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Solomon Study Question of the Month for April

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This question is relevant to the SIE and the Series 7, 14, 50, 52, and 54.

Question: A Municipal Finance Professional (MFP) hosted a $500 plate fundraiser for a governmental issuer. Does this event trigger a ban on business for two years?

A. Yes, it will trigger a ban because an MFP may not host a fundraiser.

B. Yes, it will trigger a ban because the cost per plate is above the de minimis amount.

C. No, it will not trigger a ban because the MFP did not contribute money, only time and space.

D. No, it will not trigger a ban because the MFP was holding the fundraiser, not the municipal dealer.

Correct Answer: A

Explanation: MFPs are not permitted to solicit funds for municipal issuers or their officials without triggering a two-year ban on business for their firm. Thus, holding fundraisers is not allowed. Municipal dealers are also forbidden from holding fundraisers.

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March Study Question of the Month

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This question is relevant to the Series 14, 79, 82, and SIE exams.

Question:

A research analyst who works for an underwriter that participated in an IPO may not publicly discuss or write a research report about the company until __________________.

Answer Choices:

A. 30 days after the registration is filed

B. 20 days after the securities are issued

C. 10 days after the date of the IPO

D. 30 days after the date of the IPO

Correct Answer: C – 10 days after the date of the IPO

Explanation: A research analyst who works for an underwriter of an IPO must not discuss or write a research report about the company for 10 days after the IPO. This 10-day period of silence is called a ‘quiet period.’ There is no quiet period for EGCs (emerging growth companies).

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February Study Question of the Month

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This question is relevant to the Series 7, 14, 51, 52, and 53 exams.

Question:

MSRB Rule G-38 states that a broker-dealer may not pay any person to solicit municipal securities business on its behalf who is not an affiliated person of the firm. For the purposes of the rule, an affiliated person is:

Answer Choices:

A. Any person who works for the firm

B. Only a partner, director, or officer of the firm

C. Only a registered employee of the firm

D. Only an unregistered clerical or ministerial employee of the firm

Correct Answer: A – any person who works for the firm

Explanation: An affiliated person is anyone who is a partner, director, officer, employee, or registered person of the broker-dealer.

January Study Question of the Month

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This question is relevant to the SIE, Series 6, 7, 22, 24, and 82 exams.

Question:

Which of the following people would be considered a specified adult?

Answer Choices:

A. A 16 year old with autism

B. A 30 year old

C. A 60 year old with a heart condition

D. An 18 year old in a coma

Correct Answer: D

Explanation: A specified adult is a natural person age 65 and older or a natural person age 18 and older who the member firm reasonably believes has a mental or physical impairment that renders the individual unable to protect his or her own interests.

September Study Question of the Month

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This question comes from the Solomon Exam Prep Online Exam Simulator question database for Series 65 & 66:

Under modern portfolio theory, which of the following is the most efficient set?

A. Expected return 9%, Standard deviation 8

B. Expected return 9%, Standard deviation 9

C. Expected return 11%, Standard deviation 8

D. Expected return 11%, Standard deviation 9

Correct Answer: C. Expected return 11%, Standard deviation 8

Rationale: According to modern portfolio theory (MPT), the investment opportunity set consists of all available risk-return combinations. Standard deviation is the measure of volatility used in MPT. Assuming a normal distribution of returns, 68% of all returns will fall within one standard deviation of the mean return and 95% of all returns will fall within two standard deviations of the mean return. An efficient portfolio is a portfolio that has the highest possible expected return for a given standard deviation. In this question, the highest expected return with the lowest standard deviation is 11% and 8.

Study Question of the Month – June 2016

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Question (Relevant to the Series 50): Charles lives in Concord, New Hampshire, and buys a bond issued by that city. What is most likely true of this bond?

Answers:

A. It is an AMT bond

B. It is a GO bond

C. It is a special tax bond

D. It is a triple tax-free bond

Answer: D. It is a triple tax-free bond.

Rationale: Because Charles lives in the municipality that issued the bond, the bond will be tax-exempt at the federal, state, and local level, hence the name “triple tax-free.”

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Study Question of the Month – May 2016

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Question (Relevant to the Series 7, Series 62 and Series 82): Which of the following is not true of commercial paper?

Answers:

A. It is used to cover an issuer’s short-term needs such as payroll and inventory

B. It typically matures in less than 90 days, but it can have a term as long as 397 days.

C. It is generally issued in lots of $100,000, but they can be sold at a discount in the primary market

D. Highly rated commercial paper is generally considered safe enough to be purchased by money market funds, but it is rarely purchased by retail investors.

Correct Answer: B. It typically matures in less than 90 days, but it can have a term as long as 397 days.

Rationale: Large corporations, banks, and financial firms with high credit ratings may issue commercial paper to cover short-term needs, such as payroll and inventory, and to finance general operations. Commercial paper is unsecured and issued at a discount, and typically matures in less than 90 days, although it can have a term as long as 270 days. It is generally issued in lots of $100,000, but they can be sold at discount in the primary market. Even though it is unsecured, because it is short-term and issued only by banks and large corporations with high credit ratings, commercial paper is generally considered safe enough to be purchased by money market funds, but it is rarely purchased by retail investors.

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Study Question of the Month – April 2016

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Question (Relevant to the Series 6, Series 7, Series 24, Series 26, Series 62, and Series 82): Which of the following would most likely be classified as a branch office?

Answers:

A. The floor of a registered exchange

B. A vacation home where the registered representative works for 45 business days a year

C. A customer service office where no sales activities are conducted

D. A location used primarily for non-securities activities and from which 25 securities transactions are effected a year

Correct Answer: B. A vacation home where the registered representative works for 45 business days a year

Rationale: A branch office is any location where one or more associated employees is in the business of soliciting or effecting (but not executing) the purchase or sale of any security.

A location outside of a primary residence, for example, a vacation home, is considered a non-branch location as long as it is used for securities business fewer than 30 business days per year.

The floor of a registered exchange is also considered a non-branch office if it is where a member firm conducts business with public customers.

Other examples of non-branch offices include:

Any location that is used primarily to engage in non-securities activities and from which the associated persons effect no more than 25 securities transactions in any one calendar year (provided that any retail communication identifying such location also sets forth the address and telephone number of the location from which the associated persons conducting business at the non-branch locations are directly supervised)
Any office location established solely for customer service and/or back office type functions where no sales activities are conducted

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Study Question of the Month – March 2016

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Question (Relevant to the Series 24 and Series 26):

Member firms that execute investment company transactions for their customers must transmit payments to underwriters, investment companies or their designated agents by the later of: the end of the _______business day after receiving a customer’s order or the end of _________ after receiving a customer’s payment for such shares.

Answers:

A. seventh, 3 business days

B. second, 1 business day

C. third, 1 business day

D. fifth, 3 business days

Correct Answer: C. third, 1 business day

Rationale: Member firms that execute investment company transactions for their customers must transmit payments to underwriters, investment companies or their designated agents by the later of: the end of the third business day after receiving a customer’s order or the end of 1 business day after receiving a customer’s payment for such shares.

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Study Question of the Month – February 2016

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Question (Relevant to the Series 7, Series 24, and Series 62): When a transaction is executed at 3:00pm Eastern Time, what are the TRACE reporting requirements (assuming the transaction is not a list or fixed offering price transaction, a takedown transaction, or an asset-backed securities transaction)?

Answers:

A. It must be reported within 10 seconds of execution

B. It must be reported within 15 minutes of execution

C. It must be reported within 30 seconds of execution

D. It must be reported by 8:15 on the next business day

Correct Answer: B. It must be reported within 15 minutes of execution

Rationale: Transactions executed between 8:00 am and 6:15 pm must be reported to TRACE within 15 minutes of execution, and do not receive a designation.

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