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th INSTRUCTORS MANUAL: MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 9 ED. CHAPTER 10 SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO CHAPTER 10 QUESTIONS 1. What is translation exposure? Transaction exposure? ANSWER. Translation exposure equals the difference between exposed assets and exposed liabilities. A foreign currency asset or liability is exposed if it must be translated at the current exchange rate. Transaction exposure equals the net amount of foreign-currency denominated transactions already entered into. Upon settlement, these transactions may give rise to currency gains or losses. 2. What are the basic translation methods? How do they differ? ANSWER. The basic translation methods are the current/noncurrent method, monetary/nonmonetary method, temporal method, and current-rate method. The current/noncurrent method treats only current assets and liabilities as being exposed. The monetary/nonmonetary method treats only monetary assets and liabilities as being exposed. The temporal method translates assets and liabilities valued at current cost as exposed and historical cost assets and liabilities as unexposed. The current rate method treats all assets and liabilities as exposed. 3. What factors affect a companys translation exposure? What can the company do to affect its degree of translation exposure? ANSWER. The factors affecting a companys translation exposure under FASB-52 include the currency of the primary economic environment in which the company (or its affiliate) does business, the currency in which it invoices its sales, the currency in which it negotiates to buy, the currency denomination of its borrowings, the currency denomination