MCQ Quiz

Question 1 of 21

Excess spread is the difference between the coupon on the:

issued securities and the issuer's equity
underlying collateral and the issued securities
servicer fee and the market reference rate

Question 2 of 21

Covered bond investors have most likely:

single recourse only to the cover pool
no recourse after issuer default
dual recourse

Question 3 of 21

The CLO tranche with no set coupon and first-loss exposure is most likely the:

AAA tranche
equity tranche
AA tranche

Question 4 of 21

The prevailing CDO structure is most likely the:

CBO
CLO
synthetic CDO

Question 5 of 21

Credit card receivable ABS helps the issuer most directly by removing receivables from the balance sheet and:

increasing the cost of default risk
reducing capital efficiency
generating additional fee income

Question 6 of 21

Once the amortization period starts in a credit card ABS, repaid principal is most likely:

reinvested in new receivables
distributed to ABS holders
converted into a covered bond

Question 7 of 21

If a CLO performance test fails, cash is most likely redirected toward the:

senior debt tranche
equity tranche
issuer's retained earnings

Question 8 of 21

A rapid amortization provision in credit card ABS is designed mainly to:

accelerate principal return when transaction quality deteriorates
lengthen the revolving period automatically
turn the ABS into a covered bond

Question 9 of 21

Which of the following is external rather than internal credit enhancement?

Subordination
Overcollateralization
Letter of credit

Question 10 of 21

If missed scheduled payments trigger immediate default and acceleration, the covered bond is most likely:

hard-bullet
soft-bullet
conditional pass-through

Question 11 of 21

Solar ABS can qualify as green investments most likely because they finance:

leveraged bank loan workouts
renewable-energy and efficiency projects
public sector tax claims

Question 12 of 21

During the revolving period of a credit card ABS, repaid principal is most likely:

distributed immediately to noteholders
used only to pay servicer fees
reinvested to acquire additional receivables

Question 13 of 21

A covered bond most accurately keeps its collateral:

in a separate SPE off the issuer's balance sheet
only in an equity tranche
on the issuer's balance sheet in a cover pool

Question 14 of 21

Compared with otherwise similar ABS, covered bonds usually offer:

higher credit risk and higher yields
lower credit risk and lower yields
the same risk and yield by definition

Question 15 of 21

During the revolving period of a credit card ABS, investors receive only:

finance charges and fees
scheduled principal only
equity residual cash flows only

Question 16 of 21

The CLO tranche with the highest claim on cash flows is most likely the:

AAA tranche
equity tranche
first-loss tranche

Question 17 of 21

A pre-funding period in many solar ABS allows the trust to:

acquire additional qualifying assets after closing
guarantee issuer recourse to equity investors
stop all collateral management after closing

Question 18 of 21

In a waterfall structure, the most junior tranche absorbs losses:

last
first
only if senior tranches choose to share them

Question 19 of 21

A CLO collateral manager most likely buys and sells assets because the collateral pool is:

static by design
backed only by mortgages
not static

Question 20 of 21

Subordination in securitization most likely protects the:

more senior bond classes
equity tranche first
issuer's common stock

Question 21 of 21

Overcollateralization most accurately means:

issued bonds exceed collateral value
coupon on securities exceeds coupon on collateral
collateral value exceeds issued bond face value

Module 18: Asset-Backed Security Instrument and Market Features (Katas)

First Principles Thinking: core idea

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