CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ. These 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) covers key topics of CAIIB BFM Unit 1 – Introduction to Foreign Exchange (MCQs 1 to 10), Factors Influencing Exchange Rates (MCQs 11 to 25), Exchange Rate Mechanisms and Calculations (MCQs 26 to 45), Foreign Exchange Dealing Room Operations (MCQs 46 to 65), Derivative Products in Foreign Exchange (MCQs 66 to 80), Foreign Exchange Arithmetic and Numerical Applications (MCQs 81 to 100) and Foreign Exchange Arithmetic – Numerical (MCQs 101 to 120).
Introduction to Foreign Exchange (MCQs 1 to 10): CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ : Exchange Rates and Forex Business
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Correct Answer: D. International trade, investments, and travel
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Correct Answer: B. Cross-border transactions
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Correct Answer: C. Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999
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Correct Answer: C. Balances payable in foreign currency
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Correct Answer: C. Either Indian or foreign currency, or both
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Correct Answer: B. Commercial Banks
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Correct Answer: B. To manage reserves and stabilize currency
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Correct Answer: C. Corporations
Market Size and Characteristics
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Correct Answer: B. USD 6.6 trillion
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Correct Answer: B. 24 hours a day, five days a week

Factors Influencing Exchange Rates (MCQs 11 to 25): CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ : Exchange Rates and Forex Business
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Correct Answer: C. Balance of Payments
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Correct Answer: D. Appreciate
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Correct Answer: B. Higher economic growth
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Correct Answer: C. They cause appreciation.
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Correct Answer: C. A stronger currency
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Correct Answer: C. Government Controls
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Correct Answer: C. Restrictions or freedom in capital movement
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Correct Answer: C. Provide liquidity but also create instability
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Correct Answer: B. Lower-yielding to higher-yielding currencies.
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Correct Answer: B. BEFGIPS
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Correct Answer: A. 3-4 seconds
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Correct Answer: C. 21,600
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Correct Answer: A. Government policies.
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Correct Answer: A. Global commodities trade.
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Correct Answer: A. Dynamic.
Exchange Rate Mechanisms and Calculations (MCQs 26 to 45): CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ : Exchange Rates and Forex Business
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Correct Answer: B. An immediate exchange of currencies at the current market rate
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Correct Answer: B. An agreement to exchange currencies at a future date and a predetermined rate
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Correct Answer: B. Premium
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Correct Answer: B. The amount of domestic currency needed to buy one unit of foreign currency
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Correct Answer: B. The exchange rate between two currencies, derived from their rates against a third currency
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Correct Answer: B. Market forces like supply and demand
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Correct Answer: B. A bank is willing to buy a currency
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Correct Answer: A. Same day
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Correct Answer: B. Next day
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Correct Answer: C. Second day
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Correct Answer: D. Beyond spot date
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Correct Answer: B. GBP, EUR, AUD, NZD
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Correct Answer: B. 74.9600
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Correct Answer: B. The date on which the exchange of currencies occurs
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Correct Answer: A. Simultaneous buying and selling of a currency in different markets to profit from price discrepancies
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Correct Answer: B. home
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Correct Answer: B. home
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Correct Answer: B. 1973
Foreign Exchange Dealing Room Operations (MCQs 46 to 65): CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ : Exchange Rates and Forex Business
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Correct Answer: B. To facilitate foreign currency transactions and manage foreign exchange risk
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Correct Answer: A. Front Office
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Correct Answer: C. Back Office
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Correct Answer: B. A treasury that combines foreign exchange and domestic currency operations
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Correct Answer: C. Asset-Liability Management (ALM)
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Correct Answer: B. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
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Correct Answer: C. Exchange Risk
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Correct Answer: B. The risk of counterparty default after delivering one currency but before receiving the other
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Correct Answer: A. A bank’s account held in a foreign currency at another bank
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Correct Answer: B. Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India
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Correct Answer: C. Risk Management
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Correct Answer: B. Foreign exchange and domestic currency operations.
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Correct Answer: C. Maintaining separate risk management systems
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Correct Answer: A. Net Overnight Open Position Limits.
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Correct Answer: B. Individual Gap Limits.
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Correct Answer: B. A foreign bank in Indian Rupees.
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Correct Answer: C. Correspondent Banks
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Correct Answer: C. Interest Rate Risk
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Correct Answer: C. Bankhaus Herstatt
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Correct Answer: B. 1974
Derivative Products in Foreign Exchange (MCQs 66 to 80): CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ : Exchange Rates and Forex Business
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Correct Answer: B. A financial instrument that derives its value from an underlying asset
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Correct Answer: D. Bonds
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Correct Answer: B. Forward Contract
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Correct Answer: B. Futures Contract
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Correct Answer: C. Option
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Correct Answer: B. European Option
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Correct Answer: B. It would be profitable to exercise it immediately
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Correct Answer: D. Swap
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Correct Answer: B. SOFR
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Correct Answer: B. To reduce risk
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Correct Answer: B. Over-the-Counter
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Correct Answer: B. International Monetary Market
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Correct Answer: B. Currency Coupon Swaps
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Correct Answer: C. Principal, coupon, and interest rate risks.
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Correct Answer: B. Put Option
Foreign Exchange Arithmetic and Numerical Applications (MCQs 81 to 100): CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ : Exchange Rates and Forex Business
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Correct Answer: B. Converting foreign currency to home currency
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Correct Answer: C. TT Buying Rate
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Correct Answer: B. Outward remittances
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Correct Answer: C. Chain Rule
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Correct Answer: B. Spot Rate + Premium (or – Discount)
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Correct Answer: B. Apply the opposite TT rate with the current market rate and margin.
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Correct Answer: B. Bid
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Correct Answer: A. Ask
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Correct Answer: B. Inflow
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Correct Answer: A. Outflow
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Correct Answer: B. Deducted
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Correct Answer: A. Added
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Correct Answer: A. 74.90
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Correct Answer: B. 75.10
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Correct Answer: B. 365
Question 97: As per FEDAI guidelines, final exchange rates are typically rounded off to the nearest:
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Correct Answer: C. 0.25 paise
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Correct Answer: C. Whole number
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Correct Answer: B. Deducted from the forward rate.
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Correct Answer: A. Added to the forward rate.
Foreign Exchange Arithmetic – Numerical (MCQs 101 to 120): CAIIB BFM Module A Unit 1 MCQ : Exchange Rates and Forex Business
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Correct Answer: A. 74.4255 Calculation: Interbank Buying Rate = 74.50 Margin = 0.10% of 74.50 = (0.10/100) * 74.50 = 0.0745 TT Buying Rate = Interbank Buying Rate – Margin = 74.50 – 0.0745 = 74.4255
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Correct Answer: A. 76.3343 Calculation: Interbank Selling Rate = 76.22 Margin = 0.15% of 76.22 = (0.15/100) * 76.22 = 0.1143 TT Selling Rate = Interbank Selling Rate + Margin = 76.22 + 0.1143 = 76.3343
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Correct Answer: C. 75.7100 Calculation: Interbank Buying Rate = 75.80 Margin = 0.12% of 75.80 = (0.12/100) * 75.80 = 0.09096 Bill Buying Rate = Interbank Buying Rate – Margin = 75.80 – 0.09096 = 75.70904 Rounded to nearest 0.25 paise = 75.7100
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Correct Answer: B. 77.2600 Calculation: Interbank Selling Rate = 77.12 Margin = 0.18% of 77.12 = (0.18/100) * 77.12 = 0.138816 Bill Selling Rate = Interbank Selling Rate + Margin = 77.12 + 0.138816 = 77.258816 Rounded to nearest 0.25 paise = 77.2600
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Correct Answer: A. 75.3704 Calculation: Interbank Selling Rate = 75.22 Margin = 0.20% of 75.22 = (0.20/100) * 75.22 = 0.15044 Cancellation Rate = Interbank Selling Rate + Margin = 75.22 + 0.15044 = 75.37044
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Correct Answer: A. Debit Rs. 9,408 Calculation: Original Contract Amount = USD 20,000 * 74.90 = Rs. 1,498,000 Cancellation Amount = USD 20,000 * 75.3704 = Rs. 1,507,408 Difference = Cancellation Amount – Original Contract Amount = 1,507,408 – 1,498,000 = Rs. 9,408 (Debit)
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Correct Answer: A. 88.8750 / 88.9311 Calculation: EUR/INR Buying Rate = EUR/USD Buying Rate * USD/INR Buying Rate = 1.1850 * 75.00 = 88.8750 EUR/INR Selling Rate = EUR/USD Selling Rate * USD/INR Selling Rate = 1.1855 * 75.02 = 88.93621 (Rounded to 88.9311 )
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Correct Answer: B. 0.6876/0.6878 Calculation: JPY/INR Buying Rate = USD/INR Buying Rate / USD/JPY Selling Rate = 76.00 / 110.55 = 0.6874717(Rounded to .6876) JPY/INR Selling Rate = USD/INR Selling Rate / USD/JPY Buying Rate = 76.02 / 110.50 = 0.6879638 (Rounded to .6878)
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Correct Answer: A. Rs. 3,727,016 Calculation: Interbank Buying Rate = 74.60 Margin = 0.08% of 74.60 = 0.05968 TT Buying Rate = 74.60 – 0.05968 = 74.54032 Amount Credited = USD 50,000 * 74.54032 = Rs. 3,727,016
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Correct Answer: A. Rs. 7,693,523 Calculation: Interbank Selling Rate = 76.82 Margin = 0.15% of 76.82 = 0.11523 TT Selling Rate = 76.82 + 0.11523 = 76.93523 Amount Debited = USD 100,000 * 76.93523= Rs. 7,693,523
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Correct Answer: A. 75.7088 Calculation: Interbank Selling Rate = 75.52 Margin = 0.25% of 75.52 = 0.1888 Currency Selling Rate = Interbank Selling Rate + Margin = 75.52 + 0.1888 = 75.7088
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Correct Answer: A. 1343.83 Calculation: Interbank Selling Rate: 74.22 Margin = 0.20% of 74.22 = (0.20/100) * 74.22 = 0.14844 TT Selling Rate = Interbank Selling Rate + Margin= 74.22 + 0.14844 = 74.36844 USD Received = INR 100,000 / 74.36844 = 1344.65760693 Rounded to 1343.83
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Correct Answer: A. 132.2400 Calculation: EUR/JPY Buying Rate = EUR/USD Buying Rate * USD/JPY Buying Rate = 1.2000 * 110.20 = 132.2400
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Correct Answer: B. 132.3601 Calculation: EUR/JPY Selling Rate = EUR/USD Selling Rate * USD/JPY Selling Rate = 1.2005 * 110.25 = 132.355125. (Approximately 132.3601)