Question 1

Which of the following correctly describes how the holding period of a security is calculated when determining whether its sale will result in a short-term or a long-term capital gain?

Options :

A : The holding period begins the day after the buy order is submitted and ends the day the sell order is submitted.

B : The holding period begins on the settlement day of the purchase and ends on the settlement day associated with the sale.

C : The holding period begins on the settlement day of the purchase and ends on the day the sell order is submitted.

Answer: A

Question 2

Which of the following must be true for a fund to be called a “no load” fund? I. The fund can have no front-end load. II. The fund can have no contingent deferred sales charge. III. The fund can charge no 12b-1 fees. IV. The fund cannot charge investors an exchange fee.

Options :

A : Only I and II must be true.

B : I, II, and III must all be true.

C : Only I must be true.

D : I, II, III, and IV must all be true.

Answer: A

Question 3

Joel has a 28-year-old client who has been promoted to the elevated position of senior software engineer with a large, well-known, software company at her relatively young age. She has come to Joel for investment advice, explaining to him that she is risk-averse, having been influenced by parents who grew up in a foreign country and had little, prior to immigrating to America and working hard to achieve their dreams for themselves and their children. She has $50,000 that she wants him to invest for her, and her primary goal is to be able to have enough money, beyond what she expects to have in her employer’s retirement program, to return to her home country and help others achieve their dreams. Joel explains to her that she may have to invest in riskier securities in order to achieve her goal, but his client is adamant that she wants her portfolio to be invested to target growth with the least risk exposure possible. Given the facts:

Options :

A : Joel should divide his client’s monies among growth, aggressive growth, and foreign stock funds. Regardless of what she says, she has a long investment horizon and can afford to take on more risk.

B : Joel should invest his client’s monies in a fund that specializes in stocks of his client’s home country to avoid the

C : Joel should invest his client’s monies in a fund that specializes in stocks of his client’s home country to avoid the exchange rate risk that she will be exposed to when she returns.

D : Joel should invest his client’s monies in a growth fund to target her growth objective.

Answer: D

Question 4

Which of the following investment companies will always be passively managed?

Options :

A : a face-amount certificate company

B : a unit investment trust

C : a mutual fund

D : a closed-end investment company

Answer: B

Question 5

Dottie is a newly-minted, registered representative and is doing some cold calling to line up appointments with prospects. When doing so, Dottie: I. must not call anyone on her firm’s do-not-call list. II. must not call anyone on the FTC’s national do-not-call-list. III. must not call anyone before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m., based on the time zone of the person being called. IV. must provide the person called with her name, the name and contact information of her firm, and the purpose of her call.

Options :

A : I and III only

B : I and IV only

C : I, II, and IV only

D : I, II, III, and IV

Answer: C

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