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Contents

1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. TREASURY MANAGEMENT

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1.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT
1. The treasury staff uses the information C. cut loss (stop loss)
it obtained from its cash forecasting and
D. none of above
working capital management activities to
ensure that sufficient cash is available for 4. Acronym NOOPL stands for
operational needs.
A. Net operable Open permitted limit
A. Working capital management
B. Net Overnight Open Position Limit
B. Cash management
C. Net Open operative position limit
C. Investment management
D. none of above
D. Treasury risk management
5. Restricted cash can be either trapped cash
2. What are the responsibilities of a financial (cash trapped in regulated jurisdictions or
controller for managing liquidity? countries where attempts to repatriate
A. Analyzing accounting records for finan- cash face tax-unfriendly situations) and
cial reporting purposes. collateralized cash. The Treasurer looks
for opportunities to use restricted cash in
B. Developing appropriate policies to
a net borrowing at another location and
manage liquidity.
in doing so, get these funds set off from
C. Producing financial plans, forecasts the balance sheet. Hence, while waiting
and reports. for windows of opportunity to invest in
D. All of the above. the same country or repatriate back to the
parent, the Treasurer will seek to optimize
3. The limit fixed by the Bank to its dealer to returns over time and also manage the cur-
restrict loss due to adverse movement in rency aspect since the money is likely to be
the exchange rate is known as limit held in a local currency in that country.
A. Loss avoidance A. True
B. loss prevention B. False

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A
1.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT 3

C. Maybe 11. Which is not a money market product?


D. Sometimes A. Commercial Paper

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B. Interbank money market
6. the time between when the check is de-
posited and when it is available to the re- C. Negotiable Certificate of Deposit
cipient is availability float D. Medium Term Notes
A. True
12. Convertibility of a currency is indicated by
B. False its
7. These gains and losses can be quite large, A. conversion at market rates
and would initially appear to be a good B. Conversion at market rate but with re-
way to judge the hedging activity of the strictions imposed by the government
treasury staff
C. conversion at market rate without any
A. cost of outside services quantitative restriction by government.
B. unhedged gains and losses D. none of above
C. transaction error rate
13. Float typically does not reduces available
D. bad debts as a percentage of sales liquidity and interest earnings or savings
owing to the use of the company’s own
8. In the context of cash transfer controls,
money. There could also be an opportunity
the acronym “AML” stands for Anti-
loss of the funds.
Money Laundering.
A. True
A. TRUE
B. False
B. FALSE
C. Maybe
9. It must be done in right quantity such as D. Sometimes
the acquisition of fixed assets, purchase
of raw material, payment of expenses like 14. Supporting financial control in the creation
rent, salary, bills, interest and so forth. of a shared service centre to optimize the
A. Availability of Funds AR and AP processes
B. Cash Management A. False

C. Deployment of Funds B. True

D. Risk Management C. Sometimes


D. Maybe
10. The company would be negatively im-
pacted by disruption to operations or the 15. The treasury manager must ensure that
financial supply chain due to a lack of fi- the funds are available with the organiza-
nancing or high market volatility. tions in sufficient quantity.
A. Sometimes A. Availability of Funds
B. True B. Cash Management
C. False C. Deployment of Funds
D. Maybe D. Liquidity Maintenance

6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B 11. D 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. A 16. C


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16. What is the normal limit of the required B. Limiting treasury personnel’s access
Intermediary Macroprudential Ratio? to organizational funds.
A. 9% C. Protecting treasury personnel from
B. Above 100% making unauthorized transfers or transac-
tions.
C. Between 84%-94%
D. All of the above.
D. Below 100%
22. Shares which enjoy preference over pay-
17. The securities contracted basically on ac-

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ment of dividends are called
count of Long term investment relation- A. equity Shares
ships or for steady income and statutory
obligations are classified under (i) Held to B. preference shares
Maturity (ii) Held for Trading 23. The higher the DPO is, the longer the pe-
A. (i) riod allowed to make the payment and
hence the greater the use of cash. Some
B. (i) (ii)
companies take an improving DPO project
C. (ii) to be licensed to delay payments to suppli-
D. none of above ers. This is not a good practice. The AP for
a company is the accounts receivable (AR)
18. Policies are the basis of the operation of a for its supplier. If the payment needs to
treasury. be delayed, the terms have to be agreed
A. False on up front at the time of negotiation.
B. Maybe A. True
C. Sometimes B. False
D. True C. Maybe
D. Sometimes
19. Which among the statements is a consider-
ation of non-residents accounts? 24. It is the periodic net settlement of specific
outstanding payments between different
A. Resident status
entities or units. This is different from
B. Joint ownership gross settlement, whereby each payment
C. Centralized ownership is made individually.
D. Duration of presence in that country A. Nutting
B. Netting
20. The stock market is one of the most pop-
ular types of financial markets, the stock C. Natting
market trades shares of ownership of pub- D. Notting
lic companies
25. This is a company’s designated long-term
A. Stocks market partner, with whom the company does the
B. Derivatives Market bulk of its business.
A. Relationship Bank
21. What are the controls that should be imple-
mented for proper treasury management? B. Bank Account Analyst
A. Implementing segregation of duties C. General Account Service
within the treasury function. D. Depository Service

17. B 18. D 19. D 20. A 21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. A


1.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT 5

26. The financial market may have or not have more accurate.; Statement 2:Overreport-
the physical location and the exchange of ing is also a danger, and hence the trea-
the financial instruments and the financial sury policy must stipulate the formats, re-

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securities may be exchanged between the cipients, and frequency of regular report-
parties over the phone or the internet as ing.
well. A. Statements 1 and 2 are False
A. TRUE B. Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is
B. FALSE true
C. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is
27. Reconciliation is important in cash trans- False
fer controls to identify discrepancies and
errors. D. Statements 1 and 2 are True

A. TRUE 31. It is possible to outsource many Treasury


tasks and functions, and many service
B. FALSE
providers provide reliable, flexible, and
highly regulated levels of service across
28. In addition to segregation controls and in-
various levels.
ternal auditing, the treasurer should im-
pose unlimited controls on a variety of A. Service Providers
transactions B. Service Technology
A. True C. Service Initiators
B. False D. Servince Developers

29. Statement 1:Poor management of liquidity 32. It sends funds to the recipient’s bank ac-
could result in a spike in interest expense count more rapidly than any other form of
to raise money in crisis situations, which payment, and is the standard form of in-
impacts the company’s profitability rather ternational payment.
severely.; Statement 2:Stability of assets
A. Remote deposit capture
and liabilities, especially across debt and
capital investments, is a good indicator of B. Remote Disbursement
a firm ‘s control over its financial manage- C. Wire Transfer
ment.
D. ACH Payments
A. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is
False 33. How much net open position in foreign cur-
rency is allowed by Bank Indonesia for
B. Statement 1 is False but Statement 2
banking?
is True
A. 5% of the capital
C. Statement 1 and 2 are False
B. 10% of the capital
D. Statement 1 and 2 are True
C. 15% of the capital
30. Statement 1:Reporting is also an indepen- D. 20% of capital
dent activity, and firms are moving to-
wards automating it to reduce manual in- 34. is made on a paper document, which has
tervention and thus become timelier and traditionally been physically routed from

26. A 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. A


1.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT 6

the payer to the payee, to the payee’s C. any number


bank, and then back to the payer’s bank D. none of above
A. check payment
38. Coordinating the process of consolidating
B. check deposit and netting payments for increased effi-
C. bills ciency
D. bills payment A. True
B. False
35. Statement 1:Internal processes and their

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location is a strong determinant of risk and C. Maybe
its measure. Operational risk and control D. Sometimes
are core element of the treasurer’s respon-
sibility, and the robustness of internal pro- 39. It is the uncertainty associated with the
cesses becomes a critical part of the firm’s nonpayment of monies owed to a party by
success ; Statement 2:The ability not another party, for reasons of intent or fi-
to bargain with customers and suppliers nancial or regulatory inability
and to negotiate terms favorable to the A. Operational Risk
firm is an important source or mitigation B. Business Risk
of risk.
C. Credit Risk
A. Statements 1 and 2 are False
D. Market Risk
B. Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is
True 40. The combination of the floats associated
C. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is with these inbound and out-bound check
False payments is the

D. Statements 1 and 2 are True A. availability float


B. mail float
36. Efficient forecasting of cash flows remains
C. net float
one of the determinants of a company’s
well-oiled financial machinery since the ac- D. processing float
curacy and timeliness of the forecasting
41. Exchange position refers to
process do not determine visibility and
hence the ability to better manage the A. Net balance of aggregate purchases
company’s cash flows, borrowings, invest- and sales made by the bank in a particu-
ments, and balance sheet. lar currency
A. True B. Aggregate purchases made by the
bank in a particular currency
B. False
C. Aggregate sales made by the bank in a
C. Maybe
particular currency
D. Sometimes D. none of above
37. An eligible entity, will in normal circum- 42. In a letter of credit transaction, who is re-
stances, be allowed to open and maintain sponsible for creating the letter of credit
only SGL account. and has control over its terms and condi-
A. two tions?
B. One A. Importer’s bank

35. B 36. B 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. C 41. A 42. A


1.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT 7

B. Exporter’s bank 47. Investments in securities made to earn


C. Nominated bank profits from short term price movements
are classified under

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D. Confirming bank
A. Available for Sale
43. Treasury Deals are normally done over B. Held to Maturity
phone or over dealing screen. The Deal
C. Held for Trading
terms are confirmed in writing by
D. none of above
A. Mid office
B. Front office 48. One of the primary objectives of the trea-
sury management is to manage financial
C. Back offie risk to allow the enterprise to meet its fi-
D. none of above nancial obligations, as they fall due and
also ensure predictable performance of the
44. If Bank Indonesia increases the Govern- business.
ment Bond Repo interest rate, it means
A. Risk Management
that BI is doing:
B. Optimum utilization of resources
A. Buy back government bonds
B. Requires short term funds 49. An optimum level of liquidity should be
maintained in the business, for the better
C. Absorb liquidity in the market and smooth functioning of the business, i.e.
D. Increase the number of outstanding the company must be able to fulfil its fi-
bonds nancial obligation when they become due
for payment, such as payment to suppliers,
45. Which of the following is /are correct re- employees, creditors, etc.
garding the Open position in Forex?(i) po-
A. CASH MANAGEMENT
sition limits are prescribed currency wise
as also for aggregate position in rupees (ii) B. LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT
there are separate limits for “day light”
50. Diversification involves moving the fi rm ‘s
A. Only (i) portfolio of risks to a targeted and presum-
B. Only (ii) ably optimal mix of products across mar-
ket factors to achieve a targeted degree
C. Both (i) & (ii) of risk return. It is generally is used in
D. none of above line with the concept of not putting all your
eggs in the same basket and the assump-
46. What are the primary responsibilities of a tion that a well-diversified portfolio of
Treasury Manager? risk will yield middle-of-line returns over a
A. Monitoring financial markets and eco- period of time, making the fi rm generally
nomic data. immune to large gains should the market
move in its favor or large losses in case of
B. Making sure the organization complies
adverse market action.
with regulations and financial standards.
A. True
C. Fostering relationships with exter-
nal stakeholders such as banks and in- B. False
vestors. C. Maybe
D. All of the above. D. Sometimes

43. C 44. C 45. C 46. D 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. A


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51. Regulations and the ability to raise funds to reduce the impact of dilution and also to
with ease allow the company more and try to extract more capital from existing
better alternatives to decide the type of shareholders without having to involve a
capital to be raised. On the debt side, reg- new set of investors or banks for borrow-
ulatory limits on exposure to single compa- ing.
nies and groups, capital adequacy require- A. True
ments for banks, and definitions of non-
performing assets, apart from restrictions B. False
on investment and overseas investors in C. Maybe

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locally issued debt, become determinants. D. Sometimes
A. True
55. Process notes decreased transparency
B. False gives rise to error and improvement op-
C. Maybe portunities, thereby increasing control and
water tightness of the process.
D. Sometimes
A. Sometimes
52. It is the change in the financials of the firm B. False
owing to the change in the volatility of a
C. True
given market factor. Wherein vega is the
used to denote the sensitivity of the value D. Maybe
of the firm or the portfolio to changes in
56. The customer ‘s inability to pay due to fi-
volatility.
nancial stress and liquidity issues at its
A. Volatility Risk end directly impacts the credit and receiv-
B. Market Risk ables for the firm, delaying the availability
of cash and putting added pressure on the
C. Credit Risk Treasurer to sustain the operations while
D. Liquidity Risk waiting for the funds to come in.
A. True
53. Statement 1:Industry practices and com-
petitive action impact the nature of risk B. False
that the company faces ; Statement C. Maybe
2:The ability not to bargain with cus- D. Sometimes
tomers and suppliers and to negotiate
terms favorable to the firm is an important 57. From an accounting standpoint, the report-
source or mitigate of risk. ing and fi ling of returns that the compa-
A. Statements 1 and 2 are False nies and subsidiaries perform in each loca-
tion or jurisdiction where they are present
B. Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is provides an interesting challenge and pits
True the accounting financials against the value
C. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is that the business actually believes it has
False generated.
D. Statements 1 and 2 are True A. True
B. False
54. A rights issue is an issue of an addi-
tional set of shares to existing sharehold- C. Maybe
ers (based on their interest). This is used D. Sometimes

51. A 52. A 53. C 54. A 55. B 56. A 57. A 58. B


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58. Exchange position is also known as 63. Statement 1:Risk means uncertainty, not
A. “Trading Position” necessarily losses.; Statement 2:Risk man-
agement is not necessarily about lowering

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B. “Dealing position” risk.
C. “Settlement position” A. Statement 1 and 2 are False
D. none of above B. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is
False
59. The time between when the check is de-
C. Statement 1 is False but Statement 2
posited and when it is available to the re-
is True
cipient is
D. Statement 1 and 2 are True
A. processing float
B. availability float 64. The combination of the floats associated
with these inbound and out-bound check
C. presentation float payments is the net float
D. mail float A. True
60. A is a place where two parties are in- B. False
volved in transaction of goods and services
65. It is made on a paper document, which has
in exchange of money.
traditionally been physically routed from
A. financial market the payer to the payee, to the payee’s
B. market bank, and then back to the payer’s bank
A. bank check
61. Trading in Foreign exchange refers to
B. check payment
A. Purchase/sale of FC in the market
C. bank draft
other than to cover merchant related
transactions D. all of the above
B. Purchase/sale of FC in the market only 66. Which among the statements is Step 2 of
to maintain square position at EOD a card settlement process?
C. Purchase/sale of FC in the market re- A. Confirmation of validation
lated to merchant transactions only trans-
B. Card swipe, basic verification, and re-
actions
quest for verification on acquiring the
D. none of above bank’s network

62. It refers to the fluidity of business activi- C. Data request sent for validation
ties can be improved by constructive reso- D. Purchase and presentation of card
lution of challenges and future trouble ar-
eas and stepping up to preempt liquidity 67. One of the earliest forms of exchange of
or internal customer situations. value, currency notes and coins are still
used for corporate transactions in many
A. Proactiveness parts of the world. One of the benefits of
B. Teamwork using cash is that credit risk is eliminated,
as is possible float-the cash is available
C. Transparency in physical form and can be used immedi-
D. Culture Knowledge ately.

59. B 60. B 61. A 62. A 63. D 64. A 65. B 66. B 67. A


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A. True A. lockbox service


B. False B. value date
C. Maybe C. treasury box
D. Sometimes D. cannot be determined

68. Value Free Transfer (VFT) of securities 72. The term Euro-currency market refers to
means

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A. transfer of securities from one SGL ac- A. The market where the borrowing and
count of an entity to another SGL or CSGL lending of currencies take place outside
account of another entity with correspond- the country of issue
ing payment legin the books of RBI.
B. The countries which have adopted
B. transfer of securities from one SGL ac- Euro as their currency
count to another SGL or CSGL account
C. The market in which Euro is exchanged
combined with corresponding payment
for other currencies
leg in the books of RBI.
C. transfer of securities from one SGL D. none of above
account to another SGL or CSGL account
73. It ensures the business is accurately track-
without corresponding payment legin the
ing its daily sales and payments in an effec-
books of RBI.
tive manner, while also having sufficient
D. none of above liquidity to meet both expected and unex-
pected financial obligations.
69. In the context of global ACH payments,
what is one limitation mentioned in the in- A. Liquidity Management
formation? B. Cash Management
A. Limited remittance information C. Working Capital Management
B. Availability of ACH systems worldwide D. Treasury Management
C. High transaction fees
74. What is not the aim of Liquidity Manage-
D. Dependability in areas without ACH ment?
systems
A. Hedging the risk of interest rate
70. The cost, control, backup, access, and ser- changes
vice providers, among other aspects, de- B. Prepare bank operational funds
termine the location of and infrastruc-
ture C. Fulfill the bank’s obligations

A. centralized processes D. Comply with Bank Indonesia regula-


tions
B. centralized systems
C. centralized technology 75. What sort of strategies can a Treasury
Manager employ to ensure that the orga-
D. centralized authority nization has sufficient liquidity?
71. A company can have its bank receive and A. Optimizing cash reserves by investing
process checks on its behalf, which is idle cash in short-term instruments such
termed a as money market funds.

68. C 69. A 70. B 71. A 72. A 73. D 74. A 75. D


1.1 TREASURY MANAGEMENT 11

B. Maximizing the organization’s borrow- 79. “Mail float” refers to the delay caused by
ing potential and capitalizing on long-term transporting a check to the payee.
investments.

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A. TRUE
C. Raising capital by issuing bonds, com-
mercial paper and other financial instru- B. FALSE
ments.
80. The value-added Treasury centre (TC++)
D. All of the above. concept takes off from the basic TC, fore-
casting, risk management decision making,
76. It is the uncertainty regarding the financial investment decisions, funding and liquidity
performance caused by creditworthiness, sourcing and intercompany funding, sys-
market movements, availability of money, tems, control, and reporting all moving to
accounting and tax situations, and balance a
sheet changes. Related yet different ele-
ments exist to create financial risk for a A. market-centralized location
firm. B. commercialized location
A. Operational Risk
C. decentralized location
B. Business Risk
D. centralized location
C. Financial Risk
D. Credit Risk 81. It is a management system that aims to
optimize a company’s liquidity, while also
77. Market instruments are available as over- mitigating its financial, operational, and
the-counter or exchange-traded contracts. reputational risk.
They require some form of credit risk lim-
A. TREASURY MANAGEMENT
its from and with the other counterparty,
collateralization, or up-front payment of B. FINANCIAL PLANNING
premia. Market instruments could be price
insurance, price-fixing, price variability, or 82. It is an excellent measure for keeping track
combinations thereof. of the amount of debt that a company can
potentially borrow, based on that portion
A. True
of its accounts receivable, inventory, and
B. False fixed assets that are not cur-rently being
C. Maybe used as collateral for an existing loan
D. Sometimes A. Percentage

78. The accounting staff generally handles the B. Treasury Base


receipt and disbursement of cash, but the C. Borrowing base usage percentage
treasury staff needs to compile this in-
formation from all subsidiaries into short- D. Usage Percentage
range and long-range cash forecasts.
83. This financial asset is usually a debt instru-
A. Cash forecasting ment sold by companies or the government
B. Working capital management to raise funds for short-term projects.
C. Cash management A. Certificate of Deposit (CD)
D. Investment management B. Bonds

76. C 77. A 78. A 79. A 80. D 81. A 82. C 83. B


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84. What are the objectives of banking rela- B. Have a lot of fixed assets
tions management? C. Always place excess funds into an-
A. Selecting financial institutions that can other bank
fulfill the organization’s banking needs. D. Owns corporate securities
B. Negotiating optimal payment terms
with banks. 89. Which of the following is NOT objectives
of managing cash in a bank?
C. Developing mechanisms to manage

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banking fees and maintain banking rela- A. To maintain the ability to pay obliga-
tionships. tions as they become due
D. All of the above. B. To reduce borrowing requirements
and interest expenses
85. It is the type of financing when the legal
C. To keep foreign currency exposure and
holder of a bill (a commercial bill, such as
transaction costs as low as possible
a banker ‘s acceptance draft or commercial
acceptance draft) transfers it to a funding D. To ensure availability of funds at the
entity (such as a bank) to obtain cash (at right time and at any cost
a value discounted for the interest for the
period) prior to its maturity date 90. The deployment of funds has to be done
in right quantity such as the acquisition
A. Invoice Discounting of fixed assets, purchase of raw mate-
B. Bill Discounting rial, payment of expenses like rent, salary,
bills, interest and so forth. For this pur-
C. Sales Discounting
pose, the treasury manager has to keep
D. Immediate solutions an eye on all receipts of funds and the ap-
plication thereof.
86. The primary advantage of using a lockbox
service for check payments is faster pro- A. Deployment of funds in adequate quan-
cessing times. tity and at the right time
A. TRUE B. Availability of funds in adequate quan-
tity and at the right time
B. FALSE
91. The purpose of value dating in the context
87. This can be a valuable tool for upgrad-
of check payments is to establish the pay-
ing controls, procedures, and training, to
ment recipient’s identity.
mitigate the risk of such errors occurring
again. A. TRUE
A. transaction error rate B. FALSE
B. accuracy of its cash forecast 92. The location of the performing these
C. borrowing base usage percentage roles could be different from the accounts
and systems’ locations
D. bad debts as a percentage of sales
A. people
88. Apart from meeting the Reserve Require-
ments, what else is an indication that the B. process
bank is in liquid condition? C. product
A. Have good interbank market access D. project

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93. In conservative situations, the return ob- A. Remote deposit capture


jective should be lower in priority than B. Remote Disbursement
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have to be quantified in annualized terms C. Wire Transfer
and measured with respect to the original D. ACH PAYMENTS
currency of investment or in terms of the
base currency of the company at a consol- 98. The DNA of treasurer’s hats, except
idated level. It is critical to evaluate the A. economist and marketexpert
payoff profile of an investment under all
B. systems specialist
scenarios.
C. consultant and trusted advisor
A. True
D. CEO
B. False
C. Maybe 99. It is the direct consequence of moves in
various market factors. It is usually more
D. Sometimes
easily quantifiable if one knows the extent
94. If the exporter’s bank is unwilling to make of one ‘s exposures.
this payment, then it is called the A. Factor Risk
A. nominated bank B. Liquidity Risk
B. Confirming bank C. Operational Risk
C. Advising bank D. Volatility Risk
D. None of the above
100. It is the purchase of a receivable or bill
95. Cash position refers to from the seller of goods or services, where
the paying entity assumes responsibility
A. Cash held by the Bank in their for the collection of receivables and in
branches in Foreign Currency some cases the credit risk as well.
B. Debit balance in Bank’s Nostro ac- A. Distribution of Receivables
count
B. Segmentation of Receivables
C. Credit balance in Bank’s Nostro ac-
count C. Factoring of Receivables
D. none of above D. Classification of Receivables

96. This area is appropriately referred to its 101. What is the potential downside of initiat-
role to monitor both the front and the back ing a wire transfer near the close of busi-
ends, with key control and reporting re- ness?
sponsibilities. A. Delay in the value date imposed by the
A. Back Office receiving bank
B. Front Office B. Increased foreign exchange conver-
sion fees
C. Top Office
C. Higher transaction fees from both is-
D. Middle Office suing and receiving banks
97. It allows a company to avoid the physical D. Risk of insufficient funds to cover the
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102. The evolution of public ownership has cre- 107. “Swap Deal” transaction refers to
ated a separation between ownership and A. Bank buys and sells the specified FC si-
management. multaneously for same maturities
A. False B. Bank buys and sells the specified FC si-
B. True multaneously for different maturities

103. Which among the statements is not a C. “Bank buys and sells the specified FC
statement consideration for multiple cur- for another currency

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rency accounts? D. none of above
A. Segregation of customer’s funds 108. When a Dealer says he has Open position
B. Method of foreign currency payments in a Currency, he means
C. Possibility of creating intercompany A. Bank has made purchases of the con-
loans cerned currency
D. Timing of products and supplies pay- B. Bank has no balance in the currency
ments concerned
C. Bank has either overbought or over-
104. The primary advantage of remote deposit
sold the currency concerned
capture for check payments is eliminating
the need for a physical bank branch. D. none of above
A. TRUE 109. A stock market is a platform for trading
B. FALSE of company’s shares at an agreed rate.
A. TRUE
105. One golden rule that has worked for
many companies is not to invest in any B. FALSE
product that they themselves cannot price
110. An in-house bank does not requires a
or break up. The more complicated the
very high degree of expertise and high
product, the opaquer its pricing generally
process orientation. The scales of the
is, and the greater the risk if the markets
group’s operations and financial transac-
move against the investor.
tions must also justify the in-house bank’s
A. True investment and maintenance cost.
B. False A. True
C. Maybe B. False
D. Sometimes C. Maybe
106. What are the considerations for assess- D. Sometimes
ing creditworthiness of a customer? 111. Which among the statements is Step 11
A. The customer’s financial strength and of a simple funds transfer using SWIFT?
credit scores. A. Paying bank sends cover payment in-
B. The customer’s history for repayment struction to Correspondent Bank
of loans and financial obligations. B. Paying bank sends direct payment in-
C. The customer’s track record for meet- struction to Beneficiary Bank
ing payment terms and deadlines. C. Correspondent sends paying instruc-
D. All of the above. tion to Beneficiary bank

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D. Correspondent bank debits clearing period of loosen liquidity, thereby locking


Nostro account, credit bene bank vostro in the amount for the full tenor.
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A. True
112. What is the purpose of the “lifting fee” B. False
in wire transfer transactions? C. Maybe
A. To expedite the transfer process D. Sometimes
B. To calculate the net float
117. This is an arrangement where the im-
C. To reimburse the payer for fees porter’s bank (the issuing bank) formally
D. To cover the receiving bank’s handling autho-rizes an obligation to pay the ex-
of the transaction porter’s bank during a specific period of
time, assuming that several documented
113. do not have any maturity date. conditions have been met
A. Stocks A. Limited remittance information
B. Bonds B. Limited coverage
C. Confirmed letter of credit
114. It aimed at significantly reducing financial
risks which includes currency risk manage- D. Letter of credit
ment, commodity price risk management,
interest rate risk management and other 118. The treasurer should understand the im-
market risks management. plications of different methods of transfer-
ring cash to or from a company, since there
A. Financial risk management are significant differences in the costs and
B. Cash Management cash flow speed of each one
A. True
115. Which among the statements is not a
statement consideration for multiple cur- B. False
rency accounts?
119. What is one advantage of using local
A. Timing of products and supplies pay- electronic payment systems like the Auto-
ments mated Clearing House (ACH)?
B. Possibility of creating intercompany A. Lower transaction fees for wire trans-
loans fers
C. Method of foreign currency payments B. Faster international fund transfers
D. Segregation of customer’s funds C. Elimination of value dating
D. High foreign exchange conversion
116. To mitigate interest rate or rollover
fees
risk, the investment must be treated as
the highest possible tenor:that is, getting 120. It is also focused on investment manage-
the money back when rates have moved ment by redeploying business cash flows
higher. From a liquidity perspective, con- efficiently and optimizing the risk-return
servative investors should take the tenor profile of investible surplus.
of the investment as the maximum or ma-
turity period, since it must be assumed A. Funding Management
that the investor will hold on to funds in a B. Cash Management

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121. It is the impact on the firm ‘s financials by 125. Cash payments are often preferred by
the inability to provide any entity within businesses due to their convenience and
the group money required, when it is re- low transaction costs.
quired, where it is required, and in the A. TRUE
form that it is required. Any delay will
cause a financial disruption and sometimes B. FALSE
a very steep increase in the cost of funding
126. What are the major components of a cash
if not planned well.
management system?

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A. Liquidity Risk
A. Account management, budgeting and
B. Financial Risk forecasting.
C. Factor Risk B. Cash flow planning, short-term invest-
ing and risk management.
D. Credit Risk
C. Payment systems, reporting and inter-
122. Systems procured from a third party nal controls.
but operations managed in-house, which D. All of the above.
among the solutions is?
A. Outsourced solutions 127. Among the following statements are true
about treasury design, except
B. In-house solutions
A. Lower turnaround times for decision
C. Hybrid solutions making and resolution
D. Immediate solutions B. Increase cost
C. Lower cost of capital and increased
123. What is the primary objective of cash
availability and diversity of capital
transfer procedures?
D. Growth and increase in business and
A. To maximize profits
geographies
B. To ensure transparency
128. Call Money refers to a placement of Fund
C. To minimize taxes
D. To reduce employee turnover A. Overnight
124. Strategic or business cash is the short- B. Same day
term cash that is being kept for a specific C. Two days
purpose, such as an acquisition or capital
D. none of above
payment. Here we assume that the cash
that is going to be required for an identi- 129. Treasury management is management
fied purpose or incident will be returned system that aims to abridge a company’s
to the shareholders from the strategic or liquidity while also mitigating its financial,
business cash. operational and reputational risk.
A. True A. True
B. False B. False
C. Maybe
130. Financial risk management, is aimed at
D. Sometimes significantly reducing financial risks which

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includes currency risk management, com- 135. The time between when the check is de-
modity price risk management, interest posited and when it is charged to the
rate risk management and other market payer’s account is the presentation float

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risks management. A. True
A. TRUE B. False
B. FALSE
136. Letters of credit benefit the importer by
131. The actual balance maintained in the Nos- providing a payment guarantee from the
tro account abroad is better reflected in exporter’s bank.
A. TRUE
A. cash position B. FALSE
B. exchange position
137. The time between when the check is de-
C. Difference between Cash and Ex- posited and when it is charged to the
change position payer’s account is the
D. none of above A. mail float
132. Treasury Management aims to ensure B. processing float
that adequate cash is available with the C. availability float
organisation, during the outflow of funds. D. presentation float
A. TRUE
138. are often issued by organizations to
B. FALSE the shareholders free of charge as a gift
133. . Smooth and reliable processes con- in proportion to their existing shares with
tribute to fast turnaround and service lev- the organization.
els, which increase operational and finan- A. Founder Shares
cial costs and improve employee engage- B. Bonus Shares
ment.
139. The different relationships and collabora-
A. False
tions that Treasury needs to build to add
B. True value to the organization. Thus, without
C. Maybe the necessary amount of coordination, the
treasury would not be able to add value.
D. Sometimes
A. teamforce
134. Treasury team members need strong in-
B. teamwork
terpersonal skills and given the different
interfaces that Treasury has with external C. teambuilding
and internal organizations, their interper- D. teamplayers
sonal capacity is crucial, especially in rela-
tionship management 140. sends funds to the recipient’s bank ac-
count more rapidly than any other form of
A. relationship building
payment, and is the standard form of in-
B. relationship bonding ternational payment.
C. relationship engagement A. Check deposit
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C. Money Remittance 146. are financial assets whose value is


D. Wire transfers derived from other underlying assets.
A. Derivatives
141. Which among the statements is Step 12
of foreign currency payment? B. Cash or cash equivalents
A. Paying bank sends cover payment in- 147. allows a company to avoid the physical
struction to Correspondent Bank movement of received checks to its bank.
B. Beneficiary bank debits correspondent A. Bank check

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Nostro account, credits customer account B. Check deposit
C. Seller reconcile Accounts Receivable C. Remote Deposit Capture
D. Correspondent bank debits paying D. Remote Disbursement
bank Vostro, credit Nostro account with
the central bank 148. The credit rating process is an involved
one. It uses both publicly available data
142. General skills provide interpersonal and and information provided by the company
fundamental technical skills that treasur- and its management. The process takes
ers have to look at from growth and train- a long time, and the rating agency ap-
ing, except plies a number of qualitative inputs on top
A. Business of the indications from the quantitative
B. Technology data. The process has been improving over
time, and standards, methodologies, rat-
C. Process Orientation ings, and efforts are converging.
D. Relationship Building A. True
143. CFO stands for Chief Forecasting Officer B. False
A. True C. Maybe
B. False D. Sometimes
144. Factors that determine Cost of Fund: 149. What are the main functions of Treasury
A. Liquidity level, interest rate and fund Management?
structure A. Foreign exchange trading
B. LPS interest rate, competitor interest B. Interbank placements
rate and credit interest rate C. Maintain bank operational risks
C. Credit interest rates, fund structures D. Maintain bank liquidity
and interbank interest rates
D. Credit interest rate, LPS interest rate 150. The outsourced model of the Treasury
and liquidity level works in a rather simple way and its out-
source the process focused or non-decision-
145. Which among the following instrument is making activities and keep the , re-
not traded on NDS OM operated by RBI? view, and ownership in the house
A. T-Bill A. decision-making
B. G-sec B. decision-authority
C. Commercial paper C. decision-level
D. none of above D. decision-timeliness

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151. Weak forecasting also enables a robust 156. Treasury Management also aims at ensur-
risk management process. The core as- ing the effective utilization of the firm’s re-
pect of management of a firm’s risk is to sources, to reduce the operating costs and

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manage its future or expected cash flows also prevent liquidity shortage in the com-
and balance sheet positions, which is effec- ing time.
tively the forecasted financial value of the A. Optimum utilization of resources
firm.
B. Deployment of funds in adequate quan-
A. True tity and at the right time
B. False
157. It is the uncertainty associated with the
C. Maybe actual activity of doing business for a go-
D. Sometimes ing concern. These risks are largely deter-
mined by the business managers in a firm
152. Treasury Management also aims at ensur- and on-the-ground intelligence in global
ing the effective utilization of the firm’s re- companies
sources, to reduce the operating costs and
also prevent liquidity shortage in the com- A. Market Risk
ing time. B. Business Risk
A. Optimum utilization of resources C. Operational Risk
B. Risk Management D. Liquidity Risk

153. Following are responsibilities of treasury 158. What are Bank Indonesia’s requirements
department in a bank’s, EXCEPT: for Primary Statutory Reserves?
A. To ensure that the bank meets the min- A. 12%
imum SRR imposed by the central bank B. 9%
B. To constantly seek profitable invest- C. 6%
ments for the bank’s excess funds
D. 4%
C. To manage the fixed assets of the bank
D. To minimize exposure to interest rate 159. A market where individuals invest for a
risks longer duration i.e. more than a year is
called as capital market.
154. This market is used for lending or borrow- A. FINANCIAL MARKET
ing money for the long term.
B. CAPITAL MARKET
A. Capital Market
B. Stocks Market 160. Financial markets provide the channel
through which the new savings of the in-
155. Securities classified under the category vestors flow in the country which aid in
“Held for Trading” are to be sold within the capital formation of the country.
days A. Capital Formation
A. 60 B. Easy Access
B. 120
161. Independent verification of documents
C. 90 helps verify the accuracy of cash transfer
D. none of above documentation.

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A. TRUE 167. Which among the statements is Step 10


of a clearing process of cheques?
B. FALSE
A. Confirmation of funds available & re-
162. are those assets with fixed or deter- turn of bounced cheques
minable payments
B. Cheques presented to the clearing
A. Loans and Receivables
C. Debit to payer’s account
B. Bonds
D. Cheque deposit

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163. The investment policy of a Bank should 168. The financial can be defined as an
contain (i) Permissible investments (ii) investment asset whose value is derived
SLR and Non-SLR investments (iii) Private from a contractual claim of what they rep-
placement resent
A. (i) A. assets
B. (i) (ii) (iii) B. liabilities
C. (i) (ii)
169. What are debt securities issued
D. none of above by regional governments or regional
government-owned enterprises called?
164. eliminates the need to physically trans-
fer check payments to the local bank for A. Convertible Bonds
deposit. B. Corporate Bonds
A. ACH Payments C. Retail Bonds
B. Wire Transfer D. Municipal Bonds
C. Debit Payments
170. One of the main functions of treasury-
D. Remote deposit capture management is to determine the proper
levels of cash or cash equivalents to allow
165. If a company receives large volumes of businesses the ability to meet their finan-
cash, it is usually more secure to hire a pro- cial obligations.
fessional money transporter to move the
cash to the bank on behalf of the company A. TRUE

A. True B. FALSE

B. False 171. have different roles to play which in-


clude price determination, funds mobiliza-
166. The advent of great banking platforms tion, risk sharing, easy access, liquidity,
and outsourced solutions has also dramat- capital formation and reduction in transac-
ically decreased leveraging systems and tion costs and provision of the required in-
technology. formation, etc.
A. False A. FINANCIAL MARKETS
B. Sometimes B. FINANCIAL SYSTEM
C. True
172. Outsourcing cannot always be proven to
D. Maybe provide significant cost savings since the

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third party must also build an adequate A. TRUE


profit into its service fee.
B. FALSE

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A. True
B. False 177. *This type of financial asset is the re-
served with the organization.
173. Your Bank is maintaining a Nostro ac-
count with Deutsche Bank, Hamburg in A. bonds
Euro. An export bill for Euro 25, 000/- B. cash or cash equivalent
sent for collection on 21.01.23 is re-
alised and Nostro account is credited on 178. Managing cash well is crucial for busi-
10.02.2003. This date is known as nesses of all sizes.
A. Payment date A. TRUE
B. Value date B. FALSE
C. Realised date
D. none of above 179. These payments include direct deposit
payroll, Social Security payments, tax re-
174. What is the purpose of liquidity plan- funds, and the direct payment of business-
ning? to-business and consumer bills.
A. Assessing the organization’s current A. Lifting fee payment
liquidity position.
B. ACH Payments
B. Identifying sources of short-term
funds to meet near-term obligations. C. Wire transfer
C. Preparing for contingencies such as D. Debit payment
extended market downturns.
D. All of the above. 180. What are the key components of an ef-
fective financial risk management frame-
175. The value-added Treasury centre (TC++) work?
concept takes off from the basic TC, fore-
casting, risk management decision making, A. Identifying financial risks and estab-
investment decisions, funding and liquidity lishing risk appetite.
sourcing and intercompany funding, sys- B. Monitoring and measuring financial
tems, control, and reporting all moving to risks.
a decentralized location.
C. Implementing appropriate risk mitiga-
A. True tion controls.
B. False D. All of the above.
C. Maybe
D. Sometimes 181. It is the presumed date of receipt of the
cash by the bank
176. Treasury management is the manage-
ment of all financial affairs of the busi- A. value date
ness such as raising funds for the busi- B. lockbox
ness from various sources, currency man-
C. post-date
agement, cash flows and various strate-
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182. The purpose of segregation of duties in ambit. Cash concentration, trade opera-
cash transfer controls is to prevent fraud tions, netting, decentralized bank relation-
and errors. ship management, financing decisions, and
FX decisions are made in the basic TC. Also,
A. TRUE
account ownership may reside with the TC.
B. FALSE
A. True
183. Which among the statements is Step 4 of B. False
a real-time gross settlement (RTGS) oper-

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C. Maybe
ation?
D. Sometimes
A. Seller sends invoice
B. Paying bank sends payment instruc- 187. It is refers to assess the Treasury’s func-
tions to clearing tioning, similar to a fitness test for the
human body, to identify potential pain
C. Clearing system credits bene bank points and prevent any significant poten-
vostro account and sends payment in- tial breakdown
struction to Beneficiary Bank
A. Treasury Design
D. Clearing system debits paying bank
vostro B. Treasury Fitness
C. Treasury Culture
184. An in-house bank requires a very high de-
D. Treasury Hats
gree of expertise and orientation. The
scales of the group’s operations and finan- 188. Which of the following statements best
cial transactions must also justify the in- describe liquidity management in a Banks?
house bank’s investment and maintenance
cost. A. to ensure that bank can be met its long-
term obligations when it’s become due
A. rare process
B. Have sufficient liquidity at all time to
B. significant process meet its current and future requirements
C. high process C. Liquidity is essential in all banks
D. low process to compensate for unexpected balance
sheet fluctuations only
185. The four aspects that need to be consider D. none of above
in treasury management activities are:
A. Asset, liability, liquidity, and risk 189. Which among the statemens is not true
on providing liquidity to the firm?
B. Amount, currency, time and place
A. achieved by determining the correct
C. Interest rate, currency, risk, and liquidity sources
amount
B. providing the company with the ability
D. Amount, currency, rate, and time to transfer cash

186. The basic Treasury centre (TC) model C. increasing reliance on market and ex-
adds value parallel to an SSC. Here, more ternal sources
complicated activities are taken up, and D. raising the visibility of the money of the
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190. It is the capital source in many coun- 195. Treasury Management includes and
tries and suppliers of useful investment so it ensures that there are an effective
products and networks (funds, investment collection and payment system in the or-

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banks, other), wherein the Treasury’s rela- ganization.
tionship with this external stakeholder for
A. Cash Management
both origination and investment is directed
under Treasury responsibilities. B. Liquidity Management
A. Financial Mediators 196. What is the purpose of cash flow analy-
B. Financial Mergers sis?
C. Financial Regulations A. Assessing liquidity position of an orga-
D. Financial Institutions nization.
B. Analyzing borrowing and investment
191. In general, the Corporate Treasury man- requirements.
ages the organization’s liquidity risks, fi-
nancial risks, banking relationships, work- C. Forecasting near-term liquidity needs.
ing capital and supporting management D. All of the above.
and business units.
A. True 197. ACH payments are widely available glob-
ally, making them the most dependable
B. False means of transferring funds worldwide.
192. What is the purpose of fund transfer pric- A. TRUE
ing? B. FALSE
A. Determining the cost of creating liquid-
ity. 198. Which among the statements is not true
about lowering the cost of funding and the
B. Quantifying the cost of providing fi-
cost of capital?
nancing services.
A. searching for the right sources of cap-
C. Measuring income generated from in-
ital
vestments.
B. achieving an acceptable capital struc-
D. All of the above.
ture
193. The industries require the investors for C. targeting and achieving an appropri-
raising the funds and the investors require ate credit rating
the industries for investing its money and
earning the returns from them. D. searching for disruptive opportunities
by the use of less foreign capital
A. Easy Access
B. Risk sharing 199. The financial market performs the func-
tion of price discovery of the different fi-
194. It is important to have a broad set of con- nancial instruments which are traded be-
trols that help to ensure that transactions tween the buyers and the sellers on the
are appropriate financial market.
A. True A. Price Determination
B. False B. Funds Mobilization

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200. You are posted as Dealer in Forex Trea- B. Market Risk


sury. On a day your branches have re- C. Factor Risk
ported purchase transactions which ex-
D. Liquidity Risk
ceed the sale transactions. You are said
to be in 205. It deals with the generates appreciation
A. Square position within Treasury for the integrity of well-
laid-out processes, which ensures that
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C. Overbought position are also active in making the end-to-end
D. none of above financial supply chain run smoothly and ef-
ficiently.
201. It is an electronic network for the pro- A. Accounting
cessing of both credit and debit transac-
B. Regulation
tions within the United States and Canada
C. Technology
A. Remote deposit capture
D. Process Orientation
B. Remote disbursement
206. To have a close monitoring of the trans-
C. Wire Transfer
actions happening in the Bank’s Nostro ac-
D. ACH Payments count, the Bank in India has to maintain a
ledger account knows as
202. An individual owning one or more than
one share of an organization is called a A. Mirror Account in concerned FC as well
board of directors. as INR
B. No need to maintain any account as
A. TRUE
branch can have ready access to the Nos-
B. FALSE tro balance
203. Liquidity is one of the most critical ele- C. Mirror Account in concerned FC only
ments of the treasury manager’s domain, D. none of above
and ensuring liquidity through as many in-
207. Outsourcing and business process effi-
ternal means as possible is one of the
ciency is where the bank and special-
biggest challenges, and wins, for the Trea-
ized institutions have made processing a
surer and chief financial officer.
core competency-handling huge volumes
A. True with amazing accuracy and cost efficiency
B. False driven by economies of scale. Many pro-
cesses that were tedious to execute, ex-
C. Maybe pensive to staff, and provided multiple op-
D. Sometimes portunities for error, owing to specializa-
tion or scale required, have now become
204. It is refers to the uncertainty caused by candidates for outsourcing or automation,
the changes in market factors and environ- or both.
ment. These could be simply moving of
A. True
various market factors or the availability
of capital such to include factor risk and B. False
volatility risk. C. Maybe
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208. It is responsible for a company’s liquidity 212. The fees charged by banks for cash trans-
fers are the same for all types of cash
A. Cash department
transfer methods.

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B. Finance department
A. TRUE
C. Administrative department B. FALSE
D. Treasury department
213. The following statements are the rea-
209. Systems developed in-house with own sons why firms generally stay put without
operations, which among the solutions is? hedging, except
A. The principals and management have
A. In-house solutions
not really explored managing risk as a key
B. Hybrid solutions initiative.
C. Outsourced solutions B. Market practice, stay put without
hedging
D. Immediate solutions
C. A hedge that went wrong generates a
210. Which among the statements is a not jus- knee-jerk reaction in many companies
tification to manage financial risk? D. The location of invoicing determines
A. Enhance Competitive Advantage tax and exchange matters
B. Prevent a Liquidity Problem 214. Open position in Forex trading refers to
C. Lower the Cost of Capital
A. All open market operations conducted
D. Location of the Company and Sub-
by various FIs
sidiaries
B. Open positions where where securi-
211. The enterprise appraisal process involves ties are bought in the Open market
a detailed study of the qualitative as- C. Trading positions where Buy/sell are
pects only of a company’s financials and not matched yet
business model. This does not includes
physical inspection of premises, plant, and D. none of above
equipment; detailed discussions with man-
215. It is also called as ordinary shares are the
agement and operations personnel; inde-
shares where the payment of dividend is
pendent research and verification from the
directly proportional to the profits earned
industry to corroborate management ‘s
by the organization.
views on the company’s products or ser-
vices; and other activities and informa- A. Equity Shares
tion gathering to allow risk managers and B. 1. Preference Shares
bank branch management to decide on the
client’s creditworthiness. 216. To avoid the risk, the bank posts the
A. True amount of the deposit with a value date
that is one or more days later than the
B. False book date
C. Maybe A. True
D. Sometimes B. False

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217. The lower the CCC, the more efficient are 222. As per RBI guidelines NOOPL should not
the firm ‘s financial operations, since the exceed of the total capital (Tier I and
number of days of operations to be funded, Tier II capital) of the bank.
and hence the working capital requirement, A. 25 %
is lower.
B. 50%
A. True
C. 30%
B. False
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D. Sometimes 223. Which among the statements is not a con-
sideration of non-residents accounts?
218. Which document is typically used to initi-
ate a bank transfer of funds? A. Status with domestic tax authorities
A. Purchase order B. Location of incorporation
B. Invoice C. Registration with local industry bodies
C. Cash receipt D. Netting capability and regulations
D. Balance sheet 224. What is a foreign exchange transaction
219. What is not a Primary GWM component? with a delivery time of two weeks after
the transaction date called?
A. What
A. Spot
B. Government Bonds available for sale
B. Forward
C. Nostro account at another bank
C. Swap
D. Account at Bank Indonesia
D. Future
220. It is generally a score that indicates an
independent agency ‘s opinion on the de- 225. In the context of remote disbursing, the
gree of credit risk of an issuer of debt, in- “presentation float” is the period between
dicating the agency ‘s assessment of the depositing a check and fund availability.
intention and ability of the issuer to fulfil A. TRUE
its debt obligations over a period of time.
Ratings are typically established for short B. FALSE
term (generally around a year or lower 226. A company can have its bank receive
tenor) or long term, and process checks on its behalf, which is
A. Credit Evaluation termed a lockbox service
B. Credit Score A. True
C. Credit Rating B. False
D. Credit Assessment
227. It safeguards the existing assets, which
221. If the treasurer can reliably predict how calls for the prudent investment of funds
long it will take for the checks to clear, it while guarding against excessive losses on
is then possible to invest some of the cash interest rates and foreign exchange posi-
that is available due to uncleared checks tions.
A. True A. Sales and Marketing Department
B. False B. Human Resource Department

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C. Treasury Management C. Enhanced security and convenience


D. Maintenance Department D. Limited payment options

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228. The can be defined as an investment 233. What is the primary advantage of using
asset whose value is derived from a con- ACH payments?
tractual claim of what they represent. A. Fast international transactions
A. financial assets B. Low transaction costs
B. liquid assets C. Secure handling of cash
229. What is Treasury Management? D. Direct payment from credit cards
A. The process of determining organiza- 234. Statement 1:Historical volatility. Mea-
tional goals and objectives to optimize in- sured by historical trends and data.; State-
vestment of idle cash or money. ment 2:Exponential weighted moving av-
B. Making sure the organization complies erage. Quoted and traded by traders in
with regulations and financial standards. professional markets; it is commonly used
in pricing options
C. Establishing cash flow policies and
performing cash flow analysis to meet the A. Statements 1 and 2 are False
organization’s goals. B. Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is
D. All of the above. True
C. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is
230. The more decentralized the operations,
False
the more important the need for a well-
planned, tested, and relax contingency D. Statements 1 and 2 are True
plan.
235. Which is a strategy to fulfill short-term
A. True liquidity in banking?
B. Maybe A. Selling securities or bonds
C. False B. Selling some bank shares to the public
D. Sometimes C. Increase deposit interest
231. This metric is relevant only if the treasury D. Doing capital increase
department is responsible for the granting
236. It is refer to the activity of identifying
of customer credit.
risk and reaching a state of risk that is re-
A. bad debts as a percentage of sales quired to achieve desired objectives.
B. borrowing base usage percentage A. Risk Management
C. accuracy of its cash forecast B. Risk Identification
D. Percentage of sales C. Risk Evaluation

232. What is the primary advantage of using D. Risk Mitigation


online payment gateways in cash transfer 237. In a quote exchange rate, the currency
procedures? that is to purchase with another currency
A. Slower transaction processing is called
B. Higher transaction fees A. Quote currency

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B. Base currency the accounting systems and the financial


C. Local currency controller are insignificant in the Trea-
sury’s smooth functioning and efficiency
D. none of above parameters.
238. If Treasury is a cost centre or a benefits A. Maybe
centre, whether it needs to be an active or B. False
passive Treasury, all aspects must be es-
tablished in advance, and treasury strat- C. True

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egy must specify the goals accordingly. D. Sometimes
A. Sometimes
243. is also an important type of financial
B. True market that enables the trading of curren-
C. False cies.
D. Maybe A. Foreign Exchange Market (Forex Trad-
ing)
239. What is the primary purpose of providing
wire transfer instructions to a bank? B. Derivatives Market

A. To request a foreign exchange conver- 244. If the amount of liquidity in the market is
sion very tight, Bank Indonesia will:
B. To expedite the wire transfer process A. Absorb liquidity in the market
C. To determine the payment recipient’s B. Inject liquidity in the market
identity
C. Raise the FASBI interest rate
D. To avoid transaction fees imposed by
D. Increase Bank Indonesia’s repo inter-
banks
est
240. While computing the Exchange position,
the dealer will take into account 245. The principles of management include of
the following, except
A. All purchases/sales made on Forward
basis A. Planning

B. All purchases/sales made on Spot ba- B. Planting


sis only C. Decision-making
C. All purchases/sales made on Spot or D. Controlling
Forward basis
246. Statement 1:Risk management is the um-
D. none of above
brella process. ; Statement 2:Risk reduc-
241. Implementing dual authorization for tion is only one of the ways to manage
transfers is an example of preventive con- risk.
trol in cash transfer procedures. A. Statements 1 and 2 are False
A. TRUE B. Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is
B. FALSE true

242. Given the Treasurer’s duty to handle C. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is
volatility, which includes balance sheet False
variability, the Treasurer’s relations with D. Statement 1 and 2 are True

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247. What is the purpose of a cash flow state- 253. The SSC technically covers areas that re-
ment in cash transfer procedures? port to the financial controller. While it re-
mains very close linkages to the Treasury’s

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A. To track sales revenue
functioning, it can be distinct from an orga-
B. To manage employee salaries nizational standpoint. Given the closeness
C. To monitor cash inflows and outflows and proximity, transactionally and concep-
D. To calculate income tax tually, to Treasury activities and processes
and the interconnectedness of the two, we
248. Main function of the Back office in a Trea- have included these areas in this discus-
sury department includes sion’s scope.
A. Confirmation, settlement and Reconcil- A. True
iation
B. False
B. Providing UPS to Dealing room
C. Maybe
249. is a payment on behalf of the payer D. Sometimes
A. check payment
254. It refers to enable an atmosphere of
B. company payment
knowledge and positive teamwork to en-
C. bank check sure the highest work and motivational
D. none of the above standards

250. It ensures that a company has sufficient A. Treasury Fitness


cash available at all times to meet the B. Treasury Hats
needs of its primary business operations C. Treasury Design
A. Cash Department D. Treasury Culture
B. Treasury Department
255. Stages in Treasury Centralization (ar-
C. Marketing Department
range according to stages) I. Complete
D. HR Department decentralizationII. Centralized netting and
hedgingIII. Centralized working capital
251. Which among the statements is not a gen-
managementIV. Centralized investments
eral consideration of account structures?
A. I, II, III, IV
A. Complexity of operations
B. Decentralized management culture B. I, II, IV, III

C. Tax advantages C. I, III, IV, II


D. Inflows are used to fund outflows D. IV, II, III, I

252. How can a company avoid high foreign 256. What payment method is commonly used
exchange conversion fees in wire trans- for small payments, such as office supplies
fers? and vendor payments, to streamline the
purchasing process?
A. Requesting immediate value dating
A. Wire transfer
B. Paying in the recipient’s currency
C. Using the same bank at both ends of B. ACH debit
the transaction C. Procurement card
D. Avoiding wire transfers altogether D. Letter of credit

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257. The team’s commitment and success de- 261. Process notes provide a ready reference
pend a great deal on how well the team tool for new workers to start execut-
members work together to deliver a solid ing their duties immediately and for ex-
and successful performance. Working in isting workers to back up or recognize
a cross-cultural, global setting often in- process-related aspects in situations of un-
cludes understanding the different team certainty.
members’ experiences, markets, and envi- A. True
ronments.
B. Maybe

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A. culture mindset
C. Sometimes
B. culture knowledge
D. False
C. culture wisdom
262. Shares held by the management or
D. culture awareness founders of the organization are called as

258. Have available various alternatives to in-


vest any excess funds at the highest pos- A. bonus shares
sible returns refers to: B. founder shares
A. Investment management 263. The bank check is a payment on behalf of
B. Risk management the payer

C. Liability management A. True


B. False
D. Asset management
264. It refers to the daily analysis and moni-
259. You are approached by a customer to is- toring of processes ensure that little sur-
sue DD for USD 7000/-favourig Harvard prises and organizational or other losses
University. You have arrangement with occur due to insufficient or inadequate pro-
Wells Fargo Bank, New York. When the cedures followed.
DD is presented by the payee, it will af-
fect of the Bank. A. Policy
B. Integration
A. “Exchange position”
C. Control
B. “Cash position”
D. Reporting
C. Not impact either of these.
265. The treasurer is responsible for maintain-
D. none of above
ing relations with a company’s banks.
260. In case of securities held by the Bank A. True
“Marked to Market” means B. False
A. current market value or purchase
266. Along with the determination of the
price, whichever is lower
prices at which the financial instruments
B. Market price trade in the financial market, the required
return out of the funds invested by the in-
C. Purchase price
vestor is also determined by participants
D. none of above in the financial market.

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A. Funds Mobilization 271. By using a lockbox, a company can elim-


inate some of the float involved in check
B. Price Determination
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267. Procurement cards are primarily used for cessing labor.
large, one-time transactions in business- A. True
to-business settings. B. False
A. TRUE 272. A third party vendor (could also be a
B. FALSE bank) runs the entire systems and opera-
tional process required for netting, which
268. Entities who are eligible to open and among the solutions is?
maintain a CSGL account with the Reserve A. Outsourced solutions
Bank on behalf of theirconstituents are
B. Hybrid solutions
known as
C. Immediate solutions
A. ‘Gilt Account Holders (GAHs)
D. In-house solutions
B. Good Account Holders
273. Statement 1:By reducing the likelihood
C. Great Account holders and potential costs of distress, a good risk
D. none of above management process can move the firm to-
wards becoming neutral to performances
269. What risk is associated with ACH debit of its key market and credit environments
transactions and can occur when scammers and hence towards a better rating.; State-
make unauthorized withdrawals? ment 2:A better rating would imply de-
creased ability to leverage and cheaper
A. ACH Credit Risk
sources of funding, leading to an overall
B. ACH Operational Risk lowering of the cost of capital.
C. ACH Debit Risk A. Statement 1 and 2 are False
D. ACH Systemic Risk B. Statement 1 is False but Statement 2
is True
270. One of the underlying risks assumed is C. Statement 1 is True but Statement 2 is
that the investee or deposit taker is sol- False
vent and can pay back the deposit or in- D. Statement 1 and 2 are True
vestment at maturity. However, if the de-
posit or investment is linked to the credit 274. The transactional and operational ele-
of another party (credit-linked note), and ment of cash management and money
there is a possibility on paper that the in- movement, except
vestor will not get back 50% of the in- A. Settlement and execution of cash f ow
vested amount, the note is not principal and cross-border transactions
protected.
B. Execution of trade-related transac-
A. True tions, such as letters of credit and bank
B. False guarantees
C. Establishing an appropriate forecast-
C. Maybe
ing process for cash flows to enable poor
D. Sometimes planning

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D. none of above 280. Stress Testing carried out by banks to


measure their liquidity conditions within a
275. Many firms have implemented a cor- period of 30 days, namely:
porate hierarchy.
A. Liquidity Coverage Ratio
A. One-tier
B. Net Stable Funding Ratio
B. Three-tier
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D. None of the above D. High Quality Liquid Assets

276. It refers on creating the right processes, 281. Which among the statements is Step 6 of
structures, and approaches at the right a ordinary value payments?
place with the right infrastructure and of
course the right people A. Paying bank batches all transactions
into a single file and sends to the clearing
A. Treasury Design system
B. Treasury Culture
B. Clearing system credits bene bank
C. Treasury Hats Vostro account, sends a file of all payment
D. Treasuty Fitness instructions to Beneficiary Bank
C. Bank debits clearing Nostro account
277. What is the purpose of capital manage-
credits customer account
ment?
A. Developing strategies to meet capital D. Paying Bank Debits customer for total
requirements. amount, credits clearing Nostro account

B. Monitoring and tracking the organiza- 282. This financial asset is an agreement be-
tion’s capital expenses. tween an investor (here, company) and
C. Managing debt levels and evaluating a bank institution in which the customer
capital investments. (Company) keep a set amount of money
deposited in the bank for the agreed term
D. All of the above.
in exchange for a guaranteed rate of inter-
278. It manage the financial risk to allow est.
the enterprise to meet its financial obliga- A. Certificate of Deposit (CD)
tions, as they fall due and also ensure pre-
dictable performance of the business. B. Bonds
A. Optimum utilization of resources
283. Treasury Culture involves finance and job-
B. Risk Management specific items that are core to the function-
ing of a well-rounded Treasury team, ex-
279. Which among the statements is not a cept
money transfer mechanism?
A. Business
A. Cheques and drafts
B. Bills and negotiable instruments B. Regulatory

C. Gold bar deposits C. Written Communication


D. Electronic funds transfer D. Accounting

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284. The four major currencies in the world are C. Proactiveness


free to float against each other except one D. Communicative
of the following. Identify.

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A. EURO 289. It ensures that there are an effective col-
lection and payment system in the organi-
B. USD
zation.
C. Spanish Peso
A. CASH MANAGEMENT
D. none of above
B. TREASURY MANAGEMENT
285. You have entered into a Forward Pur-
chase contract with your exporter for USD 290. When a company has written a large vol-
50, 000/-for two months. Delivery is in ume of checks that have not yet cleared,
April’23. This will enter into the exchange the available cash balance shown by the
position of Delaers’ book on company’s bank will be larger than the
company’s ledger balance
A. The date our Nostro account is cred-
ited with the proceeds of the export bill A. True
B. The date of entering into the Forward B. False
contract
291. Which of the following is NOT a common
C. The date of tendering of export docu- method of cash transfer?
ments for purchase/negotiation/discount
A. Electronic funds transfer (EFT)
D. none of above B. Cash in hand

286. Acronym CSGL stands for C. Postal money order

A. Conditional Subsidiary General ledger D. Bartering goods

B. Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger 292. It is calculated using a monthly earnings


C. Constituent separate general ledger credit rate, multiplied by the average col-
lected balance in the account for the month
D. none of above
A. earnings allowance
287. Treasury management drives value cre-
ation through maximizing cash liquidity for B. Allowance
companies that often have fluctuating cash C. credit allowance
flow and needs. D. earnings credit allowance
A. TRUE
293. Treasury management is a management
B. FALSE
system that aims to optimize a company’s
288. Among the statemets are the qualities of liquidity while also mitigating its financial,
treasury culture, except operational and reputational risk.
A. Transparency A. True
B. Teamwork B. False

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