Free GARP FRM-Part-2 Exam Questions

An operational risk analyst at a large bank is preparing a year-end report of thebank’s operational loss events. The analyst uses the Basel operational risktaxonomy to classify different events into Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. As part ofthis process, the analyst considers the following four events that occurred during the year:• A sales representative in the lending department forged a senior manager’ssignature to approve an application for a large commercial loan that defaulted.• The bank failed to deliver sufficient collateral to support a swap position,which was later terminated at a loss.• Several managers in the bank’s wealth management group were found tohave misused confidential customer information by sharing this informationwith other employees and a third-party vendor representative.• Some personal customer information was stolen in a cyber-attack in whichan external hacker broke into a database stored in the cloud.In classifying the four events and considering the Basel taxonomy in general, whichof the following actions would be most appropriate for the analyst to take?

Assuming a loan portfolio of L, a recovery rate of RR, and the percentage of losses on a portfolio less than V(T, X), which of the following formulas is used to estimate credit VaR?

How many of the following statements regarding wrong-way risk (WWR) and right way risk (RWR) are correct?Co-movement in risk exposure and default probability producing a decline in overall risk is an example of wrong-way risk.Co-movement in risk exposure and default probability producing an increase in overall counterparty risk is an example of right-way risk.Co-movement in risk exposure and default probability producing neither a decline nor an increase in the overall counterparty risk is an example of wrong-way risk.Co-movement in risk exposure and default probability producing a decline in risk exposure but an increase in counterparty default probability is an example of rightway risk.

A bank treasurer is seeking to identify the most appropriate investment maturitystrategy to apply considering the status of its balance sheet and the economicconditions it is currently facing. The treasurer gathers the following information:• The bank faces a high interest rate environment with a flat yield curve.• The bank’s asset mix includes a high proportion of US Treasury bondspurchased years ago when interest rates were significantly lower.• The bank has a high proportion of revenues from loans and anticipates arecord high level of profitability this year.Which of the following strategies would be the most appropriate for the bank to takein order to maintain its current level of total income?

Sovereign Bank has an internal audit department, but the bank CEO hires an external auditor to review their financial statements and assess their internal control system. The audit firm is most likely considered to be which line of defense?