Topic 55 - Basel I, Basel II and Solvency II Question
Topic 55 - Basel I, Basel II and Solvency II Question
Market discipline is mainly addressed in Basel II through the mechanism of the disclosure of:
Which of the following does the supervisory pillar of Basel II NOT intend to provide?
Which of the following pairs correctly identifies an activity and its associated Pillar under the Basel II Accord?
Activity Pillar
B) Second and
Market discipline
third
Which of the following is a concern about the implementation of the supervisory and market discipline pillars of Basel II?
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D) More than one of the above.
The balance sheet for James Bankholdings as of December 31, 2004 included the following items ($000):
Based only on this information, estimate the Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital of James Bankholdings as of 12/31/04 (use $000):
Tier 1 Tier 2
A) $4,200,000 $800,000
B) $5,000,000 $0
C) $5,000,000 $750,000
D) $4,200,000 $1,550,000
Capital requirements under IRB approaches will increase in which of the following manners?
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Question #8 of 76 Question ID: 440395
Which of the following assets requires a 0 percent risk weighting according to the Basel Accord?
A) Residential mortgages.
B) Cash.
C) Industrial real estate investments.
D) Cash receivables.
The advanced internal ratings based (IRB) approach to calculating risk weights differs from the foundation IRB approach in that
the advanced approach:
A) allows for internal estimates of loss given default (LGD) and exposure at default (EAD).
B) allows for internal estimates of probability of default (PD) and exposure at default (EAD).
C) offers less flexibility in estimating risk parameters.
D) relies on external estimates for most risk parameters.
Under Basel II, the options available to a bank for calculating credit risk include:
I. Reputational risk approach (RRA).
II. Market discipline approach (MDA).
III. Standardized approach (SA).
IV. Advanced IRB approach (AIRB).
A) I and II.
B) I and IV.
C) III and IV.
D) II and III.
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Question #12 of 76 Question ID: 440417
Which of the following approaches to calculating the operational risk capital charge is a top down approach that uses differing
beta factors between 12 to 18% as a charge on income for specific business lines?
A) Standardized approach.
B) Internal ratings approach.
C) Basic approach.
D) Advanced measurement approach.
Which of the following are NOT conditions for the IRB credit risk weight function?
Under the Basel II Accord, the standardized approach to credit risk weighting requires all of the following EXCEPT:
A) sovereign credit risks must receive the same risk weighting as corporate credits domiciled in that
sovereign.
B) risk exposures with no external weighting must receive a risk weighting of 100%.
C) past-due loans must receive a credit risk weighting of 150%.
D) wherever possible, risk weights must be based on external risk assessments.
The Internal Assessment Approach (IAA) for calculating capital requirements for securitized assets is:
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The main purpose of the Basel II Accord's Second Pillar is to ensure:
The most data intensive approach to assessing regulatory capital for operational risk is the:
The Amendment to the Capital Accord defines the yellow zone as the following range of exceptions out of 250 observations:
A) 6 to 9.
B) 6 to 10.
C) 3 to 7.
D) 5 to 9.
One criticism of the BIS definition of operational risk is that it does not directly address:
A) human mistakes.
B) risk of natural disaster.
Regulators have proposed several approaches to determining a bank's operational risk exposure. One approach which would
allow each bank to use its own internal loss data to calculate the capital charge is the:
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C) proprietary risk approach.
D) basic indicator approach.
The Basel II Capital Accord is most likely to be seen as an improvement over the 1988 Basel I Accord because the Basel II
Accord:
Under the internal ratings based framework, what confidence level must be used when calculating Value at Risk (VaR)?
A) 99.99%.
B) 99.5%.
C) 99.9%.
D) 99%.
An approach to assessing regulatory capital for operational risk that bases the capital charge upon a fixed percentage of some
measure (e.g., gross income) of operational risk exposure is the:
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A) only certain types of credit-risk charges.
B) market-risk charges only.
C) credit-risk charges only.
D) market-risk and credit-risk charges.
Basel II allows which of the following options for the calculation of operational risk?
I. Standardized risk.
II. Foundation IRB approach.
III. Basic indicator approach.
Pillar III of the Basel II accord includes all of the following requirements for internationally active banks EXCEPT:
The Basel II Accord recommends basic methods for assessing operational risk that estimate the risk by:
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B) common equity.
C) cumulative perpetual shares.
D) non-cumulative perpetual shares.
Under the IRB approach to credit risk, a bank that originates a securitization and retains a first loss position in that securitization
must:
Under the basic indicator approach to measuring operational risk capital proposed in the New Basel Accord, a bank will hold
capital for operational risk equal to a fixed percentage of the bank's:
A) average market risk and credit risk capital over the prior three years.
B) market risk capital in the previous year.
C) average annual revenues over the prior two years.
Market discipline is mainly addressed in Basel II through the disclosure mechanism of:
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D) reduce monitoring intensity.
Solvency II and its associated solvency capital requirements consider various types of risk all related to underwriting. Which of
the following items is least likely to be included as one of these risk types?
A) Liquidity risk.
B) Operational risk.
C) Market risk.
D) Life and health risks.
A bank that wishes to adopt a framework for determining regulatory operational risk capital must meet the most stringent criteria if
it wants to adopt the:
Under Basel II, if a bank uses the internal ratings-based (IRB) foundation approach for the calculation of credit risk, the bank
uses:
A) external estimates of default probabilities and internal estimates for other model inputs.
B) internal estimates of default probabilities and internal estimates for other model inputs.
C) external estimates of default probabilities and external estimates for other model inputs.
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D) internal estimates of default probabilities and external estimates for other model inputs.
What is the overall limit on Tier 2 Capital? Tier 2 Capital is limited to:
Tier 1 and tier 2 capital requirements differ from tier 3 capital requirements in that tier 1 and tier 2 are associated with:
A) market-risk charges.
B) exchange-risk charges.
C) interest-rate risk charges.
D) credit-risk charges.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three pillars of the new Basel Capital Accord (Basel II)?
A) Public disclosure.
B) Reduced regulatory burden.
C) Supervisory review of capital adequacy.
D) Minimum capital requirements.
Under the internal-ratings based (advanced) approach, which of the following parameters are permitted to be estimated by the
institution itself?
I. Effective maturity.
II. Probability of default.
III. Exposure at default.
IV. Loss given default.
A) I, II and IV.
B) III and IV.
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C) I and II.
D) I, II, III and IV.
The standardized approach to estimating the risk arising from asset securitization:
James Haggerty is a bank supervisor responsible for the oversight of UrbanGroup, a large banking conglomerate. UrbanGroup
determines its credit risk profile according to the foundation IRB approach and assesses operational risk according to the
standardized approach as described in the Basel II Capital Accord. Which of the following are specific issues that should be
addressed as part of Haggerty's supervisory review process of UrbanGroup?
II. Check compliance with transparency requirements as described in Pillar 3 of the Basel II Accord.
III. Make sure that the bank is using LGD and EAD inputs for its retail exposures that are in compliance with
supervisory estimates.
IV. Evaluate the impact of interest rate risk by assessing the impact of a 100 basis point interest rate shock to
the bank's capital position.
Risk measurement procedures under the Basel II Accord take on an "evolutionary aspect" in that:
A) stricter adherence to standardized risk assessment procedures will allow banks more flexibility to
take on non-traditional risks.
B) less conservative risk measures such as downturn loss given default (LGD) will allow banks to take
on more risky strategies.
C) enhanced supervisory control will lead to more consistent risk assessment and more comparable
bank risk profiles.
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D) banks should be able to use their own internal risk assessments to improve accuracy in assessing
their risk exposure.
A) standardized approach.
B) external probability approach.
C) internal ratings-based foundation approach.
D) internal ratings-based advanced approach.
The Basel Committee suggests that the "risk of direct or indirect loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes,
people, and systems or from external events" should be included in a bank's regulatory capital calculations. The committee is
referring to:
A) operational risk.
B) credit risk.
If a supervisory VAR backtest for a 1-year period (i.e., 250-day testing period) results in 6 exceptions, then the bank's exposure
would be classified as:
A) Yellow zone, and an exposure multiplier between 3.4 and 3.85 would be applied.
B) Green zone, and an exposure multiplier of 0 would be applied.
C) Yellow zone, and an exposure multiplier of 3 would be applied.
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D) Red zone, and an exposure multiplier of 4 would be applied.
A) Scenario analysis.
B) Back testing.
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C) Stress testing.
D) Factor push analysis.
Under the internal ratings-based (foundation) approach, which of the following parameter(s) is (are) permitted to be estimated by
the institution itself?
I. Probability of default.
II. Loss given default.
III. Exposure at default.
IV. Effective maturity.
For calculating credit risk, the evolutionary aspect behind the Basel II Accord's Pillar 1 is associated with moving from the:
With regard to insurance and banking regulations, which set of regulations focuses more on systemic risk?
A) Basel II/III.
B) Solvency II.
C) Basel I.
D) Solvency I.
An approach to assessing regulatory capital for operational risk that bases the capital charge upon a fixed percentage of an
indicator (gross income) of operational risk exposure, where the percentage differs across business lines is the:
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A) loss distribution approach.
B) standardized approach.
C) internal measurement approach.
D) basic indicator approach.
Under Basel II, regulatory capital charge for operational risk can be calculated using:
The Second Pillar of the Basel II Accord requires that banking supervisors do all of the following EXCEPT:
Which of the following bad bank behaviors at emerging market banks may result from the implementation of Basel II?
A) I and II.
B) I, II, and III.
C) II and III.
D) I and III.
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Question #59 of 76 Question ID: 440423
The capital charge for market risk is based on the maximum of the average VAR for the preceding 60 days or:
Which of the following statements regarding capital estimation, risk, and potential short comings of Basel II are CORRECT?
I. For regulatory capital estimation purposes, market risks include equity, interest rate, foreign exchange, credit, commodity,
and option risks.
II. Under the basic indicator approach (BIA), a bank is required to hold capital for operational risk equal to a fixed percentage of
average annual gross income for the previous year.
III. Inability to secure collateral is an example of a residual risk.
IV. Critics argue that the Basel II Accord may contribute heavily to pro-cyclical behavior by banks.
Under the new Basel Capital Accord there are two IRB approaches, foundation and advanced, to calculating risk weights in
determining a bank's minimum capital requirement for credit risk. For which of the following types of exposures is the foundation
approach precluded?
A) Bank exposures.
B) Sovereign exposures.
C) Corporate exposures.
D) Retail exposures.
The advanced IRB approach to calculating risk weights for corporate, sovereign, and bank exposures requires the bank to abide:
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D) by supervisory-set PD and losses given default (LGD).
According to the Basel Accord, if the number of exceptions to the back-testing of value at risk (VAR) models exceeds four at the
99 percent confidence level, which of the following may occur (given 250 data points)?
Which of the following parameters is (are) allowed to be estimated by the institution when calculating the capital requirements for
an asset securitization?
I. Probability of default.
II. Loss given default.
III. Exposure at default.
IV. Effective maturity.
A) None of these.
B) I and II.
C) I, II, III and IV.
D) I only.
A) I and II only.
B) I, II, III, and IV.
C) I only.
D) I and IV only.
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Question #66 of 76 Question ID: 440400
Under the standardized approach, the risk weight for Sovereigns and their Central Banks with a credit rating below B− is what
percentage?
A) 100%.
B) 125%.
C) 150%.
D) 175%.
Under the Basel II Capital Accord, the standardized approach to credit risk requires that loans considered past due be risk
weighted at:
A) 100%.
B) 200%.
C) 150%.
D) 80%.
The standard procedure for credit and operational risk is to specify the Economic Capital as:
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Which of the following are incentives for bad bank behavior resulting from the implementation of Basel II?
A) II only.
B) I and III.
C) I only.
D) II and III.
All the statements with respect to bank capital under Basel II are correct EXCEPT:
A) Tier 1 capital is equal to shareholders' equity (common stock outstanding, nonredeemable and
noncumulative outstanding preferred stocks), plus after tax retained earnings.
B) Tier 1 capital can be used without limitations to meet capital requirements of bank risks.
C) short-term subordinated debt (Tier 3 capital) can only be used to meet capital requirements related to
operational risk.
Which of the Basel II Pillars of sound bank management focuses on market discipline?
A) Pillar 1.
B) Pillar 4.
C) Pillar 3.
D) Pillar 2.
For banks that use the advanced internal ratings-based (advanced IRB) approach to credit risk, the primary inputs to the capital
calculations are:
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Question #74 of 76 Question ID: 440416
Which of the following is NOT a type of operational risk as defined by Basel II?
The standardized model for market risk charges differs from the internal models approach in that the standardized model:
A) focuses solely on specific risk charges, whereas the internal model approach sums up market risks
across market-risk categories.
B) sums up market risks across market risk categories, whereas the internal model approach focuses
solely on specific risk charges.
C) sums up market risks across market risk categories, whereas the internal model approach uses a
penalty multiplier on the average VAR.
D) uses a penalty multiplier on the average VAR, whereas the internal model approach sums up market
risks across market risk categories.
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