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AIM 5: Describe how the necessary components for calculating capital requirements are determined under the standardized and internal ratings-based approaches.

1、For banks that use the advanced internal ratings-based (advanced IRB) approach to credit risk, the primary inputs to the capital calculations are:

A) credit assessments of external rating agencies. 

B) the banks’ internal assessments of key risk drivers. 

C) mandated by bank supervisors. 

D) interest rates.

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The correct answer is B

 

Under the advanced IRB approach, the bank uses its own internal measures of credit risk and exposure in capital calculations.

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3、Which of the following are pillars central to the Basel II Accord?

      I. Supervisory Review Process.

     II. Standardized Approach.

    III. Minimum capital requirements.

    IV. Market risk weighting.

A) II and IV. 

B) I and III.

C) I, III and IV. 

D) II, III and IV.

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The correct answer is A

 

The three pillars are: (1) minimum capital requirements, (2) supervisory review of capital adequacy, and (3) public disclosure.

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2、Which of the following is NOT one of the three pillars of the new Basel Capital Accord (Basel II)?

A) Reduced regulatory burden. 

B) Public disclosure. 

C) Supervisory review of capital adequacy. 

D) Minimum capital requirements.

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The correct answer is A

 

The three pillars of the New Accord are minimum capital requirements, supervisory review, and market discipline.

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3、The original focus of the 1988 Basel Accord was

A) Market risk. 

B) Credit risk. 

C) Operations risk. 

D) Interest rate risk.

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The correct answer is B

 

Originally, the Basel Accord focused primarily on credit risk.

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AIM 4: Identify the primary goals of the Basel Committee in developing the Basel II Accord.

1、All of the following are pillars of the New Accord, EXCEPT:

A) post 9/11 contingency planning. 

B) supervisory review. 

C) minimum capital requirements. 

D) market discipline.

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The correct answer is B

 

The moral hazard problem refers to the fact that banks have more incentives to take on additional risk, because the FDIC effectively subsidizes losses due to the increased risk.