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Savings Vocabulary 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How is wealth defined?
a)
How much money you have in your Checking and Saving accounts
b)
Debts - Assets
c)
All assets, including money in the bank + retirment
d)
Assets - Debts
2.
What is a general rule of thumb on how much you should save?
a)
5% of your income
b)
10% of your income
c)
20% of your income
d)
30% of your income
3.
What is a good strategy to help you save?
a)
1st, spend money on all expenses; put the rest into saving
b)
Tap into your savings on a regular basis to purchase small items, like snacks
c)
Pay yourself first - set aside money for savings each month
d)
Keep your spending and saving money together in 1 account
4.
How does the 50-20-30 rule distribute your income?
a)
50% expenses, 20% flexible spending, 30% saving
b)
50% expenses, 20% saving, 30% flexible spending
c)
50% flexible spending, 20% saving, 30% expenses
d)
50% saving, 20% flexible spending, 30% expenses
5.
How does inflation impact the money in your savings account?
a)
Inflation decreases only the $ you earn in interest
b)
Inflation increases the value of the money in your account
c)
Inflation has no impact on $ in your savings account.
d)
The purchasing power of your money decreases over time
6.

The Rule of 72 is a simple way to determine how long an investment will take to double given a fixed annual rate of interest.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the FDIC?

a)

A government agency that forces people to save 10% of their income.

b)

A U.S. corporation that insures investments against stock market crash.

c)

The U.S. corporation insuring deposits in US banks against bank failure

8.
With this payment method, employers put the employee’s paycheck into the authorized employee’s bank account 
a)
paycheck
b)
payroll card
c)
direct deposit
d)
 all are the same
9.

What is inflation?

a)

Increase general price level of goods and services

b)

Increase price level from one private organisation

c)

Decrease general price level of goods

d)

Increase general price level of services

10.

Principal is the original amount of money saved or invested, separate from interest or earnings

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is a Stock

a)

Car

b)

Animals

c)

the capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares,

d)

Used in cooking

12.

What is Mutual fund?

a)

An investment in which investors pool their money to buy stock.

b)

An investment that you put in your checking account

c)

Investment that you put in your swimming pool.

d)

Investment that you put in the ground.

13.
Companies rise money by selling them in the company to investors.
a)
Stockbroker
b)
Securities
c)
Stocks and Shares
d)
IPO
14.
Statistical measure of how a section of the stock market is performing.
a)
Listed
b)
Brokerage
c)
Securities
d)
Index
15.
Type of investment sold by corporations and goverment.
a)
Stocks and Shares
b)
Securities
c)
Index
d)
Stockbroker