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BANKING AND ITS FUNCTIONS

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What of the following is true? Bank... (4)

a)

is a financial institution

b)

is a financial intermediary

c)

is a private business and is not regulated

d)

connects customers that have capital deficits to customers with capital surpluses

e)

accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities

2.

Which of the following are the functions of commercial banks (both primary and secondary)? (3)

a)

maintain record of Government revenue and expenditure

b)

determine foreign exchange rates

c)

exchange foreign currencies

d)

receive deposits

e)

give loans

3.

What functions have the merchant (investment) banks? (2)

a)

raise funds for industry on the various financial markets

b)

determine foreign exchange rates

c)

finance international trade

d)

receive deposits

4.

What are the main functions implemented by the Central bank? (4)

a)

It prints the national currency and determines foreign exchange rates

b)

it advises the Government on monetary and credit policies and maintains record of Government revenue and expenditure

c)

offer stockbroking and portfolio management services to rich corporate and individual clients

d)

it decides on the interest rates for bank deposits and bank loans

e)

maintain deposit accounts of all other banks and advances money to other banks, when needed

5.

What is the difference between current and fixed deposit?

a)

Current deposit is only for small sums of money

b)

Fixed deposits can be withdrawn any time, but current deposits can not

c)

Current deposits can be withdrawn any time, but fixed deposits can not

6.

What types of loans do you know? (3)

a)

Savings

b)

Cash credit

c)

overdraft

d)

current

e)

Mortage

7.

What is collateral?

a)

Hollywood movie with Tom Cruise

b)

an asset to secure the loan

c)

the board of directors of the central bank

d)

member of bank staff

8.

Why banks make profit? The main source

a)

They collect more interest than they pay to savers

b)

They pay more to savers than they collect

c)

They sell a lot of currency

d)

They render a lot of consult services

9.

What kind of bank does not take or keep the money of individual?

a)

investment (merchant)

b)

commercial

c)

retail

d)

savings

10.

Which of the following are Central banks? (3)

a)

Federal Reserve of the United States

b)

Bank of England

c)

Central Bank of Russia

d)

Barclays

e)

Sberbank

11.

When writing a check, it is a good idea to use

a)

pencil

b)

erasable pen

c)

blue or black ink pen

d)

red pen

12.

When writing a check, it is a good idea to use

a)

pencil

b)

erasable pen

c)

blue or black ink pen

d)

red pen

13.

When writing a check, it is a good idea to use

a)

pencil

b)

erasable pen

c)

blue or black ink pen

d)

red pen

14.

Acting as a Government's bank means

a)

All the government departments have an account at the Central Bank

b)

All the members of parliament have an account at the Central Bank

c)

Prime Minister has an account tat Central Bank

d)

None of the Above

15.

the Function of The Central Bank that control the money supply is

a)

lender of last resort

b)

Advisor to the government

c)

controls the issue of currency

d)

bankers bank

16.

The Function of the Central bank that helps the government to get a loan is

a)

the governments bank

b)

governments' advisor

c)

managing government borrowing

d)

bankers bank

17.

Banks control the money supply by

a)

restricting the amount of money in circulation

b)

lending

c)

borrowing

d)

printing more money

18.

The rate of interest at which RBI lends to the commercial banks for short period is

(a)  

19.

The rate at which the RBI borrows from Commercial banks is

(a)  

20.

Proportion of total deposits of a commercial bank which it has to keep with itself in the form of cash reserves, gold and government reserves

(a)  

21.

Minimum percentage of the total deposits with the commercial banks which they are required to maintain in the form of cash reserves with the central banks

(a)  

22.

During inflation, CRR is

(a)  

23.

As a fiscal agent, central bank manages

(a)