| Guide to Your Financial Life |
WSJ Week #6
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1. Your assets, including all your investments, bank accounts, and items of value, minus
your liabilities, including debt is called your
Net Assets
Net Price
Net Worth
Net Value
2. The minimum amount you must pay to stay current with your montly credit card bill
is called
Mimimum Amount Due
Mimumum Payment Due
Staying Current Amount Due
Monthly Mimimum Payment
3. An initial, temporary rate intended to entice you to sign up for a credit card or
other loan or to open an interest-bearing account is called a
Bate and Switch Rate
Teaser Rate
Mirage Rate
Succor Rate
4. With credit cards, the period between the end of a monthly billing period and when the bill
is due, typically two or three weeks is called
the Period of Faith
the Free Fee Period
the Credit Limit Period
the Grace Period
5. In banking terms APR stands for
Annual Percentage Rate
the month of April
Adjusted Principle Rate
Advanced Projected Rate
6. A credit card backed by a deposit in a bank account is a
President's Credit Card
Bank Deposit Credit Card
Protected Credit Card
Secured Credit Card
7. The maximum amount you can borrow on your credit card is called
the Monthly Limit
the Total Outstanding
the Credit Limit
the Maximum Terms
8. Borrowing on you credit card to get cash is called
a Cash Advance
an Interest Based Extension
Factoring
a Credit Extension
9. A numerical grade that aims to tell lenders how likely you are to repay your debt is called
a Credit Limit
a Credit Score
a Grade Point Average
a Maximum Lending Limit
10. Using a fake Web site, pop-up advertisiment, or e-mail that looks legitmate to
extract personal information or account information from unsuspecting victims is called
Whacking
Hacking
Phishing
Dishing
11. A legal binding agreement is called
a Contract
an Equity
a Liability
a Tort
12. The form you fill out when you start a new job that determines how much of your pay is
withheld for income taxes is called a
I-4 form
I-2 form
W-4 form
W-2 form
13. FICO stands for
Free Individual Credit Organization
Fair Individual Credit Organization
Fair Investor Credit Organization
Fair Isaac Corporation
14. The three credit bureaus will have
idential FICO scores
very different FICO scores
reasonably close FICO scores
no FICO scores
15. All of the following are components of your FICO score EXCEPT
Old credit
Length of credit history
Amount borrowed relative to available credit
Paying bills on time
16. In addition to the FICO score creditors may consider all of the following EXCEPT
Assets
Relatives
Income
Job history
17. Credit bureaus are required by law to provide you with
one free credit report per year
one free credit report per month
three free credit reports per lifetime
three free credit reports per year
18. All of the following are credit bureaus EXCEPT
Experian
Creditplus
Equifax
TransUnion
19. Improving your credit score requires
timing
common sense
both of these
neither of these
20. A credit default can take how long to overcome
1 year
3 years
5 years
7 years
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