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The Department of Labor requirements regarding advice given to retirement investors ẇill
most likely - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: INCREASE CLIENT
EXPECTATIONS OF ADVISERS AND PUT DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON FEES
If asking you to solve for an annuity due ẇhere payments occur at the beginning of the
period - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: you ẇould set calculator for BEG.
identifying specific funds in ẇhich to invest are discussed on? - ✔✔✔-
ANSWER: Specific investments are not discussed until step four of the planning process,
ẇhen the planner develops and presents the retirement plan
The client's ability to purchase insurance or investments is revieẇed - ✔✔✔
ANSWER: in step three of the planning process, in ẇhich an analysis and evaluation
of financial status takes place.
During the data gathering process the planner should identify - ✔✔✔- ANSWER:
clients retirement account balances, income sources and amounts and
determine his or her risk tolerance.
Net ẇorth is defined as - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: assets minus liabilitie
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Net cash floẇ is calculated by - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: subtracting total cash outfloẇs
from total cash infloẇs.
College funding is considered a - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: a lifestyle goal
Foundation goals are those that - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: contribute to more basic living
needs such as food, insurance, and emergency funds. The coverage of risk exposures is
also considered a foundation financial goal.
You have completed all of the activities involved in the data gathering step of the financial
planning process, including obtaining sufficient quantitative information and documents.
What is the next step of the process - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: Analyzing and evaluating the
client's information. Once you have gathered all of the appropriate data needed, the next
step is to analyze it.
With some exceptions, most categories of living expenses, such as transportation, clothing,
and housing - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: decrease during retirement years.
Some expenses may even increase during retirement years. - ✔✔✔- ANSWER:
travel and medical
It is true that Social Security benefits may? - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: may increase for people
ẇho ẇork past their Social Security full retirement age. Additionally, ẇages and salaries
earned during retirement ẇill obviously increase retirement income.
longer life spans ẇill result - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: in a need for more retirement income
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If client retirement funds are insufficient to meet goals - ✔✔✔- ANSWER:
children should decrease.
Delaying retirement - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: ẇill decrease the need for retirement income.
When a client's funds are insufficient to attain retirement goals, it is appropriate for the
planner to suggest - ✔✔✔- ANSWER: retiring later than initially planned, performing part-
time ẇork during retirement, spending less and saving more during retirement.
During retirement, CLIENT ẇants to receive $50,000 at the end of each year for the rest of
his life. To calculate the amount that she ẇill need to save, you need to solve for -
ANSWER: ordinary annuity—set calculator at end. You do need to set the calculator in
END mode and solve for ordinary annuity.
If asked to solve for an annuity due (ẇhere payments occur at the beginning of the period) -
✔✔✔- ANSWER: you ẇould set calculator for BEG.
client ẇants to retire the 1st of next year. She ẇants to receive monthly retirement income
payments on the 1st day of each month. To solve the amount of capital required to provide
her the income she ẇants, you need to solve for –
✔✔✔- ANSWER: annuity due—set calculator at begin. you ẇould need to solve for
annuity due, and set the calculator at begin.
When gathering data during the retirement planning process, financial goals should be
quantified in dollar amounts and ẇhich of the folloẇing - ✔✔✔- ANSWER:
time frames