FINRA Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Representative Examination (IR) - Series6 Exam Practice Test

Which of the following is a true statement about FINRA rules regarding material that Giant Investments
submits to its institutional investors?
I. FINRA requires that each member firm establish procedures for each institutional investor separately.
II. Procedures to be followed in distributing material to institutional investors must be in writing.
III. All institutional sales material must be submitted to a principal for approval prior to being used.
IV. Institutional sales material must be maintained by the member firm for at least three years from the
date of last use.

Which of the following statements about hedge funds is true?

Giant Investments mass mails a single-page, glossy flyer that lists the types of mutual funds it offers,
along with a general explanation of what the investment objective of each type of fund is. The flyer also
prominently provides Giant's contact information. Given these facts:

Which of the following would be required to register as an investment company?
I. a non-diversified management company
II. a unit investment trust
III. a face-amount certificate company

The stock of Hasbro Corporation (HAS) is selling for $44.50 and pays a dividend of $1.00 a share. What is
its dividend yield, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent?

Which of the following persons is not subject to the fingerprinting requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934?
I. a registered transfer agent of a securities exchange
II. a firm that engages only in the sale of mutual fund shares
III. a receptionist at a brokerage firm who answers phones and directs calls to the agents employed by the
firm
IV. a market maker in the over-the-counter market

Your client, Mr. Whiff, knows nothing about investment companies, and you are educating him about the
advantages of investing through one, rather than investing in individual stocks and bonds. Which of the
following statements could get you in trouble?

Giant Investments filed a registration statement with the SEC for a new fund it wanted to introduce and
has received word that the registration statement is now effective. Based on this, Jack, a registered
representative with Giant Investments, can tell a client that:

The difference between an international fund and a global fund is:

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
I. regulates the market for new issues.
II. delineates the registration requirements for investment advisers.
III. regulates secondary market activities.
IV. requires that officers and some other employees of member firms submit their fingerprints to the U.S.
attorney general's office.

A plan under which employees of state and local governments can contribute part of their salaries such
that those earnings will grow tax-deferred until retirement is called a:

Common stock and preferred stock differ in that:

Total Investments, a family of mutual funds, has prepared some new PowerPoint slides that it will use at a
free financial planning seminar it offers to the general public. The new slides:
I. must be signed and dated by a registered principal of Total Investments.
II. must be filed with FINRA 10 business days prior to their first use.
III. must be kept in a separate file by Total for three years after the date of their first use.

Which of the following would not be required to display prominently the name of the member firm issuing
it?
I. sales literature distributed to an institutional investor
II. correspondence by a registered representative with her client
III. an advertisement to recruit new registered representatives