Exam 10: Credit Risk: Individual Loan Risk

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The following represents two yield curves. Maturity Pure Discount Treasury Yields B-rated Carparate Band Yields (Pure Discaun Bonds) 1 year 3 percent 6 percent 2 year 6 percent 10 percent 20 year 12 percent 17 percent -If the cumulative mortality rate in year 3 is 3.46 percent for the B-rated loan,what is its yearly mortality rate in year 3?

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Which of the following loan applicant characteristics is not relevant in the credit approval decision?

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The following represents two yield curves. Maturity Pure Discount Treasury Yields B-rated Carparate Band Yields (Pure Discaun Bonds) 1 year 3 percent 6 percent 2 year 6 percent 10 percent 20 year 12 percent 17 percent -What is the implied probability of repayment on one-year B-rated debt?

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The primary difficulty in arranging a syndicated loan is having all of the various lending and borrowing parties reach agreement on terms,rates,and collateral.

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Recessionary phases in the business cycle typically cause greater hardship on companies that borrow large amounts.

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Cumulative default probability refers to

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Since their introduction,the proportion of adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs)to fixed-rate residential mortgages has remained very stable over interest rate cycles.

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Simulations conducted by Moody's Analytics have shown that expected default frequency (EDF)models outperform Z-score type models in predicting borrower failure or financial distress.

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Credit risk applies only to bond investment and loan portfolios of depository institutions and other FIs.

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According to Altman's credit scoring model,which of the following Z scores would indicate a low default risk firm?

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Which of the following factors may affect the promised return an FI receives on a loan?

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The following is information on current spot and forward term structures (assume the corporate debt pays interest annually): The following is information on current spot and forward term structures (assume the corporate debt pays interest annually):    -The duration of a soon to be approved loan of $10 million is four years.The 99<sup>th</sup> percentile increase in risk premium for bonds belonging to the same risk category of the loan has been estimated to be 5.5 percent. If the minimum RAROC acceptable to the bank is 8 percent,what should be its expected percentage fee income in order for it to approve the loan? -The duration of a soon to be approved loan of $10 million is four years.The 99th percentile increase in risk premium for bonds belonging to the same risk category of the loan has been estimated to be 5.5 percent. If the minimum RAROC acceptable to the bank is 8 percent,what should be its expected percentage fee income in order for it to approve the loan?

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Revolving loans are credit lines

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Using a modified discriminant function similar to Altman's,Burger Bank estimates the following coefficients for its portfolio of loans: Z = 1.4X1 + 1.09X2 + 1.5X3 where X1 = debt to asset ratio;X2 = net income and X3 = dividend payout ratio. What is the Z-score if the debt to asset ratio is 40 percent,net income is 12 percent,and the dividend payout ratio is 60 percent?

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Default by a large corporation is seldom a problem for FIs since these corporations have many different sources of borrowed funds.

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Which of the following statements does not reflect a borrower-specific factor often used in qualitative default risk models?

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From the perspective of an FI,which of the following is an advantage of a floating-rate loan?

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The exact interest rate to be charged on a fixed-rate loan is agreed upon by all parties at the time the commitment is negotiated.

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The mortality rate measures the past default experience of all loans,regardless of quality.

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The traditional duration equation can be used to measure the capital at risk of a loan.

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