R42 练习: 权益证券概述

考纲范围

  • describe characteristics of types of equity securities
  • describe differences in voting rights and other ownership characteristics among different equity classes
  • compare and contrast public and private equity securities
  • describe methods for investing in non-domestic equity securities
  • compare the risk and return characteristics of different types of equity securities
  • explain the role of equity securities in the financing of a company’s assets
  • contrast the market value and book value of equity securities
  • compare a company’s cost of equity, its (accounting) return on equity, and investors’ required rates of return

Q1.

Which of the following shares are known to have residual claim?

A. The common shares.

B. The debt obligation.

C. The preferred shares.


Q2.

Which of the following is not a characteristics of preference shares?

A. The dividends are fixed.

B. They provide shareholders with the opportunity to participate in major corporate governance decisions.

C. Preference shares can be perpetual.


Q3.

Cumulative preference shares give shareholders the rights to:

A. receive the unpaid dividends in previous years and must be paid in full before dividends on common shares.

B. receive an additional dividend if the company’s profits exceed a predetermined level.

C. convert their shares into a specified number of common shares.


Q4.

The equity voting right system that allows shareholders to distribute their total voting rights to different candidates is referred to:

A. statutory voting.

B. cumulative voting.

C. proxy voting.


Q5.

Which of following statements is most accurate regarding putable common shares?

A. Putable common shares is less risky than callable common shares for investors.

B. Putable common shares give investors the right to sell its shares to other investors at a predetermined price.

C. Putable common shares give issuing company the option to buy back shares from investors at a predetermined price.


Q6.

George is the founder of a company. He has 10% ownership of this firm but 60% voting rights. This may be the results of:

A. different classes of common shares.

B. statutory voting.

C. cumulative voting.


Q7.

All of the following are characteristics of private equity securities except:

A. they are issued primarily to institutional investors via non-public offerings.

B. they are highly liquid.

C. there is no active secondary market for these securities.


Q8.

Which type of the following private equity investments is most associated with unlisted stocks?

A. Venture capital

B. Leveraged buyouts

C. Private investment in public equity


Q9.

Which of the following characteristic most likely belongs to the unsponsored depository receipts?

A. The foreign company has a direct involvement in the issuance.

B. Investors don’t have voting rights.

C. Investors can convert unsponsored DRs into common shares.


Q10.

Which of the following statements is not a characteristic of Level III ADRS?

A. They are traded on the exchanges.

B. They have a high listing fee.

C. They allow companies to raise capital through private placements to qualified institutional buyers.


Q11.

From an issuer’s point of view, which kind of the following preference shares is most risky?

A. Putable preference shares

B. Callable preference shares

C. Non-callable preference shares


Q12.

A company is least likely to issue new shares for the purpose of:

A. making acquisitions for a peer company.

B. implementing ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan).

C. increasing company’s share price.


Q13.

Which of the following statements regarding the value of equity is most accurate?

A. Book value of equity is the stock trading price times number of shares outstanding.

B. Book value and market value are rarely equal.

C. Management actions can directly affect the market value of equity.


Q14.

The value of equity securities can be measured by market value or book value. The market value:

A. is directly influenced by company’s management team.

B. reflects investors’ expectation of the company’s future cash flows.

C. equaling book value is the ultimate goal of management.


Q15.

David Smith, CFA, is an equity analyst at Golden Investment. He is estimating the cost of equity of a public company, Greenland. Which of the following statements made by Smith is most likely accurate?

A. The cost of equity is easier to estimate than the cost of debt.

B. The company’s cost of equity can be used as a proxy for investors’ minimum required rate of return.

C. The company’s cost of equity is the same as the investors’ average required rate of return on equity.


Q16.

Linda James, CFA, collects information of ABC company and intends to measure its return on equity (ROE).

ItemValue
Beginning of year total assets$345,000,000
Beginning of year total liabilities$128,000,000
End of year total assets$357,600,000
End of year total liabilities$129,400,000
Total revenue$150,000,000
Net income$11,500,000
Dividends$5,000,000

The ROE of ABC company is:

A. 5.04%

B. 5.17%

C. 5.30%