国际金融中英文版

Chapter 2:

Payments among Nations

Single-Choice Questions

1. A country’s balance of payments records: 一个国家的国际收支 平衡记录了 B

a. The value of all exports of goods and services from that country for a period of time.

b. All flows of value between that country’s residents and

residents of the rest of the world during a period of time. 在一定时间段里, 一个国家居民的资产和其它世界居民资产的流动

c. All flows of financial assets that cross that country’s borders during a period of time.

d. All flows of goods into that country during a period of time.

2. A credit item in the balance of payments is: 在国际收支平衡里的贷项是 A

a. An item for which the country must be paid. 一个国家必须收取的条款

b. An item for which the country must pay. c. Any imported item.

d. An item that creates a monetary claim owed to a foreigner.

3. Every international exchange of value is entered into the

balance-of-payments accounts __________ time(s). 每一次国际等价交换都记进国际收支帐户２次 B a. 1 b. 2

c. 3 d. 4

4. A debit item in the balance of payments is: 在国际收支平衡中的借项是 B

a. An item for which the country must be paid.

b. An item for which the country must pay. 一个国家必须支付的条款

c. Any exported item.

d. An item that creates a monetary claim on a foreigner.

5. In a nation's balance of payments, which one of the following items is always recorded as a positive entry? D 在国际收支中, 下列哪个项目总被视为有利条项 a. Changes in foreign currency reserves. b. Imports of goods and services.

c. Military foreign aid supplied to allied nations.

d. Purchases by foreign travelers visiting the country. 国外游客在本国发生的购买

6. The sum of all of the debit items in the balance of payments: 在收支平衡中,所有贷项的总和 B a. Equals the overall balance.

b. Equals the sum of all credit items.等于所有借项的总和 c. Equals ‘compensating’ transactions.

d. Equals the sum of credit items minus errors and omissions.

7. Which of the following capital transactions are entered as debits in the U.S. balance of payments? 下列哪个资本交易在美国的收支平衡中当作借项？ B

a. A U.S. resident transfers $100 from his account at Credit Suisse in Basel (Switzerland) to his account at a San Francisco branch of Wells Fargo Bank.

b. A French resident transfers $100 from his account at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco to his Credit Suisse account in Basel. 一个法国居民在旧金山的Fargo Bank用其帐户转帐１００美金到位于巴塞尔的瑞士信贷户口

c. A U.S. resident sells his IBM stock to a French resident. d. A U.S. resident sells his Credit Suisse stock to a French resident.

8. An increase in a nation's financial liabilities to foreign residents is a: 一个国家对另一个国家金融负债的增加是一种C a. Reserve inflow. b. Reserve outflow.

c. Capital inflow.资本流入 d. Capital outflow.

9. ___A_______ are money-like assets that are held by governments and that are recognized by governments as fully acceptable for

payments between them. 官方国际储备资产是一种类似于钱的资产，这种资产由政府掌握并作为政府间的一种支付手段得到充分认可.

a. Official international reserve assets 官方国际储备资产 b. Unofficial international reserve assets c. Official domestic reserve assets d. Unofficial domestic reserve assets

10. Which of the following is considered a capital inflow? 下列哪项 被视为资本流入 A

a. A sale of U.S. financial assets to a foreign buyer. 美国一金融资产卖给一外国买家

b. A loan from a U.S. bank to a foreign borrower.

c. A purchase of foreign financial assets by a U.S. buyer. d. A U.S. citizen’s repayment of a loan from a foreign bank. 11. In a country’s balance of payments, which of the following

transactions are debits?一个国家的收支平衡表中,哪个交易属于借项？ A

a. Domestic bank balances owned by foreigners are decreased. 外国人拥有的国内银行资产的下降

b. Foreign bank balances owned by domestic residents are decreased.

c. Assets owned by domestic residents are sold to nonresidents. d. Securities are sold by domestic residents to nonresidents. 12. The role of ___D_______ is to direct one nation’s savings into another nation’s investments: 资金流的作用是指导一个国家的储蓄进入到另一个国家的投资 a. Merchandise trade flows b. Services flows

c. Current account flows d. Capital flows 资金流 13. The net value of flows of goods, services, income, and unilateral transfers is called the: 商品,服务,收入和单方面转让等现金流的净收益叫经常账目（户）B

a. Capital account.

b. Current account.经常账目（户） c. Trade balance.

d. Official reserve balance. 14. The net value of flows of financial assets and similar claims

(excluding official international reserve asset flows) is called the: 金融资产和类似的资产（官方国际储备资产流除外）的 净值流叫 A

a. Financial account.金融帐 b. Current account. c. Trade balance.

d. Official reserve balance. 15. The financial account in the U.S. balance of payments includes: 美国国家收支表中的金融帐包括： B a. Everything in the current account.

b. U.S. government payments to other countries for the use of military bases.美政府采用其它国家军事基地所需支付款项 c. Profits that Nissan of America sends back to Japan. d. New U.S. investments in foreign countries. 16. Ａ U.S. resident increasing her holdings of a foreign financial asset causes a: 一个美国居民 增持一外国金融资产会引起D a. Credit in the U.S. current account. b. Debit in the U.S. current account. c. Credit in the U.S. capital account.

d. Debit in the U.S. capital account. 美国资本帐的借帐