KRAMER CORRECTLY EXPLAINS THE COMPONENTS OF ACTIVE RISK

22. A is correct. Kramer correctly explains the components of active risk. A portfolio's active

risk squared can be decomposed into two components: (1) “active factor risk is the

contribution to active risk squared resulting from the portfolio's different-from-benchmark

exposures relative to factors specified in the risk model” (or systematic risk), and (2) active

specific risk (or asset selection risk) is the contribution to active risk squared measured by the

portfolio's active weights of individual assets and the assets' residual risk (also referred to as

idiosyncratic risk). Section 5.2. LO.e.