Free GARP FRM-Part-1 Exam Questions

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Question 1

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 2

A risk manager at an investment bank is examining the forward and futures contracts the bank’s clients use as hedging instruments. The manager compares the way the two types of contracts are priced, how profits and losses are calculated, and how decisions to offset or deliver against the contracts are made. Which of the following statements is correct?

A : When the price of an asset is positively correlated with interest rates, the forward contract will typically have a higher price than the futures contract.

B : The daily profit and loss on forward and futures contracts differ, since futures contracts realize profits and losses each day while forward contracts realize them at maturity.

C : Prices on similar forward and futures contracts will be the same due to the no-arbitrage relationship between forwards and futures.

D : If interest rates are higher than the income generated by a financial asset, delivery of the asset against the futures contract will take place on the latest date possible.

Answer: B

Question 3

Which of the following liquidity de nitions is most likely associated with funding liquidity?

A : The length of time it will take an asset to regain its price after the price has fallen temporarily.

B : The loss that would be sustained by a trader who sells an asset and then immediately buys it back.

C : The number of units of an asset a trader can buy or sell at the current market quote (bid and ask prices).

D : The risk that investors may not be able to roll over short-term debt to nance the purchase of an asset.

Answer: D

Question 4

The predictions that are generated from an underfitted model will likely have:

A : high bias and low variance.

B : high bias and high variance.

C : low bias and low variance.

D : low bias and high variance.

Answer: A

Question 5

A bank has entered into a 3 x 6 forward rate agreement to receive a xed rate of 3.35 percent on $12 million in six months. If the applicable rate in three months is 3.62 percent, the cash ow associated with this forward rate agreement for the bank would be closest to:

A : $16,200.

B : −$32,400.

C : −$8,100.

D : $32,400.

Answer: C

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Total 533 Questions | Updated On: Apr 02, 2026

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