Chapter 17 Practice Questions
- 1. Fast Track Stock does not trade securities for its own accounts. In its efforts to execute a buy order for your account, they would be acting as a:
- A. Broker-dealer
- B. Dealer
- C. Broker
- D. None of choices listed
- 2. The fourth market primarily refers to transactions involving:
- A. Day traders
- B. Initial public offerings
- C. Large institutional investors
- D. Foreign stocks
- 3. The physical location where buyers and sellers gather at trading posts to bid and ask for securities is referred to as the:
- A. Primary market
- B. Over-the-counter market
- C. First market
- D. Secondary market
- 4. Which of the following types of orders guarantee a specific execution price?
- A. Market orders
- B. Limit orders
- C. Stop orders
- D. None of the choices listed
- 5. Which of the following statements are true regarding stop orders?
- I. Stop orders become market orders to either buy or sell once a target price is reached.
- II. If the stop order is triggered, the order is guaranteed to execute, but there is no guarantee on the execution price.
- III. Sell stop orders are typically used to limit loss on a short position.
- IV. Buy stop orders are typically used to limit loss on a long position.
- A. I and II
- B. III and IV
- C. I and IV
- D. II and III
- 6. James cannot believe XYZ is continuing to go down. He would like to give it a little more time to recover but would also like to protect himself if it continues to fall. What type of order would James most likely enter?
- A. Buy stop
- B. Sell Stop
- C. Market
- D. Sell limit
- 7. A New York Stock Exchange member who makes a market in a specific stock and maintains an orderly market for the shares of that stock is considered a:
- A. Transfer agent
- B. De