Deposit account - Quiz
  • 1. What is the nature of the relationship between a bank and a depositor?
A) Debtor-creditor
B) Partnership
C) Shareholder-corporation
D) Employer-employee
  • 2. How is a customer's deposit recorded on a bank's balance sheet?
A) As a liability
B) As equity
C) As revenue
D) As an asset
  • 3. What happens to the legal title of cash when a customer deposits it into an account?
A) The customer surrenders it to the bank
B) The customer retains it
C) It is held by a third-party trustee
D) It remains with the central bank
  • 4. What is the process called where banks lend out most of the money deposited by customers?
A) Fractional-reserve banking
B) Direct lending
C) Central banking
D) Full-reserve banking
  • 5. What is the primary way banks avoid using physical cash for payments?
A) Increasing interest rates
B) Selling bank assets
C) Printing more currency
D) Transferring ownership of deposits
  • 6. Which of the following is considered an asset of a bank?
A) Customer withdrawal rights
B) The cash received from a deposit
C) The interest owed to customers
D) The deposit liability
  • 7. What does the term 'withdraw' mean in the context of banking?
A) Borrowing funds from a lender
B) Paying money into an account
C) Taking money out of an account
D) Transferring funds between banks
  • 8. What do commercial banks create when they issue a loan by depositing proceeds into a checking account?
A) Physical banknotes
B) Central bank reserves
C) Economic money
D) Legal tender
  • 9. What determines the methods a customer uses to move money into or out of an account?
A) The central bank's policy
B) The bank's physical location
C) The terms and conditions of the account
D) The type of currency used
  • 10. On the bank's books, when $100 is deposited, what is debited?
A) The interest expense account
B) The equity account
C) The cash account
D) The deposits liability account
  • 11. Which types of accounts are specifically mentioned as examples of deposit accounts?
A) Investment and brokerage accounts
B) Tax and retirement accounts
C) Savings and current accounts
D) Credit and loan accounts
  • 12. What does the account balance represent from the bank's perspective?
A) An amount owed by the bank to the customer
B) An amount owed by the customer to the bank
C) The physical cash stored in the vault
D) The total profit earned by the bank
  • 13. What allows banks to pay interest on deposits?
A) Printing new banknotes
B) Investing in the stock market
C) Charging customers for every transaction
D) Earning interest on assets from lending
  • 14. In financial statements, the noun 'deposit' describes what?
A) The profit made on loans
B) The physical funds held by the bank
C) The liability owed by the bank
D) The operational cost of the bank
  • 15. How do banks effectively increase the money supply?
A) By recording loans as deposit liabilities
B) By restricting withdrawals
C) By physically printing more currency
D) By reducing the interest paid on savings
  • 16. Besides deposit insurance, what else may protect bank deposits?
A) Government guarantee scheme
B) Customer loyalty programs
C) Corporate tax breaks
D) Internal bank audits
  • 17. Which of the following is an example of a statutory regulation mentioned in the text?
A) Office hour regulations
B) Marketing guidelines
C) Customer service standards
D) Reserve requirements
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