8. Money is defined as
a) Bills of exchange.
b) Anything that is generally accepted in payment for goods or services or in the
repayment of debt.
c) A risk-free repository of spending power.
d) The unrecognized liability of governments.
9. Which of the following statements about the characteristics of debt and equities is
TRUE?
a) They can both be long-term financial instruments.
b) Bond holders are residual claimants.
c) The income from bonds is typically more variable than that from equities.
d) Bonds pay dividends.
10. Long-term debt has a maturity that is
a) Between one and ten years.
b) Lessthan a year.
c) Between five and ten years.
d) Ten years or longer.
11. When I purchase ___
_, I own a portion of a firm and have the right to vote on
issuesimportant to the firm and to elect its directors.
a) Bonds
b) Bills
c) Notes
d) Stock
12. ____
work in the secondary markets matching buyers with sellers of securities.
a) Dealers
b) Underwriters
c) Brokers
d) Claimants
13. An important function of secondary markets is to
a) Make it easier to sell financial instruments to raise funds.
b) Raisefunds for corporations through the sale of securities.
c) Make it easier for governments to raise taxes.
d) Create a market for newly constructed houses.
14. Secondary markets make financial instruments more
a) Solid.
b) Vapid.
c) Liquid.
d) Risky.
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