Financial literacy Test questions &
answers graded A+
W-4 - ANS ✔✔A federal tax form filled out by an employee to indicate the amount that should
be withheld from his/her paycheck for taxes.
W-2 - ANS ✔✔A statement of an individual's annual wages and taxes provided by an employer
that must be included with the employee's federal, state, and city income tax returns.
Unemployment insurance - ANS ✔✔payments to people who lost their jobs; previous
employers make the payments.
Workers compensation - ANS ✔✔A form of insurance paid by the employer providing cash
benefits to workers injured or disabled in the course of employment.
Allowance - ANS ✔✔a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for
changes in the value of a company's assets
Social security tax - ANS ✔✔A federal tax paid for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance
Medicare tax - ANS ✔✔a federal tax paid for hospital insurance
Overtime pay - ANS ✔✔Required for nonexempt workers under FLSA at 1.5 times the regular
rate of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek
answers graded A+
W-4 - ANS ✔✔A federal tax form filled out by an employee to indicate the amount that should
be withheld from his/her paycheck for taxes.
W-2 - ANS ✔✔A statement of an individual's annual wages and taxes provided by an employer
that must be included with the employee's federal, state, and city income tax returns.
Unemployment insurance - ANS ✔✔payments to people who lost their jobs; previous
employers make the payments.
Workers compensation - ANS ✔✔A form of insurance paid by the employer providing cash
benefits to workers injured or disabled in the course of employment.
Allowance - ANS ✔✔a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for
changes in the value of a company's assets
Social security tax - ANS ✔✔A federal tax paid for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance
Medicare tax - ANS ✔✔a federal tax paid for hospital insurance
Overtime pay - ANS ✔✔Required for nonexempt workers under FLSA at 1.5 times the regular
rate of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek