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a sunk cost is money already spent and irrelevant to this decision.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "sh5kmd1vm725h" }, { "id": "ot-negotiation-briefcase-technique", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "negotiation", "briefcase-technique" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is the Briefcase Technique in salary negotiation?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A written proposal with solutions" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A confident verbal-only pitch" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A one-page counteroffer letter" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "An anonymous salary survey" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Briefcase Technique is a researched 1-to-5-page written proposal that diagnoses the employer's problems and proposes solutions โ€” not a verbal pitch or a survey.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "fai3ojbv1scr" }, { "id": "ot-negotiation-verified-data", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "negotiation", "salary-data" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What actually gives you leverage in a salary negotiation, per the guide?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Verified market compensation data" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A confident tone" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A cost-of-living estimate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A coworker's rumored salary" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Objective, verified pay data moves a negotiation; tone, guesses, and rumors carry no real leverage.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1u6s3r7amrqud" }, { "id": "ot-negotiation-never-name-first", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "negotiation", "tactics" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is it called when you deflect early salary questions until the employer names a number first?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Never-Name-It-First Rule" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Anchor-and-Adjust Method" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Silent Auction Rule" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The First-Mover Advantage" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Never-Name-It-First Rule preserves leverage by making the employer state a figure before you do.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1cljq6f16vr0k7" }, { "id": "ot-negotiation-total-compensation", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "negotiation", "total-compensation" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT something the guide lists as negotiable beyond base salary?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A company car allowance" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A signing bonus" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Equity grants" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Additional vacation days" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide lists signing bonuses, equity, performance incentives, vacation days, and remote flexibility as negotiable โ€” not a car allowance.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "17tjta91b1i9v5" }, { "id": "ot-negotiation-rich-life-definition", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "rich-life", "values" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, how should you decide what your 'Rich Life' looks like?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "By identifying what personally energizes you" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "By copying a generic cultural template" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "By matching your parents' lifestyle" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "By following what influencers show" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Defining a Rich Life means identifying what energizes you personally, not copying cultural templates, parents, or influencers.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ton2z71tu57fr" }, { "id": "ot-four-buckets-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "conscious-spending", "fixed-costs", "budgeting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In the Conscious Spending Plan, what share of take-home pay goes to Fixed Costs?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "50% to 60%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "At least 10%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "5% to 10%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "20% to 35%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Fixed Costs get the largest share, 50-60%, covering rent, utilities, and minimum debt payments; the other buckets get smaller shares.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1t0mgiq1sv1sqi" }, { "id": "ot-four-buckets-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "conscious-spending", "investments", "budgeting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which Conscious Spending Plan bucket is set at a minimum of 10% of take-home pay?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Investments" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fixed Costs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Savings Goals" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Guilt-Free Spending" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The plan treats investing at least 10% of net income as mandatory, compounding toward long-term financial independence.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "m3ioo3ito07x" }, { "id": "ot-four-buckets-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "conscious-spending", "fixed-costs", "budgeting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which expense belongs in the Fixed Costs bucket of the Conscious Spending Plan?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Minimum debt payments" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Vacation fund contributions" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Index fund contributions" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Dining out allowance" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Fixed Costs cover non-negotiable obligations like minimum debt payments; vacations, investing, and dining fall under other buckets.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "102p17x13a9s33" }, { "id": "ot-four-buckets-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "conscious-spending", "fixed-costs", "budgeting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The plan says fixed costs above 60% should be fixed by adjusting which lever?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Housing or vehicle payments" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Investment fee structure" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Guilt-free spending cap" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Savings goal timeline" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Above 60%, the danger-zone fix targets big levers like rent, mortgage, or car payments, not fees, spending caps, or goal timelines.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "2goygazaniis" }, { "id": "ot-four-buckets-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "conscious-spending", "guilt-free-spending", "budgeting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What share of take-home pay does the Conscious Spending Plan allocate to Guilt-Free Spending?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "20% to 35%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "50% to 60%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "5% to 10%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "At least 10%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Once Fixed Costs, Investments, and Savings Goals are funded, the remaining 20% to 35% is guilt-free spending money.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "6bqr7r1b9di7j" }, { "id": "ot-money-dials-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "money-dials", "psychology-of-abundance" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is a 'Money Dial' in Ramit Sethi's framework?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A category with outsized joy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A fixed monthly bill" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A retirement account type" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A credit score factor" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Money Dials are spending categories that provide outsized joy when deliberately dialed up, unlike bills, accounts, or credit factors.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "11cy0vw1vi5sai" }, { "id": "ot-money-dials-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "money-dials", "list-recall" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT one of Ramit Sethi's ten named Money Dials?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Frugality" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Travel" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Generosity" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Self-Improvement" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The ten Money Dials include Travel, Generosity, and Self-Improvement; 'Frugality' is not one of the named dials.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "zvq8gc1fsbbze" }, { "id": "ot-money-dials-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "money-dials", "cost-cutting", "travel" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Someone whose top Money Dial is Travel splurges on flights and hotels. What should they do with low-priority spending?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Cut it mercilessly toward zero" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Track it line-by-line daily" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Increase it automatically yearly" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Split it evenly with travel" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The framework pairs dialing up a top priority like Travel with cutting low-priority categories mercilessly, not tracking or splitting them.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "98v35mmxk7uc" }, { "id": "ot-money-dials-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "money-dials", "rich-life", "values" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What should ultimately define a person's 'Rich Life' in this framework?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Their own authentic values" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Their coworkers' spending habits" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Popular social media trends" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Their parents' financial expectations" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "A Rich Life is defined by a person's own authentic values, not by influencers, coworkers' habits, or parental expectations.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "plw5mi1nxvtlq" }, { "id": "ot-money-dials-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "money-dials", "convenience", "time" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Dialing up the Convenience Money Dial (paying for cleaning or meal prep) primarily buys back what?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Time and mental energy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Investment returns" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Credit score points" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Tax deductions" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Convenience dial trades money for time and mental energy, not a financial return, tax break, or credit benefit.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ueh4cj1y44pe9" }, { "id": "ot-money-flow-hub", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "automation", "checking-account" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which account serves as the central hub where all income lands and every automated transfer originates?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The checking account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The tax escrow sub-account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A high-yield sub-savings account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The holding buffer account" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The checking account is the central dispatch hub: every dollar lands there first, and every automated outflow -- savings, investing, bills -- originates from it.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ecchyv91ovnp" }, { "id": "ot-money-flow-day1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "automation", "cascade-timeline" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "On which day of the automated cascade does the paycheck direct deposit land in checking?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Day 1" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Day 5" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Day 7" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Day 10" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Day 1 is when the employer's direct deposit lands in checking, fueling the rest of the month's automated transfers.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "12q57mo17ns0j0" }, { "id": "ot-money-flow-day5-extra", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "automation", "cascade-timeline" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Besides retirement and investment transfers, what else fires from checking on Day 5?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Sub-savings allocations to goals" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Credit card autopay execution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Paycheck direct deposit" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Billing cycle synchronization call" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Day 5 also triggers transfers into dedicated sub-savings accounts for specific goals, alongside investment funding.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "skeicfhun8f7" }, { "id": "ot-money-flow-cascade-order", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "next-dollar-cascade", "priorities" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In the Next-Dollar Cascade, which priority comes right before guilt-free spending?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "High-yield savings transfer" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fixed costs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Retirement match" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Debt paydown" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide gives the cascade order as \"fixed costs, retirement matches, debt reduction, savings, and guilt-free cash\" -- savings is the step immediately before guilt-free spending.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "qyqmdj1xr9k3f" }, { "id": "ot-money-flow-maintenance-time", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "automation", "maintenance" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "About how much monthly upkeep does a fully automated financial system need?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "About 30 minutes" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "About 90 minutes" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "About 4 hours" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "About a full day" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide states a properly configured automated system \"requires less than one hour of maintenance per month\" -- of the choices, only 30 minutes falls under that hour.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1ew5nu9zf1g7x" }, { "id": "ot-cash-buffer-amount", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "checking-buffer" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "About how much does the book suggest keeping as a checking account buffer?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "$500" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$250" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$1,000" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$2,000" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Ramit Sethi recommends starting with roughly a $500 cushion left sitting in checking as insurance.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1s02klusqxy1o" }, { "id": "ot-cash-buffer-risk", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "checking-buffer", "cash-flow" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What problem does the checking account buffer protect against?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A bill drafting before payroll clears" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A market downturn wiping out savings" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A missed retirement contribution match" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "An unexpected drop in credit score" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The buffer absorbs the timing gap when a bill or transfer fires a few days before the paycheck actually clears.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1hrvaku1hmdyo6" }, { "id": "ot-cash-buffer-holding-account", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "freelance-income", "holding-account" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Where should freelancers route every client payment, instead of straight into checking?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The holding buffer account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Roth IRA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A high-yield sub-savings account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The quarterly tax escrow account" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Freelancers route all client payments into a holding buffer account rather than straight into personal checking.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "5k04g7msbsfh" }, { "id": "ot-cash-buffer-salary-draw", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "freelance-income", "baseline-salary" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How do freelancers set their fixed monthly salary draw from the holding account?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Conservative, worst-case historical earnings" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Their single best month's earnings" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A fixed percent of net worth" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The average of the last two invoices" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The baseline salary draw is based on conservative, worst-case historical monthly earnings, not a best-case month.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1w91g3t7aduyx" }, { "id": "ot-cash-buffer-tax-escrow-pct", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "freelance-income", "taxes" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What percentage of each client payment should freelancers escrow for quarterly taxes?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "25% to 35%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "5% to 10%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "10% to 15%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "50% to 60%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Freelancers should escrow 25% to 35% of every client payment for quarterly taxes to avoid a surprise tax bill.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "h7vg5a1ydoz7s" }, { "id": "ot-active-mgmt-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "spiva", "active-management", "index-funds" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Per the SPIVA scorecard, what share of active large-cap funds fail to beat the S&P 500 over 10-15 years?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "85% or more" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "65% to 75%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "50% to 60%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "25% to 35%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "SPIVA data shows 85%+ of actively managed large-cap funds underperform the S&P 500 over a 10-to-15-year horizon, after fees.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "16d2no01qovahs" }, { "id": "ot-active-mgmt-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "fees", "expense-ratio" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "An annual fee taken from a fund's total assets regardless of gain or loss is called a(n):" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Expense ratio" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Sales load" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Advisory fee" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Redemption fee" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "An expense ratio is the annual management fee deducted from fund assets every year, win or lose, unlike a one-time load, an advisor's separate fee, or a redemption fee.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1yabh5y18oh420" }, { "id": "ot-active-mgmt-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "expense-ratio", "compounding", "fees" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "A 1.5% annual expense ratio compounded over a 35-year investing career can consume up to what share of total wealth?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Up to 50%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Up to 90%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Up to 25%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Up to 10%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Because fees compound against the investor the way returns compound for them, a 1.5% fee can silently confiscate up to half of lifetime wealth over 35 years.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1eo1bla18zsdk4" }, { "id": "ot-active-mgmt-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "survivorship-bias", "fund-marketing" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Quietly closing or merging failing funds so only winners appear in marketing data is a practice called:" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Survivorship bias" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Selection bias" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Confirmation bias" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Recency bias" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Fund companies exploit survivorship bias by removing failing funds from the record, making the surviving lineup look artificially strong.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "180ir6np3oo7t" }, { "id": "ot-active-mgmt-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "index-funds", "fees" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which expense-ratio range is typical for low-cost index funds from Vanguard, Schwab, or Fidelity?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "0.03% to 0.08%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "0.5% to 1%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1% to 1.5%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2% to 3%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Top-tier passive index funds charge rock-bottom fees of about 0.03% to 0.08% annually, letting investors keep nearly all market gains.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "tur3ay1fykmqy" }, { "id": "ot-retirement-hierarchy-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "401k", "retirement-hierarchy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is the very first step in the retirement account funding hierarchy?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Capture the full 401(k) match" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Max out the Roth IRA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Open a taxable brokerage account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Max out the 401(k) deferral limit" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Capturing the full employer 401(k) match comes first because it's an immediate, guaranteed return that nothing else in the hierarchy can match.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "na1c5bf54xev" }, { "id": "ot-retirement-hierarchy-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "401k-match", "retirement-hierarchy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Capturing the full 401(k) match is prioritized first because it delivers an immediate, guaranteed return of about:" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "100%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "50%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "25%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "5%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Employer matching dollars amount to a guaranteed 100% return before the money even touches the market.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1i97jwv5g6jl3" }, { "id": "ot-retirement-hierarchy-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "roth-ira", "retirement-hierarchy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the funding hierarchy, what comes right after capturing the 401(k) match?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Maxing the Roth IRA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Opening an HSA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Maxing the remaining 401(k)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Investing in a taxable brokerage account" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "After the match, the hierarchy's next step is maxing the Roth IRA, letting after-tax dollars grow and come out tax-free in retirement.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "102nb1qgws0rk" }, { "id": "ot-retirement-hierarchy-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "401k", "retirement-hierarchy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "After maxing the Roth IRA, where does the hierarchy send the next investment dollar?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Back to the 401(k)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A taxable brokerage account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "An HSA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A Backdoor Roth IRA" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The hierarchy sends an investor back to their 401(k) to max out the remaining elective deferral limit before moving further down the ladder.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1y6arqvyijh27" }, { "id": "ot-retirement-hierarchy-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "taxable-brokerage", "retirement-hierarchy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Once every tax-advantaged retirement account is maxed out, where do remaining investment dollars go?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A taxable brokerage account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A Backdoor Roth IRA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "An HSA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A 529 college savings plan" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "With tax-advantaged accounts maxed, the hierarchy's final tier is a taxable brokerage account holding tax-efficient index ETFs, with no contribution cap.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "11hzrre1tysbms" }, { "id": "ot-asset-alloc-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "asset-allocation", "research" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Brinson, Hood, and Beebower's research found that what factor explains the large majority of a portfolio's long-term return variation?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Asset allocation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Individual stock selection" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Market timing" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fund manager skill" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Brinson, Hood, and Beebower's research found asset allocation policy explains most return variation, far more than picking individual stocks or timing the market.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1okinvcpkso8k" }, { "id": "ot-asset-alloc-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "boglehead", "index-funds" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT one of the three funds in the classic Boglehead Three-Fund Portfolio?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Emerging Markets Index" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Total US Stock Market" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Total International Stock Market" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Total US Bond Market" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The classic Three-Fund Portfolio uses only Total US Stock Market, Total International Stock Market, and Total US Bond Market โ€” emerging markets isn't one of the three.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "10teeba15coku0" }, { "id": "ot-asset-alloc-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "swensen", "asset-classes" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which asset class is NOT part of David Swensen's Yale Endowment allocation model?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Corporate bonds" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "REITs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Emerging markets" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "International equities" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Swensen's model uses US Treasury/government bonds, not corporate bonds, alongside domestic equities, international equities, emerging markets, and REITs.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "10y8qub13s5bt" }, { "id": "ot-asset-alloc-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "glide-path", "target-date-funds" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "A target-date fund's glide path automatically shifts allocation from stocks toward more of which asset class as the target year nears?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Bonds" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "REITs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Commodities" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Cash equivalents" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The glide path is a pre-programmed shift from mostly stocks toward more bonds as retirement approaches, adding stability without manual adjustments.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1yjsys2rpnray" }, { "id": "ot-asset-alloc-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "rebalancing", "asset-allocation" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is the core purpose of portfolio rebalancing within a chosen allocation model like Swensen's or Boglehead's?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Restore target weights" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Pick new stocks to buy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Increase contributions" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Switch allocation models" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Rebalancing resets a portfolio's actual weights back to its original target mix โ€” it doesn't involve picking new investments or changing the plan itself.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1emnson13qzybt" }, { "id": "ot-compounding-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "rule-of-72", "compounding" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Using the Rule of 72, about how many years does it take an investment to double at an 8% annual return?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "9 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "12 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "6 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "15 years" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "72 divided by an 8% annual return equals 9 years, the Rule of 72's estimate for doubling an investment.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ugenvj1r9fj05" }, { "id": "ot-compounding-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "dollar-cost-averaging", "lump-sum" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Historically, roughly how often does investing a lump sum beat spreading it out via dollar-cost averaging?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "About two-thirds of the time" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "About one-third of the time" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "About half the time" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nearly all the time" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Because markets tend to drift upward, investing a lump sum immediately beats dollar-cost averaging roughly two-thirds of the time historically.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1v4pc4vqzsj6d" }, { "id": "ot-compounding-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "compounding", "early-investing" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The 'Early Investor Advantage' shows $5,000/year invested from age 20-30 (then stopped) can beat the same amount invested every year from 30 to what age?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "65" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "55" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "45" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "75" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Investing $5,000/year from 20-30 then stopping can out-compound investing the same amount from 30 to 65, since the early money has decades more to grow.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "6c5zrtfsjo8z" }, { "id": "ot-compounding-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "market-timing", "compounding" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Missing the stock market's 10 best days over a 20-year span does roughly what to an investor's cumulative return?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Cuts it in half" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Doubles it" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Leaves it unchanged" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Reduces it by about 10%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "A large share of the market's long-run gains cluster on a few unpredictable days; missing just the 10 best over 20 years roughly halves cumulative returns.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1kwj66e18cyye8" }, { "id": "ot-compounding-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "real-return", "inflation" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Subtracting roughly 3% average inflation from a 10% nominal stock return leaves about 7%, which economists call the investor's what?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Real return" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Risk premium" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Net asset value" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Compound annual growth rate" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Subtracting inflation (about 3%) from a nominal return (about 10%) leaves the real return (about 7%), the actual growth in purchasing power.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "npdbuf1345l" }, { "id": "ot-cov-the-conscious-spending-plan-and-the-four-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "conscious-spending-plan", "guilt-free-spending" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In the Conscious Spending Plan, what share of take-home pay lands in the Guilt-Free Spending bucket?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "50% to 60%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "40% to 50%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "5% to 10%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "20% to 35%" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The plan reserves whatever's left after Fixed Costs, Investments, and Savings โ€” 20% to 35% of take-home pay โ€” as guilt-free spending money.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "16ck7ys1w5tg5w" }, { "id": "ot-cov-the-conscious-spending-plan-and-the-four-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "conscious-spending-plan", "guilt-free-spending", "budgeting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "After Fixed Costs, Investments, and Savings Goals are funded, what percentage range of income is left as Guilt-Free Spending?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "40% to 50%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "20% to 35%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "10% to 15%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "5% to 10%" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Once the other three buckets are automatically funded, the remaining 20% to 35% of take-home pay is guilt-free spending money.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "wzew3k199n67u" }, { "id": "ot-cov-retirement-account-hierarchy-and-tax-adv-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "retirement-hierarchy", "taxable-brokerage" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Once every tax-advantaged retirement account is maxed out, where should additional investment dollars go next?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A Backdoor Roth IRA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A taxable brokerage account" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A 529 college savings plan" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A Health Savings Account (HSA)" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "With zero contribution caps, taxable brokerage accounts hold tax-efficient index funds and absorb capital left after tax-advantaged accounts are full.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "pnnojc16czecu" }, { "id": "ot-cov-retirement-account-hierarchy-and-tax-adv-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "retirement-hierarchy", "taxable-brokerage", "401k" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is the final tier of the retirement funding hierarchy once every tax-advantaged account has been maxed?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Traditional IRA rollovers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Municipal bond funds" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Whole life insurance policies" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Taxable brokerage accounts" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The hierarchy's last tier routes remaining capital into taxable brokerage accounts, which carry no contribution limits.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1lo260t19j0z29" }, { "id": "ot-cov-salary-negotiation-money-psychology-and-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "briefcase-technique", "salary-negotiation" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What does the Briefcase Technique involve bringing into a salary negotiation?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A rival job offer letter" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A printed market-salary survey" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A researched proposal diagnosing employer problems" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A verbal-only confident pitch" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The Briefcase Technique means presenting a one- to five-page proposal that diagnoses the employer's problems and proposes solutions.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1tums5jzm1izv" }, { "id": "ot-cov-salary-negotiation-money-psychology-and-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "briefcase-technique", "salary-negotiation" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In salary negotiation, what name does the book give to a one- to five-page written proposal solving the employer's problems?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Total-Comp Ask" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Never-Name-It-First Rule" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Briefcase Technique" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Anchor-and-Adjust Method" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The Briefcase Technique is the named tactic for presenting a short researched proposal that diagnoses problems and offers solutions.", "source": { "label": "I Will Teach You To Be Rich โ€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "jljc1hafijxb" } ] }