Banking Financial Awareness ยท General Awareness
Banking Services and Operations
1,373 Questions
Banking Services and Operations cover the fundamental principles of financial institutions, including credit markets, money supply, and risk management. It also addresses various transaction methods and account types used by businesses. This topic is crucial for candidates preparing for banking and insurance recruitment examinations.
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Banking Services and Operations Questions
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Receive payments from customer
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Send bills to customer
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Business & Marketing purpose
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Card issuance & customer verification
C
Correct answer
Explanation
CMHDB is primarily designed for business intelligence and marketing purposes such as customer segmentation, campaign targeting, and market analytics. It is not a transaction processing system for receiving payments or sending bills, nor is it used for card issuance or customer verification which are handled by separate operational systems.
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Financial data of a customer like payments
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Personal information of a customer like name & address
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Transactions done by a customer
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Interest charges for a customer
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Demographic data refers to personal information about customers such as name, address, phone number, age, gender, and similar individual characteristics. Financial data (payments, transactions, interest charges) are separate categories of customer information stored in different systems and used for different purposes.
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Charge
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Revolve
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Corporate
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System
D
Correct answer
Explanation
In credit card systems, valid card types typically include Charge (charge cards), Revolve (revolving credit cards), and Corporate (business cards). System is not a card type but rather a category or classification level within the card processing system.
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Primary card for a customer
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Secondary card for a customer
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Teritiary card for a customer
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Card for a supplementary use
A
Correct answer
Explanation
A basic card is the primary card issued to the main customer account holder. Secondary or supplementary cards are additional cards issued to other users (family members, employees) linked to the same account. Option A correctly identifies the basic card as the primary one.
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Demographic
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Financial transaction
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Financial Summary
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All the above
D
Correct answer
Explanation
CMHDB receives multiple types of data feeds from Globestar including Demographic data (customer information), Financial transaction data (individual transactions), and Financial Summary data (aggregated financial information). All three feed types are ingested by CMHDB.
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weekly
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monthly
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yearly
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all of the above
A
Correct answer
Explanation
CMHDB processes and updates new card information on a weekly processing cycle. This weekly batch processing is typical for card issuance systems where new cards are aggregated and processed in batches rather than real-time. Monthly and yearly are too infrequent for new card updates.
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China
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Indonesia
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Philippines
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China & Indonesia
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Customer Consignment Process, where goods are placed at customer locations but ownership remains with the seller until consumption, is used in China's SAP operations. Indonesia and Philippines use different consignment or inventory management processes based on their local business practices.
A
Correct answer
Explanation
An Agent Bank (or correspondent bank) acts as the custodian that holds the Nostro account on behalf of the customer bank. Therefore, the Nostro account is indeed held at the agent bank.
A
Correct answer
Explanation
A Nostro account (derived from the Latin word for 'ours') is an account that a bank holds in a foreign currency at another, usually foreign, bank, allowing for international transactions.
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The need for security is a classic example of a functional service level requirement and a checking account rile is an example of a non-functional requirement.
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Security and the mandatory checking account both illustrate functional service level requirements.
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Neither security nor the mandatory checking account is an example of any kind of requirement.
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Security is an architectural non-functional requirement and the mandatory checking account a functional design requirement.
D
Correct answer
Explanation
In requirements engineering, functional requirements specify what a system must do while non-functional requirements specify how the system performs those functions. Security is a classic non-functional requirement at the architectural level because it defines quality attributes like confidentiality and integrity. A checking account rule represents a functional requirement at the design level because it specifies specific business logic the system must implement.
B
Correct answer
Explanation
NFC (Near Field Communication) is the technology that enables mobile phones to function as credit cards through contactless payment. NFC allows short-range wireless communication between devices when brought close together. FFC, MFC, and CTMS are not related to contactless payment technology.
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A. Payables option - payments region
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B. Supplier site level
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C. Financial Options
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D. Supplier level
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The bank account in the Payment Batches and Payments window defaults from the Payables Options (specifically the Payments region). While supplier or supplier site setups can store payment preferences, the primary default control for the batch bank account originates from the Payables Options level.
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A. Automatic Entry Method
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B. Factoring Accounts
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C. Direct Clearance Method
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D. Auto Cash Rule set
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Auto Lockbox requires Auto Cash Rule Sets to automatically apply incoming customer payments to open invoices. When banks send payment files, Lockbox uses these rules to match receipts with the correct invoices based on criteria like invoice number, PO number, or other matching attributes.
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A. Bank
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B. Bank Branch
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C. Bank Account
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d. None of the above
C
Correct answer
Explanation
In Oracle Receivables, a Lockbox is set up and defined for a specific bank account to automate the receipt entry process. Defining it at the bank account level ensures that incoming payments are correctly matched and processed.
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A. Direct Debit
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B. Automatic Clearing
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C. Auto Lockbox
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D. Electronic Fund Transfer
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Auto Lockbox is the banking service that automatically processes and applies customer receipts via electronic transmission. Banks send payment files containing remittance information, and the Auto Lockbox program automatically applies receipts to open invoices. Direct Debit (A) pulls funds from accounts, Automatic Clearing (B) is not a standard term for this service, and Electronic Fund Transfer (D) is the generic technology but not the specific Oracle Receivables feature name.