The Quirks of QRM
Friendly Freddie
Fannie Fables
The Not-So-Great Ginnie
Office Riddles
100
Name two ways someone can access QRM.

Acceptable answers:

1. Through the browser

2. Via Citrix Workspace

3. Desktop version

100

What is the acronym commonly used to refer to Freddie Mac?

FHLMC

Bonus Points!  What does the acronym mean?

100

What does FNMA stand for?

Federal National Mortgage Association

100

What does GNMA stand for?

Government National Mortgage Association

100

What has hands, but is unable to clap them?

A clock.

200

True or false: it is okay to manually export Ginnie pools.

False

200

True or false: labels cannot be created outside of Freddie.

True

200

True or false:  the labels need to be put in loan order before printing.

False because unlike Freddie, the labels are already in loan order.

200

True or false: no OTP (one time passcode) is required when logging in to Ginnie.

False

200

I have many keys, but no locks. I have space, but no rooms. You may enter, but you may not go outside. What am I?

A keyboard.

300
Poolers who take ownership of a pool are referred to as what in QRM?

A Shipper.

300

What are the official names of the two types of edits in Freddie?

Warnings and Critical

Bonus Points!  Name the third tab that usually appears while in a loan in Freddie and is found next to the Warnings and Critical tabs.

300

What are the official names of the two types of edits in Fannie?

Warning and Fatal

300

Today we use SFPDM to process Ginnie pools, but prior to that we used what?

GinnieNET

300

What starts with an e, but only has one letter?

An envelope.

400

What is the official name of the QRM reported printed at the end of processing a pool and that is given along with the control log to a team lead to check?

(Hint: 6 words)

Loans Selected For Allocation Detail Report

400

What group does someone email if they receive the Freddie warning edit "Please confirm the HMDA Rate Spread Percent (Closing) is correct. A HMDA Rate Spread Percent (Closing) greater than or equal to 1.5% potentially identifies this loan as a Higher Priced Mortgage Loan (HPML) as defined by the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)."

None because the edit is kept as a warning.

400

A new pooler approaches you in confusion and asks about the Fannie fatal edit "When DU indicates a First Time Homebuyer, then the 1st Time Homebuyer flag should be 'Yes' in Loan Delivery."  You respond by saying they should write what in the edit email?

DU Submission # [] has the borrower as a First-Time Homebuyer, but NETO/Empower does not.

Bonus Points!  What is the SFC?

400

When do you normally submit a pool in Ginnie SFPDM?

After the pool has cleared Validation and a team lead reviewed it.

Bonus Points!  Name the exception.

400

I have pointed fangs, and I sit and wait. I have piercing force, and I crunch with weight. I grab my victims, but they do not fight. I join them each with a single, quick bite. What am I?

A stapler.

500

What button in QRM causes the "Loading library topic..." download if you click it.

Library

Double Jeopardy!  Name where in QRM it is located.

500

What is the official name of the link someone clicks to get to the page where they can build their pool in Freddie?

Build Form 1034E

500

What are the Fannie meanings behind a red square, a yellow triangle, and a green circle.

A red square indicates a fatal edit, a yellow triangle indicates a warning edit, and a green circle indicates edits pass.

500

When updating a pool's UPB, do you round up or down?

Down

500

There is one of me in every corner, but two of me in every room. What am I?

The letter O.

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