Compare bills with confidence: prices, terms and tradeoffs: test your skills
Understand the change, ask for written options, and choose what works for you. Answer each question to see the explanation; your score appears at the end.
This test checks that you can
- Explain why a bill changed
- Ask a provider for written options
- Compare total cost, including switching
- Practice
1. A bill rose 30%. A common reason is…
- Practice
2. What should you ask a provider for?
- Practice
3. When is a quoted discount real savings?
- Key idea
4. Which statement best explains "Promotions expire"?
- Key idea
5. Which statement best explains "Compare over the same period"?
- Key idea
6. Which statement best explains "Get it in writing"?
- Action plan
7. In the action plan, which step comes first?
- Mistake to avoid
8. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
- Mistake to avoid
9. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
A $70 plan vs a $58 plan with a $36 switching fee. When does switching pay off?
Show the answer
After 3 months
Saving $12 a month. $36 ÷ $12 = 3 months to recover the fee.
Find one bill that rose in the last year and write down exactly what changed.