1. Macaulay's Duration:
a. is a weighted average of the time until cash flows are received
b. is always greater than maturity
c. is never equal to maturity
d. directly indicates how much the price of a security will change given a change in interest rates
e. estimates when embedded options will be used
2. Which of the following is NOT a way to shorten asset duration?
a. Buy short-term securities and sell long-term securities
b. Make floating-rate loans and sell fixed-rate loans
c. Issuing longer-term CD's
d. All of the above are ways to shorten asset duration