Question

An agent of a broker dealer has hired a sales assistant who is not registered. The sales assistant will answer the telephone, handle customer queries, and perform other clerical duties. All of the following arrangements for compensating the unregistered sales assistant are permitted except:_________.A. Hourly wageB. Performance bonusC. Annual salarD. production bonus

Answer 1

D. production bonus

Step-by-step explanation:

With regards to the above, an unregistered person cannot be compensated with commissions or pay based on production . While the unregistered sales assistant may be compensated for hourly wage, performance bonus and annual salary; he would not be compensated for production bonus because he is not allowed to partake in the commissions, or share in any fortune of the business with the agent he works for.

A production bonus unlike performance bonus(bonus paid for doing a good job), is based on the level of commissions and other fees that are earned hence not permitted for an unregistered persons or sales assistant.