Free GARP FRM-Part-1 Exam Questions

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Question 1

Regarding the relationship between a rm's risk appetite and its business strategy, which of the following statements is true?

A : Business planning activities that exceed risk appetite should be maintained.

B : Consideration must be given to the downside risks of only risky business strategies.

C : Business strategy planning meetings require input from the risk management team.

D : A rm’s risk appetite re ects its ability to minimize risk.

Answer: C

Question 2

An analyst is estimating whether a fund's excess return for a quarter is related to interest rates and last quarter's excess return. The regression equation is found to have unconditional heteroskedasticity and serial correlation. Which of the following is most accurate? Parameter estimates will be:

A : accurate and statistical inference about the parameters will be valid.

B : inaccurate but statistical inference about the parameters will be valid.

C : inaccurate and statistical inference about the parameters will not be valid.

D : accurate but statistical inference about the parameters will not be valid.

Answer: C

Question 3

The CRO of a bank is evaluating the bank’s practices for the management of risk data. The CRO notes that in characterizing various dimensions of the bank’s data, the Basel Committee has suggested several principles to promote strong and effective risk data aggregation capabilities. Which statement correctly describes a recommendation that the bank should follow in accordance with the Basel Committee’s principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting?

A : The completeness principle recommends that a financial institution capture data on its entire scope of material risk exposures.

B : The integrity principle recommends that data aggregation be completely automated without any manual intervention.

C : The adaptability principle recommends that a bank frequently update its risk reporting systems to incorporate changes in best practices.

D : The governance principle recommends that the risk data be reconciled with management’s rough approximations of risk exposure prior to aggregating the data.

Answer: A

Question 4

A Swiss chemical company is considering issuing bonds to finance its planned expansion. A risk analyst involved in the capital raising program at the company is studying the external agency rating process to gain a better understanding of the implications of agency ratings for the firm’s financing plans. Which of the following statements is correct?

A : Rating agencies produce point-in-time ratings, as these are designed to provide the best current estimate of future default probabilities.

B : Rating agencies provide outlooks to indicate the potential for a change in rating in the short-term, and use watchlists to indicate medium-term changes.

C : Empirically, changes in bond and stock prices tend to be greater in cases of ratings downgrades than ratings upgrades.

D : Agency ratings tend to produce identical default rates for companies in the same industry but located in different countries.

Answer: C

Question 5

Call and put option values are most sensitive to changes in the volatility of the underlying when:

A : calls are deep out-of-the-money and puts are deep in-the-money.

B : both calls and puts are at-the-money.

C : both puts and calls are deep out-of-the-money.

D : both calls and puts are deep in-the-money.

Answer: B

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Total 533 Questions | Updated On: Apr 02, 2026

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