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90 tests, 10 questions each. Open any test to read what it covers and answer its first question free. Or take the free 10-question sample right now.

Money Management · 17 tests

Budgeting Basics

This test covers core budgeting concepts including the 50/30/20 rule, fixed and variable expenses, zero-based budgeting, sinking funds, and practical budget math.

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Banking, Checking & Savings

This test covers everyday banking including FDIC insurance, account types, overdrafts, APY, credit unions, certificates of deposit, and money market products.

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Emergency Funds & Saving

This test covers building and using an emergency fund, including how much to save, where to keep it, what counts as an emergency, and savings goal math.

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Behavioral Finance & Money Psychology

Explore the mental biases that drive money mistakes, from loss aversion and anchoring to the sunk cost fallacy and lifestyle creep.

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Paychecks, Benefits & W-2s

Test what you know about reading a pay stub, payroll taxes, W-2s and W-4s, and getting the most from workplace benefits like a 401(k) match and an HSA.

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Net Worth & Financial Health Ratios

Assess your command of net worth, debt to income, emergency funds, and the other key ratios that reveal your true financial health.

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CDs, T-Bills & Money Market Funds

Test your knowledge of certificates of deposit, Treasury bills, and money market funds. Learn how savers use these cash instruments to earn more without taking stock market risk.

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Money Apps, Wallets & Fintech

From payment apps and digital wallets to buy now pay later and neobanks, this test covers how modern money technology works and where the hidden risks live.

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Bonuses, Inheritances & Windfalls

Lump sums of money arrive rarely and disappear quickly. This test covers smart sequencing for windfalls, inherited IRA basics, stepped-up basis, and the psychology of sudden money.

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Cost of Living & Moving

A dollar buys very different lives in different places. This test covers cost of living indexes, comparing salaries across cities, geographic arbitrage, and the hidden costs of moving.

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Bills, Subscriptions & Rate Haggling

Recurring bills are negotiable far more often than people realize. This test covers subscription creep, retention departments, autopay tradeoffs, gray charges, and haggling tactics.

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Frugal Living & Smart Shopping

Smart shoppers know the math and the mind games behind retail pricing. This test covers unit pricing, sales cycles, generics, cashback stacking, and the tricks stores use on you.

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Charitable Giving

Generosity rewards planning. This test covers itemizing versus the standard deduction, donor-advised funds, qualified charitable distributions, donating stock, and vetting charities.

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Lotteries, Gambling & Odds

The math behind games of chance is unforgiving. This test covers expected value, house edge, lottery odds, the gambler's fallacy, and lump sum versus annuity payouts.

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Advisors, Fees & Fiduciaries

How to hire financial help wisely. Covers fiduciary versus suitability standards, fee structures, what credentials mean, the long-term cost of fees, and warning signs of a bad advisor.

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Points, Miles & Travel Money

Learn whether you really know how to value points and miles, dodge foreign transaction traps, and get the most from your money when you travel.

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Everyday Money Math

Sharpen the practical math you use every day, from tips and discounts to unit prices, markups, and the asymmetric arithmetic of gains and losses.

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Credit · 9 tests

Credit Scores & Reports

This test covers how credit scores are calculated, the major credit bureaus, credit utilization, inquiries, and how long negative items stay on your credit report.

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Credit Cards Mastery

This test covers credit card mechanics including grace periods, APR, minimum payments, cash advances, balance transfers, fraud protection, and interest math.

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Debt & Loans

This test covers loan fundamentals including secured versus unsecured debt, payoff strategies, debt-to-income ratio, cosigning, amortization, and interest calculations.

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Car Buying & Auto Loans

Test your knowledge of the real cost of buying a car. Covers loan terms, negative equity, leasing, dealer financing, and gap insurance.

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Payday Loans & Predatory Lending

Can you spot a debt trap before it springs? This test covers payday loan math, rollover cycles, title loans, rent-to-own pricing, and safer alternatives.

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Debt Payoff Strategies

Snowball or avalanche? Consolidate or settle? This test measures how well you know the strategies, mechanics, and traps of getting out of debt.

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Bankruptcy & Debt Relief

Bankruptcy is a powerful legal tool that is widely misunderstood. Test what you know about Chapter 7, Chapter 13, the means test, and what bankruptcy can and cannot erase.

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Collections & Credit Repair

Know your rights when collectors call. This test covers the FDCPA, debt validation, the dispute process, statutes of limitations, and how to spot credit repair scams.

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Cosigning & Family Money

Mixing money and family carries hidden risks. This test covers cosigner liability, authorized users versus joint accounts, family loans, and the gift tax exclusion concept.

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Real Estate · 7 tests

Mortgages & Home Buying

This test covers home financing essentials including down payments, fixed and adjustable rates, PMI, escrow, closing costs, discount points, and loan-to-value math.

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Real Estate Investing

Test your knowledge of rental properties, REITs, leverage, and the key metrics investors use to evaluate real estate deals.

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Renting & Tenant Finances

Renting is a financial arrangement with its own rules. This test covers security deposits, renters insurance, lease-breaking costs, rent-to-income guidelines, and the price-to-rent ratio.

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Home Equity, HELOCs & Refinancing

Test your knowledge of home equity, lines of credit, and refinancing decisions. Covers equity math, HELOCs versus home equity loans, cash-out refinancing, and removing PMI.

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Selling a Home

Measure your understanding of the home selling process. Covers agent commissions, seller closing costs, pricing strategy, preparation that pays off, and selling without an agent.

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Being a Landlord

See how well you understand the day-to-day business of owning rental property. Covers tenant screening, budgeting for vacancies and repairs, security deposits, and the true cost of evictions.

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Second Homes & Short-Term Rentals

Test your knowledge of vacation homes and short-term rentals. Covers local regulations, seasonality math, the 14-day tax rule, HOA limits, insurance gaps, and how lenders treat second homes.

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Investing · 17 tests

Interest & Compound Growth

This test covers how interest works including simple versus compound interest, the Rule of 72, compounding frequency, real returns, and verified growth calculations.

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Investing Fundamentals

This test covers foundational investing concepts including diversification, stocks versus bonds, index funds, dollar cost averaging, expense ratios, and tax-advantaged accounts.

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Stocks & the Stock Market

This test covers how the stock market works including shares, dividends, bull and bear markets, market capitalization, P/E ratios, order types, and stock splits.

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Bonds & Fixed Income

Test your knowledge of how bonds work, including coupons, yields, interest rate risk, and the differences between government, municipal, and corporate bonds.

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Mutual Funds & ETFs

Measure your understanding of pooled investments, including how mutual funds and ETFs are priced, what fees they charge, and how index funds compare with active management.

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Cryptocurrency Basics

Check your grasp of blockchain technology, wallets, stablecoins, and the real risks of investing in cryptocurrency.

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Options & Derivatives Basics

Test your knowledge of calls, puts, strike prices, premiums, and other derivatives fundamentals. This test covers the building blocks of options and futures contracts.

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Dividend Investing & Income

Measure your command of dividend yields, payout ratios, ex-dividend dates, and reinvestment plans. This test focuses on building income from dividend-paying stocks.

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Asset Allocation & Rebalancing

See how well you understand stock and bond mixes, age-based guidelines, and rebalancing mechanics. This test goes beyond basic diversification into portfolio construction.

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Gold, Commodities & Collectibles

Explore precious metals, commodity funds, collectibles, and private investment vehicles. This test covers assets that sit outside traditional stocks and bonds.

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International & Emerging Markets

Test yourself on developed versus emerging markets, currency risk, and global index composition. This test covers investing beyond United States borders.

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Stock Valuation & Company Analysis

Work through P/E ratios, earnings per share, market cap math, and basic financial statements. This test measures your ability to size up a company by the numbers.

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IPOs, Splits & Buybacks

Cover the corporate events that reshape a stock, from going public to splits, buybacks, and mergers. This test checks how well you understand what these actions mean for shareholders.

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Brokerage Accounts & Robo-Advisors

Review order types, SIPC protection, robo-advisor fees, and how brokerage accounts actually work. This test covers the practical mechanics of investing through a broker.

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Margin, Leverage & Short Selling

Test your understanding of borrowing to invest, margin calls, short selling mechanics, and leveraged fund risks. This test covers the high-risk side of trading.

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DeFi, NFTs & Altcoins

Go beyond Bitcoin basics and test your knowledge of smart contracts, stablecoins, DeFi yields, NFTs, and the very real risks lurking in each.

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ESG & Values-Based Investing

Test what you know about ESG screens, greenwashing, proxy voting power, and the honest debate over whether values-based investing helps or hurts returns.

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Retirement · 8 tests

Retirement Accounts: 401(k) & IRA

Check how well you understand workplace and individual retirement accounts, including employer matches, traditional versus Roth tax treatment, rollovers, and withdrawal rules.

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Social Security

Test what you know about Social Security retirement benefits, including how they are funded, when you can claim, and how claiming age changes your monthly check.

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Medicare & Health Care Costs

See how well you understand Medicare's parts, enrollment rules, supplemental coverage, and the health care costs retirees must plan for on their own.

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Financial Independence & Early Retirement

Test your understanding of the FIRE movement, the 4 percent rule, safe withdrawal math, and the strategies people use to retire years early.

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Pensions & Annuities

Test your knowledge of traditional pensions and annuity products. Covers defined benefit plans, vesting, payout choices, and the fees and features of annuities.

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RMDs & Withdrawal Strategies

Covers required minimum distributions and the art of drawing down a portfolio. Includes withdrawal order, sequence risk, bucket strategies, and the famous four percent rule.

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Roth Conversions & Backdoor Strategies

An advanced look at moving money from tax-deferred accounts into Roth accounts. Covers conversion taxes, the pro-rata rule, backdoor and mega backdoor strategies, and conversion ladders.

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Catching Up: Late-Start Retirement

Practical strategies for people who start saving for retirement later in life. Covers catch-up contributions, working longer, downsizing, and cutting expenses to close the gap.

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Taxes · 6 tests

Income Tax Basics

Test your grasp of how the U.S. income tax system works, from progressive brackets and withholding to the difference between marginal and effective rates.

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Tax Deductions & Credits

Find out whether you know the real difference between deductions and credits, when to itemize, and which tax breaks deliver the biggest savings.

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Capital Gains & Investment Taxes

Check your command of how investments are taxed. Covers short versus long-term gains, cost basis, the wash sale rule, tax-loss harvesting, dividends, and the home sale exclusion.

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Self-Employment & Gig Taxes

Find out how well you understand taxes for freelancers and gig workers. Covers self-employment tax, quarterly estimates, 1099 forms, home office and mileage deductions, and the QBI deduction.

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State, Local & Property Taxes

Test your grasp of taxes below the federal level. Covers property tax assessments and appeals, millage rates, homestead exemptions, sales tax differences, and the tradeoffs of no-income-tax states.

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HSAs, FSAs & Tax-Advantaged Health

Measure your knowledge of health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Covers the HSA triple tax advantage, eligibility rules, FSA deadlines, qualified expenses, and using an HSA for retirement.

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Protection · 7 tests

Insurance: Auto, Home & Life

Test your understanding of how insurance protects your finances, from deductibles and liability coverage to the choice between term and whole life policies.

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Estate Planning & Wills

Check your knowledge of wills, trusts, probate, beneficiary designations, and the documents that protect you and your family if you become incapacitated or die.

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Scams & Fraud Protection

Find out how well you can spot phishing, Ponzi schemes, imposter calls, and other frauds, and whether you know the right steps to protect yourself.

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Consumer Rights & Refunds

Do you know what the law actually guarantees you as a buyer? This test covers chargebacks, billing disputes, warranties, return policy myths, lemon laws, and the cooling-off rule.

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Digital Money Security

Your money is only as safe as your logins. This test covers password managers, two factor authentication, SIM swaps, phishing, public wifi, and credit freezes.

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Health Insurance Under 65

How health insurance really works before Medicare age. Covers premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, out-of-pocket maximums, plan networks, COBRA, and marketplace subsidies.

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Disability & Long-Term Care Insurance

Protecting your income and your later years. Covers disability policy definitions, elimination periods, SSDI, the real odds and cost of long-term care, and hybrid policies.

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Family Finance · 6 tests

College Savings & Student Loans

Test how well you understand 529 plans, financial aid, and the federal and private student loan rules that shape the true cost of a college education.

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Money & Marriage

How couples handle money shapes the health of the marriage itself. This test covers joint accounts, credit, community property, and the conversations that keep partners aligned.

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Divorce, Prenups & Money

Divorce is one of the biggest financial events most people ever face. This test covers prenups, QDROs, support payments, dividing the house, and rebuilding afterward.

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Aging Parents & Caregiving

The financial side of helping aging parents. Covers powers of attorney, the Medicaid lookback, the real cost of family caregiving, organizing documents, and warning signs of trouble.

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The Cost of Raising Kids

What children really cost and how to plan for it. Covers spending by category, the childcare versus staying home decision, custodial accounts, allowances, and child tax benefits.

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Weddings & Big Events

How to celebrate big moments without wrecking your finances. Covers real wedding costs, budgeting by line item, who pays, the danger of wedding loans, and event insurance.

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Economics · 8 tests

Inflation & the Economy

Measure your understanding of inflation, purchasing power, real returns, and how rising prices affect savers, borrowers, and investors.

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The Federal Reserve & Interest Rates

See how well you understand the Federal Reserve, monetary policy, and the way interest rate changes ripple through loans, savings, and markets.

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Market History: Bubbles & Crashes

From tulip mania to 1929, the dot-com bust, and 2008, test your knowledge of history's great market manias and collapses. This test also covers crash safeguards like circuit breakers.

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Recessions & Business Cycles

Test your understanding of how recessions are declared, the warning signs that precede them, and the smart moves to make when the economy turns down.

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Tariffs & Global Trade

See how well you understand who really pays tariffs, what trade deficits actually mean, and how global trade shapes the prices you pay every day.

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Currencies & Exchange Rates

From strong dollars to currency pegs, test your grasp of how exchange rates work and why they matter to travelers, investors, and the global economy.

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Deficits & the National Debt

Sort out the difference between deficits and debt, learn who actually holds US government debt, and understand what the debt ceiling really does.

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A Short History of Money

Travel from ancient coins to the end of the gold standard and the age of fiat currency, and see how well you know the moments that shaped modern money.

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Entrepreneurship · 4 tests

Small Business & Side Hustles

Quiz yourself on the money side of running a business or side hustle, including taxes, business structures, deductions, and cash flow.

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LLCs & Business Structures

Test your understanding of how businesses are legally organized. Covers sole proprietorships, LLCs, S corps, and C corps, plus liability protection, pass-through taxation, EINs, and when an S corp election pays off.

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Business Loans & Startup Funding

Check your knowledge of how businesses raise money. Covers SBA loans, bootstrapping versus venture capital, business credit, invoice factoring, personal guarantees, and small business grants.

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Passive Income Realities

Cut through the hype around passive income. This test covers what is genuinely passive, what only looks passive, and how to spot the pitches designed to take your money.

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Career · 1 tests

Salary Negotiation & Earning More

Negotiating pay is one of the highest-return skills in personal finance. This test covers anchoring, market research, total compensation, timing, and counteroffers.

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