Practice Questions For CMT Level 1 Set 2
Practice Questions For CMT Level 1 Set 2
Practice Questions For CMT Level 1 Set 2
a. It is the difference between the number of stocks making new high to those
making new lows on a trading day
b. It is a leading indicator
d. Those closing along the line but were recently above the line.
3. When the investment related articles from experts are clearly bearish,
c. Market has topped out already and it is time to liquidate long positions if held
still.
a. Open interest
c. Margin
d. Position limit
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a. Primary Market
b. Secondary market
c. Options Market
d. Futures Market
a. Large institutions.
b. Small speculators
c. Company Insiders
d. Derivatives traders
a. The trader
b. The system
c. The oscillators
d. Price patterns
a. Motive wave
b. Extension.
c. Double wave
d. Complex correction.
13. It was observed that wave A started at 27 and continued till 24. Wave B was
completed at 28 and wave C got completed at 23. How can this pattern be best
described?
a. Expanding flat
b. Regular flat
c. Running flat
d. Leading diagonal.
14. How is the wave structure given in the diagram best described?
a. Contracting triangle
b. Zigzag
c. Running triangle
d. Running flat
16. Venus saw the chart of Xeta technologies. The stock was between 25 and 32
for a period of six months. She drew two horizontal lines at these two levels.
Today, the stock is trading at 35. The horizontal line at 32 represents_______
for the stock.
a. Resistance
b. Support
d. It cannot be correctly decided unless the further move of the stock is watched.
17. Alex found that Visha Tech stock had given a buy signal on 10 minute chart
but sell signal on hourly chart. End of the day charts are neutral. What action
would be most appropriate in this condition?
d. Buy the stock but keep the stop loss slightly more away.
18. Which of the following is NOT related to Fibonacci ratio phi ()?
a. 0.618
b. 1.618
c. 0.500
d. 2.618
19. Which group of the following may be termed as the key to making money?
20. Three things should never be neglected in the market. Which one of the
below four DOES NOT fit in this list?
a. Ticker Tape
b. Federal Reserve
21. The stock price of Kennedy Consultants is falling for last 30 days. Ronny
observed that one indicator was still rising continuously. Which of the following
is he observing?
b. Relative strength
d. Rate of change
a. Inflation
b. Deflation
c. Stagflation
d. Recession
23. Which of the following is the best suited to decide whether a stock is
underperforming a market or not?
a. Relative strength
c. Divergence studies
d. Moving averages
24. Chris is determining mean for the data 123.4, 125.7, 129.5, 122.8, 124.7,
133.5, 127.8, 129.5, 130.5, 128.7, 129.5, 132.8. What would be the correct
mean?
a. 129.5.
b. 128.2.
c. 129.1.
d. 128.9.
b. Accuracy increases
d. Sensitivity increases
a. Kondratiff Cycle
b. Kitchin cycle
c. 28 day cycle
d. Juglar Cycle
27. Which of the following statements is NOT in accordance with the ethical
standards adopted?
a. The interest of clients should be rated higher than that of the analyst.
b. During the analysis of a stock, an analyst should also give weightage to the
views of other analysts.
28. VHS Finance, a broking house for trading securities offers an interesting
package to their existing clients. If the existing client bring new clients to VRS
Finance, 10 % of the brokerage generated will be paid to the existing client.
Binny is an existing client of VHS, who is also a technical analyst. He
encourages his own circle of customers to open accounts with VHS. His view is
to get that extra 10 % income. In the light of ethics, how is his action viewed?
c. It is possible that his action may influence unnecessary trades for his clients
in order to generate extra brokerage.
d. There is no violation of ethics on his behalf as the clients would have traded
anywhere else any way.
b. All the publicly and privately known information about the stock
30. ADX has _______ number of lines indicating the overall direction in which
a trade should be taken.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 2 or 3
d. 4
31. Jessy found that the volume shown by the indicator ‘On-balance Volume’
was negative. What can she conclude from this observation?
b. When shares change hand, the volume is negative for the seller, so it is from
seller’s account.
35. Zoya found that the futures price of Codex International was decreasing, and
the open interest was also decreasing. Which of the following is taking place in
the stock?
a. Short covering
b. Short built up
c. Long built up
d. Profit booking
36. Identify the type of pattern marked with a circle in the given chart-
a. Bullish continuation
b. Bullish reversal
c. Bearish continuation
d. Bearish reversal
37. A typical head and shoulder formation requires about ____________ for
formation.
a. Three days
b. Three weeks
c. Three months
d. Three years.
38. In the chart given below, point A is at 370, B is at 290 and C is at 320.
Assuming there is a break down at point C, what would be the target for this
formation?
a. 260
b. 270
c. 240
d. 200
39. Typical borrowing by the government by selling bills is for the period-
b. 1-5 years
c. 1-10 years
40. Financial markets offer two choices for investment. These are-
a. Taxes
b. Storage cost
c. Transportation cost
d. Dividend
a. Fiscal policy
b. Monetary Policy
c. Economic policy
d. Micro-finance policy
43. In which asset class it is difficult to determine the exact relative value?
a. Stocks
b. Bonds
c. Commodities
d. Real Estate
44. Exchange rates between two currencies, not involving the US dollar are
termed as-
a. Cross rates
b. Non-US rates
c. Mutual rates
d. Local rates
b. UNO
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a. Government bonds
b. Government Notes
c. Government bills
d. Corporate bonds
a. 50 %
b. 2 %
d. 1.5 times
48. A French bank wants to buy US government bonds. What route should they
take?
49. Which of the following gives returns only due to price change? Treasury
bills, treasury bonds, Agricultural commodities or Precious metals?
a. Callable Bonds
b. Putable Bonds
c. Convertible bonds
d. Corporate notes
a. Equities
b. Commodities
c. Foreign exchange
d. Real estate
d. Is never flat.
a. 1830
b. 1870
c. 1890
d. 1930
54. A complete collection of daily charts of the Wall Street was first published
by-
a. Samuel Nelson
b. Robert Rhea
c. Richard Wyckoff
d. William Hamilton
55. According to Russell, when Dow Jones industrial average moves below
_____________for the second time, it is a confirmation of bear market.
a. 30 days
b. 30 weeks
c. 200 days
d. 52 weeks
57. What is the advantage for the companies of selling equity to investors over
bonds and notes?
58. Financial and political instability would show positive effect on the price of-
a. Stocks
b. Bonds
c. Bullion
d. Real estate
59. Who gave the name ‘Dow Theory’ to the thoughts put forward by Charles
Dow?
a. Samuel Nelson
b. Robert Rhea
c. Richard Wyckoff
d. William Hamilton
60. According to Russell, the major bull market ends when the yields for major
Dow Jones Industrials reach-
a. 3.5
b. 5.0
c. 7.5
d. <2.0
.d. It is overbought above 80 and oversold below 20. (There are no overbought
or oversold levels on NH-NL). (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators)
. b. Those closing below the line. (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators)
3. When the investment related articles from experts are clearly bearish,
. b. the market is about to bottom out. (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators)
. a. Primary market (It is the company that sells the shares in primary market,
and not a trader). (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators, 27-38, Mass
Psychology)
. a. Ask must chase the bid (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators, 27-38,
. c. Low of the bar (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators, 27-38, Mass
Psychology)
13. It was observed that wave A started at 27 and continued till 24. Wave B was
completed at 28 and wave C got completed at 23. How can this pattern be best
described?
14. How is the wave structure given in the diagram best described?
16. Venus saw the chart of Xeta technologies. The stock was between 25 and 32
for a period of six months. She drew two horizontal lines at these two levels.
Today, the stock is trading at 35. The horizontal line at 32 represents_______
for the stock.
. b. Support (It was resistance earlier. Now as the stock has crossed that level, it
will act as a support. (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators, 27-38, Mass
Psychology)
17. Alex found that Visha Tech stock had given a buy signal on 10 minute chart
but sell signal on hourly chart. End of the day charts are neutral. What action
would be most appropriate in this condition?
. c. Do not trade the stock (Chapter 6-9, General Market Indicators, 27-38, Mass
Psychology)
18. Which of the following is NOT related to Fibonacci ratio phi ()?
19. Which group of the following may be termed as the key to making money?
20. Three things should never be neglected in the market. Which one of the
below four DOES NOT fit in this list?
21. The stock price of Kennedy Consultants is falling for last 30 days. Ronny
observed that one indicator was still rising continuously. Which of the following
is he observing?
relative strength can still increase). (Chapter 25-26, Being right or making
money).
23. Which of the following is the best suited to decide whether a stock is
underperforming a market or not?
24. Chris is determining mean for the data 123.4, 125.7, 129.5, 122.8, 124.7,
133.5, 127.8, 129.5, 130.5, 128.7, 129.5, 132.8. What would be the correct
mean?
. b. 128.2
. b. Kitchin cycle
27. Which of the following statements is NOT in accordance with the ethical
standards adopted?
. b. During the analysis of a stock, an analyst should also give weightage to the
views of other analysts. (Analysis should be independent. This means views of
others should NOT be influencing your analysis).
28. VHS Finance, a broking house for trading securities offers an interesting
package to their existing clients. If the existing client bring new clients to VRS
Finance, 10 % of the brokerage generated will be paid to the existing client.
Binny is an existing client of VHS, who is also a technical analyst. He
encourages his own circle of customers to open accounts with VHS. His view is
to get that extra 10 % income. In the light of ethics, how is his action viewed?
. c. It is possible that his action may influence unnecessary trades for his clients
in order to generate extra brokerage.
. b. All the publicly and privately known information about the stock. (Burton
and Shah, chapter 1, Page 6; chapter 1, Page 8- Strong form of EMH)
30. ADX has _______ number of lines indicating the overall direction in which
a trade should be taken.
.a. 2. (Only +DI and –DI tell the direction. Though there are three lines in the
indicator, the third line, ADX or DMI as it is called does not provide any
information about the direction).
31. Jessy found that the volume shown by the indicator ‘On-balance Volume’
was negative. What can she conclude from this observation?
35. Zoya found that the futures price of Codex International was decreasing, and
the open interest was also decreasing. Which of the following is taking place in
the stock?
. d. Profit booking.
36. Identify the type of pattern marked with a circle in the given chart-
. c. Bearish continuation.
37. A typical head and shoulder formation requires about ____________ for
formation.
. c. Three months.
38. In the chart given below, point A is at 370, B is at 290 and C is at 320.
Assuming there is a break down at point C, what would be the target for this
formation?
. c. 240.
39. Typical borrowing by the government by selling bills is for the period-
40. Financial markets offer two choices for investment. These are-
. d. Dividend
. a. Fiscal policy.
43. In which asset class it is difficult to determine the exact relative value?
. d. Real Estate. (Rarely the units are exactly identical and liquidity is low. Price
is too subjective).
44. Exchange rates between two currencies, not involving the US dollar are
termed as-
. a. Cross rates.
. c. Government bills.
. c. 200 basis points. (Rate spread is typically expressed in the terms of basis
points, where 1 basis point is 0.01 %).
48. A French bank wants to buy US government bonds. What route should they
take?
49. Which of the following gives returns only due to price change? Treasury
bills, treasury bonds, Agricultural commodities or Precious metals?
. c. Convertible bonds (Callable bonds- Company has option to buy them back
before maturity. Putable bonds- investors can sell them back to company before
maturity. Convertible bonds- Investors can swap debt for equity).
. d. Real Estate.
54. A complete collection of daily charts of the Wall Street was first published
by-
55. According to Russell, when Dow Jones industrial average moves below
_____________for the second time, it is a confirmation of bear market.
57. What is the advantage for the companies of selling equity to investors over
bonds and notes?
58. Financial and political instability would show positive effect on the price of-
. c. Bullion
59. Who gave the name ‘Dow Theory’ to the thoughts put forward by Charles
Dow?
60. According to Russell, the major bull market ends when the yields for major
Dow Jones Industrials reach-