WorksheetsBudgeting + Cognitive Bias
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does a budget track?
income
expenses
Income and expenses
Savings
What is the purpose of scheduled or automatic payments?
To delay bill payments
To ensure bills are paid on time
To increase bank interest
To avoid paying bills
What is a direct deposit?
A cash payment
A check payment
Money directly put into your bank account
A credit card payment
What must everyone have deducted from their paycheck?
State taxes
Federal taxes
Health insurance
Retirement savings
What is discretionary income?
Total income before taxes
Income left after taxes and necessities
Income saved for retirement
Income used for bills only
What is disposable income?
Income before taxes
Income after taxes and savings
Income available for spending and saving after taxes
Income used for investments only
What are fixed expenses?
Expenses that change monthly
Expenses that do not change from month to month
Expenses that are optional
Expenses that are paid annually
What are variable expenses?
Expenses that are fixed
Expenses that can be changed
Expenses that are unnecessary
Expenses that are always the same
What is gross pay?
Pay after taxes
Pay before taxes
Pay including bonuses
Pay after deductions
What is net pay?
Pay before taxes
Pay after taxes
Pay including overtime
Pay before deductions
What is zero-based budgeting?
Budgeting with a surplus
Budgeting with a deficit
Justifying all expenses from zero
Budgeting without limits
What is incremental budgeting?
Starting with a zero budget
Using last year's budget and making small adjustments
Ignoring previous budgets
Doubling the previous budget
What is the envelope method?
Using digital payments
Keeping cash for different categories in separate envelopes
Using a single envelope for all expenses
Using credit cards for all expenses
What does a cash flow statement show?
Only income
Only expenses
Changes in cash and cash equivalents
Only savings
What is opportunity cost?
The gain from all alternatives
The loss of potential gain from other alternatives
The cost of the chosen alternative
The savings from not choosing an alternative
What is the endowment effect?
Valuing new items more
Valuing owned items more
Valuing all items equally
Ignoring owned items
What is the sunk cost fallacy?
Ignoring past investments
Making decisions based on past investments
Focusing on future gains
Avoiding all costs
What is loss aversion?
Preferring gains over losses
Considering losses more important than gains
Ignoring losses
Focusing only on gains
What is herd mentality?
Acting independently
Conforming to others' behaviors and beliefs
Ignoring others' opinions
Leading others
What is confirmation bias?
Seeking information that contradicts beliefs
Ignoring supporting information
Searching for information that supports preconceptions
Accepting all information equally
