Free FLMI Practice Questions
10 free, exam-style Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) practice questions with answers and
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Question 1
Thomas Greene's life insurance application stated his age as 40. After his death, the insurer discovered he was actually 45 at the time of application. Under the misstatement of age provision, the insurer will:
- Reduce the death benefit by the percentage difference between the stated and actual ages
- Pay the death benefit that the premiums paid would have purchased at the correct age
- Adjust the death benefit based on current mortality tables for the correct age
- Calculate a pro-rated death benefit using the age difference as a discount factor
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Correct answer: B - Pay the death benefit that the premiums paid would have purchased at the correct age
Question 2
Evergreen Insurance Company receives a claim on a policy that was issued only eight months ago. The claimant is the insured's recently named beneficiary, and the cause of death is inconsistent with the medical information provided in the application. These circumstances represent:
- A routine claim that should be paid immediately
- Potential red flags for insurance fraud
- A claim that must be denied automatically
- Normal claims processing procedures
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Correct answer: B - Potential red flags for insurance fraud
Question 3
Kevin Lee, age 32 with an annual income of $60,000, applies for a $5,000,000 life insurance policy. The underwriter is likely to question this application because:
- Kevin is too young to purchase life insurance
- The coverage amount appears disproportionate to Kevin's income
- Kevin should only purchase term insurance at his age
- The underwriter must deny applications over $1,000,000
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Correct answer: B - The coverage amount appears disproportionate to Kevin's income
Question 4
Michael Torres died 14 months after his life insurance policy was issued. The claims examiner discovers that Michael failed to disclose a prior cancer diagnosis on his application. Because the policy is within the two-year contestable period, the insurer:
- Must pay the full death benefit because the cause of death was unrelated to cancer
- Has the right to investigate and potentially deny the claim based on the material misrepresentation
- Must pay double the face amount as a penalty for investigating
- Cannot take any action because cancer is a pre-existing condition
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Correct answer: B - Has the right to investigate and potentially deny the claim based on the material misrepresentation
Question 5
A data set contains the following claim amounts: $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, $4,000, $50,000. The mean is $12,000 but the median is $3,000. In this case, which measure of central tendency better represents the typical claim amount?
- The mean, because it provides a more comprehensive statistical summary
- The median, because it is not distorted by the outlier of $50,000
- The mode, because it represents the most commonly occurring claim value
- Neither measure is appropriate when dealing with skewed insurance data
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Correct answer: B - The median, because it is not distorted by the outlier of $50,000
Question 6
Greenfield Insurance Company provides its agent, James, with business cards, a company email address, and an office with the company logo. A customer, believing James has authority to bind coverage, enters into an insurance contract through James. Even if James exceeded his actual authority, Greenfield may be bound by the contract under the doctrine of:
- Express contractual authority
- Implied contractual authority
- Apparent authority
- Subsequent ratification doctrine
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Correct answer: C - Apparent authority
Question 7
An insurance company is deciding whether to launch Product A or Product B. Product A has a 60% chance of earning $500,000 and a 40% chance of earning $100,000. The EMV of Product A is:
- $300,000
- $340,000
- $400,000
- $500,000
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Correct answer: B - $340,000
Question 8
A bond with a duration of 7 years will experience approximately what percentage change in price for a 1% increase in interest rates?
- A 1% decrease
- A 3.5% decrease
- A 7% decrease
- A 14% decrease
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Correct answer: C - A 7% decrease
Question 9
The immediate expensing of acquisition costs under SAP compared to deferral under GAAP means that SAP generally reports:
- Higher surplus than GAAP
- Lower surplus than GAAP
- The same surplus as GAAP
- Higher net income than GAAP
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Correct answer: B - Lower surplus than GAAP
Question 10
The correct order of RBC action levels from least severe to most severe is:
- Mandatory Control, Authorized Control, Regulatory Action, Company Action
- Company Action, Regulatory Action, Authorized Control, Mandatory Control
- Regulatory Action, Company Action, Mandatory Control, Authorized Control
- Authorized Control, Mandatory Control, Company Action, Regulatory Action
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Correct answer: B - Company Action, Regulatory Action, Authorized Control, Mandatory Control