Insures deposits at each FDIC bank. Its own list excludes stocks, bonds, funds, annuities, munis. NOT securities of any kind.
The method for this kind of question
Name the agency, then the one number
Now answer
1 question on this screen, from this outline item's own pool, so some will test a rule you met earlier in the unit. Pick an answer, say how sure you are, then reveal. Being sure and wrong is the most useful thing that can happen here, and the coach treats it that way.
Question 1Harder
NASAA brings a direct federal enforcement action against a broker-dealer for a rule violation. Is this accurate?
How sure are you?
Correct: B. NASAA itself regulates nothing directly; its members, the individual state securities administrators, run blue-sky registration and state enforcement.
A. NASAA is not an SRO; it is an association of state administrators, a different kind of body entirely.
C. NASAA's scope is not limited to municipal securities, and it still is not the direct enforcer even there.
D. FINRA also brings actions against broker-dealers, and state administrators act at the state level; the SEC is not the only possible actor.