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AFE Accredited Financial Examiner Questions and Answers

Questions 4

The ten largest companies account for what percent of life insurance sales in Canada?

Options:

A.

less than 50 percent

B.

more than 65 percent

C.

more than 75 percent

D.

less than 80 percent

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Questions 5

Selling a stream of contingent revenues to another party, at a discount to the expected value is called:

Options:

A.

Prioritized investment

B.

Reinsurance

C.

Profit

D.

Securitization.

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Questions 6

Uncollected premiums

Options:

A.

Are also an asset in statutory accounting

B.

Are usually those past the due date but in the grace period

C.

Accounting is similar to that for deferred premiums in that only the net premiums are necessary to match the reserve liability

D.

Only A and B

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Questions 7

What are designed primarily to accumulate a fund for eventual liquidation via annuitization, so the savings element is predominant?

Options:

A.

Variable annuities

B.

Deferred annuities

C.

Immediate annuities

D.

None of the above

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Questions 8

A substantial investment is defined as any investment comprising more than 15 percent of an enterprise’s voting shares or greater than 35 percent of its equity.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 9

is the price in a hypothetical transaction at the measurement date in the market in which the reporting entity would transact for the asset or liability

Options:

A.

Feasible financial price

B.

Asset/Liability price

C.

Principal price

D.

Exchange price

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Questions 10

The deduction must be based on identification of specific doubtful amounts and is limited to the maximum of doubtful debts identified in the year or a preceding year and 75 percent of the amount reported for statutory purposes.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 11

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 12

Scope of Examination and Report of Independent Certified Public Accountant states that:

Options:

A.

the insurer shall also require that the independent certified public accountant subject the data used by the appointed actuary to testing procedure.

B.

the insurer shall also require that the group of certified public accountant subject the data used by the appointed actuary to planning procedure.

C.

the investor shall also require that the independent certified private accountant subject the data used by the appointed actuary to developing procedure.

D.

the investor shall also require that the independent certified public accountant subject the data used by the appointed actuary to maintaining procedure.

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Questions 13

The nature and extent of interest rate risk, credit risk, reinsurance risk and other significant risks should be disclosed is required for:

Options:

A.

Actuarial revenues

B.

Actuarial assets

C.

Actuarial liabilities

D.

Actuarial expenses

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Questions 14

Reinsurance is defines as:

Options:

A.

to pay another party to assume a stream of contingent expenses, for a premium over the expected cost

B.

to pay another party to assume a stream of contingent revenues, for an interest over the expected cost

C.

to sell another party to assume a stream of contingent assets, for a premium over the actual cost

D.

to sell another party to assume a stream of contingent expenses, for a discount over the expected cost

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Questions 15

What confirms the hypothesized interest rate sensitivities and shows that the two lines of business are fairly complementary?

Options:

A.

Harmonizing graph

B.

Balance curve

C.

Price behavior curve

D.

List pricing graph

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Questions 16

An entity method is applied to corporate joint ventures and to investments in certain less than majority-owned companies in circumstances where:

Options:

A.

the investment is for the long term

B.

the investor company has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee company.

C.

Both A & B

D.

Neither A nor B

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Questions 17

What is characterized by liabilities “shorter” than assets, which can lead to the liquidation of assets at depressed values in times of higher than expected interest rates?

Options:

A.

Reinvestment risk

B.

Actual interest risk

C.

Capital value risk

D.

None of the above

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Questions 18

The Annual Statement reporting requirements for the participating and nonparticipating branches is limited to major and secondary lines of business, but a company would:

Options:

A.

Usually carry this separation throughout all of its premium classifications

B.

Do not carry this separation throughout all of its premium classifications

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Questions 19

All operations under common control are combined, intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated and the effects of minority interests are recorded through:

Options:

A.

Managed transactions

B.

Controlled investment

C.

Consolidation

D.

Monitory control

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Questions 20

The combined ratio is the sum of it:

Options:

A.

loss ratio

B.

expense ratio

C.

dividend ratio

D.

All of the above

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Questions 21

Financial statements of a self-sustaining foreign operation are translated using the current rate method whereby assets and liabilities are translated in the reporting currency using the exchange rate.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 22

When dividends are left to accumulate at interest, the insurer typically sends a notice to each policyholder showing the amount accumulated at the end of the policy year. The notice also shows the dividend credited and interest earned for that policy year. The dividend left at interest may later be received by or credited to the policyholder in several ways. Which of the following is/are out of those ways?

Options:

A.

As a cash withdrawal.

B.

As premium applied to the purchase by the policyholder of paid-up insurance.

C.

As marketable securities

D.

As premium to pay up or mature the policy.

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Questions 23

Many companies have developed an asset/liability management approach that is founded on understanding product liabilities. Mortgages meet the primary objective of maintaining:

Options:

A.

A tight asset/liability match

B.

A well-diversified core of investments

C.

A tight asset/liability match with a well-diversified core of investments.

D.

Real estate lending by insurance companies

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Questions 24

Direct serving loans method requires a system of good internal control and requires that the functions be split between the Accounting Department and the Investment Department. The Investment Department is responsible for promptly supplying the Accounting Department with:

Options:

A.

Accounting data on new loans

B.

Resolving few exceptions reported to it by the Accounting Department, i.e., when a borrower defaults on a loan payment

C.

Data related to changes in existing loans, which affects the accounting function

D.

Alerting the Investment Department promptly whenever an exception to the normal processing routine occurs

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Questions 25

The potential for loss resulting from changes in market interest rates are known as:

Options:

A.

Interest rate risk

B.

Interest rate loss

C.

Change rate risk

D.

Change rate loss

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Questions 26

The highest and best use of the asset is ______________, if the asset would provide maximum value to market participants principally on the standalone basis.

Options:

A.

in-exchange

B.

in-use

C.

in-market

D.

in-sale

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Questions 27

________ are contracts with the insurer which provide for periodic payments over a specified period or in specified amounts. In most respects they are administered and accounted for much like supplementary contracts without life contingencies since there are no mortality or morbidity considerations that affect the amount to be paid.

Options:

A.

Mixed stream

B.

Annuities certain

C.

Annuities due

D.

Ordinary Annuities

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Questions 28

A premium deficiency relating to which insurance contracts indicate a probable loss on premiums yet to be earned.

Options:

A.

long duration

B.

premium policy

C.

short duration

D.

None of the above

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Questions 29

The two most common types of dollar rolls are:

Options:

A.

Fixed-coupon and yield-maintenance agreements

B.

Variable-coupon and yield-maintenance agreements

C.

Fixed-coupon and Accounting agreements

D.

Variable -coupon and Principal agreements

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Questions 30

Average severities projection method uses various claim count and average cost per claim date on either a paid or insured basis.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 31

The method which assumes that an entity’s experience in estimating case-basis reserves will be repeated in the future is called:

Options:

A.

Paid loss projection

B.

Reported loss development projection

C.

Incurred loss projection

D.

Internal entity loss projection

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Questions 32

The balloon payment technique uses level payments of principal and interest but for a shorter period than is required to retire the loan fully during its term. For example, a loan with a 8.5 percent interest rate utilizing a 25-year amortization schedule with a 7-year maturity results in only $111 of each $l,000 principal being repaid. Thus, $889 of each $l,000 originally borrowed constitutes the balloon amount due at maturity.

Options:

A.

7th-year

B.

5th-year

C.

6th-year

D.

4th-year

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Questions 33

A package of coverage including most property and liability coverage except workers’ compensation, automobile insurance and surely bonds is called:

Options:

A.

Single peril

B.

Multiple peril

C.

Property lines

D.

professional property

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Questions 34

Put Option is:

Options:

A.

A procedure that grants the holder the right but not the obligations to buy the main asset at the specified market price.

B.

A strategy that grants the holder the right to sell the underlying asset at the actual price.

C.

An instrument that grants the holder the right but not the obligations to sell the underlying asset at the specified strike price.

D.

An activity that grants the holder the right to put obligations to the underlying asset at the specified strike price.

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Questions 35

The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date is called:

Options:

A.

face value

B.

fair value

C.

market value

D.

transaction value

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Questions 36

The establishment of loss reserves generally requires considerable judgment and knowledge of the entity’s business is known as:

Options:

A.

integration assessment

B.

procurement assessment

C.

qualitative assessment

D.

quantitative assessment

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Questions 37

Spreading of risks among insurance entities is called:

Options:

A.

Reinsurance

B.

Syndication

C.

Consortium act

D.

Risk Diffusion

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Questions 38

In which premium income less return premiums arising from policies issued by the entity collecting the premiums and acting as the primary insurance carrier?

Options:

A.

Indirect premium

B.

Direct premium

C.

Reinsurance premium

D.

Entity premium

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Questions 39

In what, securities involve in repos are not delivered on the settlement date of the agreement and the contract may be extended upon mutual agreement of the buyer-lender and seller-borrower.

Options:

A.

Financial servicing

B.

Price-cap

C.

Rollover

D.

Purchasing agreements

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Questions 40

Short-term portfolios are:

Options:

A.

Portfolios consisting of liabilities with maturities of one year to meet dollar needs.

B.

Portfolios consisting of combined revenues of less than one year to meet liquidity needs.

C.

Portfolios consisting of assets with maturities of less than one year to meet liquidity needs.

D.

Portfolios consisting of expenses with maturities of less than or equal to one year to meet dollar needs.

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Questions 41

Inflation in Defense & Cost Containment (DCC) is evaluated separately and is estimated to occur at the same rate as the rate of inflation in the losses.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 42

Savvy sales agents, acting in the interests of their clients, instigate surrenders of the original policies and placement with the new insurers, this phenomenon is known as:

Options:

A.

Opportunistic act

B.

Contractual minimums

C.

Mortgage backed securities

D.

Disintermediation.

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Exam Code: AFE
Exam Name: Accredited Financial Examiner
Last Update: Dec 22, 2024
Questions: 286

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