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Psychology of Risk

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

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1.

1. ____________ is the study and understanding of the mental processes that underpin human reactions to risky circumstances.

a)

The Psychology of Risk

b)

Risk

c)

Objective Aspects of Risk

2.

2. ____________is often described as the likelihood of an unfavorable event  (e.g., a decline in the market value of the stock market) and the size of the consequence that outcome would have.

a)

The Psychology of Risk

b)

Risk

c)

Objective Aspects of Risk

3.

3. A central theme of the standard finance school involves the _________

a)

The Psychology of Risk

b)

Risk

c)

Objective Aspects of Risk

4.

4. The macro-level (big scale) evaluation of risk that takes into account all of the participants within the markets forms the basis of the standard financial perspective, which integrates the _________. (Ricciardi,2008a).

a)

Quantitative Measure of Risk

b)

expected utility method

c)

Modern Portfolio Theory

5.

5. The __________, which assumes that people are risk-averse and choose the best option over a gamble with an equivalent payout, is a key component of the normative model and the idea of rational decision-making under uncertainty. In other words, it is assumed that individual investors will maximize their expected utility.

a)

Quantitative Measure of Risk

b)

expected utility method

c)

Modern Portfolio Theory

6.

6. American economist Harry Markowitz pioneered this theory in his paper "Portfolio Selection," which was published in the Journal of Finance in 1952.

a)

Quantitative Measure of Risk

b)

expected utility method

c)

Modern Portfolio Theory

7.

7. The_______________ describes the relationship between systematic risk, or the general perils of investing, and expected return for assets, particularly stocks.

a)

 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

b)

Asset beta

c)

behavioral finance viewpoint

8.

8. ________ is used to measure the risk of a security minus the company's debt.

a)

Modern Portfolio Theory

b)

 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

c)

Asset beta

9.

9. The standard finance perspective of risk incorporates the objective (quantitative) aspects of risk whereas the ________ considers additional subjective (qualitative) factors.

a)

 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

b)

Asset beta

c)

behavioral finance viewpoint

10.

10. According to the ________,the reason investors act in this manner when evaluating risk is based on the tenets of bounded rationality, loss aversion, and prospect theory.

a)

descriptive approach

b)

The Psychology of Risk

c)

Risk