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In administering a joint account, a member firm's responsibilites concerning suitability determination and information disclosure apply to:

all persons who jointly own the account

If the strike price of a yield-based option is 62.50, this represents a yield of:

0.0625

If a customer sells a zero-coupon bond before maturity, gain or loss will be the difference between sales proceeds and:

accreted value

A customer purchases New york State GOs at a discount in the secondary market. The bonds mature in 10 years and are callable in 5 years at par. Under MSRB rules, the customer's confirmation will show

YTM

Performance of the terms of a standardized listed option contract are guaranteed by the:

OCC

The term "trading flat" means:

there is no accrued interest

Municipal bonds known as dollar bonds are generally quoted:

as a percentage of par

A city's day-to-day operational expenses may be met by the issuance of:

TANs

A custodian of an UTMA account may do which of the following as a fiduciary to the account?

be reimbursed as a fiduciary for reasonable expenses incured for managing the account

A customer purchases a municipal bond that has been advance refunded. It will be called at 102 four years from now. On the confirmation, the yield that must be stated is the yield to:

the 102 call

If a client is moderately risk-averse and has an investment objective of capital perservation, what times and allocation of investments would you recommend for this customer?

A mix of investment grade bonds and cash/cash equivalents

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is which of the following?

Price-weighted average of 30 stocks, primarily industrial

Market letters may be supervised as correspondence instead of retail communications

as long as they are distributed to 25 or fewer existing retail customers within any 30 calendar day period

An investor owns $100,000 of convertible bonds with a conversion price of $50. By depositing these bonds into his account, how many covered calls could he write?

20

In the underwriting of a municipal bond, which of the following is determined by the issuer rather than the underwriter?

Maturity

What can be advantages of buying an option?

leverage


to position against a written option


to limit risk

In a new margin account, a customer buys 300 shares of ABC at $40 per share, 100 shares of the Ajax Mutual fund at $24 and 10 PDQ Aug 30 calls at 4. The customer will receive a margin call for:

12,400

A customer is long 650 shares of DEF stock trading at $32 per share in a margin account, and the debit balance in the account is $9,200. If DEF pays a 10% stock dividend, what will the effect be on the customer's account?

Equity will remain the same

What securities may be traded over the counter?

listed registered


unlisted nonexempt


registered unlisted


unregistered exempt

Index options contracts that are commonly referred to as the "fear" gauge and based on the expected or implied volatility of the S&P 500 index are known as:

The VIX or volatility market index options

FINRA's Trade Reporting Facility (TRF) electronically facilitates the reporting of trade data such as price and volume for

trades in Nasdaq-listed securities and exchange-listed securities when they occur off of the exchange trading floor

A registered representative has a client who has moved to another state. To continue doing business for the client, the RR should:

become registered in the state that the client has moved to


A customer writes 1 OEX (S&P 100) June 820 call at 13 and buys 1 OEX June 830 call at 6, when the index is trading at 826. The breakeven point is

827

If the market value in a long margin account increases

the SMA decreases


the equity decreases

A stock mutual fund wishes to advertise itself as diversified. To be able to do so, the fund must invest:

at least 75% of its assets in securities other than its own


so that it holds no more than 10% of the voting stock of any one company


no more than 5% of its assets in any one target company

A newly issued bond cannot be called for the first five years after it is issued. This call protection feature would be most valuable if, during this five-year period, interet rates are generally

falling

A margin account customer buys 100 shares of HEX at $70 and writes a HEX Oct 70 call for a premium of 8. What must he deposit? (Regulation T is 50%)

2700

Written notice of intent to deliver before the expiration date is required in which of the following transactions?

In a seller's option

The Conference Board releases information about the economy on a monthly basis. included are a number of different indicators. Economic indicators can be leading, lagging, or coincidental, which indicates the timing of their changes relative to how the economy as a whole changes. New orders for durable goods is what kind of economic indicator?

Leading

A municipal A&O bond is issued on October 1, 1986 with a 10-year stated maturity. If a trade in this bond settles on April 1, 1996, how many days' worth of accrued interest will be added to the price of the bond?

0

Bonds traded on a cash settlement basis settle on the

trade date

A fund is investing capital raised from both institutional and private investors in a nonpublic company to assist the company with an anticipated acquisition. This type of investment would be known as:

Private equity

Tax preference items are used for the purpose of computing the alternative minimum tax. they include:

excess intangible drilling costs (wages, fuel, repairs)


accelerated depreciation


percentage depletion in excess of basis

LMN securities is the managing underwriter for a new issue of one million MIC common shares. LMN has agreed to sell as much stock as possible in the market, and MIC has agreed to take back any unsold shares. If MIC has not specified a minimum amount of capital for LMN to raise, this is what type of offering?

Best efforts

A registered representative is attempting to close a large municipal bond sale, but the customer voices concern about a potential increase in interest rates. Which of the following actions are permitted by MSRB rules?

selling the customer a put or entering into a repurchase agreement

Planned amortization class (PAC) CMOs were designed to provide which of the following benefits compared to plain vanilla trenches?

reduce repayment risk for tranche holders

A 2:1 split does which of the following?

increases the number of outstanding shares


decreases par value per share

Marketing to the market is used to adjust the:

positions in margin accounts based upon current market prices

In an IRA, a 6% penalty will be levied if the account owner:

makes an excess contribution

Where would an investor look for a quote on a penny stock?

OTCBB

A customer buys AC growth fund and enjoys a substantial paper capital gain. When he believes the market has reached its peak, he switches into AC income fund within the AC family of funds. He incurs a small service fee but is not charged an additional sales charge. What is the tax effect?

Any gain in AC Growth Fund is taxable because the exchange is treated as a sale and a purchase

If a customer buys 200 XYZ at 58 and writes 5 XYZ Jan 60 calls at 2, maximum potential loss is

unlimited

Who requires state registration?

in-state salesperson


in-state broker/dealer


out of state salesperson doing business in that state


out of state broker/dealer doing business in that state

What are 3 advantages of investing in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)

dividends are received in US currency


ADRs fall under the oversight of the SEC


transactions are done in US currency

What are 3 plan that must meet the nondiscrimination provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA):

401(k) plans


Keogh Plans


Profit-sharing plans