OB
Personal Finance
Math (Calculator required + 2 mins given)
General NSCC
Misc.
100

Define diversity

Diversity refers to the ways people are similar or different to each other

100

Which is better: a high credit score, or a lower credit score?

Higher credit score
100

Cool Comix bought a copy of Lois Lane 106 for $120 less 20%. How much will they have to sell it for if they want a 40% markup?

$134.40

100

Who is our school counselor?

Bert

100

What is James Bond's code name?

007

200

Define values

Concepts or beliefs that guide how we make decisions about and evaluations of events

200

When using the 50-30-20 rule, which percentage is associated with Wants?

30%

200

Afra gets paid a weekly salary of $580 plus an 8% commission on sales above $10,000. If Afra made $18,000 in sales last week. How much money did she make?

$1220

200

Who is the school principal?

Lech

200

What is an eight-sided shape called?

Octagon

300

Define self-fulfilling prophecy

The perceptual process in which our expectations about another person cause that person to act more consistently with those expectations

300

What is a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)?
A) A government-mandated savings account issued to every Canadian citizen
B) An employer-sponsored pension plan
C) A mandatory retirement program required by an employer
D) A personal investment vehicle that shelters savings from income taxes

D) A personal investment vehicle that shelters savings from income taxes

300

Which of the formulas below can be used to find the maturity value with simple interest?
A) S = P + I
B) A = P + Prt
C) FV = PV(1 + rt)
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

D) All of the above

300

What are the names of all the Truro NSCC buildings?

McCarthy, Forrester, Davis Hall, Sport and Health, & Cafeteria

300

What is the largest country in the world?

Russia

400

Define confirmation bias

The process of screening out information that is contrary to values and assumptions and to readily accept confirming information

400

What is NOT one of the 5Cs that credits look for when you apply for credit?
A) Capacity
B) Capital
C) Conscientiousness
D) Collateral
E) Conditions

C) Conscientiousness

400

How many months will it take a sum of money to double in value if it earns 8.4% interest compounded quarterly?

100 months (more precisely: 100.06 months)

400

How many NSCC campuses are there?

14

400

What is the only food that never goes bad?

Honey

500

Describe coersive power

A form of social power where someone uses threats, punishment or force to influence or manipulate others against their will

500

What are the three federal public pension plans available to low income Nova Scotians with a work history?

CPP (Canada Pension Plan), OAS (Old Age Security), GIS (Guaranteed Income Supplement)

500

Gauss deposits $4300 at the beginning of every three months into an annuity with a return rate of 8.4% compounded monthly. This is an example of:
a) Ordinary simple annuity
b) Ordinary general annuity
c) Simple annuity due
d) General annuity due

D) General annuity due

500

When did the Truro NSCC building become an NSCC?

1996

500

What 1997 movie features Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as undercover secret agents?

Men In Black