Security Analysis & Portfolio Management SCDL Solved Exam Paper 30

This solved paper of SCDL Security Analysis & Portfolio Management of SCDL Pune has been contributed by Deepak Goyal

 

Thanks To:  Deepak Goyal

1.      Select the Blank

Question:   Measures of ________ tells us what we can expect a typical or middle data point of a distribution to be

Answer   Central tendency

     

2.      Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question   Capital expenditure -depreciation +change in working capital -(new debt issued - debt repaid) =

Answer   Equity reinvested in business

     

3.      Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question   What were the objectives for 2002-03 the chairman of Bharat forge had emphasized on in the annual report for 2001 – 02

Answer   Maintain aggressive exports thrust, Increase shares of value added products, Continue reducing costs 

     

4.      Multiple Choice Single Answers

Question   What do you understand by term pioneering stage in the industry life cycle analysis?

Answer   Slow sales growth product recently introduced

     

5.      Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question   In India futures on individual securities have been introduced by :-

Answer   BSE & NSE

 

6.      Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question   The features of bond are:

Answer   Collateral, Call provision, Sinking fund and protective covenants 

 

7.      Select The Blank

Question   The compounded annual return of Kisan Vikas patra is ________.

Answer   0.084

 

8.      Select The Blank

Question   ________ measures the profitability of operations without considering the influence of financial structure and tax rate.

Answer   Earnings power

 

9.      Select The Blank

Question   The 6.________% tax saving bonds of government of India have a tenure of 5 years.

Answer   5

 

10.  Select The Blank

Question   The govt allowed public sector banks and institutions in mutual funds in ________.

Answer   Early 90's

 

11.  Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question   Which ratios are commonly used?

Answer   Interest coverage ratios , Debt service coverage ratios , Debt equity ratio 

   

12.  Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question   Mr. Saurabh invests Rs. 5,000/- today. The rate of interest is 4% compounded annually. What will be the value of his investment after 5 years?

Answer   Rs. 6083/-

 

13.  Select The Blank

Question   The ________ phase is characterized by resistance area and support level.

Answer   Transition

 

14.  Select The Blank

Question   ________ is due to the fact that a borrower may not pay interest and/or principal on time.

Answer   Default risk

 

15.  Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question   What do you understand by the term redemption price?

Correct Answer   Price or NAV at which a scheme purchases its units

 

16.  True/False

Question   Investment decisions can be viewed as an integrated process to which security analysis makes its unique contribution.

Answer   True

 

17.  Select The Blank

Question   Secondary reactions occur because of ________ which arise in the market as a result of over optimism and over pessimism

Answer   Technical distortions

 

18.  True/False

Question   Five paisa.com is an example of on line trading portal.

Answer   True

 

19.  Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question   What is the percentage of variation the market and industry influence account for?

Answer   2/3rd

 

20.  Match The Following

Question         --          Answer

Price pattern    --          Resistance level

Primary trend --          Last between 1-2 years

Intermediate trend --   Last between 3 weeks to as long as 6 months

Short term trend --      Last 1 to 3-4 weeks

  

21.  Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question   What are the features of short-term trends?

Answer   They last from 1 to 3 or 4 weeks , They interrupt the course of the intermediate cycle , They are usually influenced by random news events 

 

22.  True/False

Question   With the use of diversification you can reduce the risk.

Answer   True

 

23.  True/False

Question   Post office monthly schemes have a 10 year tenor.

Answer   False

 

24.  Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question   Till 1990's secular Indian economy's inflation rate has been of what percentage?

Answer   0.07

 

25.  Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question   Mr.Rohan invests Rs.25,000/- today. The rate of interest is 6% compounded annually. What will be the value of his investment after 3 years?

Answer   Rs. 29775/- 

 Note: Please tally the answers and verify them from SCDL textbooks as all answers might not be correct.