bond
Governments and companies issue bonds to borrow money. This topic is part of Finance within Government & Society. This page currently draws on 52 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
bond trivia questions
A bond is essentially what?
Answer: A loan to an issuer
Bonus fact: Governments and companies issue bonds to borrow money.
What regular interest payment on a bond is called what?
Answer: Coupon
Bonus fact: Some bonds pay fixed coupons.
What happens to the market price of an existing fixed-rate bond when prevailing interest rates rise, all else equal?
Answer: It tends to fall
Bonus fact: Older lower coupons become less attractive.
What type of adhesive bonds when pressure is applied and normally needs no heat or liquid activation?
Answer: Pressure-sensitive adhesive
Bonus fact: Pressure-sensitive adhesives are widely used on tapes and labels.
Which type of bond involves atoms sharing pairs of electrons?
Answer: Covalent bond
Bonus fact: Covalent bonds form when atoms share electrons.
Mortar is used to bond bricks and what?
Answer: Stones or blocks
Bonus fact: Mortar fills joints in masonry.
What type of carbon-carbon bond does acetylene contain?
Answer: Triple bond
Bonus fact: Its triple bond gives acetylene high chemical energy.
An ionic bond forms through attraction between what?
Answer: Oppositely charged ions
Bonus fact: Electrostatic attraction holds ionic compounds together.
Table salt contains ionic bonds between sodium and what?
Answer: Chloride
Bonus fact: NaCl consists of Na+ and Cl− ions.
A chemical bond holds what together?
Answer: Atoms
Bonus fact: Bonds form molecules and compounds.
What are the three broad bond types commonly taught?
Answer: Ionic, covalent, and metallic
Bonus fact: Different bonding models describe how electrons are shared or transferred.
A covalent bond forms when atoms do what with electrons?
Answer: Share them
Bonus fact: Shared electron pairs hold atoms together.