It can be hard to understand exactly what kinds of things help or hurt your credit score. One reason why: Paying off a car loan or missing a credit-card payment might not affect your score the same way it affects other people’s. WSJ personal finance reporter Imani Moise joins host J.R. Whalen to clear up some of the uncertainty behind credit scores through a new interactive WSJ quiz. 

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