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Every publicly-traded corporation is required to have a transfer agent and a registrar. The
primary distinction between the two is: ✔Correct Answer-The transfer agent ensures that
dividend payments go out to all registered owners of record on the payable date. Registrars
make sure that a company does not issue more shares than authorized in the Charter.
Call option contracts are considered to have intrinsic value: ✔Correct Answer-when CMV
exceeds exercise price
Accumulation units are most often associated with: ✔Correct Answer-Annuities
One of the most frequently issued money market instruments is commercial paper. Typically,
this investment has a maximum maturity: ✔Correct Answer-of 270 days
Certain securities are marginable under Regulation T of the Securities & Exchange Act of 1934
except: ✔Correct Answer-options
Regulation SHO severely restricts short selling during the cooling offer period of a follow-on
offering. Which of the below is true? ✔Correct Answer-an investor may buy the new issue
shares on the offering so long as any short sale has been covered at least one business day prior
to the effective date.
Direct Participation Program ✔Correct Answer-Program letting investors participate directly in
the cash flow and tax benefits of the underlying investments. Such programs are usually
organized as limited partnerships, joint ventures or Sub "S" corporations.
Which of the following investment instruments trades on an exchange at a market price not
directly related to its net asset value? ✔Correct Answer-closed-end investment company
Among the differences between an introducing broker-dealer and a clearing carrying broker-
dealer is that clearing firms: ✔Correct Answer-Maintain possession and control of securities
and introducing firms do not.
Pre-emptive Rights and Stock Warrants have a number of similarities. Which of the below
represent characteristics these products have in common? ✔Correct Answer-Each has a fixed
price at which the holder may purchase shares of the issuer's common stock.
These products are tradable on securities exchanges
, Keynesian economic theory ✔Correct Answer-The theory emphasizing that government
spending and deficits can help the economy weather its normal ups and downs. Proponents of
this theory advocate using the power of government to stimulate the economy when it is
lagging.
The agency in charge of maintaining a list of individuals and institutions for which opening a
brokerage account may be prohibited or restricted is known as: ✔Correct Answer-The Office
of Financial Asset Control (OFAC) maintains the list.
United States government budgetary and taxation policies are best described as: ✔Correct
Answer-fiscal policy
All states have a securities Administrator whose job it is to enforce the securities laws of their
state. All Administrators are part of an organization known as: ✔Correct Answer-All State
securities Administrators are part of the North American Securities Administrators Association
(NASAA).
When a commercial bank elects to borrow short-term, often overnight, loans from another
commercial bank, these loans are done at an interest rate known as the: ✔Correct Answer-
fed funds rate
The US economy has traditionally performed in a way described by economists and analysts as
the business cycle. When an economy that has been operating a peak efficiency begins to slow
down, which phase of the cycle is the economy entering? ✔Correct Answer-contraction
Though there are numerous business sectors in the US economy, companies generally fall into
three distinct categories: ✔Correct Answer-cyclical; defensive; growth
Not all corporate securities offerings are required to be registered with the SEC. An offering
done under Regulation D is often called: ✔Correct Answer-a private placement
One of the primary risks associated with mortgage backed securities is prepayment risk. This
tends to present itself when ✔Correct Answer-What do many homeowners do when interest
rates decline? They refinance their mortgage at the lower interest rate. This means the high-
interest mortgages in the portfolio of the mortgage-backed product will vanish.....one term used
to describe the risk of this occurring is prepayment risk.
Among the most significant differences between an open-end investment management
company and a unit investment trust is that: ✔Correct Answer-the UIT has a fixed portfolio
and the open end company does not.
A unit investment trust typically has a fixed portfolio of securities, whereas an open end (mutual
fund) makes purchases of additional securities for the portfolio on a regular and frequent basis.