Guide to Your Financial Life
WSJ Week #8
Name
Click on one of the letter buttons to select your chosen answer for each question
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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