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If you wreck and your insurance has to pay, they will probably? |
Raise your premium |
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This type of auto insurance protects your car if damaged. |
Collision |
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If you have 50/100/50 what is your coverage for property damage? |
$50,000 |
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Name some factors that affect your auto insurance cost. |
-Age -Type of car -Gender -Location |
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The cost of replacing an item regardless of its actual cash value is? |
Replacement value |
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If you insure your house for $200,000, the contents will be covered for about how much? |
$100,000 |
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This type of insurance covers another persons losses for injuries. |
Liability |
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Name some low risk investments: |
Corporate Bonds Government Bonds |
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The exciting newspaper that deals with investing: |
Wall Street Journal |
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This type of risk is caused by the business cycle: |
Market risk |
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What is usually the first stage of investing? |
Build a savings account |
Rule of 72 |
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If you invest $10,000 and earn 10%, how long will it take to double your money? |
7 / 10 = 7.2 years |
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Using long-term savings to earn a financial reward is? |
Investing |
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When you authorize your employer to take money from your paycheck each payday: |
Payroll savings plan |
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FDIC insures our money up to? |
$250,000 |
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At credit unions, savings and checking accounts are called? |
Share accounts |
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This type of bank was organized to lend money for mortgages: |
Savings and loan associations |
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Banks that have the widest variety of services are? |
Commercial Banks |
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Interest paid on your principal plus any previously earned interest: |
Compound interest |
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If you are in a work study program, where are you working? |
On campus |
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What is an example of a long-term need? |
House Education |
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Disadvantages of bankruptcy: |
Credit score ruined Loss of assets |
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When creditors go to court to declare your bankrupt: |
Involuntary bankruptcy |
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When you have insufficient income to pay your debts, you are? |
Insolvent |
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Beware of credit-assistance companies that say: |
Your credit can be repaired immediately. Pay before they do anything. New social security number. |
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Name some of the "Consumer Bill of Rights" |
Right to be informed Right to safety Right to choose Right to be heard |
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A request for consumers to return a defective product: |
Recall |
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This act requires product labels to contain accurate names, quantities, weights, etc.: |
Fair packaging and labeling |
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Consumer organization that has the largest testing facility in the world and publishes "Consumer Reports" magazine: |
Consumers Union |
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Standard work week: |
40 hours |
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Rate x hours worked = |
Gross pay |
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When you are paid the same amount every day: |
Salary |
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Self-employed people, usually make estimated tax payments how often? |
Quarterly |
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A work schedule that fits a normal 40 hour week into less than 5 days: |
Compressed work week |
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The largest source of federal government revenue: |
Income taxes |
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A tax which the rate stays the same, regardless of your income: |
Proportional |
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In the U.S. the power to impose taxes rests with? |
Congress |
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Proportional or flat tax example: |
Property tax |
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In the U.S. everyone is responsible for filing a tax return on their own: |
Voluntary compliance |
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Your filing status is based on: |
Marital status |
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You must have your tax return in the mail by? |
April 15th |
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What type of income do we focus on when preparing a budget? |
Disposable income |
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Name some variable expenses: |
Groceries Recreation Entertainment |
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Name some examples of assets: |
House Car Boat Land |
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The IRS has the legal right to audit you for how many years back? |
3 years |
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One person makes an offer, and another person changes it: |
Counter offer |
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Computer program that organizes data in rows and columns: |
Spread sheet |
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The person who cashes a check: |
Payee |
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When your wife writes a check for more money than is in your account: |
Overdraft or bounded |
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Part of a check where you can record the purpose of the check: |
Memo line |
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When you write a check and record it in your register, what column do you record it in? |
Debit payment line |
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A check written by a bank on its own funds: |
Cashier's check |
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When you tell your bank not to pay a check that you have written: |
Stop payment order |
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Name transactions that may be difficult to make without a credit card: |
Shopping online Hotel reservation Airline ticket reservation |
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The total dollar cost of all interest and fees for the use of credit: |
Finance charge |
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Service to valued customers where you are not billed until much later than the standard billing time: |
Deferred billing |
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If you go over your credit limit or are late with payments, you are charged this: |
Penalty fee |
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What is service credit? And list some examples. |
You get the service before paying.
Phone bill Electric Doctor fees Lawyers |
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A legal business that makes high interest loans: |
Finance company |
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Who issues credit reports? |
Credit bureau |
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When we ask the credit bureau to deny all access to our credit file: |
Credit freeze |
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Name some stuff that's in our credit report: |
Public records Loan balances Marital status Occupation Address |
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Your financial ability to repay a loan with your income is known as? |
Capacity |
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Often the first step most people take to establish their credit record: |
Savings account opened |
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Scam that uses online pop-up messages to get personal information: |
Phishing |
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Internet explorer and Netscape use a lock box symbol to indicate: |
Secured site |
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Name a few ways to minimize the cost of credit: |
Payments on time Pay in full Pay with cash |
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When you buy an item that will be used as collateral: |
Secured loan |
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The unpaid portion of a loan: |
Principal |
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Money paid for the sue of someone else's money: |
Interest |
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When creditors apply the finance charge to the amount you owe after you have made your payment: |
Adjusted balance method |
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Name some signs that you are over extending your credit: |
Use one credit card to pay off another credit card. Stressful to pay bills. Missed payments. Near credit limit. |
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If you borrow money from a finance company to pay off all other debts: |
Consolidation loan |
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Credit card companies offer these (free miles) to try to get us to apply: |
Rewards |
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The 20/10 rule on debt: |
Debt payments should not exceed 20% of yearly pay or 10% of monthly pay |
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These businesses give information about us to credit bureaus and pay a monthly fee to credit bureau: |
Subscribers |
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A person or business that loans money: |
Creditor |
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A person who borrows money from another: |
Debtor |
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The value of property you possess after deducting your debts: |
Capitol |
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The time frame within which you may pay your current credit balance in full and incur no credit charges: |
Grace period |
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A state law that sets a maximum interest rate that may be charged for consumer loans: |
Usury laws |
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A responsible attitude toward honoring debt obligations: |
Character |
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Checking several places to be sure you are getting the best price for equal quality: |
Comparison shopping |
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When you purchase something without thinking about it: |
Impulse buying |
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The interest rate that banks offer to their best: |
Prime rate |
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Part of the purchase price paid in cash required on most installment contracts: |
Down payment |
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Debts that are erased by the court during bankruptcy: |
Discharged |
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The agreement to pay debts that have been legally discharged: |
Reaffirmation |
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Assets considered necessary for survival: |
Exempted assets |
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Name some short term needs that require a funded savings account at a bank: |
Major purchase Emergencies Vacations Weddings |
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How much should you have in a savings account at all times? |
3 to 6 months of living expenses |
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A time deposit that pays a fixed rate of interest for a specified time period: |
CD |
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The rise in the general level of prices: |
Inflation |
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The chance that an investments value will decrease: |
Risk |
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When you spread risk among different levels when you invest: |
Diversifying |
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This refers to how quickly you can turn an investment into cash: |
Liquidity |
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A unit of ownership in a corporation: |
Stock |
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Low prices stocks non-established companies: |
Penny stocks |
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When you invest the same amount of money at regular intervals in the same investment: |
Dollar cost averaging |
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When a government or corporation borrows money from the public: |
Bonds |
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