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Budget Information

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 3 reasons for a budget

a)

  1. To avoid debt
  2. Gain control of your finances
  3. To save money

b)

  1. To get debt
  2. To lose control of your finances
  3. To waste money

2.

What are the 3 reason for saving

a)

  1. For retirement
  2. For a rainy day/ emergency
  3. A big purchases/ opportunity

b)

  1. For work
  2. For a sunny day/ solution
  3. A small purchases/ threat

3.

Avoid Over Spending:

a)

over spending will lead to running out of money or going into debt.

b)

over spending will lead to gaining money or going into credit.

c)

so you spend your money wisely rather than wastefully.

d)

you can plan or "budget" your money so you have money left over to save for.

4.

Prioritize Spending:

a)

so you spend your money wisely rather than wastefully.

b)

over spending will lead to running out of money or going into debt.

c)

you can plan or "budget" your money so you have money left over to save for.

5.

Save:

a)

you can plan or "budget" your money so you have money left over to save for.

b)

So you spend your money wisely rather tan wastefully.

c)

over spending will lead to running out of money or going into debt.

6.

Save for:

a)

  • Major purchase: car, home, vacation, kids' college
  • Bad times: lose job, get sick
  • retirement

b)

  • wasteful purchase: games, movies, fast food
  • Good times: working a good job, being heathy
  • still working

7.

What do you call when you get paid by the hour?

a)

Wages

b)

Salary

c)

Expenses

d)

Income

8.

When is it called when you get paid a fixed amount of each year?

a)

Salary

b)

Wages

c)

Dividends

d)

Expenses

9.

What are the two types of income that come from stock?

a)

Dividends and Appreciation (Capital gain)

b)

Expenses and Income

c)

Deficit and Surplus

d)

Wages and Salary

10.

In order for you to save your income has to be greater than your what?

a)

Expenses

b)

Salary

c)

Wages

d)

Income

11.

If your expenses are greater than your income than your budget is in what

a)

Deficit (leads to dept)

b)

Surplus (leads to credit)

12.

When you lend people money you charge them what

a)

Interest

b)

Expenses

c)

Income

d)

Wages

13.

Where can you get Income?

a)

Work and Savings/investments

b)

Retirement and Spending

14.

Wages:

a)

earning paid by the hour or unit.

b)

earnings paid on a weekly or monthly basis regardless of how many hours worked or units produced.

15.

Salary:

a)

earnings paid on a weekly or monthly basis regardless of how many hours worked or units produced.

b)

earnings paid by the hour or unit.

16.

Dividends:

a)

payment of your share of company's profits.

b)

increase in value of stock from the time you bought it to when you sell it.

17.

Appreciation:

a)

increase in value of stock from the time you bought it to when you sell it.

b)

payment of your share of company's profits.

18.

Interest Baring Securities are:

a)

Savings Account

b)

CD (Certificate of Deposit)

c)

Bond

d)

Credit

e)

Income

19.

From work :

a)

Wages and Salary

b)

Dividends and Appreciation

20.

From savings/investments:

a)

Stocks

b)

Interest Baring Securities

c)

Real Estate (land and/ or buildings)

d)

Commodities (grain, gold, oil, pork bellies, etc.)

e)

Wages and Salary

21.

What is the thing computers today make it easy to automatically?

a)

to take part of your pay and invest in mutual funds consisting of stocks or bonds.

b)

to retire social security and other retirement plans become sources of income.

22.

What becomes you source of income when you retire?

a)

Social security and other retirement plans

b)

Pay and invest in mutual funds

c)

Stocks or bonds

23.

Real Estate

a)

Land

b)

Buildings

c)

Grain

d)

Gold

24.

Commodities

a)

Grain

b)

Gold

c)

Oil

d)

Pork bellies

e)

Land

25.

Savings:

a)

Income you do NOT spend (JA classified saving as an expense)

b)

Income you do spend (JA classified saving as an Income)

26.

Savings = _________ - ___________

a)

Income, Expenses

b)

Expenses, Income

27.

If (Income > (greater than) Expenses) is what

a)

surplus/Savings

b)

Deficit

28.

If (Income <(less than)Expenses) is what

a)

deficit

b)

surplus/ savings

29.

Deficit leads to what

a)

Debt

b)

Default on obligation

c)

Credit

d)

Not obligation