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PRM Certification - Exam II: Mathematical Foundations of Risk Measurement (8002) - PRMIA Actual Exam Questions

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1
Question

For a quadratic equation, which of the following is FALSE?

Options
A

If the discriminant is negative, there are no real solutions

B

If the discriminant is zero, there is only one solution

C

If the discriminant is negative there are two different real solutions

D

If the discriminant is positive there are two different real solutions

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You work for a brokerage firm that charges its client x per share. The volume of trade of a client of type A depends on the per share commission in the following manner. If the commission is x, the client of type A will trade e-ax shares on average each week. What is the optimal commission x that maximizes the income from client A, noting that a is greater than zero?

Options
A

1

B

a

C

42

D

a2

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Question

An option has value 10 when the underlying price is 99 and value 9.5 when the underlying price is 101. Approximate the value of the option delta using a first order central finite difference.

Options
A

-4

B

0.25

C

-0.5

D

-0.25

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4
Question

Consider a binomial lattice where a security price S moves up by a factor u with probability p, or down by a factor d with probability

Options
A

p. If we set d > 1/u then which of the following will be TRUE?

B

The lattice will not recombine

C

The probability of an up move will not be constant

D

There will always be a downward drift in the lattice

E

None of the above

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Which of the following statements are true about Maximum Likelihood Estimation? (i) MLE can be applied even if the error terms are not i.i.d. normal. (ii) MLE involves integrating a likelihood function or a log-likelihood function. (iii) MLE yields parameter estimates that are consistent.

Options
A

(i) and (ii)

B

(i) only

C

(i) and (iii)

D

(i), (ii), and (iii)

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