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Set 3 - Pce Sample Questions 1. Which Act Is ... - Zurich
Set 3 - Pce Sample Questions 1. Which Act Is ... - Zurich
1. Which Act is introduced for the purpose of regulating the conduct of the insurance business in
Malaysia?
3. Which of the following is not a stage in “The Consumer Buying Decision” process?
4. Generally, the policy owner will get _________________ upon the maturity of their policy.
A. The insured cannot receive more than the actual amount of his loss.
B. Where there are two or more policies covering one loss, the insured must claim from all the
policies.
C. The insured cannot recover from any other insurers except from his own insurer.
D. The insured must bear the first RMX of each and every loss.
A. Accidental losses
B. All losses
C. Physical hazards
D. Risks, the severity/frequency of which is within the control of the insured person
A. Policy holder refusing a policy but accepting a similar policy with another company.
B. Agent misrepresentation facts to induce an insured to replace a policy.
C. Agent sharing a commission with the insured as an inducement to buy a policy.
D. Agent providing interim coverage between the application and the policy issue date.
10. There is a special form of bonus which is only payable when the policy becomes a claim after a
stipulated period. This bonus is _______________.
11. Which of the following is not subject to the Income Tax Act 1967?
A. Employment Income
B. Dividends
C. Rents
D. Maturity proceeds from a life insurance policy
I. Frequency
II. Consistency
III. Severity
14. A suitable table of health insurance premium rate meets all the following condition, EXCEPT:
15. Typically, before an insurer will pay for Pre-Admission testing charges, the following criteria
must be met:
A. When the confinement does not appear to bear a reasonable relationship to the diagnosis.
B. If any corrective surgery is contemplated.
C. When the confinement exceeds 30 days.
D. When the confinement is the result of a sickness rather than an injury.
18. If an act which is not within his authority is performed by an agent, and the principal agrees to
accept the same as having been done on his behalf, it is known as ___________.
A. Acceptance B. Ratification
C. Authorization D. Assignment
20. Under current Malaysian Tax regulations, a deduction up to a max of RM3000 in premium paid
for education, _______________ is allowable.
A. Indemnity and overall annual limit policy B. Benefits and life time limit policies
C. Indemnity and benefit policy D. Life time and overall annual limit policies
22. Nathan was hospitalized for 3 days in a private hospital this year. The hospital bill amount to
RM3000. This is his first claim on his hospital and surgical insurance policy this year. Given that
the policy has an annual deduction of RM1000, a co-payment requirement of 20%, and
assuming that the whole hospital bill is eligible for insurance reimbursement, how much will the
hospital & surgical insurance policy reimburse to Nathan?
A. RM2000 B. RM1800
C. RM1600 D. RM1400
23. Which section in the policy form introduces the parties to the contract and states that the
proposer has submitted an application for insurance including statements on health of the
insured person, first premium paid and agreement for subsequent premium payment as the fall
due?
A. The types of extra risk that will remain constant from year to year.
B. The types of policy arrangement that provide an acceptable solution.
C. The types of risk which is present at the younger ages but will lessen in later life.
D. The types of risk that decreasing within duration and become more potent factor in failure to
survive.
I. Ethnicity
II. Marital status
III. Age
IV. Foreign residence
I. Policy Loans
II. Automatic Premium Loan
III. Extended Term Assurance
IV. Paid-up Policy
A. A fact which will influence a prudent underwriter in deciding whether to accept the risk.
B. A fact which was known by the insurer after negotiation.
C. A fact which was known by both the insurer and the insured.
D. All of the above.
32. “An insurance contract is a legally binding agreement between an insured and his insurer. As in
other commercial agreements, certain essential requirements have to be satisfied before the
insurance agreements can be legally binding.”
Offer and Acceptance is one of the essential legal requirements in Insurance Contract.
Which statements are correct concerning Offer and Acceptance?
I. Offer is usually made by a proposer when he submitting a completed and signed proposal
form to an insurer or his agent and the insurer may accept the proposal after accessing the
proposed risk.
II. The offer and acceptance must be voluntary
III. When the proposer disagrees on the original term, the insurer may offer to provide
insurance on different terms and it is called Counter-offer.
IV. The acceptance can be made by the proposer or the insurer.
33. Risk of proper damage from earthquake, flood and typhoon is classified under:
34. The two most common expense participation methods found in major medical expenses
insurance policies are:
35. In life insurance, the claim amount is determined at the very beginning of the contract. Such
contracts are __________________ contracts.
A. Indemnity B. Aleatory
C. Subrogation D. Proximate
I. Fire
II. Court Awards
III. Negligence
IV. Revenue
37. Agent A was working with Company X. Then later Agent A changed to Company Y and brought
his customers to Company Y, what is this called?
A. Rebating B. Twisting
C. Concealment D. Misrepresenting
38. The charges for covering the cost of mortality alone is called ___________ and when the
charge is computed after taking account the elements of mortality and interest, it is called
_____________.
39. The chance of dying in a year at a specified age is commonly termed as ____________.
40. Below are the criteria for a „cashless‟ Medical and Health Insurance EXCEPT:
41. .Mr. & Mrs. Chong both aged 70 and 60 respectively received income payment from Annuity
Company. The income will be paid as long as either one annuitant is alive. The income payment
shall cease upon death of the last annuitant. What type of annuity contract has the couple
acquired?
42. Mr. Lim purchased a non- par whole life policy with RM 20,000 BSA and attached with an
Accidental Death Benefit Rider (RM 20,000 BSA). Mr. Lim met with an accident and pass away
but later prove that it happened due to drunk. How much compensation can his beneficiary get?
A. RM 20,000 B. RM 40,000
C. RM 60,000 D. RM 80,000
43. There are various ways in which the policyholder‟s share of surplus is distributed. Some of the
methods are :
I. Guaranteed Bonus
II. Interim Bonus
III. Simple Reversionary Bonus
IV. Compound Reversionary Bonus
44. Which of the following documents are generally acceptable as proof of age by life offices in
Malaysia?
I The death of the participant before the term of the takaful plan
II The termination of the contract by the participant
III The permanent total disability experienced by the participant
IV The survival of the participant to the end of the term of the takaful plan
A. 15 days B. 20 days
C. 28 days D. 30 days
47. Which of the following is the evidence of premium payment for the policyholder?
48. Based on the above table, what is the premium per annum paid by En. Fatul?
A. RM 6,025.00 B. RM 6, 180.00
C. RM 6,300.00 D. RM 6,410.00
49. Which of the following are NOT the secondary functions of insurance?
I. Cost stability
II. Source of capital
III. Stimulates business enterprise
IV. Reduction of loss
50. Mary had bought a 5-year term plan. She decided to pay the premium on 1st of January of every
year. However, she had faced some personal financial problem in 4th year and she paid the
premium on 4th February in the said year.
51. A manufacturer who is worried about product liability lawsuit arising from one of his products
can avoid it by not manufacturing that product. This called ________.
53. Risks that are insurable must fulfill certain characteristics. The main characteristics are:
I. financial value
II. large number of similar risks
III. catastrophic losses
IV. reasonable premium
54. The principle of ________ requires the insurer to restore the insured to the same financial
position as he had enjoyed immediately before the loss.
A. Subrogation B. Contribution
C. Indemnity D. Proximate cause
55. Which of the following are true about aspects of Takaful operation?
I. Participants of Takaful plans make contributions that will be accumulated in the Takaful
Fund that may be invested in areas acceptable to Syariah.
II. Profit sharing follows the principle of mudharabah.
III. Takaful business is not a contractual transfer of risk.
IV. The Takaful Company does not assume the risk.
56. Which of the following responsible for the registration of life insurance agents in Malaysia?
A. PIAM B. AMLA
C. NAMLIA D. LIAM
58. Premium for individual medical and health insurance policies are usually
A. In marine insurance the insured needs only to have insurable interest at the time of loss
occurs to be able to enter into a valid contract.
B. For general insurance contracts, insurable interest must exist at the beginning and at the
time of loss.
C. For life insurance contracts, insurable interest must exist at the beginning only.
D. With respect to life and personal accident insurance, a person has limited insurable interest
in his own life and limbs.
61. Stated below are the basic rights of consumers according to the International Consumer
Movement EXCEPT:
62. Self –regulation has to be introduced by the insurance industry with the objective to:
I. Instill discipline and promote healthy competition in the industry.
II. Provide some element of protection to insurance consumers.
III. To undertake research in the fields of insurance and other related subjects.
IV. Preparation and submission of annual accounts and the accompanying statements.
I. PIAM
II. IBAM
III. AMLA
IV. LIAM
64. Stated below are the legal requirements of insurance contract EXCEPT:
66. Some of the duties imposed on an agent in addition to his express contractual obligations are
provided as follows EXCEPT:
68. The relationship of insurer and insurance agent may be created in the following ways:
I. By implied appointment
II. By implication of the law
III. By subsequent ratification of an authorized act
IV. By statute
70. There are _______ stages in the consumer buying decision process.
A. Three B. Four
C. Five D. Six
71. The long-term nature of the contract requires the insurer to adopt a cautious view of the many
factors that enter into the premium rate calculations. Principals amongst these factors are the
following:
I. Mortality
II. Expenses
III. Rate of investment returns
IV. Tax
72. To have _______, the purchaser of a life insurance policy must stand to suffer a financial loss
on the death of the person on whose life the life insurance policy has been bought.
73. The risks covered by life insurance can be grouped under the following:
I. Premature Death
II. Permanent/Temporary disability
III. Retirement benefits
IV. Financial Guarantees
75. _______ policy provide not only the payment of the face value of the policy upon the death of
the life assured during a fixed term of years, but also the payment of the full face amount at the
end of the said term if the life assured is living.
I. Death benefit
II. Disability Benefit
III. Maturity Benefit
IV. Surrender Value
77. Which of the following plans are generally in use as non-forfeiture provisions?
78. “The insurer cannot deny liability on a policy after two years of its issue on the grounds of
misrepresentation or non-disclosure alone unless he can prove that such misrepresentation or
non-disclosure was made fraudulently by the insured”. The statement refer to:
79. Which of the following documents are generally acceptable as proof of age by life offices in
Malaysia?
I. International Passport
II. Certified extract from Baptism Register
III. School leaving certificate from Government or Government aided school
IV. Extract from service record of Government, Semi Government, Public Sector undertakings
and reputed commercial firms.
81. To deal with sub-standard lives, the insurer usually employs any one of the following method:
I. Increasing Premium
II. Decreasing Death Benefit
III. Alternative Policy Plan
IV. Bonus Adjustment
82. Under financial underwriting, the proposal form will be scrutinized to look for the following:
83. When the premium charge is computed after taking into account the elements of mortality and
interest, it is called the _________________.
84. In calculating the tabular (gross) premiums for non-participating policies, the elements normally
taken into account are the following, except:
A. Mortality B. Interest
C. Expenses D. Bonus loading
85. Under this type of regular premiums, the premium payments cease on death and no deduction
is made from the claim amount.
I. Personal particular
II. Details of insurance
III. Personal and family history
IV. Occupation, residence, travel and hazardous pursuits
87. When any adverse history of applicant‟s health is revealed, what types of document will an
insurer normally required?
88. The section of policy which is signed by certain officers of the company authorized to do so is:
90. Section 161 of Insurance Act 1996 provides that a claim upon the death of policy owner must be
paid within how many days upon receipt of intimation of the claim?
A. 30 days B. 45 days
C. 15 days D. 60 days
91. Under Section 169 of Insurance Act 1996, the payment of claim can proceed to the proper
claimant without letters of probate or administration. Insurance may pay _________.
92. In the case of endowment insurance, the amount payable in the event the policyholder survives
to the end of the term of the contract is called ________.
93. If the insurer has doubt in the validity of the documents furnished by the policyholder during any
claims, the insurer can _________.
94. Mr.Lim
Date of birth : 20 April 1972
Policy commencement date : 4 April 2004
Policy Sum Assured : RM100,000
A. RM4,360.00 B. RM4,410.00
C. RM4,520.00 D. RM4,600.00
95. Ms.Tan
Date of birth : 21 January 1970
Policy commencement date : 1 April 2004
Policy Sum Assured : RM100,000
Assuming female lives as 3 years younger, what is the premium per annum paid by Ms. Tan?
A. RM4,280.00 B. RM4,360.00
C. RM4,410.00 D. RM4,520.00
A. RM6,025.00 B. RM6,180.00
C. RM6,300.00 D. RM6,410.00
97. What are the elements used in the principal of Actuarial Valuation of a life office?
I. Distribution of Surplus
II. Interest
III. Valuation of Liabilities
IV. Valuation of Assets
99. The term life insurance used in the Code of Ethics and Conduct covers the following types of
insurance, EXCEPT:
I. Annuities
II. Pension Contracts
III. Home-service
IV. Permanent Health Insurance
ANSWERS
1 B 26 C 51 B 76 C
2 A 27 B 52 D 77 A
3 D 28 D 53 C 78 B
4 A 29 A 54 C 79 D
5 B 30 A 55 D 80 D
6 D 31 D 56 D 81 A
7 A 32 D 57 B 82 D
8 D 33 A 58 A 83 B
9 A 34 C 59 A 84 D
10 A 35 B 60 D 85 A
11 D 36 A 61 C 86 D
12 C 37 B 62 A 87 C
13 C 38 B 63 C 88 D
14 D 39 B 64 C 89 D
15 A 40 B 65 D 90 D
16 A 41 C 66 C 91 B
17 C 42 A 67 A 92 B
18 B 43 D 68 B 93 A
19 A 44 D 69 D 94 B
20 B 45 C 70 C 95 C
21 D 46 A 71 D 96 A
22 A 47 A 72 A 97 C
23 D 48 A 73 D 98 D
24 C 49 D 74 B 99 D
25 D 50 A 75 C 100 A