A-Level经济真题（2）_aqaalevel经济真题-优快云博客

本文探讨了投资银行的角色，包括接受客户存款、协助融资与并购、投资管理等，并区分了商业银行的功能。还深入解析了商业银行政策目标及资产流动性，以及投资银行特有的风险类型。同时，讨论了货币当局汇率调控策略和发展中国家经济政策对经济增长的影响。最后，举例说明了政府补贴政策和贸易保护主义论点。

1.Whichone of the following is not the role of investment banks?

A  take in deposits from customers

B  helping firms to issue shares and raisefinance

C  assisting with mergers and acquisitions

D  investment management

2.Whichone of the following is correct?

A  banks can not engage in both commercial andinvestment banking activities

B  banks create deposits by providing loans

C  investment banks take in deposits fromcustomers

D  commercial banks and investmentbanks have no risks

3.Three aims of commercial banks are liquidity, profitability andsecurity.To achieve these aims, the banks hold a range of assets.  Which one of the following shows a list ofbanks’ assets ranging from the most liquid to the least liquid?

4.Whichone of the following is not the difference between Investment Bank andCommercial Bank?

A  Deposits

B  Loans and lending services

C  The number of consumers

D  Can not exist in one bank

5.Whichone of the following is not the risk of Investment Banks?

A  Legal Risk

B  Credit Risk

C  Reputation Risk

D  Price Risk    

6.Assume the Chinese monetary authorities arecommitted to maintaining the exchange rate of China’s currency, the Yuan,against the US$ between P1 and P2 on the diagram.

What might they do if demand changed from D1 to D2?

A. impose controls on Chineseinvestment overseas

B. increase interest rates $

C. sell US$ from foreign exchangereserves

D. sell Yuan on the foreign exchange markets   

7.What is usually a characteristic of low incomedeveloping countries?

A. an absenceof government intervention in the economy

B. low birthrates

C. lowtertiary sector output as a percentage of GDP

D. zero tariffs on imports 

8.Which policy is likely to promote economicdevelopment in a developing economy but may lead to a decline in the rate ofeconomic growth?

A. a policy to increase female participation in thelabour market

B. a policy to increase immunisation rates

C. a policy to reverse environmental degradation

D. a policy to promoteexports

9.The Sri Lankan government decides to offerfinancial support to local firms. Of what is this an example?

A. a quota

B. a subsidy

C. a tariff

D. exchange control

10.Drinks producers in India are resisting plans toremove tariffs on imported drinks. They claim that a reduction in tariffs woulddestroy the emerging drinks industry with large-scale imports of cheap drinks.Which argument for protectionism are they putting forward?

A. thedeclining industry argument

B. the infantindustry argument

C. thestrategic industry argument

D. the sunset industry argument