有在这里路过的吗？走过路过千万别错过高顿网校北美精算师频道。下面是精挑细选出来的SOA历年真题November2003Course5（四）——北美精算师考试SOA。
　　17.
　　ASSERTION
　　Under a defined benefit pension
　　plan, the plan termination
　　liability is usually less than the
　　plan continuation liability.
　　BECAUSE
　　REASON
　　Under a defined benefit pension
　　plan, the plan termination
　　valuation omits salary projections.
 
　　18.
　　ASSERTION
　　Yearly Renewable Term (YRT)
　　reinsurance is commonly used
　　with annuities.
　　BECAUSE
　　REASON
　　YRT reinsurance removes the
　　insurer’s investment risk.
 
　　19.
　　ASSERTION
　　In the U.S., manual rates
　　developed for large group health
　　plans do not depend on the
　　group’s specific gender mix.
　　BECAUSE
　　REASON
　　In the U.S., the federal
　　government restricts the use of
　　gender-based employee
　　contribution rates for large group
　　health plans.
 
　　20.
　　ASSERTION
　　Incurred loss-development
　　factors may be greater than one.
　　BECAUSE
　　REASON
　　Final loss development in a claim
　　file may be negative.
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　　Morning Session
 
　　21. For a property and casualty product, you are given:
　　Expected effective incurred losses (trended and developed) 50,000,000
　　Earned exposure units 2,000,000
　　Earned premium at current rates 66,000,000
　　Current average manual rate 33
　　Expense ratio 30%
　　Calculate the new average gross rate that should be charged.
　　(A) 25
　　(B) 30
　　(C) 36
　　(D) 47
　　(E) 83
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　　Morning Session
 
　　22. For a variable income annuity, you are given:
　　Initial annual income benefit = 10,000
　　AIR = 4%
　　Policy Year Net Investment Return
　　1 5%
　　2 3%
　　3 1%
　　4 7%
　　5 2%
　　Calculate the annual income benefit in policy year 5.
　　(A) 9,799
　　(B) 9,991
　　(C) 10,009
　　(D) 10,205
　　(E) 11,699
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　　Morning Session
 
　　23. All of the following are criteria for a risk to be insurable EXCEPT:
　　(A) The loss is definite.
　　(B) The loss is random.
　　(C) The exposure units are dependent.
　　(D) The economic value of insurance is calculable.
　　(E) It is economically feasible.
 
　　24. The administration of life insurance policies is similar to health insurance policies for all
　　of the following EXCEPT:
　　(A) Use of medical examination
　　(B) Premium collection
　　(C) Policy issue
　　(D) Application
　　(E) Claims administration
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　　Morning Session
 
　　25. For overhead expense benefit policies, all the following are true EXCEPT:
　　(A) Elimination periods usually exceed 60 days.
　　(B) Benefit periods usually exceed two years.
　　(C) Actual expenses incurred are covered up to a maximum amount.
　　(D) Benefits are independent of other disability income policies replacing earned
　　income.
　　(E) Surrogate salary benefit is available.
　　高顿网校之做人原则：一般人在遇到对方的权势大，财富大，气力大，在无可奈何的情形之下而忍，这算什么忍耐呢？真正的忍是，就算他欺负了你，对不住你，但他什么都不及你，你有足够的力量对付他，而你却能容忍他，认为他的本性和我一样，只是一时糊涂，或在恶劣的环境中受到熏染罢了，你不必与他计较，能在这样的情况及心境之下容忍那才是真正的忍耐。