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Financial Literacy: Personal Finance Basics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for a generous gift of money or time to a person or organization?

a)

Fixed Income

b)

Charitable Donation

c)

Variable Expense

d)

Nonprofit

2.

A bill, such as a utility bill, which is a different amount each month is known as a ______.

a)

Fixed Expense

b)

Variable Expense

c)

Discretionary Expense

d)

Take-home Pay

3.

What is the term for a log of deposits and withdrawals from a checking account?

a)

Closing Balance

b)

Checkbook Register

c)

EFT

d)

Reconciliation

4.

EFT is an acronym for ________.

a)

Electronic Fund Transfer

b)

Electronic Financial Transaction

c)

Easy Fund Transfer

d)

Electronic Fund Transaction

5.

What are dividends?

a)

Earnings paid to shareholders by a company from its profits

b)

Profit made from investment

c)

One-way payment of money for which no service or good is exchanged

d)

None of the above.

6.

Capital Gain is a ______.

a)

One-way payment of money for which no service or good is exchanged

b)

Profit made from investment

c)

Earnings paid to shareholders by a company from its profits

d)

None of the above

7.

Transfer Payments refer to: A) Profit made from investment B) Earnings paid to shareholders by a company from its profits C) One-way payment of money for which no service or good is exchanged D) All of the above.

a)

Profit made from investment

b)

Earnings paid to shareholders by a company from its profits

c)

One-way payment of money for which no service or good is exchanged

d)

All of the above

8.

Which of the following is a tax-deductible gift:

a)

stocks

b)

vacation home

c)

charitable donation

d)

inherited items

9.

Why is it important to save money?

a)

To spend more on luxury items

b)

To have funds available for future needs or emergencies

c)

To lend money to friends

d)

To pay more taxes

10.

What is a simple definition of personal finance?

a)

The study of government economies

b)

Managing a company's finances

c)

Managing your money, including saving and investing

d)

The process of borrowing money from banks