Chapter 4 Practice Questions
- 1. Which of the following are types of best-efforts underwriting when issuing securities?
- I. Greenshoe
- II. All or none
- III. Sell the whole
- IV. Mini-max
- A. I, II, and III
- B. I and II
- C. I and IV
- D. II and IV
- 2. Who receives the proceeds of a registered secondary offering?
- A. Stockholder
- B. Corporation
- C. Management
- D. Underwriter
- 3. An investor wishes to invest in the stock of a large, well-established company. The investor should purchase shares of a:
- A. Limited partnership
- B. LLC
- C. S corporation
- D. C-corp
- 4. A well-known seasoned issuer would like to undertake a shelf offering. How long can the issuer sell limited portions of the stock without filing an S-3 registration?
- A. Two years
- B. Three years
- C. Five years
- D. Until the last portion of the original issue is sold
- 5. As part of its registration statement, an underwriter sends a preliminary prospectus to the SEC. A preliminary prospectus is also known as:
- A. A Form S-1
- B. A tombstone ad
- C. An underwriter’s disclosure
- D. A red herring
- 6. The gross profit or underwriting spread in an equity securities issue is composed of:
- I. The coupon
- II. The concession
- III. The managing underwriter’s fee
- IV. The underwriting fee
- A. I, III, and IV
- B. I, II, and IV
- C. II, III, and IV
- D. I, II, III, and IV
- 7. A U.S. engineer has invented a promising new technology and a group of Swiss investors wants to invest in the S-corp he has formed to commercialize his technology. If each investor wants to invest $100,000, how many in this group may invest in this tech startup?
- A. 100
- B. 499
- C. unlimited
- D. 0
- 8. Which type of issuer is generally associated wi