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SOA Exam FAM Sample Question 4.1

Study guide: Exam FAM

For a special whole life insurance policy issued on (40), you are given:

(i) Death benefits are payable at the end of the year of death

(ii) The amount of benefit is 2 if death occurs within the first 20 years and is 1 thereafter

(iii) Z is the present value random variable for the payments under this insurance

(iv) i = 0.03

(v)

x A_{x} _{20}E_{x}
40 0.36987 0.51276
60 0.62567 0.17878

(vi) E[Z^{2}] = 0.24954

Calculate the standard deviation of Z.

[Question 14 on the Fall 2012 exam]

  • A) 0.27
  • B) 0.32
  • C) 0.37
  • D) 0.42
  • E) 0.47

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