What is a corporation called that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control its management and operations by influencing the election of its board?
Correct answer C. Holding company
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Economics MCQs
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What is a company’s first sale of shares to the public called?
Correct answer C. Initial Public Offering (IPO)
What is the bill called that a seller of goods or services draws up and sends to the buyer for payment?
Correct answer A. Invoice
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In contracting, what is the term for secret payments made to ensure that a contract goes to a particular firm?
Correct answer B. Kickback
What are assets that can be turned into cash easily and cheaply, notably cash itself and short-term securities, called?
Correct answer B. Liquid asset
Which gold, silver or platinum coin usually trades at slightly more than its current bullion value?
Correct answer C. Maple Leaf
Which US electronic quotation system provides market participants with prices for the more actively traded common stocks in the OTC market?
Correct answer C. National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation system (Nasdaq)
What is a market called in which a small number of producers often act together to control the supply of a good and its price?
Correct answer A. Oligopoly
In a decentralised market, dealers in different places are linked by telephone and computer screens to trade securities not listed on a stock or bond exchange. What is this market called?
Correct answer A. Over-the-counter (OTC)
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What is the possibility of negative events or changes in a country’s business climate, arising from its politics, called?
Correct answer D. Political risk
What does the term principal refer to?
Correct answer C. Both of them
Under one arrangement, a firm uses another firm’s research free of charge in return for placing all its trades through the research provider. What is this arrangement called?
Correct answer C. Quid Pro quo
What is a piece of land together with any physical property on it called?
Correct answer A. Real estate
What is the insolvency practitioner appointed by secured creditors to oversee the repayment of debts called?
Correct answer D. Receiver
What is an agreement called in which one party sells a security to another and agrees to buy it back on a set date at a set price?
Correct answer D. Repo
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What is the foreign currency called that a central bank or monetary authority holds for exchange intervention and the settlement of intergovernmental claims?
Correct answer D. Reserve currency
What is a country’s currency called when it is expected to fall in value relative to other currencies?
Correct answer D. Soft currency
What is a company that is wholly or partly owned by, and forms part of, a larger corporation called?
Correct answer D. Subsidiary
A ‘term bond’ is a bond whose principal is payable at maturity. What, then, is a term certificate?
Correct answer A. A certificate of deposit whose principal is payable at maturity
What is the economic theory called which holds that supporting businesses so they can flourish will eventually benefit middle and lower income groups through more economic activity and less unemployment?
Correct answer C. Trickle down