Implementation Dates of Qualification Examinations
Series No. |
Title/Description |
Effective Date |
1 |
Registered Representative Examination |
1956 - 7/80 |
2 |
Non-Member General Securities Examination |
To 9/96 |
National Commodity Futures Examination |
1966-Present | |
Registered Options Principal Examination |
4/75-Present | |
5 |
Interest Rate Options Examination |
12/81-Present |
Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative Examination |
8/80-Present | |
General Securities Representative Examination |
9/74-Present | |
General Securities Sales Supervisor—Options Module Examination |
9/81-Present | |
General Securities Sales Supervisor—General Module Examination |
9/81-Present | |
Assistant Representative—Order Processing |
1/90-Present | |
12 |
NYSE Branch Manager Examination |
1/64-4/84 4/91-12/07 |
NYSE Compliance Official Examination |
9/89-Present | |
15 |
Foreign Currency Options Examination |
9/82-Present |
NYSE Supervisory Analyst Examination |
1/65-Present | |
17 |
Limited Registered Representative Examination |
5/91-Present |
18 |
Securities Industry Rules and Regulations Examination |
To 6/88 |
21 |
NYSE Front Line Specialist Clerk |
1/99-Present |
Direct Participation Programs Representative Examination |
8/80-Present | |
General Securities Principal Qualification Examination Sales Supervisor Module |
7/03-Present | |
General Securities Principal Examination |
1/79-Present | |
25 |
NYSE Trading Assistant Examination |
2/98-Present |
Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Principal Examination |
6/79-Present | |
Financial and Operations Principal Examination |
1/79-Present | |
Introducing Broker/Dealer Financial and Operations Principal Examination |
1/90-Present | |
30 |
Branch Managers Examination—Futures |
3/93-Present |
31 |
Futures Managed Funds Examination |
3/93-Present |
32 |
Limited Futures Exam—Regulations |
12/94-Present |
33 |
Financial Instruments Examination |
10/97-12/05 |
37 |
Canadian Module of Series 7 – with options |
4/96-Present |
38 |
Canadian Module of Series 7 – no options |
4/96-Present |
Direct Participation Programs Principal Examination |
6/79-Present | |
40 |
Registered Principal Examination |
9/65-5/79 |
41 |
NYSE Allied Member Examination |
1/66-12/85 |
Registered Options Representative Examination |
6/95-Present | |
51 |
Municipal Fund Securities Limited Principal Examination |
1/03-Present |
Municipal Securities Representative Examination |
11/78-Present | |
Municipal Securities Principal Examination |
2/80-Present | |
54 |
Municipal Securities Financial and Operations Principal Examination |
To 12/89 |
Limited Representative—Equity Trader |
4/98-Present | |
Corporate Securities Representative Examination |
6/88-Present | |
Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination |
4/79-Present | |
Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination |
1/89-Present | |
Uniform Combined State Law Examination |
7/95-Present | |
Government Securities Representative Examination |
4/98-Present | |
Limited Representative - Investment Banking |
11/09 | |
Limited Representative—Private Securities Offerings |
5/01-Present | |
Research Analyst Exam – Analysis Module |
3/04-Present | |
Research Analyst Exam – Regulations Module |
3/04-Present |
Series 1 General Securities Representative until 3/75; Direct Participation Programs and Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative until 6/80
Series 4 Foreign Currency options. Interest Rate options and Index options added 6/88
Series 6 Revised 5/95
Series 7 Call options added 4/75; Put options added 5/77; Interest Rate options, Foreign Currency options and Index options added 6/86. Revised and IRT scoring implemented 5/95.
Series 8 Revised 5/95 to include foreign currency options, interest rate options, and index options; Series 8 was replaced by Series 9 and 10 effective 8/16/1999.
Series 12 Re-instated 4/91, is the same as Part II of Series 8 and is administered to individuals who receive a waiver of Part I of the Series 8 from the NYSE
Series 54 Examination replaced by Series 27 1/90