GISI Foundation Practice Questions - GISI Securities Course Foundation Level Exam - GISI Foundation Practice Questions - GISI Securities Course Foundation Level Exam

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the difference between ethics and law in the Ghanaian securities market?

Law dictates what is legal, whereas ethics outlines what is morally right and professional, often setting a higher standard than the minimum required by law. Law and ethics are identical, meaning that any action that is legal is also ethical. Ethics is enforced by the courts with criminal penalties, whereas law is only monitored by SROs. Ethics only applies to retail clients, whereas securities laws apply exclusively to institutional players.

Correct Answer:

Law dictates what is legal, whereas ethics outlines what is morally right and professional, often setting a higher standard than the minimum required by law.

Question 2

An investment advisor at a Ghanaian brokerage firm owns shares in a local agricultural company and intends to recommend these shares to retail clients. Under the GISI Code of Conduct, what is the advisor's immediate obligation?

Sell all agricultural shares immediately before making the recommendation. Disclose the personal shareholding clearly to the clients before they make an investment decision. Recommend the shares without disclosure, provided they believe the recommendation is suitable. Transfer the shares to a family member to avoid a conflict of interest.

Correct Answer:

Disclose the personal shareholding clearly to the clients before they make an investment decision.

Question 3

Which of the following actions constitutes 'painting the tape' in the context of market manipulation?

Buying and selling securities among colluding parties to create a false appearance of high trading volume and activity. Publishing a false research report that understates a company's earnings to buy the stock at a lower price. Trading on non-public material information obtained from a corporate insider. Failing to execute a customer's order at the best available price on the exchange.

Correct Answer:

Buying and selling securities among colluding parties to create a false appearance of high trading volume and activity.

Question 4

What is the primary objective of 'suitability' rules in the GISI Code of Conduct?

To ensure that investment recommendations align with the client's financial situation, investment objectives, and risk tolerance. To guarantee that the client makes a profit on every recommended security transaction. To ensure that broker-dealers only recommend government-backed securities to retail clients. To maximize the commission revenues generated by the licensed dealing member (LDM).

Correct Answer:

To ensure that investment recommendations align with the client's financial situation, investment objectives, and risk tolerance.

Question 5

Which of the following scenarios describes the ethical violation known as 'churning'?

An advisor executes excessive trades in a client's discretionary account primarily to generate commission income for the firm. An advisor delays the execution of a client's sell order to allow their own account to sell first. A broker-dealer spreads negative rumors about a competitor firm to win over their clients. An issuer fails to disclose a significant drop in quarterly profits before launching an IPO.

Correct Answer:

An advisor executes excessive trades in a client's discretionary account primarily to generate commission income for the firm.

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