Equity Derivatives Certification Free Demo Test 6 /10 Equity Derivatives Certification Free Demo Test 6 1 / 10 1. Are Professional Clearing members restricted to acting solely on behalf of institutional clients? a) Yes b) No Explanation:Professional clearing member clears the trades of his associate Trading Member and institutional clients. 2 / 10 2. Is it true or false that trading members are required to maintain a higher level of book net worth compared to clearing members? a) True b) False Explanation:Clearing Members have to maintain higher book net worth than trading members. 3 / 10 3. True or False: To close a long or short position in a futures contract, one can initiate a reverse trade. a) True b) False Explanation:Closing a position means either buying or selling a contract, which essentially results in reduction of client’s open position (long or short). A client is said to be closed a position if he sells a contract which he had bought before or he buys a contract which he had sold earlier. 4 / 10 4. The introduction of forward contracts is driven by the idea and economic rationale to ________. a) Help hedging b) Help arbitrage c) Help trading d) Both 1 and 2 Explanation:The essential idea of entering into a forward is to fix the price and thereby avoid the price risk. By entering into forwards, one is assured of the price at which one can buy/sell an underlying asset.Thus Forward contracts are basically meant for hedgeing / managing the risks. 5 / 10 5. The introduction of forward contracts is driven by the idea and economic rationale to ________. a) Current Liabilities b) Current Assets c) Fixed Assets d) Bad Debts Explanation:The seller/ writer of the option is required to pay initial margin for entering into the option contract and its should be debited to an appropriate account, say, “Equity Index/ Stock Option Margin Account”.In the balance sheet, such account should be shown separately under the head “Current Assets”. 6 / 10 6. A person who is bullish and a payer of premium is a ____________. a) Seller of call option b) Buyer of call option c) Seller of put option d) Buyer of put option Explanation:A buyer of a Call is bullish and believes that the price will rise. He pays a premium which is his maximum loss but the profits can be unlimited. 7 / 10 7. Investor Mr. X intends to sell 11 contracts of the February series at Rs. 6300, and investor Mr. Y wants to sell 13 contracts of the March series at Rs. 6450. The lot size is 50 for both these contracts, and the initial margin is fixed at 6%. What is the total initial margin required to be collected from both these investors (sum of the initial margin of X and Y) by the broker? a) Rs 459450 b) Rs 640000 c) Rs 251550 d) Rs 374900 Explanation:Margin from Mr. XRs 6300 X 11 contracts X 50 (lot size) X 6% = 207900Margin from Mr. YRs 6450 X 13 contracts X 50 (lot size) X 6% = 251550Total Margin = 207900 + 251550 = 459450. 8 / 10 8. A trader has initiated a short position of one contract in September ABC futures (contract multiplier 50) at a price of Rs. 1800. Upon closing this position after a few days, he found that he had made a profit of Rs. 5000. What would have been the closing action that allowed him to generate this profit? (Please ignore brokerage costs). a) Selling 1 Sept ABC futures contract at 1700 b) Selling 1 Sept ABC futures contract at 1900 c) Buying 1 Sept ABC futures contract at 1700 d) Buying 1 Sept ABC futures contract at 1900 Explanation:To make a profit of Rs 5000, he has to earn Rs 100 per share ( 5000 / 50 (lot size) = 100 )Since he has gone short, he will make a profit when the price falls and he buys at the reduced price.He has sold at Rs 1800, so when he buys back at Rs 1700 he make Rs 100 profit per share.Rs 100 X 50 ( Lot size ) = Rs 5000 profit. 9 / 10 9. The option that grants the holder the right to purchase the underlying asset on or before a specific date for a predetermined price is known as _________. a) European call option. b) American call option c) American put option d) European put option Explanation:In case of American options, buyers can exercise their option any time before the maturity of contract.In case of European options, owner of such option can exercise his right only on the expiry date/day of the contract. 10 / 10 10. A call option provides the holder with the right to buy how much of the underlying asset from the option writer? a) The specified quantity or less than the specified quantity b) Only the specified quantity c) The specified quantity or more than the specified quantity d) None of the above Explanation:Only the specified quantity as per the lot size of the option contract. Your score is 0% Restart quiz Exit