CIMA F3 Exam With Confidence Using Practice Dumps

A. True – holding more securities across different industries reduces unsystematic risk.

B. False – systematic risk (market risk) cannot be diversified away.

C. True – beta measures an investment’s systematic risk relative to the market.

D. False – beta of 1 means same risk as the market, not risk-free.

E. True – the Security Market Line (SML) plots expected return against beta (systematic risk).

So the correct three are A, C and E.

Workings:

BBA remits BS40 million.

Withholding tax in country B = 25%:

Tax = 25% × 40 = BS10m

Net remitted = 40 − 10 = BS30m

Company AAB pays tax of 10% on cash received:

Tax = 10% × 30 = BS3m

Net after tax = 30 − 3 = BS27m

Exchange rate: A$1 = BS3 →

\text{AAB receives in A$} = \frac{BS27m}{3} = \text{A\$9m}

B. Diversification into another product market will lower business risk

Diversifying into a different sector can reduce unsystematic (business-specific) risk, as cash flows from different industries may be less correlated.

C. Greater protection from transaction risk

Company A already has B$ exposures (manufacturing and a B$ loan). Acquiring Company B, which operates and earns in B$, can provide B$ inflows that help naturally hedge B$ outflows, reducing transaction risk.

D. Greater protection from translation risk

The acquisition adds net assets in B$, which can act as a balance sheet hedge against existing B$ liabilities (such as the B$ loan). On consolidation, this can reduce the volatility of reported equity due to exchange rate movements, i.e. translation risk.

Option A is weak: political risk in Country B is not reduced by owning more assets there. E is doubtful because Company B is in a different industrial sector, so classic production scale economies are unlikely to be a primary justification.