Module test: Shares and why they exist
Check what you have learned in Shares and why they exist. The questions cover these goals:
- Explain what the stock market is and the role it plays for companies and for savers.
- Describe why a company sells shares instead of only borrowing, and what its owners give up in return.
- Explain what owning a share gives you, including a claim on profits, voting rights and limited liability.
- Calculate a total return from dividends and price changes, and explain how losses happen.
- Explain how dividends, splits, bonus issues, rights issues and buybacks change what a shareholder holds.
How this test works
- 10 questions, picked at random from a bank of 44. Each attempt mixes easy, medium and harder questions across the module's learning goals.
- One question at a time. You can go back, change answers, and jump to any question before you submit.
- No time limit. Your answers are saved in this browser as you go, so a refresh will not lose them.
- You pass with 80% or more. Your best attempt earns XP: 5 for each right answer and 50 more for a pass. Every answer is explained afterwards, and you can retake with fresh questions.
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