Chapter 3 Practice Questions
- 1. Which of the following would you be least interested in looking at to analyze a revenue bond?
- A. Protective covenants
- B. Flow of funds
- C. Net overall debt per capita
- D. Feasibility study
- 2. A rate covenant requires an issuer to:
- A. Maintain a specified interest rate on its debt issues
- B. Set rates and fees high enough to safely cover operations and debt service
- C. Set aside a portion of net revenue into an escrow account
- D. Avoid issuing any new debt with a higher interest rate than the rate on the current issue
- 3. An additional bonds covenant will appear on a bond issue:
- I. With an open-end indenture
- II. With a closed-end indenture
- III. For a general obligation bond
- IV. For a revenue bond
- A. I and III
- B. I and IV
- C. II and III
- D. II and IV
- 4. Which of the following are you not likely to find in the financial section of the CAFR?
- A. Statement of activities
- B. MD&A
- C. Independent auditor’s report
- D. Information about financial trends
- 5. Goodville wants to gather information for the pension plan portion of its CAFR. Which of the following equations best describes how to make calculations using net pension obligations?
- A. Plan net position – total pension liability = net pension liability
- B. Plan net position + net pension liability = total pension liability
- C. Plan net position + total pension liability = net pension liability
- D. Total pension liability – plan net position = net pension liability
- 6. Where are you most likely to find a list of protective covenants for a municipal bond?
- A. Bond resolution
- B. Flow of funds statement
- C. Bond indenture
- D. Feasibility study
- 7. The flow of funds for municipal reven