Free GARP FRM-Part-2 Exam Questions

A bank employee has been manipulating suspense (transitory) accounts for a prolonged time, and this event was determined to be a significant operational incident. Which of the following time intervals in terms of the operational incident date is most likely to be the longest?

Which of the following reasons is least likely a consideration for regulators when imposing fines on financial institutions against financial breaches and violations?

A risk manager at MAB Funds estimates that the fund’s one-week value at risk (VaR) is $1 million using a 95% probability. The fund can, therefore, be expected to lose:

A senior risk analyst at VLT Bank (VLTB), a Singapore-based bank, is analyzing therisks arising from a significant appreciation of the SGD against all other major worldcurrencies. VLTB has the following balance sheet structure:▪ Assets:• Germany government bonds denominated in EUR• Singapore government bonds denominated in SGD• Corporate bonds denominated in EUR• Commercial loans denominated in SGD▪ Liabilities:• Long-term senior bonds denominated in EUR• Long-term senior bonds denominated in SGD• Retail deposits denominated in SGD• Corporate term deposits denominated in SGDThe analyst considers other recent market developments, including a decline inglobal equity prices, which resulted in many of VLTB’s larger retail depositorsexperiencing margin calls and drawing down deposits to meet them. The analystnotes that the bank took advantage of the demand for fixed-income securities andissued additional long-term senior SGD bonds and the proceed was used topurchase additional Germany government bonds. The overall impact of thesetransactions on VLTB is that the bank’s net cash outflows during the month, itsoverall net liabilities flow, and the required amount of stable funding, remainunchanged. The following additional information is provided:• The available stable funding (ASF) factor for retail deposits is 95%.• The ASF factor for long-term senior SGD bonds is 100%.The analyst also assesses the bank’s exposure to ConSol Corp, a publicly tradedSingapore manufacturer that is heavily dependent on locally produced raw materialsand generates its revenues primarily in EUR. VLTB is a major holder of ConSolCorp’s EUR-denominated bonds and has taken a long CDS position on the bonds.A German bank is the counterparty to that CDS contract.In analyzing the impact of the reported developments in the currency, equity, andbond markets on VLTB, which of the following is correct?

Assume that a credit rating of A has a default probability of 0.07%, and a credit rating of AA has a default probability of 0.04%. If a bank is seeking a target rating of A, it will want to ensure that its economic capital will cover unexpected losses at a confidence level of: