This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Finance Theory > Behavioral Finance > Behavioral Finance – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Behavioral Finance Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following statements best defines Exchange Value? A) What we lose by giving up the other provided choice. B) How well something satisfies a person's wants or needs. C) How helpful an item is given the context of a current situation. D) What you can obtain for an item at a later time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What you can obtain for an item at a later time. 2. Let's assume we all have preferences that are consistent with Prospect Theory. Suppose also that we could select whether our salaries are paid on a weekly basis or a monthly basis. Which alternative would we pick, assuming that the total monthly salary is the same as the sum of the weekly payments? Ignore the impact of extra interest that we could earn in our bank accounts if we were paid on a more frequent basis. A) Weekly. B) Monthly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weekly. 3. Trusting one's gut or following the inner voice, helps overcome a sudden spending with this life value: A) Social. B) Physical. C) Inner. D) Financial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner. 4. Is when peopleoverestimate the odds of something happeningsimply because the outcome is desirable. A) Desirability Effect. B) Illusion of Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desirability Effect. 5. A long term goal ..... A) Only matters later in life. B) Usually requires more planning, takes a long time to accomplish and work toward. C) Can be the same as a short term goal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Usually requires more planning, takes a long time to accomplish and work toward. 6. Judgement biases affect the [ ..... ] of a decision problem. A) Input. B) Valuation method. C) Outcome. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Input. 7. What is the phenomenon where observed prices soar far higher than fundamentals and rational analysis would suggest? A) Bubble. B) Crash. C) Arbitrage. D) Market efficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bubble. 8. The vast majority of people tip restaurant servers even though there is no law requiring it. This is an example of economic behavior being influenced by ..... A) Anchoring. B) Social norms. C) Speculation. D) Left digit bias. E) The endowment effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social norms. 9. Because the US has a prevalent culture of consumerism, it is common for people to go into debt to buy things that they cannot afford. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Which flower became absurdly expensive in the Netherlands in the 1630s? A) Tulips. B) Lilies. C) Hydrangeas. D) Carnations. E) Roses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tulips. 11. ..... leads to investors misestimate true probabilities? A) Information processing limitation. B) Emotion Bias. C) Mental Accounting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information processing limitation. 12. A(n) ..... is a predictable error in remembering, calculating, and reasoning A) Cognitive bias. B) Heuristic. C) Loss aversion. D) Sunk cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive bias. 13. Also called like-likes-like, this bias refers to our tendency to gravitate toward people similar toourselves. A) Affinity Bias. B) Ageism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affinity Bias. 14. Which is better to have? A) $ 100 today. B) $ 100 one year from today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ 100 today. 15. The following life values can have an effect on our money habits: A) Inner, Social, Personal, Professional. B) Inner, Social, Physical, Financial. C) Personal, Professional, Financial, Social. D) Financial, Inner, Personal, Professional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner, Social, Physical, Financial. 16. According to Behavioral Finance ..... ? A) You should study the leading investment companies to model your decision making. B) Those who have the most self-discipline will be better off financially. C) Individuals' financial decisions are often influenced by emotions and values. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individuals' financial decisions are often influenced by emotions and values. 17. In which bias we give more weightage to information which receives high media attention. A) Availability bias. B) Mental accounting. C) Gambler's Fallacy. D) Anchoring/adjustment bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Availability bias. 18. Suppose there are two investors:Michael and Steve. Both have pension funds, into which they deposit money each month from their paychecks. Both are in their early 30s, and anticipate retiring at around age 65. Neither anticipates withdrawing any money from his pension fund prior to retirement.Michael watches his pension fund closely, looking each week at whether has gone up or down in value. On a week to week basis, the US equity markets are down almost as often as they are up. Steve, on the other hand, only checks the value of his pension fund once every five years or so. On a five-year basis, the US equity markets are down less than 10% of the time.Michael's pension fund money is all in bonds, while Steve's is all in equities.Which single feature of Prospect Theory provides the best explanation for the two men's different portfolio allocations? A) Risk seeking over losses. B) Risk aversion over gains. C) Loss aversion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss aversion. 19. Review! When taking out a loan, the amount of money initially borrowed is called the ..... A) Term. B) Balance. C) Interest. D) Principal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Principal. 20. An efficient market is defined as one in which: A) All participants have the same opportunity to make the make the same returns. B) All participants have the same legal rights and transactions costs. C) Securities' prices quickly and fully reflect all available information. D) Securities' prices are completely in line with the intrinsic value. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Securities' prices quickly and fully reflect all available information. 21. The people with this life value think more about the sustainability of their money and generally have more in reserve: A) Financial. B) Inner. C) Physical. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Financial. 22. Which of the following is not part of the behavioural finance theory used for article 5 (Behavioural Finance:The Emergence and Development Trends) A) Emotions based theories. B) Prospect theory. C) Decision theory (Rational and Irrational). D) Traditional theory of rationality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prospect theory. 23. Which element below is not included in the Heuristic Decision Process? A) Overconfidence. B) Gamblers Fallacy. C) Self control. D) Availability Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self control. 24. What is noise trader risk in the context of behavioral finance? A) The risk associated with relying on stereotypes or limited samples to form opinions. B) The risk associated with making decisions based on instinct instead of analysis. C) The risk associated with avoiding making a decision due to fear of suboptimal outcomes. D) The risk associated with trades not based on information or financially meaningful analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The risk associated with trades not based on information or financially meaningful analysis. 25. The following are not included in the Behavioral Investor Type, namely..... A) Activer Accumulator. B) Passive Preserver. C) Friendly Follower. D) Customer Fully Engaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Customer Fully Engaged. 26. A marketing/advertising strategy that uses charts, graphs or statistics that are intentionally misleading A) Commitment device. B) Financial literacy. C) False statistics. D) Confirmation bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False statistics. 27. Customer takes out excess returns after selling top performing stock considering it free money ( doesn't consider overall portfolio returns) and further place capital gains in risky investment not aligning with his/her financial goals. Which bias client has? A) Mental Accounting. B) Escalation of commitment. C) Status quo bias. D) Gambler's fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental Accounting. 28. Based on the Article 2 titled Countries and Culture in Behavioral Finance, Women are more willing to take risks in their investment decisions. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 29. Emotional is the Primary biases for BIT Passive Preserver A) CORRECT. B) SALAH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SALAH. 30. This value that drives financial behaviors focuses on our desire for belonging and relatedness to our family, friends, teams, community, etc. A) Financial. B) Physical. C) Inner. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesFinance Theory QuizzesFinance QuizzesBehavioral Finance Quiz 1Behavioral Finance Quiz 3Behavioral Finance Quiz 4Behavioral Finance Quiz 5Behavioral Finance Quiz 6Behavioral Finance Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books