1. Which of these statements is least reflective of standard IR swaps? and why?
a) a fixed rate of interest is exchange for a floating rate of interest
b) principals are exchange only at maturity
c) the buyer is considered to be the fixed rate payer
d) no upfront payments are made at initiation
2. The Impact of a large upward shift in interest rates for a Floating Rate Note with zero spread is likely to be:
a) large increase in value
b) negligable difference
c) modest fall in value
d) large decrease in value