CCM Credit Scoring & Rating Systems 3

Question 1

What is the primary advantage of an internally developed credit scoring model over relying solely on external credit scores?

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Internal models can incorporate company-specific payment history, industry data, and tailored risk appetite

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Internal models are always statistically more accurate than external scores

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Internal models eliminate the need for human judgment in credit decisions

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Federal law requires large credit departments to use internal scoring models

Question 2

What does 'scorecard validation' refer to in credit scoring model development?

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Testing the scoring model against holdout or out-of-sample data to assess its predictive accuracy

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Confirming that the scorecard design was formally approved by senior management

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Verifying that credit scores are encrypted and stored securely in the database

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Reviewing the scorecard's input variables for compliance with ECOA fair lending requirements

Question 3

What is 'behavioral scoring' in the context of credit management?

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Using an established customer's ongoing payment behavior and account activity to dynamically reassess creditworthiness

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Scoring new applicants based on demographic and psychographic profile data

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Evaluating the behavioral competencies of credit department staff for performance reviews

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Scoring website visitors based on their browsing and purchasing behavior before they apply for credit

Question 4

Which statistical technique is most commonly used to develop credit scoring models?

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Logistic regression

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Linear regression

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Cluster analysis

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Time-series forecasting (ARIMA)

Question 5

In credit scoring, the Gini coefficient is used to measure:

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The discriminatory power of a scoring model to separate good accounts from bad accounts

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The average credit score across an entire loan portfolio

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The geographic concentration of credit risk across regions

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The income inequality among a lender's credit applicants

Question 6

When a credit manager applies a 'judgmental override' to a credit scoring model result, what are they doing?

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Manually adjusting a credit decision away from the model's recommendation based on qualitative information

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Replacing the existing scoring model with an updated version

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Escalating the credit decision to a committee for a second opinion

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Purging the customer's historical data from the scoring system

Question 7

What is the Population Stability Index (PSI) used for in credit scoring?

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Detecting significant shifts in the distribution of a scoring model's input population over time

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Measuring demographic population growth in geographic credit markets

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Calculating what proportion of a credit portfolio has remained stable over consecutive quarters

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Assessing demographic balance in credit approvals for fair lending compliance purposes