Guide to Your Financial Life
WSJ Week #8
Name
Click on one of the letter buttons to select your chosen answer for each question
Retirement, Stock Options, Other Benefits and Income Taxes
1.
Diversified mutual funds that may own stocks, bonds, and cash in a mix aimed at the
long term is called a
A
Conglomerate Fund
B
Life-Cycle Fund
C
Hedge Fund
D
Venture Capital Fund
2.
If your total tax deductions are greater than the standard deduction allowed by
the Internal Revenue Service then you can do this
A
Use a Schedule C
B
Petition for an Exception
C
Itemize Deductions
D
Extend the Exemptions
3.
Named for the provision of the tax code that allowed retirement contributions to be
made before taxes, thses company-sponsored plans allow you to make pretax contributions
toward your retirment and allow the investments to grow tax-deferred until you reach retirement
are. They are called
A
357(m)
B
666(b)
C
401(k)
D
221(b)
4.
An employer-sponsored retirement-savings account funded with money on which you have
already paid the taxes is a
A
Roth 401(k)
B
Hatch 403(k)
C
Obama 402(k)
D
Bush 405(k)
5.
A tax-favored account for retirment savings that you establish outside of
your employer is called
A
a Tax-free Retirement Account
B
a Tax-defered Retirement Account
C
an Individual Retirement Account
D
a Proprietary Account
6.
The price at which a stock option can be exercised is the
A
Hit Price
B
Strike Price
C
Home Price
D
Base Price
7.
The process udner which employees receive benefits over a period of time is called
A
Vesting
B
Collaring
C
Button-Holing
D
Backing
8.
Terms used to describe a situation where you own more on something than it is
now worth are
A
Underwater
B
Either of these
C
Upside Down
D
Neither of these
9.
A person who manages assets for the benefit of someone else and who is required to put
that person's interests above his or her own is called
A
a Broker
B
a Financial Planner
C
a Fiduciary
D
a Financial Middleman
10.
All of your income from work, investments, and other sources before any
taxes or deductions on your tax return is called
A
Gross Income
B
Total Income
C
Income Subject to Taxes
D
Adjusted Income for Tax Purposes
11.
Items that help reduce the income tax you owe by reducing your taxable income are called
A
Deductions
B
Exclusions
C
Itemizations
D
Dependents
12.
The primary tax form for filing federal income taxes is the
A
920
B
1000
C
1120
D
1040
13.
The Adjusted Gross Income includes all of the following EXCEPT
A
interest
B
dividends
C
wages
D
standard deduction
14.
A deduction available to all taxpayers that reduces the amount of which you pay federal
income taxes is the
A
Exemptions Deduction
B
Itemized Deduction
C
Standard Deduction
D
Normalized Deduction
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