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SEC EXAM
Contributed by: Goodluckprince
(Original author: College)
  • 1. 1. What is RIBA in Islamic Finance
A) 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
B) Sukuk Sukuk is the Arabic name for financial certificates, also commonly referred to as "sharia compliant" bonds
C) all of the above
D) Haram forbidden or unlawful. In the case of Islamic finance,
  • 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) Date in lodgment
B) Date in borrowing
C) the last day of transaction that will qualify for dividend same as qualification date
D) Date in imprisonment
  • 4. 4. Which of the following regulates the capital market?
A) The SEC
B) The CBN
C) The CIBN
D) GTB, Zenith, UBA, and custodians
  • 5. 5. Securities and Exchange Commissions Act according to (Okigbo Panel) was __________
A) 1976
B) 1977
C) 1978
D) 1979
  • 6. 6. Investments and Securities Act according to (Odife Panel) was _______
A) 1996
B) 1909
C) 1999
D) 1998
  • 7. 7. one of the function of SEC is to ........................
A) charitable purpose using Fund
B) make Loss and Gain
C) Act as the apex regulatory body for the Nigerian capital market
D) buy big cars and big houses for CMO
  • 8. 8. IFRS is _____________ base
A) rule
B) principles
C) rules
D) prinpal rate time equal to 100
  • 9. 9. IFRS and GAAP means ____________
A) None of the above
B) International Financial Reporting Standards, Generally accepted accounting principles
C) International Financial Reporting Standards, Generally accept
D) Generally accepted accounting price
  • 10. 10. Capital markets are of _________ major types.
A) two primary and secondary
B) seven six bond, equity, derivative pri, sec stock, capital market money market
C) three bond, equity and derivatives
D) six bond, equity, derivative pri, sec stock
  • 11. 11. The primary market is where __________ are created.
A) money
B) goods
C) second hand
D) securities
  • 12. 12. Examples of financial securities are as following except
A) shares
B) bond
C) money
D) stock
  • 13. 13. ____________ serves as a link between savers and investors.
A) capital market
B) labour market
C) commodity market
D) money market
  • 14. 14. The secondary market is also known as
A) market
B) aftermarket
C) Agbara Market
D) store
  • 15. 15 SEC means...................
A) The Specimen and Exchange Corporation
B) Securities and Exchange Commission
C) The Standard and Exchange Commission
D) The Security 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 60
C) Section 56
D) Section 61
  • 17. 17. Registration of securities is in________section of the ISA 2007
A) Section 56
B) Section 61
C) Section 54 - 66
D) Section 55
  • 18. 18. ___________ supplies funds for fixed capital requirements.
A) money market
B) Capital market
C) common market
D) labour market
  • 19. 19. ___________ involves lending and borrowing for long term finance
A) Commodity market
B) Common market
C) Money market
D) Capital market
  • 20. 20. A retailer bought 10 refrigerators at #60,000 each with 5% discount allowed, calculate the discount allowed.
A) #60,000
B) #45,000
C) #30,000
D) #3,000
  • 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) #60,000
B) #570,000
C) #600,000
D) #30,000
  • 22. 22. _____________ was the year Money Laundering (Prevention & Prohibition) and Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) in Nigeria
A) 2022
B) 2035
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) CBN laws
B) Section 38 ISA 2007
C) NGX rules and regulations
D) SEC rules
  • 24. 24. ___________ stipulates that a capital market operator shall maintain separate accounts for transactions carried out on behalf of different clients.
A) Section 40 ISA 2007
B) CBN laws
C) Section 38 ISA 2007
D) SEC rules
  • 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 44
B) ISA 45 – 53
C) ISA 49
D) ISA 47
  • 26. 26. ____________ are the EFFECTS OF ML/TF ML except
A) Loss of lives and property Social instability, Loss of lives and property Social instability
B) make every citizen super rich in all they do
C) Negative consequences for a country’s financial stability and macroeconomic performance 
D) Discourage FDI, distort international capital flows
  • 27. 27. Gross profit is total sales less ___________
A) total amount
B) total sales
C) total revenue
D) total costs
  • 28. 28. What must be deducted from gross profit to arrive at net profit?
A) Return inwards
B) Overhead costs
C) Purchases
D) Sales
  • 29. 29. why ML/CFT occur
A) unethical system only
B) greed only
C) Lack of Moral Principles, Unethical Capitalism, Greed, Poverty, Ignorance, Injustice (Perceived)
D) poverty only
  • 30. 30. what is the usefulness of statement of cash flow ________
A) Make up
B) Sales
C) provide cash movement
D) Discount allowed
  • 31. What are the elements of financial reporting ______
A) buying
B) fund
C) assets, liabilities, fund balance/net assets, revenues, expenditures, and expenses
D) Selling
  • 32. What are Quantitative characteristics of financial reporting____________
A) faithful representatives, relevant
B) violence
C) greed
D) selfishness
  • 33. ___________are the some of the objectives of financial reporting
A) trusthfulness
B) 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
C) purity
D) sincerity
  • 34. some of these are way we prevent corporate failure _______
A) good corporate governance, Audited Account Auditory, accountability, transparency, responsibility, fairness, independence
B) transparency
C) Auditory
D) Audited
  • 35. why is corporate Governance important ________
A) business growth and continuity
B) fair sharing
C) more money more problem
D) competition
  • 36. Derivatives contract help ____
A) relationship in derivatives market
B) To mitigate against prices and loss, market efficiency, liquidity to investors,
C) food shortage
D) liquidity
  • 37. out of the money means ______
A) you gain
B) you are good
C) that you lost in the price
D) you win
  • 38. in the money Is call ----------
A) gain
B) you win
C) all of the above
D) loss
  • 39. in ML/CFT Poverty,

    Ignorance,
    and
    Injustice (Perceived) is a ____________factor
A) PULL
B) PUSH
C) CHOSE
D) LOSE
  • 40. PUT is a ..........
A) seller
B) casher
C) layer
D) buyinger
  • 41. CALL is
A) buyer
B) seller
C) fighter
D) winner
  • 42. Call options means _________
A) predestine
B) all of the above
C) is buying at a predetermined amount of a commodity
D) love calling
  • 43. what is mark to market
A) luck
B) Kennedy chain
C) 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.
D) unfair
  • 44. what is futures,
A) loan without payment
B) payment of future loan and liabilities
C) 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
D) payment that has no futures
  • 45. Futures contracts traded in exchange margin settled ---------------
A) yearly
B) daily
C) twice a year
D) monthly
  • 46. what are OTC
A) over the conternedd
B) over the conterfit
C) over the counter
D) over the candided
  • 47. Forward Contract must have a --------
A) cash
B) goods
C) destination
D) delivery date
  • 48. There are ____types of options types
A) 4
B) 12
C) 3
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 creditors
C) no debtors
D) no money to buy
  • 50. market speculator are________
A) product that price will go up soon buying and selling taking position, for profit reasons
B) movers of market
C) speculator
D) market speculator inspectators
  • 51. market manipulator are ________ product
A) strenge price
B) good price
C) peoples "transactions which create an artificial price or maintain an artificial price for a tradable
D) normal
  • 52. The three 3 stages of money laundry are ____ _______ and ________
A) programe fund raising, disguising the Fund, procurement of proliferation sensitive material and technology
B) all of the above
C) layering placement and integration
D) programe fund raising, placement in the market, mixing
  • 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) Central Bank of Nigeria
B) Nigerian Investment Promotion Council
C) Nigerian National Assembly
D) Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission
  • 55. What is the current status of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in terms of demutualization?
A) Partially demutualized
B) Fully demutualized
C) demutualization
D) In the process of
  • 56. Which of the following sectors had the highest market capitalization on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as of April 2023?
A) Industrial Goods
B) Consumer Goods
C) Oil and Gas
D) Financial Services
  • 57. Which of the following is not a major stock index tracked by the Nigerian Stock Exchange?
A) NSE Industrial Index
B) NSE 30 Index
C) NSE Europe Index
D) NSE Banking Index
  • 58. these following Nigerian billionaires has a significant stake in the Nigerian Stock Exchange Except?
A) Mike Adenuga Mike Adenuga
B) Femi Otedola Mike Adenuga
C) prince Mase
D) Tony Elumelu Mike Adenuga
  • 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) 1billion
B) not less than 50 billion
C) 3.2 billion
D) half billion
  • 60. Which of the following technologies has the Nigerian Stock Exchange implemented to improve the efficiency of its trading platform?
A) Augmented Reality
B) all of the above
C) Quantum Computing Artificial Intelligence
D) Blockchain
  • 61. Who is the current chairman of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
A) Mohammed Garuba
B) Samuel Oni
C) Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
D) Simdi Okoro
  • 62. Who is the current chairman of the SEC
A) Mohammed Garuba
B) Samuel Oni
C) Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun
D) Simdi Okoro
  • 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 56.9 trillion
D) NGN 50 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) 1989
B) 1999
C) 1960
D) 1914
  • 66. In which year was SEC established?
A) 1991
B) 1977
C) 2014
D) 1979.
  • 67. What is the name of the Nigerian sovereign wealth fund that invests in Nigerian infrastructure and other projects?
A) Nigeria Sovereign Fund (NSF) Which Nigerian stock brokerage firm was suspe
B) all of the above
C) Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)
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) Dangote
C) zenith
D) gtb
  • 69. The document governing public documents is called ------------
A) suspense
B) A prospectus
C) tool
D) book
  • 70. what is Merger Takeover and Acquisition
A) merging group
B) lovetogether
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) block chain
  • 71. What is the full meaning FCCPC
A) Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
B) Federal Competition and Consumer commission
C) Federal Consumer Protection Commission
D) Federal Protection Commission
  • 72. crowdfunding Minimum percent of an offer is------------subscription
A) 50%
B) 30%
C) 20%
D) 10%
  • 73. crowdfunding public offer should be between__________
A) 4 weeks and other 2 weeks 6 weeks
B) 1 week
C) 2 week
D) 15 weeks
  • 74. CMOs cash limited is _______with cash transactions
A) 20,000 is the Threshold allowed for cash transaction for CMO
B) 30,000 is the Threshold allowed for cash transaction for CMO
C) 40,000 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 80
C) Section 10
D) Section 50
  • 76. the Sanction for manipulating market is_______
A) 50,000
B) daily sanction of 12,000
C) 500,000 is the section for giving out loans to staff to manipulate market.
D) 200,000
  • 77. Collective investment scheme financial base -----------
A) 10m
B) 4m
C) 2m
D) 100m, professional fund, building
  • 78. CIS means _______
A) Collective investment scheme
B) Collective invest scheme
C) Collective investment school
D) Collection investment scheme
  • 79. _________is the use of investors protection funds
A) a fund to cater for that issues like professional misconduct …….insurance
B) fund for thief
C) fund to use
D) fund to spending
  • 80. _________is the amount use for small merger
A) 1billion
B) below 500,000……
C) 30billion
D) 2billion
  • 81. __________ is the amount require in large merger
A) above 5 billion
B) 2billion
C) 1billion
D) half billiom
  • 82. how many member forms the IST ……….
A) 10
B) 9
C) 5
D) 2
  • 83. what is IST
A) insider security
B) investment securities tribunal
C) invest securities tribunal
D) all of the above
  • 84. _________can sue SEC yes but Pre action notice ----------
A) 4 day
B) 1 day
C) 6 day
D) 14day
  • 85. what is takeover bid
A) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control of company usually 51 percent above
B) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control of cmo
C) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control of someone's wife
D) Takeover bid an offer that is use to take control terrorism
  • 86. what is the full meaning of ML/CFT
A) cool Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
B) Hopeful Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
C) bad cash Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
D) Money Laundering and Combating the Financing
  • 87. who are custodians
A) 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
B) financial insgtitions
C) is a securities dealer
D) is a bank
  • 88. Responsibility of company internal control functions rest on ----------
A) Board of Directors
B) you
C) manager
D) ceo
  • 89. -------------are responsible for signing of official audited accounts
A) CFO/ MD
B) manager
C) Auditor
D) SEC
  • 90. what is Fidelity bond
A) to finance govt
B) fund use for terrorism
C) Fidelity bond, is an insurance cover over protection
D) fund keept for investment
  • 91. What is ISPO
A) paper investment
B) Govt money
C) money in bank
D) FGovt standing order to pay back in case of default
  • 92. how many members constitute investor protection fund
A) 2 members
B) 3 members
C) 9 members
D) 5 members
  • 93. how many members constitute the board of SEC
A) 9 members
B) 5 members
C) 10 members
D) 2members
  • 94. What is the amount of sanction a CMO will pay if they cant produce the following record ……………..500,000
A) 300,000
B) 200,000
C) 400,000
D) 500,000
  • 95. what are the funding sources of the Tribunal ……..
A) Subvention from Govt and other donations
B) tax
C) fid income
D) stolen money
  • 96. Market dealers that hold like liquidity two way source is called …..
A) killer
B) twin
C) lover
D) market makers
  • 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 deposito
B) central securities depository CSD
C) central securities depository
D) central security depository
  • 99. Delivery VS free means ____
A) low payment
B) hight payment
C) GDP payment
D) for quadrilateral payment with asset
  • 100. what is dual listing ________
A) single side listing
B) listed in both side
C) poor listing
D) duplicate listing
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