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1
Q

Which of the following are issued with a specified fixed rate of interest?

A

US government bonds and notes

2
Q

Some securities are exempt from the registration and prospectus requirements of the securities act of 1933. All of the following securities are among this exempt class

A

Commercial paper that has a maturity not exceeding 270 days

A security issued by a nonprofit organization

Us government securities

3
Q

Which of the following is true regarding a nonqualified retirement plan?

A

Excess over cost basis is taxed

It can discriminate in offering its benefits and selecting participants

Tax on accumulation is deferred

4
Q

A customer has not paid for a stock transaction in 4 business days and has been refused an extension. The member firm

A

Must cancel or liquidate the order by immediately selling the securities

5
Q

The insider trading act of 1988 has set guidelines for imposing penalties including civil actions in a federal court. The maximum penalty a court can impose for insider trading violations is

A

An amount up to 3 times the profit gained or loss avoided

6
Q

Which of the following must be filled to establish a corporate margin account?

A

Corporate resolution

7
Q

As identified by the office of foreign assets control OFAC who is a specially designated national SDN?

A

A person who has been identified as a terrorist or narcotics trafficker

8
Q

All of the following are true regarding electronic communications networks

A

They are used for forth market trades

They facilitate trades between institutions

Transactions are executed without the broker

9
Q

Which of the following hedging positions best reduces risks?

A

Buy 100 shares of ABC stock and buy 1 ABC put

10
Q

Which of the following statements is true?

A

Covered options writers own the underlying shares

11
Q

Which of the following best describes a workable indication from a dealer?

A

An estimate

12
Q

Which of the following describes a market maker?

A

A broker dealer that assumes the risk of holding an inventory of shares of stock in order to facilitate the trading of that security

13
Q

The options position limit on XYZ stock is 200,000 contracts. Bob a high roller is short 150,000 XYZ Dec 50 puts. Which of the following trades would put Bob in violation of position limits?

A

Buy 60,000 XYZ Mar 60 calls

14
Q

An investor purchased 100 shares of an investment company and paid the market price plus a commission. What did the investor purchase?

A

Closed end investment company shares

15
Q

An options spread with the same expiration but different strike prices is called a

A

Vertical spread

16
Q

All of the following are considered conflicts of interest for the general partner in a limited partnership except

A

Accepting $20,000 for a covenant not to compete with the limited partnership

17
Q

The lowest yielding CMO tranche is the

A

PAC

18
Q

Which of the following is not correct regarding 529 plans?

A

Withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income

19
Q

How often must broker dealer report political contributions of their municipal finance professional to the SRO?

A

Quarterly

20
Q

which if the following is NOT concerning physical safety of mutual fund holdings?

A

Securities cannot exist as electronic records in computers

21
Q

Business continuity plans are required to address all of the following except

A

Protecting member profitability

22
Q

Preemptive rights allow a stockholder to

A

Maintain proportionate interest in the company

23
Q

The type of investment risk that impacts buying power and results in devaluation of assets is called

A

Inflation risks

24
Q

According to MSRB rules a certificate would be considered mutilated and not in s good delivery form if any of the following is not ascertainable except

A

The CUSIP number

25
Q

Which situation would cause the US exports to become less competitive that foreign exports

A

The US dollar strengthens when compared to foreign currencies

26
Q

Which of the following activities may a nonregisterd person perform?

A

Provide quotes

27
Q

The agreement among underwriters also known as the syndicate letter is a document that

A

Is an agreement between participating broker dealer who assume liability for any unsold shares and specified the underwriters responsibilities and participation percentages

28
Q

The term double barreled is used to refer to which of the following ?

A

Certain municipal bonds where a taxing authority guarantees debt service payment in the event that pledged revenues are insufficient

29
Q

Which of the following is true about treasury bills?

A

They are issued in book entry form

30
Q

The term for active stock that represents the number of shares owned by the public is

A

Outstanding stock

31
Q

A registered representative with oral authority from the customer can decide which of the following?

A

Time and price

32
Q

Which of the following settlements options will give the annuitant the highest periodic payment?

A

Straight life

33
Q

A financial institution has large portfolio of US treasury notes and is concerned that interest rates are about to increase. Rather than selling off the notes thereby creating portfolio volatility the institution could attempt to offset the portfolios unrealized losses by

A

Buying t note puts