Free GARP FRM-Part-2 Exam Questions

A pension fund has $100,000 in assets and $90,000 in liabilities. Assume that theexpected return on the surplus is 5%, and the annual VaR of the surplus is 22% at the 99%confidence level.The initial surplus of the fund is equal to:

Firm A has $1 billion in highly liquid assets. In a sudden stressed scenario, it estimates that retail customers will withdraw $150 million in deposits, and retail customers will be able to make $80 million of loan repayments. Firm A must deal with $60 million of margin and collateral calls on its derivatives transactions due to falling collateral values and greater volatility of the underlying assets. In addition, the firm has utilized $90 million of its available $100 million liquidity facility. What is the estimate of Firm A’s stressed liquidity asset buffer?

In the context of arbitrage trades, if the CDS spread is significantly greater than the bond yield spread, what is the most appropriate action by the investor?

Which of the following statements is not a motivation for pricing counterparty risk?

All of the following items are generally considered advantages of non-parametric estimation methods except: