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Finra Series-63 Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Definitions of Investment Advisers: This section of the exam measures the skills of compliance officers and covers the definitions of investment advisers, including activities that require registration and exclusions from registration. It focuses on understanding the roles and responsibilities of investment advisers and how they are regulated.
- Topic 2: Regulations of Investment Adviser Representatives: This section of the exam measures the skills of investment adviser representatives and covers the definition of an investment adviser representative, activities requiring registration, and exclusions from registration. It emphasizes the importance of registration for individuals providing advisory services.
- Topic 3: Regulations of Broker-Dealers: This section of the exam measures the skills of broker-dealer managers and covers the definition of a broker-dealer, registration, and post-registration requirements, and activities that require registration. It also includes the supervision of broker-dealer agents, highlighting the regulatory framework for broker-dealers.
- Topic 4: Regulations of Agents of Broker-Dealers: This section of the exam measures the skills of the target audience and covers the definition of an agent of a broker-dealer, registration and post-registration requirements, and activities that require registration. It includes updating uniform forms and understanding exclusions from registration.
- Topic 5: Regulations of Securities and Issuers: This section of the exam measures the skills of Investment analysts and covers the definition of securities and issuers, state registration and post-registration requirements, exemptions from registration, and state enforcement and antifraud authority. It focuses on understanding how securities are regulated at the state level.
- Topic 6: Remedies and Administrative Provisions: This section of the exam measures the skills of regulatory specialists and covers administrative actions, other penalties, and liabilities related to securities violations. It emphasizes the legal and administrative processes involved in enforcing securities regulations.
- Topic 7: Communication with Customers and Prospects: This section of the exam measures the skills of the target professionals in product disclosures, unlawful representations concerning broker-dealer agent registration, performance guarantee prohibition, customer agreements, and correspondence and advertising regulations. It includes social media, email/digital messaging, and website communications.
- Topic 8: Ethical Practices and Obligations: This section of the exam measures the skills of Compliance Officers and covers compensation structures such as fees and commissions, customer funds and securities management, conflicts of interest, and other ethics issues like excessive trading and insider trading. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining ethical standards in the securities industry.
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Note: Premium Questions for Series-63 were last updated On Aug. 30, 2026 (see below)
What criminal penalties are specified for ''willful violations'' of the Uniform Securities Act?
The criminal penalties specified by the Uniform Securities Act for ''willful violations'' of the act are up to 3 years in prison or a $5,000 fine, or both, for each violation.
Jack and Jill are a newly married couple in their mid-20s. They are determined to retire by the time they are 50 and have arranged a meeting with a representative of Professional Investment Advisers to structure a financial plan that will allow them to achieve this goal.
The representative, Mr. Hill, advises them to invest at least 60% of their money in bond funds to minimize the risk of loss on the way to their goal. Mr. Hill has
Mr. Hill has made an unsuitable recommendation in recommending a 60% investment in bonds to clients in their mid-20s with an investment goal of early retirement, and his license can be suspended or revoked because of this. Bonds do not generate the returns that stocks do, and Jack and Jill are unlikely to be able to retire by the time they are 50 with such a high percentage invested in bonds. Given their investment time horizon, they can invest in growth and aggressive growth stocks, which offer significantly higher returns and will advance them toward their goal, since they can ride the waves of the up and down markets. This, of course, assumes that they are risk-tolerant enough to do so. There has been no fraud since a couple in their mid-20s can retire by the time they turn 50 if they have reasonably well-paying jobs, are frugal, and invest wisely.
An investment adviser suggests that his client, Arnold, a 74-year old gentleman, should consider a reallocation of the assets in his portfolio. The adviser tells Arnold that he has far too much invested in bonds, which don't earn as much as stocks. He advises Arnold to take 80% of the money he has in bonds and invest it in an aggressive growth mutual fund that has provided an average annual return of 40% over the past three years. Arnold is impressed and follows this advice. Shortly thereafter, there is a steep drop in the market in general, and the net asset value of the aggressive growth mutual fund falls 85%.
Does Arnold have any remedies available to him?
If Arnold loses his money because he took the advice of his investment adviser and reallocated a large percentage of his money from bonds to an aggressive growth mutual fund, he can sue the investment adviser in civil court for the amount of his losses, plus interest, court costs, and attorneys' fees. The courts do not award damages for ''pain and suffering'' in these cases. The investment adviser failed in his fiduciary responsibility to Arnold in recommending that a 74-year old man reallocate a large percentage of his money from the relative safety of bonds to the much riskier investment of an aggressive growth mutual fund.
Once a person has filed an application with the Administrator, and in doing so has truthfully disclosed every material fact, how long does the Administrator have after the effective date of the registration to commence a proceeding to deny, suspend, or revoke that person's license based on those facts?
If a person has appropriately and truthfully disclosed every material fact on its application for registration, the Administrator has 90 days after the registration becomes effective to commence a proceeding to deny, suspend, or revoke the license. If the Administrator has known about the fact for longer than this, he may not begin a proceeding against that person according to the Uniform Securities Act.
MoeMoney Investment Advisers uses the services of two broker-dealers exclusively when it executes trades for its clients' accounts. The larger of the two broker-dealers provides MoeMoney with research from its analyst department in return for the business and also serves as the custodian for some of MoeMoney's clients' accounts. The smaller of the two broker-dealers picks up the utility bill for MoeMoney. MoeMoney is careful to disclose this form of ''soft dollar'' compensation to its clients.
Is it in violation of any securities laws?
Yes. MoeMoney is in violation of securities laws in accepting payment of its utility bills for directing business to the smaller broker-dealer because this form of soft dollar compensation is prohibited. Some forms of soft dollar compensation are permitted, such as the research and custodial services MoeMoney receives from the larger broker-dealer, but the payment of any office overhead expense is not. Allowed soft dollar compensation is deemed to benefit both the investment adviser and its clients; soft dollars that seem to benefit only the adviser are not allowed.
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