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TRADITIONAL LIFE - Quiz
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  • 1. Both endowment and term life policies provide that ____
A) A benefit will be paid at the end of the period of coverage if the person is then alive
B) Insurance protection will be limited to a specified period
C) No cash value is available to the policy owner during the term of the policy
D) Renewal and conversion privileges are available
  • 2. Indicate which of the following is not a function of an application for life insurance policy
A) To convey to the company the desire of the applicant to obtain insurance
B) To furnish initial information as to insurability
C) To give details pertaining to non-forfeiture options
D) To furnish information on which the contract of life insurance may be written
  • 3. A father has his present life insurance payable to his estate and because he has now retired he wants to pass the policy on to his son who will assume the premium payments. Which of the following will he have to appoint his son to achieve his desire and protect the son from Estate Tax Liability?
A) Absolute assignee
B) Irrevocable primary beneficiary
C) Irrevocable secondary beneficiary
D) Revocable primary beneficiary
  • 4. A policy where an irrevocable beneficiary has been designated the insured, without the beneficiary’s permission, can
A) Discontinue premium payments
B) Borrow minimal cash loan
C) Alter the dividend option now in effect
D) Avail of a non-forfeiture option
  • 5. What are the basic settlement options?
A) Fixed amount, fixed period, life income, interest on deposit
B) Cash surrender value, automatic premium loan
C) Policy loan, guaranteed insurability
D) Double indemnity, total and permanent disability waiver
  • 6. An insurance company generally has the right to rescind a life insurance policy if
A) Insured person intentionally kills himself during the suicide exclusion period specified in the policy
B) Company discovers during the contestable period that the application contains a material statement.
C) Company discovers at any time that the policy owner was actually a minor at the time of application
D) Insured person is killed in military action during the contestable period of the policy
  • 7. Which of the following is the least important reason for requiring that insurance agents be licensed?
A) To provide additional income to the government through license fees
B) To give the government adequate control over the conduct of agents
C) To establish and maintain high professional and ethical standards
D) To protect the public
  • 8. In the event that a policy owner elects the paid-up insurance option
A) The premiums stop and the policy continues for the full face amount until age 65
B) The premiums cease and protection continues with a reduced amount of Coverage
C) The policy will automatically terminate
D) The insurance continues at a reduced amount and with a reduced premium
  • 9. The company will allow a policy change from a higher premium to a lower premium provided the insured
A) Momentarily assigns the policy to the company
B) Buys a new plan altogether
C) Obtains written consent from his or her spouse
D) Presents satisfactory evidence of insurability
  • 10. A policy which permits the policyholder to vary the level of premiums, the sum insured and has its cash values dependent upon the investment performance and the level of premium paid is known as _________ policy.
A) None of the above
B) Participating whole life policy
C) Participating endowment
D) Universal life
  • 11. Which of the following statements about “ Disability Waiver of Premium Rider” is false?
A) It has to be attached to a life insurance policy
B) There is a waiting period
C) The insured has to die while disabled
D) Disability must occur before a stated date
  • 12. In most life insurance applications, the largest amount of information requested is data which
A) Describes the desired benefits and mode of payment
B) Identifies the applicant
C) Describes the type of insurance applied for
D) Relates to the insurability of the applicant
  • 13. Paid-up additions
A) Affect both cash and loan value of the policy
B) Only affect the cash value of the policy
C) Don’t affect the loan or cash value of the policy
D) Don’t affect the cash value of the policy
  • 14. The total life coverage of a permanent basic policy can be greatly increased through the use of
A) An interim term rider
B) An accidental death benefit rider
C) A supplemental term rider
D) None of the above
  • 15. Life insurance companies make use of the laws of probability in order to
A) Determine the experienced death rate among the insured persons
B) Estimate future death rates among members of a given group
C) Develop statistics of past deaths among the general population
D) Predict when an individual insured will die
  • 16. In the case of renewable term insurance, the policy owner may
A) Change the life insured at renewal date
B) Renew the coverage based on a higher premium
C) Renew providing the insurance company agrees to continue coverage
D) Renew at the same premium for further period of years
  • 17. A man applied for a PhP 20,000 whole life policy and paid the full initial premium to the soliciting agent. The agent issued a binding receipt. Under such a receipt, the insurance company
A) Offers permanent insurance coverage effective as of the date of the application
B) Guarantees the policy will be issued as applied for
C) Promises that the insurance coverage will become effective as of the date the application is approved
D) Immediately provides interim insurance that remains in effect until the policy is issued or the application is declined
  • 18. Endowment life insurance and term life insurance are similar in that both plans
A) Contain provisions for automatic continuation of the insurance protection at the end of a specified period
B) Provide life insurance protection for only the period of time specified in the policy contract
C) Provide for payment of the face amount if the insured is alive at the end of the specified period
D) Build up cash value rapidly in the early policy years
  • 19. An agent who determines a prospect’s complete financial requirements preparatory to offering him a policy using the correct selling approach knows as
A) Counselor selling
B) Total needs selling
C) Multiple products selling
D) Planned selling
  • 20. Name the provision in a permanent life insurance policy under which premiums are discontinued, full insurance will be maintained for a specified period:
A) Extended term insurance
B) Paid-up insurance additions
C) Reduced paid-up insurance
D) Life income option pension
  • 21. Notwithstanding various possible legal impediments, if the owner of an endowment at age 65 policy tells you that the maturity of the policy he wants to provide his church with a monthly donation for as long as the church exists. Which option do you recommend?
A) Fixed income option
B) Periodic annuity option
C) Life annuity option
D) Interest option
  • 22. The extent of medical evidence required is determined by
A) Date of the last medical examination
B) The age of the applicant and the proposed sum to be insured
C) Financial condition of the applicant
D) Occupation of the applicant
  • 23. The conservation of a life insurance policy is dependent on all the following except
A) Pressure selling
B) The level of first year commission
C) Agent’s service oriented attitude
D) The use of effective needs selling
  • 24. All of the following are sources of information to an insurance company pertaining to the insurability of an applicant except
A) Medical examination report
B) The applicant’s personal appearance
C) Government tax records
D) Agent’s inspection report
  • 25. If the applicant for life insurance fails to disclose or misrepresents material fact, the contract is
A) Voidable by the insurer if it has been in force less than 2 years
B) Valid if the insurer issues a policy which is delivered to the applicant
C) Void from the beginning
D) Valid unless the insurer can prove fraud
  • 26. The settlement options provision may provide all of the following except:
A) Payments of the proceeds in fixed amounts until exhausted
B) Payment of the proceeds over a fixed period
C) Proceeds held by the company, with interest payable to the beneficiary on request
D) Payment of the proceeds for the life of the insured
  • 27. Non-forfeiture provisions are included in whole life and endowment policies to assure the policyowner that certain minimum policy benefits shall remain with him even under certain changed conditions. Non-forfeiture values guarantee to the policyowner that
A) The face amount of the policy will remain the same even if the insured’s health becomes impaired
B) No death claim will be denied for any misstatement on the application
C) The premium on the policy will remain the same even when another beneficiary is added to the policy
D) Any guaranteed policy values will belong to the policy owner even if premium payments are discounted
  • 28. Purchasing a continuous-premium, whole life policy rather than a limited payment, whole life policy gives the policyowner the advantage of
A) More insurance protection for the same annual premiums outlay
B) More rapid accumulation of cash values
C) Concentration of premium payments during the period of highest earnings
D) Liberal risk selection procedures
  • 29. In certain situations a company may file interpleader actions with a Court of Law. This remedy is used to
A) Recommend the best settlement options for the beneficiary If the interest on a policy loan is not paid at the policy anniversary the insurance
B) Decide conflicting claims on the same insurance proceeds
C) Determine if the cause of the insured’s death was an excluded risk
D) Resolve the question of insurable interest
  • 30. Which of the following statement is false?
A) The cash value in a permanent policy is guaranteed by the company
B) The cash value of a whole life policy builds up at a slower rate than for a 20 year endowment
C) The cash value of an endowment builds up faster than that for a limited pay life policy of the same duration
D) Because of its very short duration the cash value of a yearly renewable term policy grows very fast
  • 31. Which of the following does not have a legitimate insurable interest?
A) An individual on the life of his mistress
B) An individual on the life of his spouse
C) A finance company on the life of its borrower
D) An individual on his own life
  • 32. The basic coverage provided by the life insurance policies may be supplemented by a separate provision that provides coverage for accidental amounts or of a different nature. Collectively these provisions are known as
A) riders
B) assignment
C) deposit privileges
D) dividends
  • 33. Which of the following statements regarding insurance premiums is false?
A) The grace period is usually 31 days
B) Cash is required for all premiums paid in the grace period
C) A premium is the legal consideration needed to affectuate a life insurance policy
D) Premiums which are paid quarterly or semi-annually are higher than those paid annually
  • 34. A non-forfeiture option would ordinarily be selected at the time a policyowner
A) Discontinues premium payments for a whole life or endowment policy
B) Chooses a mode of settlement for the life proceeds
C) Converts a term policy to a whole life policy
D) Renews a term life policy
  • 35. If the interest on a policy loan is not paid at the policy anniversary the insurance company may
A) Refuse to grant future additional loan
B) Terminate the contract
C) Demand full settlement of the loan
D) Increase the present loan by the interest
  • 36. The incontestability clause
A) Permits the company to pay claims within 2 years
B) Gives the company the right to rescind a policy at any time
C) Makes it necessary for the beneficiary to present proof of death in the event of a death claim
D) Prevents the company from denying a claim after the policy has been in force for 2 years
  • 37. The insured named a primary and secondary revocable beneficiary for PhP 20,000 policy. Which of the following is correct?
A) The designation of a contingent beneficiary is subject to the primary beneficiary’s approval
B) Upon the insured’s death the primary and secondary beneficiaries shall each receive PhP 10,000
C) Any policy loan assignment will require the primary beneficiary’s signature
D) The insured can add a third beneficiary at any time
  • 38. When you bought an insurance policy on your wife’s life, you were 27 and she was 26, but you stated that you were 26 and she was 27. Five years later your wife died. The insurer will pay
A) The face amount
B) The sum of the premium paid
C) Slightly less than the face amount
D) The face amount adjusted for misstatement of age
  • 39. If the interest on a policy loan is not paid at the policy anniversary the insurance company may
A) Increase the present loan by the interest
B) Refuse to grant future additional loan
C) Demand full settlement of the loan
D) Terminate the contract
  • 40. A yearly renewable term life insurance policy generally specifies that
A) Premiums shall increase every time the policy is renewed
B) The policyowner may renew the policy only once
C) Evidence of insurability shall be required every renewal
D) Cash values will increase for as long as the policy is in force
  • 41. In a case where the premium has not been paid and the cash values has been exhausted, the policy can still avail of the grace period.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 42. According to the law of large numbers, events which happen seemingly by chance will actually be bound to follow a predictable pattern, if enough such happenings are observed.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 43. Anti-selection occurs when persons in poor health wish to buy insurance.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 44. A policy is still in force for the full face amount and will remain in force for a further period of four years and 118 days, without the payment of any premiums has availed of paid up insurance option.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 45. In the case of misstatement of age, the amount of insurance is adjusted to the amount which the premium paid at the correct age would have purchased.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 46. A policy that provides guaranteed cash values plus extra annual distributions and pays the insured after a specified time is known as a participating endowment.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 47. In a group insurance it is assumed that every member of the group is insurable, provided that every member of the group is working a minimum number of (usually 50 hours) each week.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 48. An endowment at age 65 policy with premium payable for a limited period of 20 years pays the full amount after 20 years.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 49. In most life insurance applications, the largest amount of information requested is data which identifies the applicant.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 50. A policy is not rendered void by reason of misstatement of the assured’s death.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
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