PCE A & C ENGLISH SET C 1. Which of the following is correct?A. Speculative risk is always catastrophic in natureB. Pure risk is uninsurableC. There is a gain in speculative riskD. Speculative risk is uninsurable 2. What is the meaning of concealment?A. Unable to perform the agreed performanceB. One party becomes insaneC. Failure to disclose material factsD. The principle of subrogation 3. An insurance company owned by shareholders is called:A. a mutual companyB. a proprietary companyC. a co-operative companyD. None of the above 4. Which of the following is NOT a role of an insurance agent?A. An agent inculcates the discipline of saving amongst the publicB. An agent falsifies claims in order for claimants to obtain moneyC. An agent brings financial relief in the event of property lossD. An agent brings financial relief to grieving dependents of the insured who may meet an untimely death 5. The primary function of insurance is ____________A. to provide a sound capitalB. to provide employmentC. to compensate the unfortunate few from the many insuredsD. to provide social service 6. Among the following, which is NOT a characteristic of an insurable risk?A. Large number of similar riskB. Reasonable premiumC. Insurable interestD. Against public policy 7. The principle of contribution stipulates that when two or more policies covering for the same risk, the insured ________A. can claim under one policyB. cannot make any claimC. must claim under all policies, recovering a ratable proportion from each insurerD. None of the above 8. What do you understand when the organization of a company is said to be decentralized?A. When the preparation of policies and renewals & etc. is being carried out in the head officeB. When only the preparation of policies and renewals of policies are carried out in the branches concernedC. When the company has no branchesD. When the underwriting, claims ad servicing of the branch business are handled at the respective branches up to a pre-arranged limit 9. How do insurers encourage loss reduction and prevention?A. By offering rates of discount to those who take such measuresB. By loading the premium of those who take such measuresC. By having more agentsD. All of the above 10. The condition that increases the chance of loss is known as:A. hazardB. lossC. perilD. risk 11. A burglar who has a personal accident policy suffers injury during a burglary job. The insurance company is not liable to pay for the claim because:A. it is a self-inflicted injuryB. the risk is of illegal natureC. the risk is expectedD. he attempted suicide 12. The Takaful Act 1984 provides for the establishment of the ___________ whose function is to advise the Takaful company on its operation in order to ensure that it does not involve itself in any element which is not approved by the Islamic Religion Law.A. Takaful Supervisory CouncilB. PIAM Supervisory CouncilC. Syariah Supervisory CouncilD. LIAM Supervisory Council 13. What is the meaning of consensus ad idem?A. Of the same mindB. DisagreementC. Meeting of the parties to contractD. Uberrima fides 14. Which of the following is an important provision of the Insurance Act 1996?A. Registration of insurersB. Solvency of the insurerC. Compulsory deposit by the insurerD. All of the above 15. Which of the following association of bureau provide for compassionate payment or allowance to person(s) injured or to dependant(s) of person(s) killed through the use of motor vehicle?A. PIAMB. MIIC. MIBD. None of the above 16. In life insurance, insurable interest must exist ____________A. at the time of lossB. at the time of the insurance contract existC. at the inception of the contract and the time of lossD. during the life time of the policy 17. If an agent acts beyond his authority, a principal may subsequently _________ the act and make it valid.A. ratifyB. rectifyC. notifyD. dismiss 18. Which of the following is a privilege in the life insurance contract?A. Incontestability clauseB. Days of graceC. Suicide clauseD. Assignment 19. The net premium in life insurance is the _________A. amount of premium sufficient to pay total claims, as and when they ariseB. gross premium less expenseC. premium charged on riders attached to a basic policyD. premium charged to the policyholder 20. Mr. Lee was working with Insurance company A before he changed to Insurance company B. He then brought his customers over to company B by asking them to discontinue their existing policies with company A. This situation is called ___________A. rebatingB. twistingC. misrepresentationD. underwriting 21. Level premium can be paid __________A. annuallyB. quarterlyC. monthlyD. any of the above 22. Maturity benefits are made up of the _________A. sum assured plus bonusB. sum assured plus disability benefitsC. sum assured plus disability benefits and bonusD. bonus plus disability benefits 23. Which of the following best defines 'surplus'?A. Surplus is the difference between the life insurance fund and all policy liabilitiesB. Surplus is profitC. Surplus is the difference between revenues and costs.D. Surplus is input less output 24. The 'burden of proof of death of a life assured caused by suicide' is laid on the _______A. courtB. claimantC. certified doctorD. insurance company 25. The chances of dying in a year or at a specific age is commonly termed as the __________A. rate of moralityB. rate of mortalityC. rate of morbidityD. rate of surviving 26. What is the accumulated amount of RM8,000 if the amount is invested for three (3) years at a compounded interest rate of 7.5 percent per annum?A. RM8,003.38B. RM8,003.00C. RM8,600.00D. RM9,938.38 27. What is a reversionary bonus?A. Bonus usually takes the form of cash distribution and is usually contingent upon payment of the next premiumB. Bonus is declared as proportion of the sum assured and the bonuses accumulated under the same circumstances as the original sum assuredC. Bonus allocated is in proportion to the sum assured and the bonuses accumulated under the policyD. Bonuses are normally declared on the valuation date of the policy year preceding that date, which is in arrears 28. Life insurance can be classified into three (3) main businesses. They are _______A. Ordinary life, group insurance and home service insuranceB. Ordinary life, group insurance and home life insuranceC. Ordinary life, term insurance and group insuranceD. Ordinary life, annuity and group insurance 29. According to the statement of philosophy, life insurance business is based on ______A. The philosophy of competitionB. The philosophy of risk sharingC. The philosophy of saving livesD. The philosophy of risk retention 30. An insured can return a policy within _______ from receipt of the policy with a written notice. The insurer will then have to refund the premium.A. 15 weeksB. 5 daysC. 15 daysD. 30 days 31. The three (3) basic insurance policies are ________i group policy ii whole life policy iii endowment policy iv term policy v home-service policy A. i, ii, iiiB. i, ii, ivC. ii, iii, ivD. ii, iii, v 32. The three (3) common methods that value the assets of a life office are _______i cost price ii book value iii actuarial valuation iv market value A. i, ii, iiiB. i, iii, ivC. ii, iii, ivD. i, ii, iv 33. Which of the following factors determine the life premium rates?A. Mortality, interest, expenses, bonus loadingB. Mortality, interest, income tax, commissionC. Mortality,, interest, expenses, commissionD. Gender, interest, expenses, bonus loading 34. The difference between gross premium and net premium is due to________A. rate of moralityB. rate of interestC. expenses loadingD. commission 35. En. Kamaruddin purchased a RM100,000 Whole Life non-participating policy on his own life. The agreed sum insured of RM100,000 will be payable in the event of death of En.Kamaruddin. This type of contract is known as ____________A. contract of indemnityB. valued contractC. contract of adhesionD. unvalued contract 36. Mr. Chong, 25 years old, has effected a term policy of RM100,000 for 30 years. When he reached 55 years old, he will receive__________A. RM100,000 and the policy shall be terminatedB. RM100,000 and the policy shall continue for another 30 yearsC. nothing and the policy shall be terminatedD. nothing and the policy shall continue for another 30 years 37. Mr. and Mrs. Chong both aged 70 & 60 respectively received income payment from an annuity company. The income will be paid as long as either one annuitant is alive. The income payment shall cease upon death of the last annuitant. What type of annuity contract has the couple acquired?A. Deferred annuityB. Single life annuityC. Last survivor annuityD. Joint life annuity 38. A life proposed with hazardous occupation is said to have___________A. an increasing extra mortalityB. a level mortalityC. a decreasing extra mortalityD. none of the above 39. __________ is simply an additional clause to the policy or variation of one or more of the conditions.A. An endorsementB. A declarationC. A letter of extensionD. A letter of acceptance 40. Insurers do not ___________ when dealing with sub-standard lives.A. charges an extra premiumB. offers an alternate form of contractC. imposes a debt or lienD. provides a premium discount 41. On March 1, Mr. Chong submitted a proposal form to an insurer. A letter of acceptance was then issued on March 8 and subsequently was delivered to Mr. Chong on March 10. Mr. Chong paid the initial premium on March 17. A life insurance policy was issued and delivered to Mr. Chong on April 5. Mr. Chong life insurance policy became effective on_______A. August 8B. August 10C. August 17D. April 5 42. Which of the following policies is not eligible for income tax relief in respect of the premium paid?A. Whole life insuranceB. Endowment insuranceC. Personal accident insuranceD. Term insurance 43. Section 44(A) of the Insurance Act 1963/96 states that any act performed by an agent is deemed to be of knowledge to the insurer unless:A. He is an agent of the insurerB. There is a collusion or connivance between the agent and the proposerC. He is soliciting new businessD. He acts on behalf of the insurer 44. Which of the following is not a provision of the Insurance Act?A. All insurers must be registeredB. Every insurer is required to maintain a specific solvency margins at all timeC. BNM must approve all training programs of the insurance companiesD. Only fit and proper persons can be appointed as the Managing Director, Chief Executive or Principal Officer of an insurance company 45. What is a risk?A. Causes of lossesB. Uncertainty of lossesC. Occurrence of lossesD. Carelessness in decision making 46. Which of the following about the proposal form is true?A. A proposal form consists of a series of questions drawn up by the insurer, requesting certain information that will enable them to assess the proposed risk.B. The issuance of a blank proposal form constitutes an offer by the insurerC. An applicant is not required to give material information in the proposal formD. A life insurance contract comes into force when a proposal is submitted 47. Which of the following is not false?A. The charge for covering the cost of mortality alone is called Risk PremiumB. Net Premium is the charge computed after taking into account of mortality & interestC. Net Premium provides for expensesD. Gross premium is derived from taking net premium add loading for expenses add loading for profits & contingencies 48. Section 161 of the Insurance Act 1996 provides that where a claim upon death of the policyowner is not paid within________days of receipt of intimation of the claim the insurer should pay a minimum compound of _________per annumA. 90 days, 7%B. 60 days, 3%C. 60 days, 4%D. 30days, 3.5% 49. The following conditions apply for contribution. Which of the following is/are true?i At minimum, one policy of indemnity must be in forceii The policies must cover a common interest iii The policies must cover a common peril which gives rise to the loss iv The loss involves a common subject matter covered by the policies A. i, ii, iiiB. i, iii, ivC. ii, iii, ivD. i, ii, iv 50. In consumer buying decision process, studies conducted in the U.S.A indicate that the most important factors for the selection of a particular insurer are as follow. Rank the following from the most important.i Quality of coverage and services provided ii Policy benefits iii Reputation of the insurerA. i, ii, iiiB. ii, iii, iC. iii, ii, iD. iii, i , ii 51. When a proposal is submitted to the insurance company without the initial premium and the proposal is approved by the company, a letter of acceptance is issued to the proposer requesting him to make the necessary payment of premium, often within ________ daysA. 15B. 30C. 60D. 90 52. In cases where there is an extra loading on the proposal, a letter indicating the loading is issued to the proposer as a___________A. offer-counterB. counter-offerC. off-counterD. one off-counter 53. The purpose of back dating the commencement date of a policy to an earlier date is to benefit the proposer for paying the premium applicable to a lower age. Usually, this back-dating exercise is up to a maximum of ________monthsA. 3B. 6C. 8D. 9 54. Calculate the age for Esther should the following insurer adopt different bases for arriving at the age of an individual in the following order.Insurance co. A: Age last birthday Insurance co. B : Age next birthday Insurance co. C: Age nearest birthday Proposer's date of birth: 21 October 1972 Date of the proposal submitted: 2 Dec 2003 A. 31, 32, 31B. 31, 31, 32C. 32, 31, 32D. 32, 32, 31 55. The term life insurance used in the Code of Ethics and Conduct covers all types of:i Home-Service ii Ordinary Life Insurance iii Annuities iv Pension Contracts & Personal Accidents v Permanent Health Insurance A. i, ii, iii, ivB. i, ii, iii, vC. ii, iii, iv, vD. All of the above 56. What are the risks that are covered by life insurance?i Death or injury to a person by an accident ii Premature death iii Continuous stream of income during retirement iv Sickness or DisabilityA. i, ii, iiiB. i, ii, ivC. ii, iii, ivD. All of the above 57. What are the major objectives of LIAM?i. To promote and represent the interests of the member companies and the life insurance companies ii. To make rules, regulations and tariffs and by-laws in consultation with the Director General of Insurance (DGI) for implementation by the members iii. To render where possible, to member companies such advice and assistance as may be required iv. To circulate information likely to be of interest to member companies, to collect, collate and publish statistics and other information relating to life insurance A. i, ii, iiiB. ii, iii, ivC. i, iii, ivD. All of the above 58. Which of the following statements are not true regarding Group Insurance?i Group insurance coverage may be extended to cover employee's spouse and illegitimate children ii The lives assured must be in the regular employment of the assured employer iii Lives assured consists of full-time and casual employees iv The contract of group insurance is solely between the insurer and the insured A. i, ii, iiiB. i, iii, ivC. ii, iii, ivD. All of the above 59. The Takaful company provides the following types of family takaful plan for participation by both individuals and corporate bodies except:A. Takaful Mortgage PlansB. Hospitalization BenefitC. Health and Medical Takaful PlanD. Takaful Plans for Education 60. The consequences of breaching the principle of Uberrima Fides leads to:A. a void contractB. a voidable contractC. an unenforceable contractD. no contract Time is Up!