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Questions 4

In case of supplementary contracts, the amount of each payment is computed on the basis of the assumed (or guaranteed) interest rate and the number and frequency of payments selected. For example:

Options:

A.

The higher the assumed interest rate, the larger the amount of each payment

B.

The lower the assumed interest rate, the larger the amount of each payment

C.

The higher the assumed interest rate, the smaller the amount of each payment

D.

The higher the actual interest rate, the larger the amount of each payment

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Questions 5

The two basic methods for billing premiums are:

Options:

A.

policy and direct billing

B.

agency and direct billing

C.

collecting and indirect billing

D.

business and direct billing

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Questions 6

Excess liability:

Options:

A.

covers the insured against the loss in access of an actual amount, but only for profits as covered and defined in a predetermined planning.

B.

covers the insured against the loss in access of an actual amount, but only for profits as covered and defined in an underlying policy.

C.

covers all uninsured against the gain in access of a stated amount, but only for losses as covered and defined in an underlying policy.

D.

covers the insured against the loss in access of a stated amount, but only for losses as covered and defined in an underlying policy.

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Questions 7

Asset and liability management is:

Options:

A.

An approach of matching assets and liabilities that requires a correct mix of long and short term investments.

B.

An approach of mix assets and liabilities in a financial statement that requires specific long and short term revenues.

C.

An approach of mix assets and liabilities in a financial statement that requires specific long and short term revenues.

D.

An approach of specific assets and liabilities in a financial statement that requires correct mix of long and short term revenues.

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Questions 8

Cash does include funds in transit, unless the deposit was prepared and sent to the bank. If the deposit was sent to the bank, it is considered cash and entered into the company’s books and is no longer in transit. Funds in transit not yet sent to the bank are entered:

Options:

A.

On a write-in line on the Assets page

B.

As a prepaid asset on the Assets page

C.

As a long term asset on the Assets page

D.

As a non-admitted asset on Asset page

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Questions 9

In a yield-maintenance agreement:

Options:

A.

the securities repurchased may have a different stated interest rate from that of the securities sold and are generally priced to result in substantially the same yield.

B.

the securities repurchased may have the same stated interest rate from that of the securities sold and are generally priced to result in substantially the same yield.

C.

the securities repurchased may have a different stated interest rate from that of the securities sold and are generally priced to result in substantially the different yield.

D.

the securities repurchased may have a same stated interest rate from that of the securities sold and are generally priced to result in substantially the different yield.

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Questions 10

What represents the amounts needed to provide for the estimated ultimate cost of settling claims relating to insured events that have occurred on or before a particular date?

Options:

A.

Independent claim adjustment

B.

Payment of claims

C.

Insured claim adjustments

D.

Claim adjustment expenses

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Questions 11

In determining whether an operation is self-sustaining or integrated, what you do not need to consider is:

Options:

A.

source of financing

B.

nature of outputs

C.

price drivers

D.

location of the market

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Questions 12

When policy periods expire, the premiums written are earned and are recognized as:

Options:

A.

Liabilities

B.

Expenses

C.

Revenues

D.

None of the above

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Questions 13

A change in _______ or its application is appropriate if the change results in a measurement that is equally or more representative of fair value in the circumstances.

Options:

A.

Valuation technique

B.

Value technique

C.

Investment approach

D.

Accounting corrections

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Questions 14

What is applied to the sale of all or a block of an entity’s insurance in force of another entity?

Options:

A.

Insurance impede

B.

Portfolio Reinsurance

C.

Poly-holder insurance

D.

Syndicated insurance

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Questions 15

What is based on statistical data and are large groups of similar risks can be classified by a few and easily identifiable characteristics and result in standard rates?

Options:

A.

Numerical rating

B.

Premium rating

C.

Manual rating

D.

Item rating

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Questions 16

In which of the following, Internal entity experience or information from published sources concerning recent trends in socioeconomic factors affecting claim payments:

Options:

A.

general inflation rates

B.

judicial decisions assessing liability

C.

judicial decisions regarding noneconomic damages

D.

All of the above

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Questions 17

Duration is a measure of the first-order interest rate sensitivity of a financial instrument.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 18

Federal Housing Administration:

Options:

A.

Agency does not make loans; it only insures them. For this protection the borrower must pay an annual insurance premium to the FHA of 0.5 percent of the outstanding principal amount of the loan

B.

Agency does not make loans; upon default, the lender has the option either of assigning the mortgage to the FHA and receiving cash and/or securities equal to the loan amount at the date of the default or of foreclosing on the mortgaged property

C.

Establishes standards for property that can not be insured and maximum terms, interest rates, and amounts for the insured loans

D.

All of these

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Questions 19

Which investments held by life insurance enterprises should be carried in the balance sheet at amortized cost?

Options:

A.

Appraisal-term acts

B.

Variable-term portfolio

C.

Fixed-term portfolio

D.

Revenue-earned portfolio

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Questions 20

The profitability of an insurance entity on a statutory basis is generally gauged by:

Options:

A.

combined ratio and its operating ratio

B.

single module ratio and its operating ratio

C.

Net ratio

D.

Gross ration and actual ratio

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Questions 21

With fixed deferred annuities;

Options:

A.

the credited rate is determined fiscally and declared by the insurance company

B.

the debited rate is periodically re-determined and declared by the organization

C.

the credited rate is periodically re-determined and declared by the insurance company

D.

the debited rate is determined fiscally and declared by the organization

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Questions 22

_______ include financial statements and notes, both on a consolidated and non consolidated basis.

Options:

A.

The annual Return

B.

Provincial Adequacy Return

C.

Constraints of self assessment

D.

Static Capital Adequacy Test

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Questions 23

The maximum error in the population that the auditor is willing to accept is called:

Options:

A.

Risk of material misstatement

B.

detection of risk

C.

Both A & B

D.

Neither A nor B

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Questions 24

What is the second-order measure of the interest rate sensitivity of an instrument and the sensitivity of duration to changes in interest rates?

Options:

A.

Complexity

B.

Convexity

C.

Time compliance

D.

Performance measure

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Questions 25

These are the loans in which:

Arrangement is usually called commitment When the structure is completed and put in service, the loan is paid off from the proceeds of the long term financing, whatever its source Proper controls would require the lender to obtain documentation for the disbursed portion of the construction loan and be assured that the cost of the structure to date is equivalent to the disbursed portion of the construction loan. What are these?

Options:

A.

Undeveloped Land Loans

B.

Construction Loans

C.

Development Loans

D.

Residential Loans

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Questions 26

What allows an entity to eliminate the reserve that was recorded for the claim, even if it exceeded the amount paid for the settlement?

Options:

A.

ethical act

B.

controlled procedure

C.

structured settlement

D.

None of the above

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Questions 27

Immunization theory says that:

Options:

A.

duration matching requires rebalancing the asset portfolio, but the theoretically correct answer is to rebalance continuously.

B.

Investment matching requires rebalancing the liabilities portfolio, but the theoretically correct answer is to rebalance annually.

C.

Performance matching requires rebalancing the expense portfolio, but the theoretically correct answer is to rebalance continuously as and when needed only.

D.

Balance matching requires rebalancing the revenues portfolio, but the theoretically correct answer is to rebalance continuously.

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Questions 28

In which policies the contract provides for insurance coverage for a fixed period of duration and enables the insurer to not renew the contract or adjust the provisions of the contract at the end of the contract period?

Options:

A.

Short duration

B.

Policy duration

C.

Contract duration

D.

None of the above

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Questions 29

The evaluation and subsequent purchase or sale of investments is based on the judgment of the entity’s investment and finance committees.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 30

The difference between the case-basis reserves and the estimated ultimate cost of such recorded claims is known as:

Options:

A.

projected reserves

B.

computing reserves

C.

case-development reserves

D.

claim reserves

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Questions 31

It is defined as a debt restructuring whereby the insurer for economic or legal reasons related to borrower financial difficulties, grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise grant.

Options:

A.

A troubled debt restructuring

B.

Commercial debt restructuring

C.

Mortgage debt restructuring

D.

Residential debt restructuring

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Questions 32

Interest rates are a key element of any option pricing exercise because cash flows are discounted at interest.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 33

Fidelity bonds cover employees against dishonest acts by employees.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 34

Which risk assessment procedures are used to obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control?

Options:

A.

Inquiries of management

B.

Analytical procedures

C.

Observation

D.

All of the above

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Questions 35

_______________ reserves for income tax purposes are referred to as maximum tax actuarial reserves (MTAR) and replace the actuarial liabilities used for accounting purposes in computing taxable income.

Options:

A.

Procedure-related

B.

Policy-related

C.

Standardized- related act

D.

None of the above

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Questions 36

The methods used for the premium rates establishment are:

Options:

A.

Manual, judgmental and premium rating

B.

Commercial, judgmental and merit rating

C.

Manual, experimental and merit rating

D.

Manual, judgmental and merit rating

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Questions 37

______ is used when the rates for large or usual risks are established almost entirely by the skill and experience of the rate maker.

Options:

A.

Expertise rating

B.

Premium rating

C.

Class rating

D.

Individual rating

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Questions 38

A stock life insurance company writing both participating and nonparticipating business must follow special accounting procedures under the laws of certain jurisdictions. The purpose of these special accounting procedures is to provide for:

Options:

A.

A separation of accounting, so that profits applicable to participating and nonparticipating business can be appropriately determined

B.

This is a critical process, since profits from participating business are regulated as to their distribution among participating policyholders and the company’s stockholders

C.

Some jurisdictions require the filing of several of the statutory statement exhibits in three forms, one for the company as a whole

D.

Any of these

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Questions 39

Accounting transactions that occur after the initial investment in a loan and during the period the loan is being serviced fall into two broad categories. Which one of the following is out of those categories?

Options:

A.

Processing transactions, which are recurring and similar in nature for all mortgage loans,

B.

processing transactions, which are not recurring and opposite in nature for all mortgage loans

C.

Unusual transactions

D.

None of these

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Questions 40

What are especially effective in investment strategy, because of the powerful risk management attributes they provide?

Options:

A.

Investments trials

B.

Product design

C.

Communication benefits

D.

Derivative instruments

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Questions 41

What limits the repurchase price to a stipulated percentage of the face amount of the certificate?

Options:

A.

Price-cap provision

B.

Investment provision

C.

Limit provision

D.

Par cap provision

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Questions 42

The difference between the purchase price and the repurchase price, or sale price, plus accrued interest on the security represents:

Options:

A.

Accounting agreement

B.

Investment income

C.

Dollar price

D.

Saving price

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Exam Code: AFE
Exam Name: Accredited Financial Examiner
Last Update: Apr 23, 2024
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