SEC EXAM
  • 1. 1. What is RIBA in Islamic Finance
A) Haram forbidden or unlawful. In the case of Islamic finance,
B) all of the above
C) Sukuk Sukuk is the Arabic name for financial certificates, also commonly referred to as "sharia compliant" bonds
D) interest, In Islamic finance, riba refers to interest charged on loans or deposits. Religious practice forbids riba, even at low interest rates, as both illegal and unethical
  • 2. 2. PEPs, means __________to a CMO
A) politician
B) a millionaire
C) A high-net-worth individual and a politically exposed person
D) billionaire
  • 3. 3. Cum Div Date means _____________
A) the last day of transaction that will qualify for dividend same as qualification date
B) Date in lodgment
C) Date in imprisonment
D) Date in borrowing
  • 4. 4. Which of the following regulates the capital market?
A) GTB, Zenith, UBA, and custodians
B) The CIBN
C) The CBN
D) The SEC
  • 5. 5. Securities and Exchange Commissions Act according to (Okigbo Panel) was __________
A) 1979
B) 1978
C) 1977
D) 1976
  • 6. 6. Investments and Securities Act according to (Odife Panel) was _______
A) 1996
B) 1998
C) 1999
D) 1909
  • 7. 7. one of the function of SEC is to ........................
A) make Loss and Gain
B) Act as the apex regulatory body for the Nigerian capital market
C) buy big cars and big houses for CMO
D) charitable purpose using Fund
  • 8. 8. IFRS is _____________ base
A) principles
B) rule
C) prinpal rate time equal to 100
D) rules
  • 9. 9. IFRS and GAAP means ____________
A) International Financial Reporting Standards, Generally accepted accounting principles
B) International Financial Reporting Standards, Generally accept
C) None of the above
D) Generally accepted accounting price
  • 10. 10. Capital markets are of _________ major types.
A) six bond, equity, derivative pri, sec stock
B) seven six bond, equity, derivative pri, sec stock, capital market money market
C) three bond, equity and derivatives
D) two primary and secondary
  • 11. 11. The primary market is where __________ are created.
A) goods
B) second hand
C) securities
D) money
  • 12. 12. Examples of financial securities are as following except
A) stock
B) bond
C) money
D) shares
  • 13. 13. ____________ serves as a link between savers and investors.
A) capital market
B) money market
C) commodity market
D) labour market
  • 14. 14. The secondary market is also known as
A) Agbara Market
B) store
C) aftermarket
D) market
  • 15. 15 SEC means...................
A) The Standard and Exchange Commission
B) The Specimen and Exchange Corporation
C) The Security and Exchange Commission
D) Securities and Exchange Commission
  • 16. 16. public companies are required to file with the Commission on a periodic or annual basis, their audited financial statements and other returns which may be prescribed by the Commission from time to time, this is in which section
A) Section 55
B) Section 56
C) Section 60
D) Section 61
  • 17. 17. Registration of securities is in________section of the ISA 2007
A) Section 54 - 66
B) Section 61
C) Section 55
D) Section 56
  • 18. 18. ___________ supplies funds for fixed capital requirements.
A) Capital market
B) common market
C) money market
D) labour market
  • 19. 19. ___________ involves lending and borrowing for long term finance
A) Common market
B) Capital market
C) Money market
D) Commodity market
  • 20. 20. A retailer bought 10 refrigerators at #60,000 each with 5% discount allowed, calculate the discount allowed.
A) #60,000
B) #30,000
C) #3,000
D) #45,000
  • 21. 21. A retailer bought 10 refrigerators at #60,000 each with 5% discount allowed by seller. Calculate the amount payable by the retailer.
A) #600,000
B) #30,000
C) #60,000
D) #570,000
  • 22. 22. _____________ was the year Money Laundering (Prevention & Prohibition) and Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) in Nigeria
A) 2035
B) 2022
C) 2024
D) 1999
  • 23. 23. ---------------provides that no person shall operate in the Nigerian capital market as an expert or professional or in any other capacity without being registered with the Commission.
    .
A) SEC rules
B) CBN laws
C) NGX rules and regulations
D) Section 38 ISA 2007
  • 24. 24. ___________ stipulates that a capital market operator shall maintain separate accounts for transactions carried out on behalf of different clients.
A) Section 38 ISA 2007
B) Section 40 ISA 2007
C) SEC rules
D) CBN laws
  • 25. 25. ______________what section allows the SEC to Inspections, Investigations and use Commission powers to intervene in the affairs of a distressed capital market.
A) ISA 49
B) ISA 45 – 53
C) ISA 44
D) ISA 47
  • 26. 26. ____________ are the EFFECTS OF ML/TF ML except
A) Discourage FDI, distort international capital flows
B) Loss of lives and property Social instability, Loss of lives and property Social instability
C) make every citizen super rich in all they do
D) Negative consequences for a country’s financial stability and macroeconomic performance 
  • 27. 27. Gross profit is total sales less ___________
A) total amount
B) total costs
C) total sales
D) total revenue
  • 28. 28. What must be deducted from gross profit to arrive at net profit?
A) Overhead costs
B) Purchases
C) Return inwards
D) Sales
  • 29. 29. why ML/CFT occur
A) Lack of Moral Principles, Unethical Capitalism, Greed, Poverty, Ignorance, Injustice (Perceived)
B) unethical system only
C) greed only
D) poverty only
  • 30. 30. what is the usefulness of statement of cash flow ________
A) Make up
B) Discount allowed
C) Sales
D) provide cash movement
  • 31. What are the elements of financial reporting ______
A) assets, liabilities, fund balance/net assets, revenues, expenditures, and expenses
B) Selling
C) buying
D) fund
  • 32. What are Quantitative characteristics of financial reporting____________
A) violence
B) faithful representatives, relevant
C) greed
D) selfishness
  • 33. ___________are the some of the objectives of financial reporting
A) purity
B) trusthfulness
C) Managing cash flow Financial reporting Regulatory compliance Enhanced Transparency Decision-making Preparing financial statements Assess financial performance and position Kickstarting budgets and forecasts Meeting regulatory requirements
D) sincerity
  • 34. some of these are way we prevent corporate failure _______
A) Audited
B) Auditory
C) transparency
D) good corporate governance, Audited Account Auditory, accountability, transparency, responsibility, fairness, independence
  • 35. why is corporate Governance important ________
A) business growth and continuity
B) competition
C) fair sharing
D) more money more problem
  • 36. Derivatives contract help ____
A) food shortage
B) To mitigate against prices and loss, market efficiency, liquidity to investors,
C) liquidity
D) relationship in derivatives market
  • 37. out of the money means ______
A) that you lost in the price
B) you gain
C) you win
D) you are good
  • 38. in the money Is call ----------
A) loss
B) gain
C) all of the above
D) you win
  • 39. in ML/CFT Poverty,

    Ignorance,
    and
    Injustice (Perceived) is a ____________factor
A) PULL
B) LOSE
C) PUSH
D) CHOSE
  • 40. PUT is a ..........
A) buyinger
B) seller
C) layer
D) casher
  • 41. CALL is
A) fighter
B) seller
C) winner
D) buyer
  • 42. Call options means _________
A) is buying at a predetermined amount of a commodity
B) love calling
C) predestine
D) all of the above
  • 43. what is mark to market
A) Mark-to-market or fair value accounting is accounting for the "fair value" of an asset or liability based on the current market price, or the price for similar assets and liabilities, or based on another objectively assessed "fair" value.
B) Kennedy chain
C) unfair
D) luck
  • 44. what is futures,
A) payment of future loan and liabilities
B) In finance, a futures contract is a standardized legal contract to buy or sell something at a predetermined price for delivery at a specified time in the future, between parties not yet known to each other. The asset transacted is usually a commodity or financial instrument
C) payment that has no futures
D) loan without payment
  • 45. Futures contracts traded in exchange margin settled ---------------
A) monthly
B) yearly
C) daily
D) twice a year
  • 46. what are OTC
A) over the conterfit
B) over the conternedd
C) over the counter
D) over the candided
  • 47. Forward Contract must have a --------
A) goods
B) cash
C) delivery date
D) destination
  • 48. There are ____types of options types
A) 12
B) 3
C) 4
D) two ----Call options and PUTS options
  • 49. arbitrageurs means__________
A) not producing but can buy and sell to make profit they know who need the products buy low sell high
B) no debtors
C) no creditors
D) no money to buy
  • 50. market speculator are________
A) movers of market
B) market speculator inspectators
C) speculator
D) product that price will go up soon buying and selling taking position, for profit reasons
  • 51. market manipulator are ________ product
A) strenge price
B) good price
C) normal
D) peoples "transactions which create an artificial price or maintain an artificial price for a tradable
  • 52. The three 3 stages of money laundry are ____ _______ and ________
A) programe fund raising, placement in the market, mixing
B) layering placement and integration
C) programe fund raising, disguising the Fund, procurement of proliferation sensitive material and technology
D) all of the above
  • 53. Which of the following is not a type of security traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange?
A) Mutual Funds
B) Stocks
C) Real Estate
D) Bonds
  • 54. Which regulatory body is responsible for overseeing the Nigerian Stock Exchange?
A) Nigerian National Assembly
B) Central Bank of Nigeria
C) Nigerian Investment Promotion Council
D) Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission
  • 55. What is the current status of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in terms of demutualization?
A) In the process of
B) Partially demutualized
C) Fully demutualized
D) demutualization
  • 56. Which of the following sectors had the highest market capitalization on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as of April 2023?
A) Financial Services
B) Industrial Goods
C) Consumer Goods
D) Oil and Gas
  • 57. Which of the following is not a major stock index tracked by the Nigerian Stock Exchange?
A) NSE Banking Index
B) NSE 30 Index
C) NSE Europe Index
D) NSE Industrial Index
  • 58. these following Nigerian billionaires has a significant stake in the Nigerian Stock Exchange Except?
A) Tony Elumelu Mike Adenuga
B) Femi Otedola Mike Adenuga
C) Mike Adenuga Mike Adenuga
D) prince Mase
  • 59. What is the minimum market capitalization required for a company to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange’s Main Board?


    D. N
A) 3.2 billion
B) half billion
C) 1billion
D) not less than 50 billion
  • 60. Which of the following technologies has the Nigerian Stock Exchange implemented to improve the efficiency of its trading platform?
A) all of the above
B) Augmented Reality
C) Blockchain
D) Quantum Computing Artificial Intelligence
  • 61. Who is the current chairman of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
A) Mohammed Garuba
B) Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
C) Simdi Okoro
D) Samuel Oni
  • 62. Who is the current chairman of the SEC
A) Simdi Okoro
B) Samuel Oni
C) Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun
D) Mohammed Garuba
  • 63. What is the current market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as of April 2023?
A) NGN 5.9 trillion
B) NGN 6.9 trillion
C) NGN 50 trillion
D) NGN 56.9 trillion
  • 64. Which Nigerian Tech company became the first African company to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2019?
A) Zenith
B) Jumia
C) mtn
D) Dangote
  • 65. In which year was the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) established?
A) 1999
B) 1960
C) 1914
D) 1989
  • 66. In which year was SEC established?
A) 1977
B) 1991
C) 1979.
D) 2014
  • 67. What is the name of the Nigerian sovereign wealth fund that invests in Nigerian infrastructure and other projects?
A) Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)
B) Nigeria Sovereign Fund (NSF) Which Nigerian stock brokerage firm was suspe
C) all of the above
D) Nigerian Infrastructure Fund (NIF) Nigerian Investment Fund (NIF)
  • 68. Which Nigerian stock brokerage firm was suspended by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2020 for violating market regulations?
A) Briscoe (Nigeria) Plc, Union Dicon Salt Plc and Capital Oil Plc
B) zenith
C) gtb
D) Dangote
  • 69. The document governing public documents is called ------------
A) book
B) tool
C) A prospectus
D) suspense
  • 70. what is Merger Takeover and Acquisition
A) lovetogether
B) block chain
C) Mergers and acquisitions are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. This could happen through direct absorption, a merger, a tender offer or a hostil
D) merging group
  • 71. What is the full meaning FCCPC
A) Federal Protection Commission
B) Federal Consumer Protection Commission
C) Federal Competition and Consumer commission
D) Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
  • 72. crowdfunding Minimum percent of an offer is------------subscription
A) 30%
B) 50%
C) 20%
D) 10%
  • 73. crowdfunding public offer should be between__________
A) 15 weeks
B) 4 weeks and other 2 weeks 6 weeks
C) 2 week
D) 1 week
  • 74. CMOs cash limited is _______with cash transactions
A) 30,000 is the Threshold allowed for cash transaction for CMO
B) 40,000 is the Threshold allowed for cash transaction for CMO
C) 20,000 is the Threshold allowed for cash transaction for CMO
D) 50,000 is the Threshold allowed for cash transaction for CMO
  • 75. _____section stipulates that a securities dealer, investment adviser, underwriter or an associated person of a securities dealer should disclose any likely conflict of interest with respect to the securities he is dealing with
A) Section 100
B) Section 10
C) Section 50
D) Section 80
  • 76. the Sanction for manipulating market is_______
A) 500,000 is the section for giving out loans to staff to manipulate market.
B) 50,000
C) 200,000
D) daily sanction of 12,000
  • 77. Collective investment scheme financial base -----------
A) 10m
B) 2m
C) 4m
D) 100m, professional fund, building
  • 78. CIS means _______
A) Collective invest scheme
B) Collective investment scheme
C) Collection investment scheme
D) Collective investment school
  • 79. _________is the use of investors protection funds
A) a fund to cater for that issues like professional misconduct …….insurance
B) fund to use
C) fund to spending
D) fund for thief
  • 80. _________is the amount use for small merger
A) 1billion
B) 30billion
C) below 500,000……
D) 2billion
  • 81. __________ is the amount require in large merger
A) 1billion
B) 2billion
C) half billiom
D) above 5 billion
  • 82. how many member forms the IST ……….
A) 5
B) 10
C) 9
D) 2
  • 83. what is IST
A) investment securities tribunal
B) invest securities tribunal
C) insider security
D) all of the above
  • 84. _________can sue SEC yes but Pre action notice ----------
A) 14day
B) 4 day
C) 1 day
D) 6 day
  • 85. what is takeover bid
A) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control terrorism
B) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control of company usually 51 percent above
C) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control of cmo
D) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control of someone's wife
  • 86. what is the full meaning of ML/CFT
A) bad cash Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
B) Hopeful Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
C) cool Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
D) Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
  • 87. who are custodians
A) is a securities dealer
B) financial insgtitions
C) is a bank
D) A custodian bank, or simply custodian, is a specialized financial institution responsible for providing securities services. It provides post-trade services and solutions for asset owners, asset managers, banks and broker-dealers. It is not engaged in "traditional" commercial or consumer/retail bank
  • 88. Responsibility of company internal control functions rest on ----------
A) you
B) Board of Directors
C) ceo
D) manager
  • 89. -------------are responsible for signing of official audited accounts
A) Auditor
B) SEC
C) manager
D) CFO/ MD
  • 90. what is Fidelity bond
A) Fidelity bond, is an insurance cover over protection
B) fund use for terrorism
C) fund keept for investment
D) to finance govt
  • 91. What is ISPO
A) Govt money
B) FGovt standing order to pay back in case of default
C) money in bank
D) paper investment
  • 92. how many members constitute investor protection fund
A) 9 members
B) 2 members
C) 5 members
D) 3 members
  • 93. how many members constitute the board of SEC
A) 2members
B) 10 members
C) 5 members
D) 9 members
  • 94. What is the amount of sanction a CMO will pay if they cant produce the following record ……………..500,000
A) 200,000
B) 400,000
C) 300,000
D) 500,000
  • 95. what are the funding sources of the Tribunal ……..
A) Subvention from Govt and other donations
B) fid income
C) stolen money
D) tax
  • 96. Market dealers that hold like liquidity two way source is called …..
A) twin
B) market makers
C) killer
D) lover
  • 97. SROs report is to get to SEC in ------days
A) 5 working days
B) 4 working days
C) 7 working days
D) 6 working days
  • 98. what is the full meaning of CSD
A) central securities depository
B) central securities depository CSD
C) central securities deposito
D) central security depository
  • 99. Delivery VS free means ____
A) hight payment
B) for quadrilateral payment with asset
C) GDP payment
D) low payment
  • 100. what is dual listing ________
A) single side listing
B) duplicate listing
C) poor listing
D) listed in both side
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