NO.32 You are an agent with a broker-dealer and have learned of limited partnership interests being sold by a
small company that is planning to come out with a product that you think is going to “wow” the market.
You would like to get in on the action, but the minimum investment needed is $10,000, and you don’t have
that kind of dough lying around. You talk to your brother, who is also one of your clients, and get him
interested in investing in the firm, too. The two of you decide to pull your money together, each putting in
$ 5,000, and you agree to split any profits or losses. Is this permitted?

NO.33 Which of the following securities would be exempt from state registration requirements, according to the Uniform Securities Act?
I. a municipal bond issued by the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
II. a bond issued by the county of Cork, Ireland
III. a bond issued by Nationwide Insurance Company

NO.34 You are a newly licensed agent and are making cold calls to generate business. According to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), you may only place your calls between the hours of

NO.35 MoeMoney Investment Advisers uses the services of two broker-dealers exclusively when it executes trades for its clients’ accounts. The larger of the two broker-dealers provides MoeMoney with research from its analyst department in return for the business and also serves as the custodian for some of MoeMoney’s clients’ accounts. The smaller of the two broker-dealers picks up the utility bill for MoeMoney. MoeMoney is careful to disclose this form of “soft dollar” compensation to its clients.
Is it in violation of any securities laws?

NO.36 Which of the following constitutes a non-punitive order?

NO.37 Julia Hasty has recently applied with the Administrator to be a registered investment adviser in the state. Eager to open her new business, she has business cards printed that indicate that she is a “state-registered” investment adviser and visits some local businesses, asking them for permission to put some of her cards in their waiting rooms.
Has Julia violated any of the provisions of the Uniform Securities Act by distributing her business cards?

NO.38 Which of the following entities are subject to post-registration provisions?
I. broker-dealers
II. agents
III. investment advisers
IV. investment adviser representatives

NO.39 Your next-door neighbor’s brother works for a large pharmaceutical company and confided in her that one
of the company’s chemists has just discovered a compound that will cure baldness and that the firm plans
to make the discovery public later in the week. Your next-door neighbor passes this information on to you
over a cup of coffee the next morning. You immediately call your broker and place an order to buy shares
of the company’s stock. Has any illegal insider trading taken place?

NO.40 Which of the following statements regarding “registration by qualification” is true?

NO.41 The current yield on a bond fund refers to

NO.42 Moe is a registered investment adviser doing business under the name of MoeMoney Investment
Advisers, LLC. Larry, Curly, and Mary all hold positions with the firm. Larry is on the board of directors;
Mary is a sales representative for the firm; and Curly is an administrative assistant, who performs clerical
duties. Given that Moe is already a registered investment adviser, which of the other three are
automatically registered as investment adviser representatives?

NO.43 Which of the following does not describe a prohibited practice for broker-dealers under the NASAA Model Rules?
I. SecureMoney Broker-Dealers has received a request from a client who wants SecureMoney to “identify a few solid firms in the Asian market and invest up to $20,000 in them.” SecureMoney executes the purchases and receives the requisite signed discretionary authorization from the client before the settlement date.
II. CanDo Broker-Dealers executes a margin transaction for a client, promptly receiving a signed, written margin agreement from the client after the transaction takes place.
III. GetErDone Broker-Dealers receives a call from a client who wants to purchase some securities on margin.
GetErDone has the client come into the office to sign a properly executed margin agreement prior to effecting the transaction.

NO.44 S. 화이트 앤 어소시에이츠는 켄터키주에 등록된 투자 자문사로, 켄터키주의 투자 자문사에 대한 최소 순자본 요건을 충족하고 있습니다. 이 회사는 최근 버지니아 주에 등록하고 그곳에 사무소를 개설했습니다. 버지니아주는 투자자문사에 대한 순자본금 요건이 훨씬 더 높습니다.
다음 중 사실에 부합하는 것은 무엇인가요?

NO.45 Jack Bean is employed by Giant Investment Advisers, LLC. His job duties include advising clients on the
asset allocations of their portfolios. Jack Bean is

NO.46 Bootstraps, Inc. is a family-owned business that has experienced enormous growth in the last couple of years.
The business needs more cash to support this growth and has decided to issue some promissory notes, each with a face value of $5,000, for sale to the general public. The firm plans to hire three individuals to help them sell these notes. These individuals will earn a commission based on the notes they sell.
Given these facts, which of the following is true?

NO.47 Which of the following would a firm not be expected to provide to the Administrator when registering an issue of securities with the state?

NO.48 You execute a stock transaction for a client on Thursday, September 23rd. The settlement date on the
order ticket will be

NO.49 The 1988 Insider and Securities Enforcement Act indicates that a person convicted of insider trading can be subject to which of the following penalties?

NO.50 Most individual state securities laws today are based on:

NO.51 Which of the following scenarios describes activities that are disallowed under the NASAA Model Rules?
I. Broker-dealer Anon observes that a client placed a stop loss order to sell her 1,500 shares of
Amazon.com stock for $131 when the stock was selling for $134. Anon sold the stock for $133 when it
started to fall during the day and credited the client’s account with $131 per share when stock dropped
further to $129 a share.
II. Penny is an agent with Broker-dealer Anon. She recently recommended that a client buy a stock that
Penny thought would do well. As it turned out, Penny was wrong, and she offers to refund the commission
that the client paid her.
III. Broker-dealer Anon is part of the selling group of a hot new IPO. As such, the firm purchases 50% of
the shares for its own portfolio and sells the remainder to the public.

NO.52 Switch Advisory is a small investment adviser partnership registered in a single state. A larger investment adviser firm, Bait Investment Adviser, is registered in the same state as well as two other states. Bait has offered to buy out three of Switch’s partners who want to retire. This will give Bait a 60% ownership in Switch Advisory.
다음 중 사실에 부합하는 것은 무엇인가요?
I. Switch Advisory must obtain the approval of its clients before the partners can sell their interests to Bait.
II. Switch Advisory must notify the state Administrator of this event.
III. Switch Advisory must notify their clients of this event, but does not need the clients’ approval.
IV. Switch Advisory must notify the SEC of this event.

NO.53 Which of the following is not a prohibited practice for a broker-dealer?