CeMAP-1 EXAM B
CeMAP-1 EXAM B
CeMAP-1 EXAM B
A Bank.
B Friendly Society.
C Insurance company.
D Stock brokers.
A he is unable to access his capital until the end of the fixed term.
B payment of interest is net of UK basic rate tax.
C the interest will be paid at the end of the fixed term.
D they will be redeemed on a date within the next five years.
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7.Between how many years (minimum and maximum) has the term to run before
redemption for a medium-dated gilt?
8. If Helen invests in shares which are quoted in the Alternative Investment Market, her
shares:
A Cumulative.
B Ordinary.
C Preference.
D Redeemable.
10. James has a residential property from which he generates a rental income. When he has
to pay tax on the income he can:
11. The Easy Access Savings Account is subject to a minimum balance of:
A nil.
B £50.
C £100.
D £150.
12. The principle difference between corporate bonds and gilts is that corporate bonds:
13. A key difference between a debenture and a loan stock issued by a company is that a
debenture:
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14. Why would an investor be interested in holding warrants issued by a company?
A If the price of the shares has increased at the time a warrant is exercisable, the holder will
make a profit on their sale.
B If the value of the connected shares falls, the investor can claim a loss that can be offset
against capital gains made elsewhere.
C Investors can receive dividends without having to make any capital outlay.
D Investors can receive shares without having to make any capital outlay.
15. Why does an investment in a collective investment scheme carry reduced risk when
compared with direct investment in equities?
16. Which one of the following is true in relation to the manager of an investment trust?
17. The responsibility for payment of capital gains tax on unit trust proceeds lies with the:
A fund managers.
B trustees.
C unit holder.
D unit trust company.
18. Under the terms of a split-capital investment trust, what minimum percentage of the
income generated by the portfolio is allocated to the income shares?
A 85%.
B 90%.
C 95%.
D 100%.
19. Chris has entered into a forward contract for a commodity. This means that he:
A can trade his derivative on the open market at any time prior to the forward contract's
specified date.
B has an obligation to trade in the commodity at the agreed time and price.
C is able to purchase a call option at a fixed price on the contract date.
D will be able to choose whether to exercise his option to trade in the commodity at the
fixed price and time, or let the contract lapse.
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20. Which one of the following is a feature of a repayment mortgage?
21. Which of the following is true in relation to re-mortgages and second mortgages?
22. Jon, a computer technician, hurts one hand causing lasting damage and has to be re-
employed at a lower salary. What effect would his return to work have on his permanent
health insurance benefits?
23. Which one of the following investments carries the highest risk?
24. Which one of the following would not be eligible to effect a personal pension plan?
25. The main advantage of writing a life assurance policy in trust is to:
26. When completing a fact find in respect of a client, which one of the following is a
fundamental consideration that should always be taken into account?
A Attitude to risk.
B Employment details.
C Levels of indebtedness.
D Mortgage arrangements.
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27. Which one of the following will usually be the priority need associated with young people
taking out their first mortgage during early working life?
A An emergency fund.
B Income protection.
C Medium-term investments.
D Pension planning.
28. When assessing suitability, which one of the following factors is irrelevant when choosing
a solution for the client?
29. A programme of proactive servicing by the adviser is designed to ensure that the client:
30. Which one of the following factors that you cover during a fact-find will affect your ability to
improve your client's situation?
32. Under the rules of intestacy which one of the following ranks the highest should an
unmarried person die intestate?
33 Which one of the following has the capacity to enter into a legal contract?
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34. For whom is a tied adviser acting as an agent?
35. Peter, Paul and Pamela own a house on a tenants in common basis, each having a 1/3
share. In the event of the death of Paul:
36. What role does the Court of Protection play with enduring powers of attorney?
37. What requirement rests on a discharged bankrupt when applying for a mortgage?
38. Which one of the following persons would most likely be considered a UK resident for tax
purposes?
A Bella, who spends 180 days a year in the UK developing her Italian-based fashion
company.
B Dmitri, who has a seven-month contract for business consultancy in London commencing
in January 2005.
C Luigi, who has a nine-month contract in Essex with a telecom company commencing in
April 2005.
D Sandra, who normally lives in France but spends three months a year helping on the
family farm in Scotland.
39. For income tax purposes, self-employed people are taxed on their:
A gross profit.
B net profit.
C personal drawings from the business.
D turnover.
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40. Susie's building society pays a net interest rate of 4% on an element of her savings. What
is the equivalent gross rate?
A 4.80%.
B 4.88%.
C 5.00%.
D 5.13%.
41. In relation to income tax, which one of the following is not classed as a taxable benefit in
kind?
42. Suzy bought an antique Chinese vase in 1985 and recently sold it at an auction at a profit
of £10,500. Which one of the following will she not be able to offset against any liability to
capital gains tax?
A Advertising costs,
B The auctioneer's commission for the sale.
C The cost of acquiring the vase in 1985.
D The cost of a repair to a hairline crack.
43. There would be a potential capital gains tax liability on which one of the following
transactions?
44. Jeremy has capital losses that exceed gains made in the current tax year. What option, if
any, does he have?
45. What is the stamp duty reserve tax due on a purchase of bearer instruments with a
market value of £100,000?
A £500.
B £1,000.
C £1,500.
D £2,000.
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46. Class 2 National Insurance contributions would be paid by:
47. Which Social Security benefit is described as a tax free benefit for disabled people who
need personal care at, or after, age 65?
A Attendance allowance.
B Disability living allowance.
C Invalidity benefit.
D Severe disablement allowance.
48. Ethel has £1,000 in a basic building society savings account. Her son has pointed out that
her savings are now failing to keep pace with inflation. This is specifically because:
49. For which one of the following borrowers might a fixed rate mortgage be most suitable?
A Bob, who is convinced that interest rates will fall sharply in the short term.
B Neil, who believes that interest rates will rise significantly in the nearfuture.
C Rachel, who feels that interest rates will stay the same for the next few years.
D Tony, who feels that lenders should never charge arrangement fees.
51. Which of the following products are not subject to the provisions of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000?
A Cheque accounts.
B Equity ISAs
C Investment trusts.
D Stakeholder pensions.
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52. There are three main areas of financial crime that the FSA seeks to control. Which one of
the following is the exception?
53. Miranda is an approved person in a controlled function but is not in a position of significant
influence. Which principle specifically applies to her role?
A She must ensure that the business of her firm is organised effectively
B She must exercise diligence in managing the business.
C She must observe proper standards of market conduct.
D She must take steps to ensure the business complies with the regulatory system.
54. Which one of the following is not one of the Financial Services Authority's Principles for
Business with which a firm must comply?
55. Under the rules relating to approved persons, in which 'function' would the Money
Laundering Officer be categorised?
A Customer function.
B Governing function.
C Required function.
D Risk function.
56. Which one of the following areas is not included in the fit and proper' test required by the
FSA?
A Complaints received.
B Criminal record.
C Disqualification as a director.
D Previous levels of earning.
57. Knowingly giving out false information to influence the price of shares for personal gain is
known as:
A best execution.
B insider dealing.
C market manipulation.
D money laundering.
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58. Which one of the following facts must be included on all regulated Quotations as a result
of the Consumer Credit Act 1974?
59. 'It relates to the degree of fit between a particular product or service and the client's actual
needs.' Of which of the following is this a description in the context of current financial
services regulation?
A Best advice.
B Best execution.
C Know your customer.
D Suitable advice.
60. Which one of the following would be covered by the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
Regulations 1999?
61. As an expert in ED law, Kentons Intermediaries are seeking your advice about
conducting business in other EU countries. In particular, they are seeking information on the
subject of client money and professional indemnity insurance. You can advise them that they
will need:
A financial capacity of at least 4% of premiums received per annum to meet client money
requirements and a minimum level of €2m total professional indemnity insurance.
B financial capacity of at least 5% of premiums received per annum to meet client money
requirements and a minimum level of €1m per case professional indemnity insurance.
C professional indemnity cover of at least €1 m total per annum and a minimum financial
capacity of €10,000 to meet client money requirements.
D professional indemnity cover of at least €1 m per case and a minimum financial capacity
of €15,000 to meet client money requirements.
62. You are Robert's financial adviser and he has asked you for help with a mortgage. He is
particularly attracted to a CAT standard mortgage because:
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64. In order to satisfy the Capital Adequacy Directive, certain investment firms must have
minimum initial capital of at least €125,000. Under what circumstances are these firms
allowed to hold investments on their own account?
65. The Financial Services Authority has identified four types of risks faced by financial
services consumers. From which one does the FSA not protect customers?
66. What is the Financial Services Authority's most severe disciplinary power?
A Financial penalties.
B Private warning.
C Public censure.
D Withdrawal of authorisation.
67. Which one of the following roles in a regulated firm would be classified by the FSA as a
'customer function'?
68. Which one of the following is most likely to be classified as an 'approved' person?
A A complaints manager.
B A compliance officer.
C A personnel manager.
D A training officer.
69. Justin, a financial adviser, hopes to extend his client bank by making unsolicited
telephone calls to a list of people he has taken from the telephone directory. As he is aware of
the FSA rules, he will only be making contact:
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70. The Buckby Building Society is to launch a postal campaign, aimed at customers with
significant amounts of money held on deposit, to draw their attention to the new Buckby
European Equity Fund. Which warning must be included in the literature that will be sent to
customers, in order to comply with FSA rules?
A At least 50% of the customer's available funds should be retained on a deposit basis.
B Equity funds generally underperform in the early years because of the charges.
C Investments into the equity fund must be made for a minimum period of ten years.
D The equity-linked product does not have the capital security of the building society
deposit.
71. What is the minimum period for which customer records in respect of pension contracts
must be kept?
A Three years.
B Six years.
C Ten years.
D Indefinitely.
72. An independent financial adviser places an advertisement in a local newspaper. For how
long must the adviser retain a copy of the advertisement?
A Three months.
B One year.
C Three years.
D Ten years.
73. The FSA Training and Competence Sourcebook is particularly prescriptive in relation to
three groups of employees who are subject to detailed training and competence rules. These
three groups include:
A financial advisers, supervisors of those advisers and supervisors of certain 'back office'
functions.
B supervisors of advisers, supervisors of certain 'back office' functions and clerical input
staff.
C supervisors of certain 'back office' functions, clerical claims staff and supervisors of
advisers.
D the company accountants, financial advisers and supervisors of certain 'back office'
functions.
74. Tony has been successful in his training as an authorised adviser. What happens next?
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75. Which one of the following accurately relates to the advice that must be given by
independent intermediaries?
76. Which one of the following must be included as an additional requirement, by independent
advisers, on the initial disclosure document?
A Complaints procedure.
B Locum arrangements.
C Name of the regulator.
D Services offered.
A A corporate customer.
B A private customer.
C Where a customer is in the financial services business.
D Where a firm acts on behalf of a private customer.
80. When an adviser conducts a fact-find prior to offering investment advice, the fact-find will
normally include all of the following except:
81. If it were alleged that an adviser had been influenced by the commission payable when
recommending a product to a customer, which regulation would the adviser have breached?
A Best execution.
B Disclosure.
C Suitable advice.
D Undue influence.
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82. What does an 'execution only' transaction require an adviser to do?
83. Freda is being advised to purchase a life assurance product. This means that her adviser
must:
84. Janice has cancelled an investment plan within the cancellation period but unfortunately
has received back less than she invested. Why is this?
85. Under the product disclosure rules, what is specifically required in respect of the
illustration of projected cash-in values?
86. The suggested range of stakeholder-type products have a proposed level of charges
limited to what maximum percentage?
A 1%.
B 1.5%.
C 2%.
D 2.5%.
87. Gary has found that the mortgage he is arranging post-October 2004, and which is
secured by a first charge, is not regulated by the Financial Services Authority. This is
because:
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88.. Regulation of mortgage advice by the Financial Services Authority applies to
residential mortgages where the borrower occupies at least what percentage of the property?
A 10%.
B 40%.
C 70%.
D 100%.
89. Mortgage Brokers Ltd has just offered advice, post-October 2004, to a residential
mortgage client and has not yet issued a suitability letter. This is permitted because:
A it is only necessary for a mortgage suitability letter to be issued after completion of the
mortgage.
B suitability letters need only be issued on buy-to-let mortgages.
C suitability letters need to be issued for commercial mortgages only.
D there is no Financial Services Authority requirement for the issuing of mortgage suitability
letters.
90. Under Financial Services Authority regulation, payment by way of fees for arranging a
mortgage must be declared in the key facts illustration document (KFI) and also included in
the:
91. The introduction of new regulations for general insurance from January 2005 is partly in
response to the EU Directive on insurance mediation. This directive was designed to:
A limit the commissions or fees that can be paid on general insurance products.
B open and standardise the market for insurance intermediaries throughout the pean Union.
European Union.
C require all general insurance brokers to become members of a Europe-wide trade
association.
D require all UK general branch intermediaries to be members of the Association Of British
Insurers.
92. In which substantial way does the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 differ from earlier money
laundering regulation?
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94. Insurance Life pic has set up an equity ISA for a new client. Why was it not necessary for
the company to obtain evidence of identity for money laundering purposes?
A Investment amounts of less than £10,000 are exempt from money laundering
identification requirements.
B Investments into equity ISAs are exempt from money laundering identification
requirements.
C The client is only temporarily resident in the UK.
D The client was introduced by an intermediary who obtained the necessary evidence.
95. Staff training on money laundering must cover all of the following requirements except
how to:
96. John is unhappy about the way that the trustees are administering his company's
occupational pension scheme. He is unsure about making a complaint. Within what time
period of a particular event occurring must he make a complaint?
A Three months.
B Six months.
C One year.
D Three years.
97. What is the effect of a 'deadlock' letter for a customer who is in the process of making a
complaint about a financial services product they have bought?
98. On the insolvency of an authorised investment firm, the maximum that could be paid out
to an individual investor from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme would be:
99. If a customer requests to see information held about him in your organisation's files how
long do you have to respond to that request under the Data Protection Act 1998?
A 14 days.
B 28 days.
C 31 days.
D 40 days.
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100. Which piece of legislation governs information collected during the course of a customer
fact-find?
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Answers
1 B Unit 1; 1.1.1
2 C Unit 1; 1.2.2
3 B Unit 1; 1.2.2
4 C Unit 1; 1.2.1
5 C Unit 1; 2.1.2
6 D Unit 1; 2.2
7 C Unit 1; 2.2
8 A Unit 1; 2.3.1
9 C Unit 1; 2.3.2
10 A Unit 1; 2.4.1
11 C Unit 1; 2.1.5.1
12 B Unit 1; 2.2.4
13 C Unit 1; 2.3.3
14 A Unit 1; 3.4
15 A Unit 1; 3.2
16 A Unit 1; 3.2.2
17 C Unit 1; 3.2.1.7. 2
18 D Unit 1; 3.2.2.2
19 B Unit 1; 3.4
20 D Unit 1; 3.5.1.2. 1
21 D Unit 1; 3.5.2.1
22 A Unit 1; 3.3.2.2. 2
23 D Unit 1; 3.2.1.8
24 A Unit 1; 3.6.2
25 D Unit 1; 6.1.2
26 A Unit 1; 4.1.1.4
27 B Unit 1; Section 4
28 C Unit 1; 4.3
29 A Unit 1; 4.4.5.1
30 D Unit 1; 4.4.5.1
31 D Unit 1; 6.1.1
32 B Unit 1; 6.1.1.1
33 A Unit 1; 6.2
34 C Unit 1; 6.3
35 D Unit 1; 6.4.1
36 B Unit 1; 6.5
37 C Unit 1; 6.6
38 C Unit 1; 1.3.3.1
39 B Unit 1; 1.3.3.2
40 C Unit 1; 1.3.3.2
41 B Unit 1; 1.3.3.2
42 D Unit 1; 1.3.3.4
43 A Unit 1; 1.3.3.4
44 B Unit 1; 1.3.3.4
45 C Unit 1; 1.3.3.7
46 D Unit 1; 1.3.3.3
47 A Unit 1; 1.3.5.3 3
48 A Unit 1; 5.4.1
49 B Unit 1; 3.5.1.3 3
50 B Unit 1; 3.5.1.3 1
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Qu Ans - Text ref
51 A Unit 2; 1.8.1 .1
52 C Unit 2; 1.3
53 C Unit 2; 1.4
54 C Unit 2; 1.4
55 C Unit 2; 1.13. 2
56 D Unit 2; 1.6
57 C Unit 2; 1.7
58 A Unit 2; 5.1
59 D Unit 2; 1.22
60 A Unit 2; 5.2.2
61 D Unit 2; 5.4.3 .3
62 D Unit 2; 5.5.2
63 D Unit 2; 1.13. 5
64 A Unit 2; 1.9.2
65 B Unit 2; 1.10
66 D Unit 2; 1.11. 1
67 C Unit 2; 1.13. 5
68 B Unit 2; 1.13. 2
69 B MCOB 3.19
70 D Unit 2; 1.14
71 B Unit 2; 1.21
72 B Unit 2; 1.15/3.21 MCOB
73 A Unit 2; 1.16
74 C Unit 2; 1.16 2.3
75 A Unit 2; 1.17
76 B Unit 2; 1.19
77 D Unit 2; 1.18 1
78 A Unit 2; 1.19
79 B Unit 2; 1.20 1
80 B Unit 2; 1.21
81 C Unit 2; 1.22
82 B Unit 2; 1.23
83 B Unit 2; 1.25
84 C Unit 2; 1.26
85 B Unit 2; 1.25
86 A Unit 2; 1.27
87 B Unit 2; 1.28
88 B Unit 2; 1.28
89 D Unit 2; 1.28
90 A Unit 2; 1.28.2
91 B Unit 2; 1.29
92 B Unit 2; 2.2
93 A Unit 2; 2.4
94 D Unit 2; 2.5
95 C Unit 2; 2.8
96 D Unit 2; 3.4
97 C Unit 2; 3.2
98 C Unit 2; 3.3
99 D Unit 2; 4.1.2
100 C Unit 2; 4.1
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