Free AFP CTP Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 3

A company has six fraudulent checks clear its primary disbursement account for a total of $7,652. The bank agrees to split the loss with the company to maintain a good relationship. As a condition of sharing the expense, the bank requires the company to establish positive pay on its disbursement accounts or have the company absorb the losses on future fraudulent payments.

What type of risk financing technique is the bank using?

A company with $50 million in foreign assets decides to increase its foreign debt by $40 million for a debt ratio of 80%. This action will reduce which exposure?

A bank is evaluating the credit risk for a company seeking to optimize costs and originate a high volume of outgoing ACH payments. What is the BEST provision the bank should establish to control its credit exposure?

JKL Company has been successful in shortening the time associated with its mail float, processing float and availability float. JKL Company will experience which of the following as a result of these improvements?

Making payments through electronic payments networks can be a part of a treasury management system’s functionality, but it is subject to numerous constraints. Which of the following is a true statement of those constraints?

A manager has prepared an analysis of five investment alternatives. Prior to selecting which alternative to invest funds in, the manager calculated the anticipated return for all options. The manager is only going to invest in one alternative. The four investments that are not chosen are:

The treasury manager of an auto-parts manufacturer has noticed that checks were sent to a foreign individual not on the approved vendor list. The payables manager has explained the payments but did not provide an invoice. The treasury manager did no further research and is later disciplined for:

Which of the following would be true for a company with high operating leverage?

Which of the following is true of return on investment (ROI)?

What is the premium (price) for an oil contract, if the following conditions are present?

LIBOR rate of 5%

Out of the money cost of $3

Strike price is $4

In the money price of $1

Speculative premium of $2

A small for-profit, start-up company is designing a retirement plan with the goal of minimizing costs and operating income volatility while providing a qualified retirement savings vehicle. Which of the following would be the BEST choice?

A company with high operating leverage reduces its average cost per unit by 20% as its sales volume increases by 40% annually. This an example oF.

EML Inc., which has $600 million in outstanding debt, is preparing to issue commercial paper in excess of $100 million within the next six months. The new assistant treasurer has recently spent time getting to know the issuing and paying agent, the rating agency analyst, and the legal counsel, and has been following the financial markets. What is this is an example of?

Which of the following would be considered insurance risk management services?

Company ABC, with a current debt rating of BBB- from Standard & Poor’s, is negotiating a new revolving credit agreement with its lenders. The company anticipates closing on a small acquisition within a year of executing this new agreement and would like maximum flexibility to determine its capital structure. The company is MOST concerned about the lenders’ inclusion of A.

XYZ Inc. is a publicly traded company with revenues of $1B and an operating profit of 7.5%. The treasury organization consists of a treasurer and an assistant treasurer. The assistant treasurer is responsible for the creation and approval of all payments. The treasurer is responsible for compilation of the financial statements. Under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, what should be viewed as a concern?

Kensley Biscuit Company Ltd. decides to invest £125,000 in new packaging equipment to help it keep up with increased demand. As a result of this investment, the company’s annual profit improves by £11,763. If Kensley’s cost of capital is 8.25% and its corporate tax rate is 42%, what is its residual income (RI) from the investment?

Two months after a government overthrow, the new Minister of Industry and Culture took over the country’s largest steel company and compensated the owners at 50% of book value. What is the government’s action called?

An analyst is performing a lease versus buy analysis on a corporate jet. In the evaluation, a cost is relevant if it is:

A company is looking to improve its collection rate of returned checks. If the company implements re-presented check entry (RCK) with its bank, it might see a reduction in what type of returned items?