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a) List the,6 main items of the capital account on Ghana. balance of payments [6 Marks
b) State the basic assumptions of of PPP (Purching Power Parity) theory. [ 4 Marks
c) How is the equilibrium exchange rate between currencies, as claimed by PPP (Purching Power Parity) theory, explained? [10 Marks] [ Total Marks: 20
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a) Explain how a company may use interest rate swap as a means of managing exchange rate risk. [9 Marks]
b) List four reasons why leasing serves as a popular source of finance for the corporate sector. [4 Marks]
c) List and define each of the intermediate target variables of economic policy. [5 Marks] d) What is redemption yield? [2 Marks] [Total Marks: 20]
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The general Ghanaaian public has expressed concern about investing in the economy following the recent turmoil in the bond market, as a result of Government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. Explain the major financial risks that the personal sector may experience in the Ghanaian economy.
[20 Marks]
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Assume you are the economic and financial consultant of the newly established Abrewa Ventures Ltd which was formed with the owners’ own resources. At its 3d General Meeting, the shareholders approved plans for the medium-term growth of the company but concerns were raised about how to finance it. Upon advice, the owners decided not to use bank loans or any form of credit for the anticipated growth. Identify and explain the four methods of corporate equity finance that would be appropriate to meet the funding needs of the company.
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A recent survey of customers of your bank has revealed a poor service quality and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is worried about the findings of the survey. As Head of Customer Service, he has asked you to write a detailed report on how the RATER Model affects customers’ perceptions of service quality. (20 marks)
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Your Managing Director learned from a recent seminar on business ethics he attended that marketing managers must essentially behave legally and ethically at all times. He has therefore asked you, in your role as the Head of Marketing to submit a paper on what ethics is, as applied to marketing. You should explain in your paper the distinction between legal and ethical behaviour before addressing any four implications of ethics to marketing. Be guided by the E. Henderson’s Model.
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(a) Risk can never be completely eliminated in business but there are mechanisms available to mitigate or transfer identified risk in organisations.
Discuss at least 5 (five) of such risk treatment methods. (10 marks)
(b) Discuss in detail five (5) factors which bank management must consider in adopting a particular risk transfer/treatment method in the management of its residual risks. (10 marks)
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As the Chief Risk Officer of Excellence Bank PLC, you have been charged to develop a Target Market Criteria (TMC) or Risk Acceptance Criteria (RAC) to be incorporated into the bank’s Credit Policy Manual.
Explain the factors that will inform the strategic identification of sectors or areas in which the bank decides to engage in and the depth of such engagement. (20 marks)
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a) A petty trader has expressed interest in the purchase of a flat screen TV set from Mr. Obudan, a vendor who operates a hire purchase business. A TV set worth GHS780 may be purchased from Mr. Obudan by making GHS80 down payment and the balance in monthly installments for 2 years.
(i) Explain (in your own words) the term “charges 15% (per annum) compounded monthly” to the petty trader. [5 Marks]
(ii) Calculate the monthly installment of Mr. Obudan charges 15% compounded monthly, and the first installment is due in one month. [7 Marks]
(b) The petty trader has made semiannual deposits of GHS500 for 5 years into a savings fund paying interest. at 6.25% (per annum) compounded semiannually.
(i) Explain (in your own words) the term “charges 6.25% (per annum) compounded seminally” to the petty trader. [5 Marks]
(ii) Calculate the amount to be deposited semiannually for 2 years to bring the fund up to GHS 10,000,00. [8 Marks]
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Nawaoo is a registered company in the Central Region specialized in electronic products. Nawaoo is involved in manufacturing high-quality electrical equipment. Each item produced costs GHS 6,000.00 and the total output is 500 items. At the end of the production process, each item is individually tested for quality and safety. If the item is defective in any way it is scrapped at a complete loss to the firm, since it has been found not to be cost-effective to repair such items. Historically, one item in 1000 is found to be faulty in some way.
(a) What is the relationship between the mean, mode and median in a non-symmetric data? [7 Marks]
(b) Determine the probability that the firm will produce zero faulty items in a year. [6 Marks]
(c) Determine the probability that the firm will produce no more than three faulty items in a year. [6 Marks]
(d) The firm is considering employing a quality inspector at an additional cost of GHS1000 per year. The Inspector, however, will be able to prevent any item from being defective. Suggest how the firm might evaluate whether employing the inspector would be cost-effective. [6 Marks]
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The following data is number of bars of chocolate consumed by ladies in a tertiary institution in Ga-East Municipal area.
| T | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y | 986 | 1245 | 902 | 704 | 812 | 1048 | 706 | 514 |
| (a) Explain the terms de-seasonalized trend, seasonal index and forecast value in relation to the data above. [7 Marks] | ||||||||
| (b) Forecast with seasonality and average trend the values for the next four periods of the above time series. [18 Marks] |
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Taaboa a manufacturing firm has decided to capitalize on its existing success by building an extension to its production plant to come on stream by 2028. The firm has evaluated the decision and calculated that its profitability will improve by GHS 650,000.00 if the extension is completed on time. If, however, the extension is delayed then, because of contractual production commitments, the firm stands to lose some GHS 350,000.00. The firm has invited tenders for the construction work and two contractors have been shortlisted. Contractor A has indicated that they would undertake all the work themselves and that they have a track record such that 75 % of previous jobs have been completed on time. Contractor B, on the other hand, has a track record of 95 % of jobs being completed on time where Contractor B has done all work. However, Contractor B occasionally subcontracts work to other companies – some 30% of their jobs have a subcontract element in them. Their completion rate on jobs involving subcontractors is less impressive, with 40% of such jobs not being completed on time.
(a) Explain (in your own words) the term expected monetary value to the manager of Taaboa. [5 Marks]
(b) Draw a decision tree for the situation Taaboa faces. [15 Marks]
(c) Using this information, recommend which of the two shortlisted contractors should Taaboa give the job. [5 Marks]
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Central Legon Hospital in Accra recorded the Height (in cm) of 40 patients reporting to the OPD in a day and come up with the following figures:
150 141 158 147 132 153 176 162 180 165 174 133 129 119 133 188 190 165 157 146 161 130 122 169 159 152 173 148 154 171 136 155 141 153 147 168 150 140 161 185
(a) Explain (briefly) the difference between a percentage frequency bar chart and cumulative percentage frequency bar graph for the height of the 40 patients to the director of the Central Legon Hospital. [5 Marks]
(b) Using classes 110 – 119,120 – 129,130 – 139 and so on, construct a frequency distribution table for the heights of the 40 patients. [10 Marks]
(c) Using (b) above, a percentage frequency bar chart and a cumulative percentage frequency bar chart on the same graph. i.e. super – impose the cumulative percentage frequency chart on percentage frequency bar chart. [8 Marks]
(d) Comment on your charts in (c) above. [2 Marks]
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QMDM – APR 2023 – L2 – Q3 – Regression Analysis for Mistakes and Checks
Analyze mistakes vs. checks data with scatter plot, regression, determination coefficient, and prediction.
Yaa Tabua Travel arrange a large number of holidays, and in some of these they make administrative mistakes. They are about to change their quality control procedures, and have done some experiments to see how the number of mistakes varies with the number of checks. The following table shows their findings:
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