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True or False: The offer (ask) is the price at which a broker-dealer is
willing to buy shares from a customer.
Ans: False. The bid price is the price at which a firm will buy, while the
offer (ask) is the price at which it will sell.
Identify the acronym: OTC
Ans: Over-the-counter
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What is the price at which a dealer is willing to sell?
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Ans: The ask or offer price
What is the role of a broker-dealer's operations department?
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Ans: To process paperwork, handle funds and securities transfers, and
settle and confirm transactions
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BD employees who are involved in the investment banking and securities
business are called ____________________________.
Ans: BD employees who are involved in the investment banking and
securities business are called registered representatives.
Explain the secondary market.
Ans: The market on which existing securities are traded
Identify the acronym: RR
Ans: Registered representative
A ______ is any person that executes ______ transactions in securities for
the account of others.
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Ans: Broker; agency
In an _______ arrangement, a clearing firm doesn't have information on
each individual customer of an introducing firm.
Ans: Omnibus
What is a dark pool?
Ans: A dark pool is a place for large institutional investors and high-
frequency traders to trade directly with one another.
Define a prime broker.
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Ans: A BD that clears and settles trades effected by one or more
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executing brokers at the direction of the customer
In a _____ _________ account, information about each customer of the
introducing firm is sent to the clearing firm.
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Ans: Fully-disclosed
A Nasdaq-listed stock trades in the __________ market.
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Ans: Secondary
QIB stands for ___________________________.
Ans: Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB)
Which market is the decentralized, negotiated market?
Ans: The over-the-counter market (OTC)
What is the federal law that governs investment advisers?
Ans: The Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Where may quotes for non-Nasdaq (OTC equity) stocks be found?
Ans: Pink sheets or the OTC bulletin board