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AIMA Online Assignment Financial Management FM12

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Financial Management FM12


NOTE: The answers are boldly marked.

Question 1:- A financial ratio does the following:                                                              
a)      Relationship between different financial statements of an organization.                              
b)      Compares different items                           
c)       A yardstick used by management to take decisions                         
d)      All of the above                              

Question 2:- ____________ standard of comparison indicates the direction of change for a company over the past few years.   
a)       Time series analysis                                       
b)      Proforma analysis                           
c)       Both of them                                    
d)      None of the above                       

Question 3:- The ratios most useful for short-term creditors are                               
a)       Leverage ratio                                  
b)      Activity ratio                                     
c)       Liquidity ratio                                  
d)      None of the above                       

Question 4:- When we are comparing the financial ratio's of three it companies, we are said to be carrying out a ______________________________ analysis:                             
a)       Time series analysis                                       
b)      Industry analysis                             
c)       Proforma analysis                           
d)      None of the above                       

Question 5:- Fixed assets turnover ratio is a part of analyzing the                             
a)       Efficiency in utilizing assets                                      
b)      Leverage of the company                           
c)       Liquidity of the company                             
d)      Studying the profitability of the company                            

Question 6:- ________________ ratio indicates the no. of days a company can finance its business without receiving cash from outside     
a)       Inventory ratio                                
b)      Interval measure                            
c)       Net working capital                       
d)      Cash ratio                          

Question 7:- The following condition needs to be fulfilled for a company to be considered having a strong financial position:               
a)       A high debt-equity ratio                              
b)      Low proportion of shareholder equity                                  
c)       both the conditions are fulfilled                             
d)      none of them is true                                     

Question 8:- The following companies would be able to face adverse situations like recession favorably:              
a)       A company with low operating expense ratio                                    
b)      A company with low profit margin                          
c)       Both the conditions are favorable                           
d)      None of the conditions are favorable                                   

Question 9:- The following measures the market value of a firms assets to its asset replacement cost:   
a)       DuPont analysis                               
b)      Tobin’s Q                           
c)       Book value to market value ratio                             
d)      Market value to book value ratio                             

Question 10:- The following it true of gross working capital                          
a)       It may be positive or negative                                   
b)      Suggests the extent to which working capital needs to be financed by the permanent sources of funds                                       
c)       Both are correct                              
d)      None are correct                            

Question 11:- Low levels of marketable securities are maintained for financing working capital according to the ___________________ .                          
a)       Restrictive approach                                     
b)      Flexible approach                           
c)       Conservative approach                                
d)      Hedging approach                          

Question 12:- The asset side of a balance sheet flows in the following order:      
a)       Cash, Accounts receivables, inventory, marketable securities, fixed assets.                       
b)      Cash, Accounts receivables, marketable securities, inventory, fixed assets.                       
c)       Cash, marketable securities, Accounts receivables, inventory, fixed assets.                       
d)      Can be arranged in any order.
                               
Question 13:- Accounts receivables are the same as:                      
a)       Sundry debtors                               
b)      Bill receivables                                 
c)       Trade creditor                                  
d)      All mean the same                         

Question 14:- Accounts receivables management is based on the following principal:                     
a)       As liquidity increases the return decreases                                       
b)      Cash is king                       
c)       Too much liquidity prevents bankruptcy                              
d)      All are true                       

Question 15:- Costs incurred in writing off accounts receivables due to non-payment is called                    
a)       Bad debt                            
b)      Bankruptcy cost                              
c)       Opportunity cost                            
d)      Collection cost                                 

Question 16:- The credit term 5/10 net 60 signifies:                         
a)       Credit period 10 days, cash discount 5% cash discount period 60 days                                   
b)      Credit period 60 days, cash discount 10% cash discount period 5 days                                     
c)       Credit period 60 days, cash discount 5% cash discount period 10 days                                     
d)      Credit period 5 days, cash discount 10% cash discount period 60 days

Question 17:- Average collection period is:                          
a)       Credit sales/Account receivables                           
b)      Account receivables/ Sales                         
c)       Receivables period/365                               
d)      365/Receivables period                               

Question 18:- The following statements are true as regards inventory management:                      
a)       Maintaining huge amount of inventories requires huge investments                                     
b)      Efficient inventory management is necessary to avoid unnecessary and inadequate investment                       
c)       Inventory management includes acquisition, storage, disposal of materials                         
d)      All are correct                                  

Question 19:- Inventory term includes:                 
a)       Raw maw material + work-in-progress + finished goods                               
b)      Raw maw material + work-in-progress + machine spare parts                                    
c)       Raw maw material + work-in-progress + Finished goods +machine spare parts                                
d)      Raw maw material + work-in-progress + Finished goods +machine spare parts + tables + chairs                                 
Question 20:- Holding inventory to take advantage of changes in prices and getting quality discounts is regarded as the following motive:                            
a)       Transaction motive                       
b)      Speculative motive                       
c)       Precautionary motive                                   
d)      Financial motive                             

Question 21:- The insurance paid against fire and theft of inventories is regarded as the following cost: 
a)       Carrying cost                                     
b)      Ordering cost                                   
c)       Capital cost                       
d)      Storage cost                                      

Question 22:- The level of inventory at which the inventory cost is minimum is regarded as:        
a)       Order point quantity                                    
b)      Economic order quantity                             
c)       Re-order quantity                          
d)      None of the above                       

Question 23:- One of the oldest technique of inventory control which is generally used to control "C" category inventories is :          
a)       ABC Analysis                                     
b)      VED classification                            
c)       Two-bin technique                       
d)      HML classification                           

Question 24:- Classifying inventory on the basis of their availability is called:        
a)       FSN classification                            
b)      HML classification                           
c)       VED classification                            
d)      SDE classification                           

Question 25:- A fixed quantity of material is ordered whenever the stock level reaches the re-order level in the:                             
a)       Fixed order periodic system                                      
b)      Just in time system                       
c)       Fixed order quantity system                                     
d)      Order cycling system                                     

Question 26:- A disbursement float is:   
a)       The amount not debited                             
b)      The amount not credited                            
c)       Firms available balance                                
d)      Firms book balance                       

Question 27:- The net float of cash management is positive when:                          
a)       The firms disbursement float is more than the collection float                                   
b)      The firms collection float is more than the disbursement float                                
c)       Both the situations are correct                                 
d)      None of the statements are correct                       
Question 28:- The bank already holds Rs. 5000. They write a cheque of Rs. 1000 and deposit a cheque of Rs. 2000. What would be your net float.                              
a)       6000                                     
b)      -6000                                    
c)       1000                                     
d)      -1000                                    

Question 29:- The total delay in case of collection float includes:                               
a)       Mailing time + Processing time                                 
b)      Mailing time + Processing time+ availability time                          
c)       Mailing time + Availability time                                 
d)      Availability time + processing time                          

Question 30:- ___________________ approach is use of more short-term funds warranted by the matching plan.                       
a)       Matching                           
b)      Conservative                                    
c)       Aggressive                         
d)      None of the above

AIMA Question Paper of June 2015 for FM03

All India Management Association (AIMA) Question Paper details of  June 2015 examination.

AIMA (All India Management Association)
JUNE 2015 EXAMINATION
FM 03 / eFM 03

SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT


Time: Three Hours                                                                                Maximum Marks: 100

Note:
1. The paper is divided in three sections: SECTION-A, SECTION-B and SECTION-C.
2. There are seven questions in SECTION-A.  Students are required to attempt ANY FOUR.
3. SECTION-B has five questions, attempt ANY THREE.
4. All the questions of SECTION-C (Case Study) are compulsory.

SECTION-A (10 Marks each)

1.       State the economic and financial meaning of investment.  What are the risks associated with investment in stock market?
2.       What is SML?  How is SML different from CML?
3.       Explain in details fundamental analysis.  How is fundamental analysis different from technical analysis?
4.       What do you understand by EMH?  Distinguish between the three levels of market efficiency.
5.       Name the different types of Mutual Fund Schemes available.  What are advantages and disadvantage of investing through mutual funds?
6.       Distinguish between primary and secondary market.  What are the major roles of stock market regulator for these markets?
7.       Explain multifactor model of portfolio.  Which are the major factors in the model?


SECTION-B (15 Marks each)

8.  The mean return, standard deviation and beta of mutual fund scheme are   13%, 17%   and   1.2 respectively.  Risk free return during this time period was 5%.  Calculate the Treynor     measure, Sharpe measure and Jensen measure.  What inferences do you draw from these        measures?
9.  From the following information available calculate:
                                           Stock A                      Stock B
Expected returns                    14%                        20%
Standard deviation                 25%                        40%
Coefficient of Correlation of Stock A, B = 0.40       
a) the Co-variance between Stock A and B.
b) the expected returns and risk of a portfolio in which A and B are equally weighted.

10. The following information is available:
Expected return for the market = 14%
Standard deviation of the market return = 20%
Risk-free return = 6%    
Correlation coefficient between stock X and the market = 0.7
Correlation coefficient between stock Y and the market = 0.8
Standard deviation of stock X = 24%
Standard deviation of stock Y = 32%

You are required to:
a) Calculate the beta for stock X and stock Y
b) Calculate the required rate of return for each stock.

11. Explain various investment alternatives available for an Indian investor.  Which of these alternatives are eligible for saving taxes?
12. What do you understand by efficient frontier?  Explain Markowitz portfolio theory.


SECTION-C (15 Marks)
Case Study (Compulsory)

The current dividend on equity shares of the Shopkart Ltd, an online shopping firm is Rs. 5.  In view of boom in e-commerce business Shopkart is expected to enjoy an above normal growth rate of 40% for 5 years.  Thereafter the growth rate will fall and stabilize at 15%.  Equity investors require a return of 20% from Shopkart’s stock.

13.          Case Question:
                What is the intrinsic value of the equity shares of Shopkart?

AIMA Strategic Management & Ethics (GM14)

AIMA Online Assignments

Strategic Management & Ethics (GM14)


NOTE: The answers are boldly marked.

Question 1:- Strategy formulation was not as important 50 years back as the environment during the pre-liberalization era was more:          
a)   Flexible                       
b)   Stable and Predictable                       
c)   Cyclical                       
d)   Dynamic, Unstable and turbulent                       

Question 2:- Business Strategy should be formulated keeping in a mind a time horizon of:           
a)   3 - 5 years                       
b)   3 -6 months                        
c)   less than one year                       
d)   None of these                       

Question 3:- Business Success hinges on the capability of a firm to           
a)   formulate and execute action plans                       
b)   Craft Internal plans                       
c)   Allocate Resources efficiently                       
d)   predict the internal environment                       

Question 4:- Mergers and Acquisitions is an integral portion of what level of strategy     
a)   Corporate level                       
b)   Operational Level                       
c)   Business Level                       
d)   Functional Level                       

Question 5:- Which of the following is NOT part of the micro environment           
a)   Technology                       
b)   Competitors                       
c)   Customers                       
d)   Publics                       

Question 6:- The strategy of TATA Motors and TCS would be classified as:            
a)   Business Strategy                       
b)   Corporate Strategy                       
c)   Operational Strategy                       
d)   Process Level                       

Question 7:- Growth, retrenchment and stability are examples of           
a)   Corporate level Strategy                       
b)   SBU Strategy                       
c)   Integration Strategy                       
d)   All of These                       

Question 8:- Porter's Generic strategies comprises of:   
a)   Cost leadership, differentiation and scope                       
b)   Product and Market Focus                       
c)   Integrated approach                       
d)   Hyper competition                       

Question 9:- Typically, profits are highest in which stage of the industry life-cycle             
a)   Growth                       
b)   Introductory                       
c)   Stagnation                       
d)   Decline                       

Question 10:- Which of the following industries is least likely to follow the conventional stable life-cycle model 
a)   Computer software                       
b)   Coal Mining                       
c)   Insurance Broking                       
d)   Saloon                       

Question 11:- Strengths and weaknesses are important ingredients of: 
a)   The industry                       
b)   The Organization and the competitors                       
c)   The Market                       
d)   The firm                       

Question 12:- Opportunities and threats are posed by the           
a)   Internal resources                       
b)   External environment                       
c)   Firm level competencies                       
d)   Government policies only                       

Question 13:- Reputation' in the context of an organization's resources can provide competitive advantage because:     
a)   It is implicit                       
b)   It is difficult to copy                       
c)   It is a resource                       
d)   It leads to easy word of mouth publicity                       

Question 14:- Which of these is not a reason why some firms do not have strategic planning      
a)   Laziness                       
b)   Competitive Leadership                       
c)   Differences in opinion                       
d)   Poor reward structures                       

Question 15:- Which one of these is NOT a __________ part of Porter's competitive forces in industry analysis
a)   Bargaining power of consumers                       
b)   Development of substitutes                       
c)   Competitive Rivalry                       
d)   Threat of new entrants                       

Question 16:- In which matrix of the BCG growth share matrix should a firm consider to diversify             
a)   Problem Child                       
b)   Cash Cow                       
c)   Star                       
d)   None of these                       

Question 17:- In which stage of the product life cycle should a firm consider investing heavily in advertising         
a)   Maturity Phase                       
b)   Introductory and emergent phase                       
c)   Growth Phase                       
d)   Research Phase                       

Question 18:- One of the features of strategy is that it should be:            
a)   focused on survival of the firm                       
b)   Flexible and altered frequently                       
c)   Robust and long term                       
d)   Short term                       

Question 19:- Which one of the following is not a component of the internal environment          
a)   Tangible Resources                       
b)   Brand reputation                       
c)   Laws and Regulations                       
d)   Physical Assets                       

Question 20:- In the case where an organization acquires its supplier, this is an example of          
a)   Horizontal Integration                       
b)   Forward Integration                       
c)   Backward Vertical Integration                       
d)   Value Chain Dynamics                       

Question 21:- Firms having superior value chain capabilities have a competitive …………………….. over rivals             
a)   disadvantage                       
b)   environment                       
c)   advantage and edge                       
d)   battle                       

Question 22:- The _________ answers the question "What do we want to become?" whereas _________answers the question "What is our business?"            
a)   Short term objectives; long term objectives                       
b)   Short term plans; long term plans                       
c)   Vision Statement; Mission Statement                       
d)   Objectives; Strategies                       

Question 23:- __________ is based on the assumption that the future will be just like the past.               
a)   Delphi Forecasts                       
b)   Econometric forecasts                       
c)   Linear Regression                       
d)   Scenario Planning                       

Question 24:- In terms of the PESTLE analysis, the changes in the tariff structures and regimes could go in which section               
a)   Demographics                       
b)   Political                       
c)   Legal                       
d)   Eco-systems                        

Question 25:- A strategy can be defined as:        
a)   Operational plans                       
b)   Line and direction followed by a firm                       
c)   Plans designed irrespective of the environmental conditions                       
d)   Integrated Broad set of action plans cutting across all business functions                       

Question 26:- Which one of the following is not a component of the external environment         
a)   Technology                       
b)   Political                        
c)   Socio- Cultural                       
d)   Business Processes                       

Question 27:- Cultural values would be part of which of the following factor in macro environment         
a)   Economic                       
b)   Natural                       
c)   Ecological                       
d)   Social                       

Question 28:- The word tactic is most likely to be associated with             
a)   Functional; Level                       
b)   Business Level                        
c)   Unstructured planning                       
d)   Operational Level Strategy                       

Question 29:- Adding new, unrelated products or services for present customers is a phenomenon known as:  
a)   Horizontal Diversification                        
b)   Concentric Diversification                       
c)   Product Development                       
d)   Conglomerate Diversification                       

Question 30:- An industry characterized by irregular patterns of stability, rapid technological change, high uncertainty and global competition can be described as 
a)   Irregular                       
b)   Inconsistent                       
c)   Hyperactive                       

d)   Hypercompetitive