A difference between forward and futures contracts is that ?

A. Forward contracts occur in a specific locations-for example, the chicago mercantile exchange
B. Futures contracts have negotiable delivery dates
C. Forward contracts can be tailored in amount and delivery date to the need of importers of exporters
D. Futures contracts involve no brokerage fees or other transactions costs

The price of one country’s currency in terms of another country’s currency is the ?

A. Exchange rate
B. Balance of trade
C. Terms of trade
D. Currency valuation

The agreements that were reached at the Bretton Woods conferences in 1944 established a system ?

A. Of essentially fixed exchange rates under which each country agreed to intervene in the foreign exchange market when necessary to maintain the agreed upon value of its currency
B. In which the value of currencies was fixed in terms of a specific number of ounces of gold, which in turn determined their values in international trading
C. Of floating exchange rates determined of the supply and demand of one nation’s currency relative to the currency of other nations
D. That prohibited governments from intervening in the foreign exchange markets

Exchange rates that are determined by the unregulated forces of supply and demand are ?

A. Floating exchange rates
B. Pegged exchange rates
C. Managed exchange rates
D. Fixed exchange rates

A fiscal expansion in the UK ?

A. Has no predictable effect on the price of the pound sterling?
B. Does not affect the price of the pound sterling
C. Tends to appreciate the pound sterling
D. Tends to depreciate the pound sterling

The rise in value of one currency relative to another is ?

A. A weakening of a currency
B. a depreciation of a currency
C. An appreciation of a currency
D. A debasement of a currency

Under a system of floating exchange rates there is a general tendency for ?

A. Exchange rates to be insensitive to the differential rates of inflation between countries
B. The currencies of relatively high-inflation countries to depreciate
C. The currencies of relatively high inflation countries to appreciate
D. The currencies of relatively low inflation countries to depreciate

The reduction or covering of foreign exchange risk is called ?

A. Hedging
B. Speculation
C. Intervention
D. Arbitrage

The least common type of transaction in the foreign exchange is a ?

A. Forward transaction
B. Spot transaction
C. Swap transaction
D. None of the above

The difference between bid (buying) rates and ask (selling) rates is called the ?

A. Profit
B. Arbitrage
C. Spread
D. Forward transaction