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Free Life Insurance Basics Practice Questions

Wyoming Life exam — 83 practice questions.

Subtopics: Term insurance, Cash value, Universal life, Primary beneficiary, Revocable beneficiary, Human life value, Needs approach, Premium mode, Participating dividends, Nonforfeiture options, Buy-sell funding, Key person, Insurable interest, Insurable interest parties, Personal uses, Liquidity, Term vs permanent, Participating policies, Separate account, Variable products licensing, Premium factors, Mortality, Interest assumption, Advertising, Field underwriting, Application accuracy, Sources of underwriting, Risk classification, 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. Term life insurance is best described as coverage that:

Provides death benefit protection for a specified period with no cash value

Term life provides protection for a stated period and generally has no cash value component.

2. The savings element that accumulates within a traditional whole life policy is called the:

Cash value

Whole life builds a cash value that the owner may access through loans or surrender.

3. Universal life insurance is distinguished by its:

Flexible premiums and adjustable death benefit

Universal life offers flexible premiums and an adjustable death benefit within policy limits.

4. The party first in line to receive the death benefit of a life policy is the:

Primary beneficiary

The primary beneficiary has the first right to the death proceeds if living at the insured's death.

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Practice: Life Insurance Basics

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