ৳600,000. What is ROE as a percentage? Round to one decimal.

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23Question

Financial ratios, explained simply

Which ratio best measures how much a business relies on borrowing?

24Question

Exchange rates, parity, and the cost of crossing borders

The spot rate is 118 taka per dollar, the taka rate is 9%, and the dollar rate is 4%. What is the one-year parity forward rate?

taka/USD

25Question

Exchange rates, parity, and the cost of crossing borders

Home inflation is 7% and foreign inflation is 3%. From a spot rate of 118, what spot rate does relative purchasing power parity suggest after one year?

taka/USD

26Question

Exchange rates, parity, and the cost of crossing borders

You convert ৳1,00,000 at a spot rate of 118 taka per dollar. How many dollars do you receive, to two decimals?

USD

27Question

Exchange rates, parity, and the cost of crossing borders

Which parity links spot rates, forward rates, and interest rates?

28Question

Financial modelling and integrated statements

Revenue is ৳100,000,000 and the model grows it 12%. What is the forecast revenue?

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29Question

Financial modelling and integrated statements

Using the forecast revenue of ৳112,000,000, a 40% gross margin, opex of 25% of revenue, interest of ৳3,600,000, and a 25% tax rate, what is net income?

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30Question

Financial modelling and integrated statements

A model's balance-check row shows 1,240 instead of 0. What does that tell you?

31Question

Cost of capital and WACC

The risk-free rate is 5%, beta is 1.2, and the expected market return is 11%. What is the cost of equity?

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32Question

Cost of capital and WACC

Pre-tax cost of debt is 8% and the tax rate is 25%. What is the after-tax cost of debt?

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33Question

Cost of capital and WACC

With 60% equity at a cost of 12.2% and 40% debt at an after-tax cost of 6%, what is WACC?

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34Question

Cost of capital and WACC

A division is clearly riskier than the group average. Which discount rate should its project use?

35Question

Valuing a business: multiples and discounted cash flow

A peer trades at 7.5 times EBITDA and the target earns ৳40,00,000 of EBITDA. What is the enterprise value?

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36Question

Valuing a business: multiples and discounted cash flow

The enterprise value is ৳3,00,00,000 and net debt is ৳80,00,000. What is the equity value?

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37Question

Valuing a business: multiples and discounted cash flow

Free cash flow next year is ৳25,00,000, the cost of capital is 12%, and growth is 4%. What is the value using the perpetuity growth formula?

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38Question

Valuing a business: multiples and discounted cash flow

Which multiple is least affected by differences in capital structure?

39Question

Valuing a business: multiples and discounted cash flow

Equity is worth ৳2,32,50,000 across 1,00,000 shares. What is the value per share?

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40Question

Bond duration and interest-rate risk

A bond has a modified duration of 5.2 years. Roughly what percentage price change follows a rise in yield of one percentage point? Include the sign.

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41Question

Bond duration and interest-rate risk

৳1,000 face value, 6% annual coupon, ten years to maturity, priced at a 6% yield. What is the modified duration in years, to two decimals?

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42Question

Bond duration and interest-rate risk

Two bonds have identical yields. Which falls most in price if the yield rises by one percentage point?

43Question

The dividend discount model

A share just paid a dividend of ৳32 and dividends grow at 6% a year. What is next year's dividend, D₁?

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44Question

The dividend discount model

With D₁ of ৳33.92, a required return of 13%, and growth of 6%, what is the value per share? Round to two decimals.

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45Question

The dividend discount model

If the shares trade at ৳500 while D₁ is ৳33.92 and growth is 6%, what required return does the price imply? Answer as a percentage, rounded to two decimals.

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46Question

The dividend discount model

Which company does the Gordon growth model fit best?

47Question

Market, credit, and liquidity risk

Rate-sensitive assets are ৳500 million and rate-sensitive liabilities are ৳620 million. If rates rise by 1 percentage point, what is the change in net interest income, in ৳ million?

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48Question

Market, credit, and liquidity risk

A position is worth ৳10,00,000 with a daily standard deviation of 1.6%. Using a 95% multiplier of 1.645, what is the one-day value at risk?

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49Question

Market, credit, and liquidity risk

High-quality liquid assets are ৳6,00,000 and stressed net outflows over 30 days are ৳5,00,000. What is the liquidity coverage ratio, in percent?

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50Question

Market, credit, and liquidity risk

Which statement about value at risk is correct?

51Question

The time value of money

At an 8% annual rate, what is ৳10,000 worth after 2 years? Round to the nearest taka.

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52Question

The time value of money

What is the present value of ৳5,000 received in 3 years at a 6% annual rate? Round to two decimals.

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53Question

The time value of money

Which change makes a future cash flow worth less today, holding the amount fixed?

54Question

Portfolio risk and diversification

Two assets are held in equal weights. Each has a volatility of 20% and their correlation is 0.3. What is the portfolio volatility, in percent, to one decimal place?

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55Question

Portfolio risk and diversification

An asset's covariance with the market is 0.045 and the market's variance is 0.02. What is its beta?

56Question

Portfolio risk and diversification

Which component of risk does the market reward?

57Question

Operating and financial leverage

Contribution is ৳1,845,000 and EBIT is ৳1,065,000. What is the degree of operating leverage? Round to two decimals.

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58Question

Operating and financial leverage

EBIT is ৳1,065,000 and interest is ৳313,500. What is the degree of financial leverage? Round to two decimals.

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59Question

Operating and financial leverage

Profit before tax is ৳751,500, the tax rate is 25%, and there are 500,000 shares. What is earnings per share? Round to two decimals.

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60Question

Operating and financial leverage

A firm with high combined leverage expects a sales downturn. What does the measurement warn?

61Question

Ethics, conflicts of interest, and the numbers that miss the point

There is a 15% chance of a ৳1,20,00,000 penalty. What is the expected fine?

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62Question

Ethics, conflicts of interest, and the numbers that miss the point

The expected fine of ৳18,00,000 lands in two years. At a 10% discount rate, what is its present value?

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63Question

Ethics, conflicts of interest, and the numbers that miss the point

Which situation is a conflict of interest?

64Question

Ethics, conflicts of interest, and the numbers that miss the point

You find a material error in a report due for release. What is the correct first step?

65Question

Risk, return, and diversification

An investment returns 20% with probability 0.5 and 0% with probability 0.5. What is the expected return as a percentage?

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66Question

Risk, return, and diversification

A bond returns 12% while inflation is 4%. Using the Fisher relationship, what is the real return as a percentage? Round to two decimals.

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67Question

Risk, return, and diversification

Diversification mainly removes which kind of risk?

68Question

Working capital and everyday operations

Current assets are ৳420,000 and current liabilities are ৳260,000. What is net working capital?

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69Question

Working capital and everyday operations

Inventory days are 50, receivable days are 50, and payable days are 30. What is the cash conversion cycle in days?

days

70Question

Working capital and everyday operations

Which action shortens the cash conversion cycle?

71Question

Behavioural finance and decision bias

What does ৳1,000,000 become after 20 years at 9% a year, compounded annually? Round to the nearest taka.

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72Question

Behavioural finance and decision bias

What does ৳500,000 become after 10 years at 10% a year, compounded annually? Round to the nearest taka.

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73Question

Behavioural finance and decision bias

A project has already spent ৳2,000,000 and needs another ৳500,000 to finish, after which it will return ৳400,000. What should the decision turn on?

74Question

Break-even analysis

Fixed costs are ৳90,000, price is ৳180, and variable cost is ৳70. What is the contribution margin per unit?

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75Question

Break-even analysis

Using the same figures, what is the break-even number of orders? Round to two decimals.

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76Question

Break-even analysis

At 1,200 orders, with a ৳110 contribution margin and ৳90,000 fixed costs, what is the monthly profit?

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77Question

Break-even analysis

Which change lowers the break-even volume?

78Question

Net present value, clearly explained

A project costs ৳10,000 and returns ৳6,000 at the end of each of the next two years. At 10%, what is the NPV? Round to two decimals.

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79Question

Net present value, clearly explained

A project costs ৳8,000 and returns ৳5,000 at each year-end for two years. At 10%, what is the NPV? Round to two decimals.

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80Question

Net present value, clearly explained

For a project with positive future cash flows, what does a higher discount rate do to NPV?

81Question

Compound interest vs simple interest

Using simple interest, what does ৳10,000 grow to after 3 years at 8%?

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82Question

Compound interest vs simple interest

Using compound interest, what does ৳10,000 grow to after 3 years at 8%? Round to two decimals.

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83Question

Compound interest vs simple interest

Which statement best explains why compounding pulls ahead over time?

84Question

IRR, MIRR, and payback

An investment of ৳120,000 returns ৳45,000, ৳50,000, ৳50,000, ৳40,000, and ৳30,000. What is the payback period in years? Round to two decimals.

years

85Question

IRR, MIRR, and payback

The same project has an IRR of 24.92% and the cost of capital is 10%. By how many percentage points does the IRR exceed the hurdle rate? Round to two decimals.

pp

86Question

IRR, MIRR, and payback

What does an IRR of 24.92% mean?

87Question

IRR, MIRR, and payback

Two projects are mutually exclusive and differ greatly in scale. Which metric should decide?

88Question

Reading the three financial statements

Which statement shows what a business owns and owes at a single date?

89Question

Reading the three financial statements

Revenue of ৳100,000 grows 10% a year for two years. What is the revenue in year two?

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90Question

Reading the three financial statements

A company records a credit sale. What happens immediately?