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ACI 3I0-013 ACI Operations Certificate challenging Exam Practice Test

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ACI Operations Certificate challenging Questions and Answers

Question 1

Some large losses occurred in the past from derivatives trading because:

Options:

A.

Derivatives brokers significantly over-charged their clients

B.

Institutions did not understand the leverage of their transactions

C.

Money managers engaged in intra-day trading

D.

Money managers embezzled money using derivatives

Question 2

The payments due on a FRA are settled:

Options:

A.

On the trade date

B.

On the maturity date of the FRA

C.

Daily in accruals

D.

On the start date of the FRA

Question 3

FX Swaps can be used to:

Options:

A.

Swap a fixed leg into a variable leg

B.

Buy or sell the currency of your choice

C.

Arbitrage between foreign exchange and interest rates

D.

Arbitrage between deposits and forward points

Question 4

CLS stands for which of the following:

Options:

A.

Continuous Linked Settlement

B.

Cash Linked Settlement

C.

Credit Linked Securities

D.

Counterparty Limit System

Question 5

Which action results in the highest STP-Rate?

Options:

A.

The daily reconciliation of nostro accounts

B.

The use of a Continuous Linked Settlement

C.

The use of internal limits regulations such as counterparty limits and country limits

D.

A trade confirmation check

Question 6

The depositary of your securities:

Options:

A.

Is responsible only for the settlement of those securities

B.

Is responsible only for safeguarding the securities that you have on your account

C.

Is responsible for safeguarding both the securities that you have on your account and their settlement

D.

Is never responsible for safeguarding securities

Question 7

Which one of the following statements about "CLS rescinds" is correct?

Options:

A.

CLS settlement members may rescind instructions unilaterally provided that the rescind messages reach the CLS Bank before the 00:00 CET deadline.

B.

CLS settlement members may rescind instructions unilaterally provided that the rescind messages reach the CLS Bank before the 06:30 CET deadline.

C.

CLS settlement members may rescind instructions bilaterally only if the rescind messages reach the CLS Bank before the 00:00 CET deadline.

D.

CLS settlement members may rescind instructions bilaterally only if the rescind messages reach the CLS Bank after the 06:30 CET deadline.

Question 8

A "turn of the month" deposit would be a transaction:

Options:

A.

Value first business day of a month against last business day of the same month

B.

Value last business day of a month against first business day of the next month

C.

Value last business day of a month against last business day of the following month

D.

Value first business day of a month against first business day of the following month

Question 9

The purchase price of a coupon bond:

Options:

A.

Is higher than its face value if, and only if, its coupon rate is higher than its yield to maturity on the coupon date

B.

Is higher than its face value if, and only if, its coupon rate is lower than its yield to maturity on the coupon date

C.

Is lower than its face value if, and only if, its coupon rate is higher than its yield to maturity on the coupon date

D.

Is always higher than its face value

Question 10

Whose compliance rules, regulations and best practices should be followed in FX electronic trading?

Options:

A.

Solely those of the electronic trading platforms vendors

B.

Exclusively ACI's Model Code Best Practices

C.

ACI's Model Code Best Practices and ICMA's Market Practice & Regulatory Policy

D.

The electronic trading platforms vendors' and the ACI's Model Code Best Practices guidelines

Question 11

A Luxembourg based bank, which regularly buys American securities for its customers, will preferably:

Options:

A.

Buy the American securities directly on the NYSE

B.

Open a bank account in the United States

C.

Open an account in a bank in the U.S. that has an account at the NYSE

D.

Buy the securities directly in Luxembourg

Question 12

A corporate client instructs you to make a USD payment to his account in London. What two message types should you send?

Options:

A.

MT 202 and MT 103

B.

MT 202 and MT 210

C.

MT 200 and MT 103

D.

MT 103 and MT 210

Question 13

If your trader has dealt a 6-month USD/JPY FX-swap, selling and buying USD 10,000,000.00, will you:

Options:

A.

Expect a credit statement on your JPY nostro account on the near date

B.

Be required to obtain and execute the ICMA Master Agreement to document the transaction

C.

Need to instruct your USD nostro bank to pay out USD on the far date

D.

Anticipate no movement of principal, but a cash settlement on the far date

Question 14

Your dealer has sold EUR 5,000,000.00 against USD at 1.3545. How much would you expect to receive in settlement?

Options:

A.

USD 3,691,399.04

B.

USD 3,691,399.00

C.

USD 6,772,500.00

D.

USD 6,773,000.00

Question 15

Your agent bank accepts your back-valuation request for 1 day on an amount of EUR 50,000,000.00, EONIA is 0,375% and the ECB marginal lending facility rate is 1.50%. Applying conventional administration fees, how much will this be charged?

Options:

A.

EUR 620.83

B.

EUR 868.06

C.

EUR 968.06

D.

EUR 2,183.33

Question 16

Major amendments to a prospectus can be made:

Options:

A.

At the discretion of the issuer and after the launch

B.

Only with the consent of the note holders

C.

Always in the case of default payment

D.

Only by the custodian with the consent of the issuer

Question 17

What are the three successive stages of money laundering?

Options:

A.

Integration, layering, placement

B.

Integration, placement, layering

C.

Placement, layering, integration

D.

Layering, integration, placement

Question 18

When completing a nostro reconciliation, what does an unresolved ledger credit signify?

Options:

A.

The duplicate receipt of funds from a counterparty

B.

The non-payment of funds to a counterparty

C.

The duplicate payment of funds to a counterparty

D.

The non-receipt of funds from a counterparty

Question 19

Which of the following is the best description of a broken trade”?

Options:

A.

When a trade has been agreed to with dates (maturities) different from the standard dates

B.

When one of the parties to the deal unilaterally decides to withdraw from the on-going transaction

C.

When, due to a system break, one or both parties to the deal chooses to withdraw from the ongoing transaction

D.

When, due to a system break, one or both parties to the deal are unclear as to whether the deal has been done

Question 20

Which of the following statements apply to an FX Swap?

Options:

A.

It consists of two separate transactions, dealt with two different counterparties.

B.

It replaces a pair of foreign exchange transactions.

C.

It fully eliminates counterparty risk.

D.

It reduces credit risk with the counterparty, as compared to money market deals.

Question 21

When do you use a SWIFT message type 202?

Options:

A.

For a foreign exchange confirmation

B.

For multiple general financial institution transfers

C.

For a general financial institution transfer

D.

For a customer transfer

Question 22

What financial product involves exchanging a fixed interest rate for a floating interest rate?

Options:

A.

A FX Swap

B.

A repurchase agreement

C.

An interest rate swap (IRS)

D.

A dual swaption

Question 23

Which of the following best describes the main benefit of the RTGS payment system?

Options:

A.

Final settlement of interbank funds transfers on a continuous, trade by trade basis throughout the day

B.

Lower costs through fewer payments passing through nostro accounts

C.

Lower costs through less labor intensive methods

D.

Reduced market risk due to smaller values of open positions

Question 24

For which of the following transactions are proper and completed bilateral master agreements considered essential prior to any dealing?

Options:

A.

Spot FX

B.

Repo

C.

Forward FX

D.

FRAs

Question 25

What deals are usually associated with a collar?

Options:

A.

A purchase of a cap and a sale of a cap at higher reference rate

B.

A purchase of a floor and a sale of a cap or vice versa

C.

A purchase of a cap and a purchase of a floor

D.

A purchase of a step-up cap and a sale of a step-down floor

Question 26

A message received and accepted by SWIFT will be acknowledged with:

Options:

A.

OK

B.

ACK

C.

MAK

D.

NAK

Question 27

In the Euro deposit markets, what is spot?

Options:

A.

Value one bank business day forward

B.

Value two bank business days forward

C.

Value one calendar day forward

D.

Value two calendar days forward

Question 28

What information is not explicitly confirmed between the two counterparties of a FX swap transaction using a MT 300?

Options:

A.

The rate

B.

The amount

C.

The swap points

D.

Settlement information

Question 29

You have five outstanding amounts with five different values. Which of the following should be investigated first?

Options:

A.

The most recently processed deal

B.

The counterparties in your own country

C.

The counterparty which claims first

D.

Those positions with the highest loss potential

Question 30

What is the first task of the cash positions keeper every day?

Options:

A.

Makes sure the opening position for the current day is the agreed and reconciled position from the previous day

B.

Makes sure the previous day1s pending position is the opening position for the current day

C.

He/she checks to see which dealer is in charge of which currency for that day

D.

He/she checks to see which countries have bank holidays that day

Question 31

What is the Bank Identifier Code (BIC)?

Options:

A.

A worldwide unique identification code for both financial and non-financial institutions

B.

A unique identification code for European financial institutions

C.

The short form of the IBAN-code

D.

A unique access-code to SWIFT-platforms

Question 32

Which of the following is an example of market risk?

Options:

A.

Counterparty risk

B.

Country risk

C.

Settlement risk

D.

Stock price risk

Question 33

Which of the following is considered a good practice in trade confirmation?

Options:

A.

Confirmations should be issued to non-front office personnel only

B.

All confirmations must be sent on the day following the trade date at the latest

C.

Multiple confirmations sent through different distribution channels reduce potential errors

D.

Counterparties should send confirmations, or positively affirm trades within 24 hours of the trade booking

Question 34

On 15 April 2010 you buy a bond whose coupon falls on 15 January 2010. The interest basis is 30/360. Using bond settlement T+1, how many days do you apply for the interest calculation?

Options:

A.

89 days

B.

90 days

C.

91 days

D.

92 days

Question 35

The use of netting in foreign exchange dealings has increased because it reduces:

Options:

A.

The volume of confirmations that have to be sent to the counterparties

B.

Foreign exchange dealing limits and the currency risk exposure of the banks

C.

The potential foreign exchange trading losses incurred by banks

D.

Interbank payments, counterparty credit risk exposure, as well as the amount of capital allocated to foreign exchange activity

Question 36

You suspect that a colleague is guilty of embezzlement. What should you do?

Options:

A.

Keep the information to yourself

B.

Tell your supervisor

C.

Tell your work-mates but not your supervisor

D.

Talk to the colleague in question

Question 37

You receive a trade to process with counterparty settlement instructions that differ from those you hold on your standard settlement instruction file (SSI).

Options:

A.

You should make the payment in accordance with the SSI you are holding without referring to your dealer or contacting the counterparty

B.

You should make the payment in accordance with the trade instructions

C.

You should check the SSI with your dealer and contact the counterparty to seek his specific instructions

D.

You should not make the payment

Question 38

How is the price of an interest rate swap (IRS) expressed?

Options:

A.

As an exchange rate

B.

As a cash flow

C.

As a margin added to the floating rate

D.

As an interest rate expressed in percentage terms

Question 39

Which one of the following bonds uses variable rates?

Options:

A.

Bond warrants

B.

Reverse convertibles

C.

Zero coupons

D.

Mini-Max (collared) FRN

Question 40

What is a nostro bank account?

Options:

A.

An account held with another bank

B.

An account another bank holds with you

C.

A trust account

D.

A suspense account

Question 41

Physical securities reconciliation software packages are based on:

Options:

A.

SWIFT MT 5XX

B.

SWIFT MT 2XX

C.

SWIFT MT 320

D.

SWIFT MT 400

Question 42

Your FX swap dealer bought and sold 1 month GBP/USD 25,000,000,00; rates were set to 1,5305 against 1.5300. What payment is your bank expecting in a month from now?

Options:

A.

USD 38,250,000.00

B.

USD 38,262,500.00

C.

GBP 25,000,000.00

D.

USD 16,339,869.28

Question 43

Which of the following is essential for the effective and timely execution of outward payments?

Options:

A.

Confirmation of the exact processing time of the payment order with the central bank of your counterparty

B.

The strict adherence to the cut-off times of your domestic payment system

C.

Confirmation of the time of processing of the payment order with your own central bank

D.

The strict adherence to the cut-off times for payments made worldwide

Question 44

In the weekend newspapers you read that one of your FX counterparties has gone into liquidation. You have no netting or close-out agreements in place with this counterparty and remember that you have one forward deal outstanding. What is the main risk affecting your bank?

Options:

A.

The loss of the entire principal amount of the deal

B.

The “replacement risk”, also known as “replacement-cost risk”

C.

The loss of the negative mark-to-market value of the deal

D.

As the deal is in the future, there is no impact on P&L

Question 45

The yield of a 1 month FRN in EUR depends on

Options:

A.

The level of short-term EUR interest rates

B.

The level of medium-term EUR interest rates

C.

The slope of EUR yield curve

D.

The level of long-term EUR interest rates

Question 46

The interest earned on a HUF 5.000.000.00 money market deposit for 90 days is HUF 62,500.00. What was the interest rate?

Options:

A.

5.07%

B.

5.06%

C.

4.93%

D.

5.00%

Question 47

Which of the following is required for institutions acting as prime brokers?

Options:

A.

They must remain neutral and stay out of disputes between their customers.

B.

They must rely on the execution venue to resolve disputes.

C.

They must delegate the resolution of broken trades downstream to their clients.

D.

They must take responsibility for the swift resolution of any disputes.

Question 48

What does LIBOR stand for?

Options:

A.

London Interbank Overseas Rate

B.

London Interbank Offered Rate

C.

Lending Interbank Offered Rate

D.

Leading Interbank Offered Rate

Question 49

Your dealer bought a 6x9 USD 4,000,000.00 FRA at 0.75%. Settlement is now due and 3 months (90 days) USD LIBOR is 0.40%. What amount do you pay or receive?

Options:

A.

Receive USD 3,496.50

B.

Pay USD 3,496.50

C.

Pay USD 3,500.00

D.

Pay USD 3,448.65

Question 50

The use of a bilateral netting scheme for FX settlements results in:

Options:

A.

One net settlement per currency, per counterparty, per day

B.

One net settlement per currency, per day

C.

A single net settlement per day

D.

Multiple settlements per currency, per counterparty, per day for those netted settlements

Question 51

Which department is responsible for originating deals?

Options:

A.

The front office

B.

The back office

C.

The middle office

D.

The compliance department

Question 52

A message received but not accepted by SWIFT will be acknowledged with:

Options:

A.

NOK

B.

ACK

C.

PAC

D.

NAK

Question 53

If not mentioned in the master agreement, the operational process should be supported by establishing a legally binding netting agreement. What do parties not need to agree upon?

Options:

A.

Confirmation procedures

B.

Cut-off times

C.

Procedures for confirming bilateral net amounts

D.

Alternative procedures in case netting cannot be performed

Question 54

The owner of a convertible bond:

Options:

A.

Has the obligation to convert his bond

B.

Has the right to convert his bond

C.

Must wait for the decision of the issuer if he wants to convert his bond

D.

Has the obligation to convert the coupon into a variable or a fixed rate

Question 55

Payments to the wrong correspondent, payments in the wrong amount, late or duplicate payments are considered:

Options:

A.

Transaction irregularities

B.

Confirmation discrepancies

C.

CIS mismatches

D.

Settlement discrepancies

Question 56

If you had bought USD/CNY at 6.2500 in a NDF and if it fixed at a spot rate of 6.3000, you would expect to:

Options:

A.

Pay a cash settlement in USD

B.

Pay a cash settlement in CNY

C.

Receive a cash settlement in USD

D.

Receive a cash settlement in CNY

Question 57

If today is Wednesday, what are the value days of a spot next money market deal assuming there are no intervening bank holidays?

Options:

A.

Wednesday against Thursday

B.

Thursday against Friday

C.

Friday against Monday

D.

Monday against Tuesday

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