WorksheetsDebt, Student Loans Fall 2025
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 13mins
The interest that is required by law to be stated in a loan document is the APR rate, which stands for ...
Applied Personal Rate.
Annual Percentage Rate.
Annual Personal Rate.
Anchor Percentage Rate.
A schedule that shows how each payment is applied to the loan's monthly interest and the loan principal is called a ...
Loan amortization schedule.
Payment calculation.
Loan balance.
Loan schedule.
How is a loan's annual percentage rate converted to a monthly interest rate.
12*APR
APR*12
12/APR
APR/12
The formula to calculate one month of interest on a loan balance is ...
Loan balance * (1 + (APR/12)) ^ Number or loan periods.
Loan balance / Interest rate
Loan Balance * Annual Percentage Rate / 12
Loan Balance Annual Percentage Rate * 12
A prediction of how likely you are to pay a loan back on time based on information from your credit reports.
Credit Score
Loan Score
Debt to income ratio
Standard loan
Your payment history, amounts owed, length of credit history, new credit accounts, and types of credit you use are used to calculate ...
Payment score
Debt to Income ratio
A credit score
Loan score
Is a lower or higher credit score better?
Lower
Higher
A extremely low risk borrower has a FICO credit score in the range of
300-579
580-669
670-739
740-799
800-850
Lenders ask questions on a loan application to determine ...
How many jobs you have
Your Lifestyle
Your Income Tax Rate
Debt Ratio
Your debt ratio is determined by ...
Dividing your monthly debt payments by your monthly gross income
Dividing your monthly gross income by your monthly debt payments
Your annual income tax liability by your annual income
Your weekly income by your annual income
Provides low-interest loans for eligible students to help cover the cost of higher education in the form of subsidized and unsubsidized loans. These are direct loans to students.
Scholarship
Grant
Private loan
Direct Federal subsidized and unsubsidized loans
What is the difference between a federal subsidized loan and a federal unsubsidized loan?
Unsubsidized loans charge interest when the loan is disbursed to the student. Subsidized loans do not charge interest until the payment period starts after graduation.
Subsidized loans charge interest when the loan is disbursed to the student. Unsubsidized loans do not charge interest until the payment period starts after graduation.
There is no difference, they are both federal loans.
Subsidized loans do not need to be repaid. Unsubsidized loans do need to be repaid.
What is the current interest rate on federal undergraduate subsidized and unsubsidized loans? Note: rates are set annually in June and are applied to the entire loan term.
12.25%
2.03%
6.39%
5.75%
This type of loan is meant to bridge the gap between aid and the cost of college by allowing parents to cosign loans. Cosigners become liable to pay the loan if the main borrower fails to make payments.
Direct subsidized and unsubsidized loans
Work-study loan
Private Loan
Parent Plus Loan
Which type of loan repayment plan may possibly cost the least amount of interest to the borrower?
Graduated Payment Plan
Standard Loan Repayment Plan
Income Based Repayment Plan
Graduated Loan Repayment Plan
What student loan repayment plans will allow you to make lower payments based on your level of income, but may cost you more overall because of additional interest amounts over a longer time period?
Standard Repayment (SR) Plan
Graduated Repayment (GR) Plan
Lower Repayment (LR) Plan
Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP)
Who would benefit from using the Repayment Assistance Plan for student loan payments?
Someone who wants to minimize interest costs.
Someone who wants to lower their monthly payments so they can afford a bigger home or car loan.
Someone who would otherwise be unable to pay on a standard schedule, especially at lower and moderate income levels.
Why is it a good idea to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
To determine if you are eligible for financial aid and low interest loans to attend college.
To enroll in a meal plan.
To let a college know that you want to apply.
Because I was told that I had to.
What is an SAI (Student Aid Index)?
The Ending Final Contribution to a retirement plan.
The Entry for College test to determine academic placement,
A formula-based number ranging from ranges from -1500 to 999,999 that helps financial aid professionals determine how much federal student aid a student may need.
The Extended Forgiveness Calculation if the borrower cannot pay the loan.
Does a lower or higher student aid index (SAI) on your FAFSA report indicate more financial need?
Lower
Higher
What is the maximum amount a first year, dependent student can borrow from the federal government including subsidized and unsubsidized loans?
Subsidized - $3,500
Unsubsidized - $2,000
Subsidized - $4,500
Unsubsidized - $2,000
Subsidized - $5,500
Unsubsidized - $2,000
Subsidized - $6,500
Unsubsidized - $2,000
A temporary suspension of student loan payments. Specific qualifying conditions include unemployment, return to school, military service. The government pays the interest on subsidized loans. You continue to accrue interest on unsubsidized loans.
Loan Forgiveness
Loan Alteration
Loan Forbearance
Loan Deferment
The debit ratio is calculated by ....
Dividing monthly income by monthly debt payments.
Dividing monthly debt payments by monthly income.
A debt ratio in this range signals a debt load that is nearing unmanageable levels signaling that the individual should consider debt counseling.
36% or Less
37%-41%
42%-49%
50% or more
What is a healthy debt-to-income ratio?
36% or less
46% or less
50% or less
56% or less
The 28/36 rule, a common guideline for home affordability, suggests that housing costs (principal, interest, property taxes, insurance) should not exceed 28% of your gross monthly income, and total debt payments (including housing) should not exceed 36% of your gross monthly income. Do you feel this is a reasonable guideline? Explain.
What is the general guideline for auto loans?
20% down, 4 year loan term, no more than 10% of your monthly income on transportation expenses.
10% down, 6 year loan term, no more than 20% of monthly income on transportation expenses.
15% down, 8 year loan term, no more than 15% of monthly income on transportation expenses.
The lifetime aggregates for subsidized and unsubsidized undergraduate student loans for students who are still dependents of their parents are ...
$15,000 total, of with $10,000 can be subsidized.
$31,000, of with $23,000 can be subsidized.
$41,000, of which $32,000 can be subsidized.
$50,000, of which $43,000 can be subsidized.
