CFA Level 2 Free Practice Test

. Cash flow from operations (CFO) already reflects changes in working capital items, therefore Paschel’s first comment is correct. EBITDA has the non-cash charges of depreciation and amortization added back, so Covey’s statement is incorrect, not all non-cash charges will need to be added back. Net borrowing is added back for FCFE not FCFF, so Paschel’s second statement is incorrect.
. Depreciation has already been added back to EBITDA, though there may be other items that still need to be added back.
. Adjusting for net borrowing is not necessary for FCFF (just FCFE).

Research Objectivity Requirement 5, Research Analyst Compensation, rec- ommends that analysts’ compensation be based on the accuracy of recommendations over time. In addition, compensation should not be directly linked to investment banking or other finance activities, which it is not in this case. LeCompte’s bonus is based on the group’s overall performance and is not specific to the research support she provides to various divisions.
The Research Objectivity Standards recommend that analysts’ compensation be based on the accuracy of recommendations over time.

. Betta has taken the correct approach in using actual coupon bonds for Bay Corp and estimating implied zero-coupon bonds. Because the bonds rank equally, there is no need to adjust for differences in priority in case of default. In practice, bond prices will be affected by liquidity, and investors expect additional spread or a liquidity premium to compensate for less liquid corporate bonds relative to sovereign bonds.
because there is a need to convert coupon bonds to implied zero-coupon bonds to infer the spread.
because no adjustment is necessary for differences in priority since all the bonds in this case rank equally.

. Du about factors that drive demand for office space and indus- trial and warehouse space but incorrect about retail space. Employment growth drives demand for office space, while warehouse space demand depends broadly on economic strength. The level of import and export activity is more directly related to demand for industrial and warehouse space, not retail space. Demand for retail space depends on consumer spending, job growth, and economic strength.
. Du about factors that drive demand for office space and industrial and warehouse space but incorrect about retail space.
. Du about factors that drive demand for and industrial and warehouse space

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1 Drawbridge sold AUD 5 million forward to the settlement date at an all-in forward price of 0.8940 (USD/AUD).
2 To mark the position to market, Drawbridge offsets the forward transaction by buying AUD 5 million three months forward to the settlement date.
3 For the offsetting forward contract, because the AUD is the base currency in the USD/AUD quote, buying AUD forward means paying the offer for both the spot rate and forward points.
I. The all-in three-month forward rate is calculated as 0.9066 – 0.00364 = 0.90296
II. This gives a net cash flow on settlement day of 5,000,000 × (0.8940 – 0.90296) = –USD44,800 (This is a cash outflow because Drawbridge sold the AUD for- ward and the AUD appreciated against the USD).
4 To determine the mark-to-market value of the original forward position, calculate the present value of the USD cash outflow using the three-month USD discount rate: –USD44,8000/[1 + 0.0023(90/360)] = –USD44,774.
. The present value of the cash flow was not calculated (step 4 of
calculation).
. The cash flow was calculated using the bid rate instead of the offer rate.
1 The all-in three-month forward rate = 0.9062 – 0.00368 = 0.90252
2 This gives a net cash flow on settlement day of 5,000,000 × (0.8940 – 0.90252) = – USD42,600, and the present value is calculated as –USD42,600/[1 + 0.0023(90/360)] = –USD42,576.