Marcus Financial Literacy Test: How Much Do You Really Know About Money?
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Financial literacy.
Understanding and applying financial concepts to everyday life isn’t easy. It takes practice. That’s why we made this financial literacy test. In it we cover a range of topics – from savings and lending, to credit and investing. Test your knowledge and learn something new, or pat yourself on the back for answering these correctly.
1. True/False: A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account in which contributions made may be tax-deductible, and your money grows tax-deferred until you withdraw it in retirement.
a. True
b. False
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2. A “hard inquiry” could directly affect your:
a. Auto loan repayment term
b. Interest rate on your mortgage
c. Student loan principal
d. Credit score
e. None of the above
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3. What does APR stand for?
a. Annual Percentage Rate
b. Annualized Price Rate
c. Average Percentage Ratio
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4. True/False: A co-signer’s credit can be impacted if the primary borrower misses payments.
a. True
b. False
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5. What are “bull” and “bear” markets?
a. A bull market is when stock prices are rising or expected to rise; a bear market is when stock prices are falling or expected to fall.
b. A bear market is when stock prices are rising or expected to rise; a bull market is when stock prices are falling or expected to fall.
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6. If your savings account yields 1 percent annually, and inflation rises at 2 percent annually, the money in your account will be worth:
a. More than it was a year ago
b. Less than it was a year ago
c. Worth the same
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7. What is a mutual fund?
a. A loan you give to an entity, like a municipality or government, with a promised rate and term of repayment
b. An organization of investors run by a company that pools investments to invest in large-scale real estate ventures
c. An investment managed by professionals in a portfolio shared by other investors
d. A short-term debt obligation backed by the Treasury Department of the U.S. government with a maturity of less than one year
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8. Which of the following is factored into calculating FICO credit scores?
a. The total amount of credit you carry
b. Student loans
c. Your history of ‘on-time’ payments
d. The number of credit card applications you’ve filled out in the last year
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
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9. What does “CPI” stand for?
a. Customer Percentage Interest
b. Consumer Price Index
c. Client Price Indicator
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10. Which of the following is the best explanation for what the CPI measures?
a. Interest rates
b. Inflation
c. Gross domestic product
d. Number of new entrants into the stock market
e. The average cost of an investment into the stock market
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