CFA Level 1 Free Practice Test

1. Which of the following statements relating to obstacles to efficient allocation of resources is/are most likely incorrect?

I: Price ceilings set below the equilibrium price lead to shortages, bribery, poor quality and black marketeering.
II: Subsidies decrease equilibrium quantities and lead to dead weight losses from overproduction.
III: Production quotas decrease equilibrium quantities and lead to dead weight losses from underproduction.

2. A portfolio manager has a tight tracking error of 50 basis points. The manager expects to be within this tracking error for a given quarter 85% of the time.

If that expectation is correct and each quarter is independent, the probability that the manager is within the tracking error for at least 7 of the next 8 quarters is closest to:

3. The market values of a firm’s capital are given below:

Total debt: USD7 million
Outstanding preferred stock: USD2 million
Outstanding common stock: USD12 million
Before-tax cost of debt: 8%
Before-tax cost of common equity: 12%
Before-tax cost of preferred stock: 9%

Assuming company’s marginal tax rate is 35%, what is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the firm?

4. Company XYZ purchases land for USD5,000,000. XYZ intends to hold the land for a long term (20 years) and rent the land out to generate income. Under IFRS, at which price is the company allowed to use on its financial reports for the value of the land:

I. USD5,000,000
II. The current market price

5. Keisha is looking to avoid purchasing power risk as much as possible. She should consider investing in which type of security?