M9: Quizzes Flashcards
ERISA empowers only participants and ___________ to seek enforcement of the civil penalty sanctions.
A. non-beneficiaries
B. beneficiaries
C. fiduciaries
D. administrators
B. beneficiaries
Study Guide pg 14, learning objective 4.4; text 364
Government plans sponsored by a federal, state, or local government are _______relative to ERISA.
A. exempt
B. neither exempt or non-exempt
C. both exempt and non-exempt
D. non-exempt
A. exempt
Study Guide pg 12, learning objective 3.2; text 356
An employee pays _________of their wages up to the Social Security Taxable Wage Base.
A. 7.65%
B. 6.20%
C. 7.45%
D. 1.45%
A. 7.65%
Study Guide pg 7, learning objective 1.2; text 342
Can oral severance arrangements become regulated by ERISA?
A. It depends
B. Yes
C. Maybe
D. No
B. Yes
Study Guide pg 10, learning objective 2.4; text 351-352
This section of ERISA that authorizes a court’s ability to impose stiff civil penalties against plan administrators who fail or refuse to produce certain plan documents upon request in a timely manner is:
A. 501(c)(1)
B. 502(c)(1)(B)
C. 502(c)
D. 502(c)(1)
C. 502(c)
Study Guide pg 13, learning objective 4.1; text 362
The statute of limitations for asserting a fiduciary claim is ______ or six years, depending on the circumstances.
A. three
B. two
C. five
D. four
A. three
Study Guide pg 7, learning objective 1.5; text 343
In the _______________________ decision, the Supreme Court agreed to a contractual limitations period, provided that it is reasonable in length and not subject to a controlling statute to the contrary.
A. Tibble v. Edison
B. Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident
C. Donovan v. Dillingham
D. Fort Halifax Packing Co., Inc., v. Coyne
B. Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident
Study Guide pg 7, learning objective 1.6; text 343
Only __________________ may recover the civil penalty under Section 502(c)(1).
A. beneficiaries
B. participants
C. fiduciaries
D. participants and beneficiaries
D. participants and beneficiaries
Study Guide pg 14, learning objective 4.4; text 364
All deferred compensation programs subject to ERISA, including executive compensation, SERPs, and similar arrangements are commonly referred to as _____________.
A. low hat plans
B. no hat plans
C. top hat plans
D. unfunded plans
C. top hat plans
Text page 345
Section _______ is part of ERISA’s system of civil enforcement provisions articulated in several parts of Section 502.
A. 502(c)(1)
B. 502(b)(1)
C. 501(c)(1)
D. 501(b)(1)
A. 502(c)(1)
Text page 362
The statute of limitations for asserting a fiduciary claims is two or six years.
True or False?
False
Only participants and beneficiaries may recover the civil penalty under Section 502(c)(1).
True or False?
True
ERISA provides an express preemption provision stating that Title IV shall supersede any state laws.
True or False?
True
Unfunded excess benefit plans are not exempt from ERISA.
True or False?
False
Shifting ordinary W-2 wages (or future wage increases) into employer contributions to a qualified retirement plan creates a relief from payroll taxes for both the employer and employee.
True or False?
True