Pass the FINRA Uniform Securities State Law Series-63 Questions and answers with ExamsMirror

Most individual state securities laws today are based on:

Cal Turner calls his client and recommends that the client sell his shares in the Alpha High Quality Bond Fund and use the proceeds to buy shares in the Omega High Quality Bond Fund. Cal has done nothing unethical if his recommendation is based on the fact that

It has come to the attention of the Administrator of the state that Samuel Shyster provided false information on his application to become a registered investment adviser with the state. Prior to revoking Samuel’s license, the Administrator will provide Samuel with which of the following?

I. prior notice

II. an opportunity to fill out a new registration statement

III. an opportunity for a hearing

IV. a written statement regarding the facts and the legal consequences

The Turnover Corporation, a firm with 25,000 employees, has recently hired 50 new employees, many of whom have been hired to replace middle-level managers who have retired. Turnover has omitted this fact from its prospectus. Turnover is guilty of

George Geek is a computer programmer who tired of working for others and started his own company. He convinced forty investors that he could design software that would rival Microsoft, and sold them each a 10% partnership interest in his firm for $25,000. He designed and printed up the partnership certificates himself. George told the investors that he had a product that was on the verge of being marketable and that when it did-within the next two months-revenues would pour into the company, and he would begin paying dividends. He told them they could expect a 20% return on their money this year, with even higher returns in the years to come. As it turned out, George wasn’t quite the programmer he thought he was, and he wasn’t able to get all the bugs out of the program to make it marketable within the promised two months.

Within a year, George had tired of the project and was too busy picking up chicks in his new Corvette when he wasn’t on the island of St. Bart overseeing the construction of his new beach mansion-and picking up chicks. His activities, of course, were financed by the extremely generous “salary” he paid himself from the investors’ monies.

Under the Uniform Securities Act, do the investors have any civil claims against George?

AllTime Investment Advisers advertises that its phones are manned 24/7, so that a client “doesn’t have to lie awake all night worrying about a financial problem.” In fact, AllTime does have a answering service that answers calls in the evenings and on the weekends when its offices are closed. The service informs the caller of the firm’s business hours, which will be the earliest opportunity the caller will have to talk to an investment adviser representative.

Is this a violation of any securities laws?

Joe Treader is the owner of a small, state-registered investment advisory firm that is on the verge of becoming insolvent. One of his clients who has become like a mother to him is aware of his financial difficulties and has offered to sell off some of the assets that he manages for her and loan him the money to get him through this period of economic uncertainty until he is able to get on his feet again.

Can Joe take her up on her offer?

Which of the following statements is false?

Carrie is a registered agent employed by CanDo Broker-Dealers. Her uncle is a minister who regularly refers his parishioners to Carrie, in return for which Carrie has agreed to donate a quarter of her commissions from these transactions to the parish.

Is Carrie doing anything illegal?

To continue operating as an agent, broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative next year, you must pay the filing fee to renew your license with the state Administrator by