Series 63

Series 63 practice questions, page 6 of 10, with answer review and explanations.

Question 26

Until yesterday Maddie was a registered agent employed by the broker-dealer, QuikDeals. Yesterday afternoon, issues that had been brewing between her and another employee of the firm came to a head, and Maddie impulsively quit her job. At this point,

  1. Maddie has thirty days to find a job with another broker-dealer, or she will need to file a new registration application.
  2. Maddie has sixty days to find a job with another broker-dealer, or she will need to file a new registration application.
  3. Maddie will have to file a new application for registration with the Administrator upon finding employment with another broker-dealer since she is no longer considered to be a registered agent by the state.
  4. Maddie is required to call all of her clients at QuikDeals to inform them she is no longer employed there.

Question 27

Maddie, a registered agent affiliated with broker-dealer QuikDeals, quit her job on the spur of the moment. Under the guidelines of the Uniform Securities Act (USA), who is responsible for notifying the Administrator?

  1. QuikDeals has the sole responsibility for notifying the Administrator. Maddie is no longer deemed to be an agent after she terminated her relationship with QuikDeals, so she need do nothing.
  2. Maddie has the sole responsibility for notifying the Administrator.
  3. It depends. If Maddie becomes affiliated with another broker-dealer within thirty days, then she must notify the Administrator of her termination with QuikDeals and her current affiliation with the new firm. Otherwise, only QuikDeals must notify the Administrator.
  4. Both QuikDeals and Maddie are responsible for notifying the Administrator.

Question 28

Trevor is currently a registered agent in the state of Connecticut where he has been employed by Connect & Company, a broker-dealer that is registered in Connecticut and has subsidiary operations in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. Trevor has moved to Massachusetts and is now associated with one of Connect's subsidiaries, a broker-dealer registered in the state. Trevor has applied to the Administrator of Massachusetts for registration as an agent. Can Trevor execute purchases and sales for clients while his registration is still pending?

  1. No. Until he is informed by the Administrator of Massachusetts that his application has been accepted, Trevor may not affect any securities transactions in Massachusetts.
  2. Yes. Because Trevor is a registered agent in another state and is affiliated with a broker-dealer that is registered in the state of Massachusetts, he is not restricted from executing trades.
  3. Yes. Trevor can execute trades for new clients he solicits, but only for sixty days while his registration is pending.
  4. It depends. Trevor can execute some purchases and sales, but only for clients that he already had who may have recently relocated to Massachusetts and only for sixty days while his registration is pending.

Question 29

Ms. Ding is an administrative assistant to the manager of a mutual fund. Most of her day is spent entering data onto a spreadsheet for her boss and answering phone calls. Some of the calls require her to provide information about the some of the fund's financial aspects, such as its closing net asset value on the previous day. What type of registration does Ms. Ding require in order to perform her duties?

  1. Ms. Ding needs to apply for registration as an agent since she is providing financial information.
  2. Ms. Ding needs to apply for registration as an investment adviser representative since she is providing information about a specific mutual fund.
  3. Ms. Ding will need to apply for registration as both an agent and an investment adviser representative in this case since she is providing information about a mutual fund.
  4. Ms. Ding does not need to apply for any type of registration. She is merely supplying information and is not engaged in the purchase or sale of the fund shares.

Question 30

Which of the following statements about agents is (are) false?

  1. If an agent files for bankruptcy, the Administrator may elect to terminate that agent's registration if the Administrator believes it is "in the public interest" to do so.
  2. When an agent has a change of address, both he and his broker-dealer affiliate must inform the Administrator.
  3. An agent must demonstrate a specific minimum level of financial stability for his registration application to be accepted.
  4. All of the above are false statements.