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Free Life Insurance Basics Practice Questions

New Jersey Life exam — 79 practice questions.

Subtopics: Insurable interest, Risk pooling, Risk classification, Representations, Who has insurable interest, STOLI, Consideration, Adhesion, Insurable interest parties, Personal uses, Liquidity, Human life value, Needs approach, Buy-sell funding, Key person, Term vs permanent, Participating policies, Separate account, Variable products licensing, Premium factors, Mortality, Interest assumption, Premium mode, Advertising, Field underwriting, Application accuracy, Sources of underwriting, Substandard risk, Effective date, Statement of good health, Backdating, MIB, Unfair discrimination underwriting, Group vs individual, Warranties vs representations, Disclosure statement, Estate conservation, Executive compensation, Expense factor, Declined risk, Surrender comparison index, Net amount at risk, Legal reserve, CSO mortality table, Level premium funding, Cash value accumulation, Endowment maturity, Free look period, Policy replacement rules, Twisting, Churning, Rebating, Defamation, Binding receipt, Insuring clause, Consideration clause, Owner vs insured, Stranger-originated life insurance, Suitability, Sales illustration, Producer appointment, Paramedical exam, Inspection report, Nonmedical limit, Split-dollar plan, Section 162 executive bonus, Dependency period need, Social Security blackout period, Capital retention approach, Final expense need, Insurance age, Flat extra premium, Postponed risk, Agent's report, Policy summary, Material misrepresentation

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Sample questions & answers

1. For a New Jersey life insurance policy, insurable interest in the insured must exist:

At the time the policy is applied for and issued

In life insurance, insurable interest must exist at the inception of the policy, not at the time of death.

2. Life insurance primarily operates by:

Spreading the financial risk of death among many insureds

Insurance spreads the risk of loss across a large pool of insureds so premiums fund covered claims.

3. In life underwriting, an applicant in better-than-average health may be assigned which classification?

Preferred

A preferred classification reflects better-than-average risk and typically yields lower premiums.

4. Statements an applicant believes to be true on a New Jersey life application are generally treated as:

Representations

Application statements are representations believed true to the best of the applicant's knowledge.

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