CFA Exam Levels 1 Sample Question

CFA Exam Levels 1 Sample Question With Solution

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Q1.If a firm’s long-run average cost of production increases by 15 percent as a result of an 8 percent increase in production the firm is most likely experiencing:

  1. constant returns to scale.

  2. economies of scale

  3. diseconomies of scale.

  4. None of These

Correct answer :  diseconomies of scale

 

Q2. A company has just issued $5 million of mandatory redeemable preferred shares with a par value of $100 per share and a 7 percent dividend. The issue matures in 5 years. Which of the following statements is least likely correct?  The company’s:

  1. interest coverage ratio will deteriorate.

  2. Debt / Total capital ratio will improve.

  3. preferred shareholders will rank below debt holders should the company file for bankruptcy.

  4. None of These

Correct answer: Debt/Total capital ratio will improve.

 

Q3. Regarding the definition of the firm, the GIPS Standards require all of the following except:

  1. a firm’s organization alters historical composite results.

  2. firms must be defined as investment firms.

  3. total firm assets must be the aggregate of the market value of all discretionary and nondiscretionary assets under management.

  4. None of These

Correct answer: a firm’s organization alters historical composite results.

 

Q4. Under which measurement scale is data categorized, but not ranked?

  1. A nominal scale.

  2. An ordinal scale.

  3. An interval scale

  4. None of These

Correct answer:  A nominal scale.

 

Q5. The joint probability of events A and B is 32 percent with the probability of event A being 60 percent and the probability of event B being 50 percent. Based on this information, the conditional probability of event A given event B has occurred is closest to:

  1. 30.0%.

  2. 53.3%.

  3. 64.0%.

  4. None of These

Correct answer: 64.0%.