Which municipal or local government debt is repaid from project revenues (tolls, fees) and typically structured with maturities aligned to project life?

Correct answer: Revenue bonds.

Explanation

Revenue bonds are project-backed and repaid from project-specific revenue streams.

Other questions

Question 1

Which three dimensions are the primary ways fixed-income instruments and markets are typically categorized?

Question 2

A mutual fund restricted to investment-grade bonds should most likely invest in which bond rating?

Question 3

Which index characteristic most distinguishes broad fixed-income indexes from typical equity indexes?

Question 4

Which of the following best describes a shelf registration used by frequent bond issuers?

Question 5

In a competitive sovereign auction, how does a single-price (uniform-price) auction differ from a multiple-price auction?

Question 6

Which fixed-income market segment typically provides the most liquid benchmark securities with the tightest bid-offer spreads?

Question 7

Which of the following best describes matrix pricing?

Question 8

Which short-term corporate funding source is the least reliable because banks can refuse to honour lending at any time?

Question 9

An issuer uses asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) sold by a special purpose entity (SPE) with a bank-provided backup liquidity line. What is one bank benefit from sponsoring ABCP rather than holding the loans on its balance sheet?

Question 10

Which repo feature reduces the cash lender's exposure by requiring collateral above the cash lent?

Question 11

If a borrower posts collateral with a market value of 100 and the repo initial margin is 102%, what is the loan (purchase) price received by the borrower?

Question 12

Which investor type is most likely to use floating-rate notes (FRNs) or variable-rate loans as they prefer variable income streams?

Question 13

A sovereign government decides to issue new benchmark bonds across maturities to improve market efficiency. Which of the following is NOT a primary benefit mentioned in Chapter 3?

Question 14

Which fixed-income instrument structure pays no periodic interest but is sold at a discount and repays par at maturity?

Question 15

Which structure sequentially repays principal to different investor tranches in order of seniority?

Question 16

Which of these is a typical investor motivation for buying inflation-linked government bonds (linkers)?

Question 17

A corporate issuer concerned about rising future interest rates wants the right to redeem and reissue if rates fall. Which embedded contingency provision would best serve the issuer?

Question 18

Which bond feature provides investors a right to sell the bond back to the issuer at a predetermined price and dates?

Question 19

Which of the following is the most likely reason a debut corporate issuer chooses a private placement over a public offering?

Question 20

Which of the following best describes a global bond?

Question 21

Which statement about fixed-income index rebalancing is accurate?

Question 22

Which investor type is most likely to avoid holding VIVU high-yield callable notes according to the chapter examples?

Question 23

An issuer issues partially amortizing bonds where a proportion is amortized and a remaining balloon principal is repaid at maturity. Which statement is true?

Question 24

Which of the following best explains why emerging market sovereign debt issued in a major foreign currency can be attractive to foreign investors?

Question 25

Which of the following is a common reason sovereign governments issue short-term bills frequently?

Question 26

Which participant group is typically designated to participate in all sovereign auctions and support market liquidity?

Question 27

Which of the following best characterizes high-yield (HY) corporate debt relative to investment-grade (IG) debt?

Question 28

Which of the following is a reason why repo rates for a specific security might be lower (even negative) than for general collateral repos?

Question 29

Which of the following statements about on-the-run and off-the-run sovereign bonds is correct?

Question 31

Which of the following describes a make-whole call option on corporate bonds?

Question 32

Which of the following best explains why fixed-income index constituents are weighted by market value of debt outstanding rather than equal weights?

Question 33

Which entity type often issues in Eurobond markets primarily to bypass local legal or regulatory constraints and access cross-border investors?

Question 34

When index providers calculate total return for a broad bond index including intra-month coupons, how are those cash flows treated at rebalancing?

Question 35

Which of the following best explains why repo counterparties may use a triparty agent?

Question 36

Which of the following describes the effect of adding a conversion feature to a corporate bond?

Question 37

Which one of these best characterizes a contingent convertible bond (CoCo)?

Question 38

Which issuance venue historically allowed bearer bonds that did not record owners but have since transitioned to registered bonds?

Question 39

An investor wants to avoid coupon reinvestment risk when funding a known future liability. Which bond type discussed in Chapter 3 best fits this need?

Question 40

Which of the following is a typical reason sovereign governments issue Eurobonds or external debt in foreign currencies?

Question 41

Which of the following best captures why falling interest rates can limit price appreciation for callable (fixed-price call) bonds?

Question 42

Which of these statements about repo market use by central banks is correct?

Question 43

Which of the following best describes a sovereign agency (quasi-government) issuer's typical repayment source for its debt?

Question 44

Which of the following is a reason why index tracking funds usually hold representative samples of bond index constituents rather than full replication?

Question 45

An investor wants lower reinvestment risk and higher near-term cash flows compared with a bullet bond. Which cash-flow structure should they prefer?

Question 46

Which of the following best describes the yield spread decomposition discussed in the chapter?

Question 47

Which of the following actions is a sovereign most likely to take to reduce rollover risk from heavy short-term borrowings?

Question 48

Which component of an asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) program provides liquidity support if the SPE cannot roll paper at maturity?

Question 49

An investor analyzing a callable bond should focus on which yield measure that reflects the worst-case yield outcome across possible call dates?

Question 50

Which of the following statements regarding fixed-income secondary market trading is supported by Chapter 3?