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Obtaining the PRMIA 8011: Credit and Counterparty Manager (CCRM) Certificate is a valuable achievement for professionals working in the credit and counterparty risk management field. The certificate is recognized globally and demonstrates a candidate’s expertise and commitment to the field. The CCRM certification program and the PRMIA 8011 exam are highly respected in the financial industry and are often considered a requirement for senior roles in credit and counterparty risk management.
The CCRM certificate is highly valued by employers in the financial services industry, and is recognized globally as a mark of excellence in credit and counterparty risk management. By passing the PRMIA 8011 CCRM exam, individuals can demonstrate their proficiency in managing credit and counterparty risk, and enhance their career prospects in the financial services industry.
NEW QUESTION # 39
If the returns of an asset display a strong tendency for mean reversion, what is the relationship between annualized volatility calculated based on daily versus weekly volatilities (using the square root of time rule)?
- A. Weekly volatility will be greater than daily volatility
- B. Daily volatility will be greater than weekly volatility
- C. Either daily or weekly volatility will be greater, depending upon how the week went
- D. Daily and weekly volatilities will be the same
Answer: B
Explanation:
If returns display mean reversion, then clearly daily volatilities will be greater than weekly volatility, both annualized using the square root of time rule. Mean reversion would imply that the deviation from the mean will be lower over a longer time period than a shorter time period, and therefore annualized volatility based on daily volatility will be greater.
NEW QUESTION # 40
As the persistence parameter under GARCH is lowered, which of the following would be true:
- A. The model will react faster to market shocks
- B. High variance from the recent past will persist for longer
- C. The model will react slower to market shocks
- D. The model will give lower weight to recent returns
Answer: A
Explanation:
The persistence parameter, #, is the coefficient of the most recent day's returns in GARCH calculations. A higher value of the persistence parameter tends to 'persist' the prior value of variance for longer. Consider an extreme example - if the persistence parameter is equal to 1, the variance under GARCH will never change in response to returns.
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NEW QUESTION # 41
Which of the following statements is true in respect of a non financial manufacturing firm?
I. Market risk is not relevant to the manufacturing firm as it does not take proprietary positions II. The firm faces market risks as an externality which it must bear and has no control over III. Market risks can make a comparative assessment of profitability over time difficult IV. Market risks for a manufacturing firm are not directionally biased and do not increase the overall risk of the firm as they net to zero over a long term time horizon
- A. III and IV
- B. III only
- C. IV only
- D. I and II
Answer: B
Explanation:
A non-financial firm such as a manufacturing company faces market risks similar to those faced by financial firms, except perhaps for not being exposed to risks from the equity markets. Non financial firms commonly face interest rate risks in respect of their debts, commodity price risks in respect of their inputs and products, and foreign currency risks in respect of their overseas operations. It is therefore not correct to say that the manufacturing firm does not face market riskbecause it does not take proprietary positions. While decisions on positions may not be actively taken, positions in foreign exchange (eg, through overseas debtors owing foreign currency, or liabilities in foreign currencies to overseas suppliers), commodities (through exposure to the need for raw material and inventory of finished goods) and interest rates (through debt financed, whether at fixed or floating rates) exist and create market risk much in the same way as they would for a proprietary position. Therefore statement I is incorrect.
While the firm faces market risks as an externality (as do financial firms for that matter, though often they seek such exposure to profit from their view on which way the externality will express itself), it is incorrect to say that these risks must be borne. They can be measured and hedged. Therefore statement II is incorrect.
The results of a manufacturing firm will include gains and losses arising from exposure to market risk, and will cloud the true profitability of the business. A firm with significant unhedged overseas sales may show vastly different results across time periods due to the FX gains and losses, making comparative assessment of profitability difficult. Therefore statement III is correct.
Market risks for a manufacturing firm may be directionally biased in terms of exposure, ie there may be a consistent 'long' position in a particular commodity that the firm produces, and a consistent 'short' position in the commodities consumed. In the same way, directional biases may exist in FX or interest rate exposures too.
Regardless of the bias, the existence of market risk exposures increase the volatility of the income stream and make the firm more risky, even though the long term expected returns from such exposures is zero (ie, returns may be zero but standard deviation is not). Therefore statement IV is not correct as market risks form non financial firms do increase the overall risk of the firm.
NEW QUESTION # 42
Which of the following are true:
I. Monte Carlo estimates of VaR can be expected to be identical or very close to those obtained using analytical methods if both are based on the same parameters.
II. Non-normality of returns does not pose a problem if we use Monte Carlo simulations based upon parameters and a distribution assumed to be normal.
III. Historical VaR estimates do not require any distribution assumptions.
IV. Historical simulations by definition limit VaR estimation only to the range of possibilities that have already occurred.
- A. I, II and III
- B. I, III and IV
- C. III and IV
- D. All of the above
Answer: B
Explanation:
Statement I is true. If a Monte Carlo simulation is based upon the same parameters as used for analytical VaR, and enough number of simulations are carried out, we would get the same results as with analytical VaR.
Statement II is false. We cannot use Monte Carlo simulations using parameters based upon a normal assumption when the underlying distribution is not normal. For example, if a return stream is based upon say a uniform distribution, we cannot use a simulation based upon drawings from a normal distribution even though we use the same mean and standard deviation.
Statement III is true. This is the advantage of historical simulations - no assumptions are necessary.
(Historical simulations however often suffer from the great disadvantage of the paucity of data that would cover all possibilities.) Statement IV is true. The results of historical simulations are limited to the data they are based upon.
NEW QUESTION # 43
Which of the following statements is true
I). If no loss data is available, good quality scenarios can be used to model operational risk
II). Scenario data can be mixed with observed loss data for modeling severity and frequency estimates
III). Severity estimates should not be created by fitting models to scenario generated loss data points alone
IV). Scenario assessments should only be used as modifiers to ILD or ELD severity models.
- A. I
- B. I and II
- C. III and IV
- D. All statements are true
Answer: B
Explanation:
There are multiple ways to incorporate scenario analysis for modeling operational risk capital - and the exact approach used depends upon the quantity of loss data available, and the quality of scenario assessments.
Generally:
- If there is no past loss data available, scenarios are the only practical means to model operational risk loss distributions. Both frequency and severity estimates can be modeled based on scenario data.
- If there is plenty of past data available, scenarios can be used as a modifier for estimates that are based solely on data (for example, consider the MAX of the loss estimates at the desired quantile as provided by the data, and as indicated by scenarios)
- If high quality scenario data is available, and there is sufficient past data, one could mix scenario assessments with the loss data and fit the combined data set to create the loss distribution. Alternatively, both could be fitted with severity estimates and then the two severities could be parametrically combined.
In short, there is considerable flexibility in how scenarios can be used.
Statement I is therefore correct, and so is statement II as both indicate valid uses of scenarios.
Statement III is not correct because it may be okay to create severity estimates based on scenario data alone.
Statement IV is not correct because while using scenarios as modifiers to other means of estimation is acceptable, that is not the only use of scenarios.
NEW QUESTION # 44
Changes in which of the following do not affect the expected default frequencies (EDF) under the KMV Moody's approach to credit risk?
- A. Changes in the risk free rate
- B. Changes in asset volatility
- C. Changes in the debt level
- D. Changes in the firm's market capitalization
Answer: A
Explanation:
EDFs are derived from the distance to default. The distance to default is the number of standard deviations that expected asset values are away from the default point, which itself is defined as short term debt plus half of the long term debt. Therefore debt levels affect the EDF. Similarly, assetvalues are estimated using equity prices. Therefore market capitalization affects EDF calculations. Asset volatilities are the standard deviation that form a place in the denominator in the distance to default calculations. Therefore asset volatility affects EDF too. The risk free rate is not directly factored in any of these calculations (except of course, one could argue that the level of interest rates may impact equity values or the discounted values of future cash flows, but that is a second order effect). Therefore Choice 'b' is the correct answer.
NEW QUESTION # 45
A corporate bond has a cumulative probability of default equal to 20% in the first year, and 45% in the second year. What is the monthly marginal probability of default for the bond in the second year, conditional on there being no default in the first year?
- A. 31.25%
- B. 2.60%
- C. 3.07%
- D. 15.00%
Answer: C
Explanation:
Note that marginal probabilities of default are the probabilities for default for a given period, conditional on survival till the end of the previous period. Cumulative probabilities of default are probabilities of default by a point in time, regardless of when the default occurs. If the marginal probabilities of default for periods 1, 2... n are p1, p2...pn, then cumulative probability of default can be calculated as Cn = 1 - (1 - p1)(1-p2)...(1-pn).
For this question, we can calculate the marginal probability of default for year 2 by solving the equation [1 - (1 - 20%)(1 - P2) = 45%] for P2. Solving, we get the marginal probability of default during year 2 as 31.25%.
Since this is the annual marginal probability of default, we will need to convert it to a monthly number, which we can do by solving the following equation where M1 is the monthly marginal probability of default.
1 - 31.25% = (1 - M1)^12, implying M1 = 3.07%
NEW QUESTION # 46
For an equity portfolio valued at V whose beta is #, the value at risk at a 99% level of confidence is represented by which of the following expressions? Assume # represents the market volatility.
- A. 1.64 x V x # / #
- B. 2.326 x # x V x #
- C. 1.64 x # x V x #
- D. 2.326 x V x # / #
Answer: B
Explanation:
For the PRM exam, it is important to remember the z-multiples for both 99% and 95% confidence levels (these are 2.33 and 1.64 respectively).
The value at risk for an equity portfolio is its standard deviation multiplied by the appropriate z factor for the given confidence level. If we knew the standard deviation, VaR would be easy to calculate. The standard deviation can be derived using a correlation matrix for all the stocks in the portfolio, which is not a trivial task. So we simplify the calculation using the CAPM and essentially say that the standard deviation of the portfolio is equal to the beta of the portfolio multiplied by the standard deviation of the market.
Therefore VaR in this case is equal to Beta x Mkt Std Dev x Value x z-factor, and therefore Choice 'a' is the correct answer.
NEW QUESTION # 47
Under the contingent claims approach to credit risk, risk increases when:
I. Volatility of the firm's assets increases
II. Risk free rate increases
III. Maturity of the debt increases
- A. I, II and III
- B. I and III
- C. II and III
- D. I and II
Answer: B
Explanation:
Under the contingent claims approach, credit risk is evaluated as the value of the put on the firm's assets with a strike price equal to the face value of the debt and maturity equal to the maturity of the obligation. The Black Scholes model can then be used to value the put, and therefore an increase in volatility and the time to expiry (ie maturity) will increase the value of the debt. An increase in the risk free rate will actually reduce the value of the put, therefore statements I and III are correct and Choice 'b' is the correct answer.
NEW QUESTION # 48
Which of the following contributed to the systemic failure during the credit crisis that began in 2007?
- A. Moral hazard from the strategy of 'originate and distribute'
- B. Stress tests that did not stress enough
- C. All of the above
- D. Inadequate attention paid to liquidity risk
Answer: C
Explanation:
All the factors listed above contributed to systemic failure. Liquidity risk was not on the radar of regulators, and was a second priority for risk managers, and most of the focus was on capital adequacy as liquidity was thought to be an unlikely problem. Liquidity, regardless of capital adequacy, was the primary cause of failure of a number of institutions during the crisis.
Similarly, stress tests proved to be much milder than the shocks that were actually experienced, and the strategy of 'originate and distribute' implied that the mortgage and other debt originators had no interest in any due diligence as they intended to package and sell the debt to other investors.
Therefore Choice 'd' is the correct answer.
NEW QUESTION # 49
Which of the following are valid criticisms of value at risk:
I. There are many risks that a VaR framework cannot model
II. VaR does not consider liquidity risk
III. VaR does not account for historical market movements
IV. VaR does not consider the risk of contagion
- A. II and IV
- B. I and III
- C. All of the above
- D. I, II and IV
Answer: D
Explanation:
Risks such as abrupt changes to a firm's business model caused by legislation, or the introduction of capital controls in foreign countries where a firm in invested, geo-political risks etc are not modelable in the traditional sense. These risks cannot be modeled using VaR. Therefore statement I is correct.
VaR indeed does not consider liquidity risk, it is only concerned with the standard deviation of portfolio returns. Statement II is a valid criticism.
Statement III is not correct, as VaR can consider historical price movements.
Statement IV is correct, as VaR does not consider systemic risk or the risk of contagion.
NEW QUESTION # 50
The results of 'desk-level' stress tests cannot be added together to arrive at institution wide estimates because:
- A. Desk-level stress tests focus on desk specific risks that may be minor or irrelevant in the larger scheme at the institution level.
- B. All of the above
- C. Desk-level stress tests tend to focus on extreme movements in risk parameters (such as volatility) without considering economy wide scenarios that may represent more realistic and consistent situations for the institution.
- D. Desk-level stress tests tend to ignore higher level risks that are relevant to the institution but completely outside the control of the individual desks.
Answer: C
Explanation:
All the above listed reasons are valid explanations as to why an institution level stress test cannot be estimated by merely summing up the results of the stress tests of the individual desks.
NEW QUESTION # 51
The largest 10 losses over a 250 day observation period are as follows. Calculate the expected shortfall at a
98% confidence level:
20m
19m
19m
17m
16m
13m
11m
10m
9m
9m
- A. 0
- B. 14.3
- C. 18.2
- D. 19.5
Answer: C
Explanation:
For a dataset with 250 observations, the top 2% of the losses will be the top 5 observations. Expected shortfall is the average of the losses beyond the VaR threshold. Therefore the correct answer is (20 + 19 + 19 + 17 +
16)/5 = 18.2m .
Note that Expected Shortfall is also called conditional VaR (cVaR), Expected Tail Loss and Tail average.
NEW QUESTION # 52
Fill in the blank in the following sentence:
Principal component analysis (PCA) is a statistical tool to decompose a ____________ matrix into its principal components and is useful in risk management to reduce dimensions.
- A. Covariance
- B. Positive semi-definite
- C. Volatility
- D. Correlation
Answer: B
Explanation:
PCA is a statistical tool that decomposes a positive semi-definite matrix into its principal components. The first few principal components explain nearly all the variation and other components can then be ignored as they are too small in the larger picture. PCA in risk management is applied to a positive semi-definite correlation or covariance matrix to reveal the principal components that cause the variation. By allowing a focus on a few components, PCA reduces dimensionality.
While performing the math of PCA is unlikely to be asked in the PRMIA exam, you should remember that principal components have the additional property of being uncorrelated to each other which makes it useful as it is possible to vary one of the components without having to worry about the effect of that on the other components.
NEW QUESTION # 53
Which of the following is not a credit event under ISDA definitions?
- A. Obligation accelerations
- B. Rating downgrade
- C. Failure to pay
- D. Restructuring
Answer: B
Explanation:
According to ISDA, a credit event is an event linked to the deteriorating credit worthiness of an underlying reference entity in a credit derivative. The occurrence of a credit event usually triggers full or partial termination of the transaction and a payment from protection seller to protection buyer. Credit events include
- bankruptcy,
- failure to pay,
- restructuring,
- obligation acceleration,
- obligation default and
- repudiation/moratorium.
A rating downgrade is not a credit event.
NEW QUESTION # 54
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The CCRM certification program covers a wide range of topics related to credit and counterparty risk management, including credit analysis and assessment, credit portfolio management, counterparty risk management, and credit risk modeling. The program is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of credit and counterparty risk management, as well as the regulatory landscape and industry best practices.
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