784 SIE FINRA Exam Questions and
Answers
The Federal regulatory body that governs the securities industry is: >>>The SEC
A fully disclosed BD: >>>is an inducing firm clearing its transactions through a carrying
firm
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784 SIE FINRA Exam Questions and
Answers
The Federal regulatory body that governs the securities industry is: >>>The SEC
A fully disclosed BD: >>>is an inducing firm clearing its transactions through a carrying
firm
An intermediary between the buy and sell sides of a transaction is known as >>>a
clearing agent
For the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), all of the following are true
EXCEPT:
a. it is a member of the Federal Reserve System
b. It acts as a retail bank servicing savings and checking accounts
c. it serves for the purpose of providing custody of securities
d. it is a worldwide clearing agent >>>b. it acts as a retail bank servicing savings and
checking accounts
Your BD acts as a prime broker for an institutional account. In this arrangement, your
BD is likely to be providing which of the following services? >>>clearing and transaction
settlement services for executing brokers
An individual or institution willing to hold securities positions in its own proprietary
account for the purpose of providing liquidity to the marketplace is >>>a market maker
An entity such as a corporation wishing to offer securities for sale to the public for the
purpose of raising capital is >>>an issuer
A nonprofit organization requiring members to pay assessments into a general
insurance fund used to meet customer claims in the event of a BD bankruptcy is >>>the
Securities Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC)
The FDIC provides insurance guaranteeing the safety of a depositor's accounts in FDIC
member banks for each deposit up to: >>>$250,000
Determining monetary policy and taking actions to implement those policies is the
responsibility of >>>the Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
The Magnolia Steel Corporation needs to build a refinery plant. It is estimated to cost
$750 million to complete. What market can be used to raise the money needed to build
the new plant? >>>Secondary MarketWhen securities are sold to the investing public in what are known as issuer
transactions, the transactions are being done in: >>>the primary market
If an investment company bought stock directly from a bank, bypassing any
intermediary or broker, this trade took place in >>>the fourth market
Which of the following statements regarding the third market is TRUE?
a. it refers to trading of unlisted stocks directly between institutional investors
b. the services of a broker acting as an agent or intermediary are not used
c. It is composed of listed securities traded OTC
d. it is composed only of unlisted securities >>>c. It is composed of listed securities
traded OTC
An investor enters an order to purchase shares of XYZ stock. Another investor enters
an order to sell XYZ stock. These two orders meet on the floor of a US Stock Exchange
where they are executed. This transaction too place in: >>>the secondary market
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