Actuary Certification ACTUARY Professional and Practical Applications 2

Question 1

An actuary is asked to certify a pension plan's actuarial valuation. Which professional standard most directly governs this certification?

Accepted Answer

ASOP No. 4 – Measuring Pension Obligations

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ASOP No. 25 – Credibility Procedures

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ASOP No. 41 – Actuarial Communications

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ASOP No. 56 – Modeling

Question 2

Under the Code of Professional Conduct, an actuary who discovers a material error in prior work issued by another actuary should:

Accepted Answer

Inform the principal and encourage disclosure or correction

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Immediately report it to the applicable regulatory body

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Correct the error silently in the current work product

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Decline further engagement until the prior actuary resolves it

Question 3

A casualty actuary is reserving a long-tail liability line. Which method is most appropriate when the loss development pattern is still immature?

Accepted Answer

Bornhuetter-Ferguson method

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Paid loss development method

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Average paid loss method

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Case reserve adequacy analysis

Question 4

In life insurance, which reserve standard requires reserves to equal the present value of future benefits minus the present value of future net premiums?

Accepted Answer

Net Premium Reserve method

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CARVM

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Commissioners Reserve Valuation Method (CRVM)

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Asset Adequacy Analysis

Question 5

An actuary working in enterprise risk management assigns a 99.5th percentile Value-at-Risk (VaR) to a risk. What does this measure represent?

Accepted Answer

The loss level exceeded only 0.5% of the time

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The expected loss in the worst 0.5% of scenarios

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The maximum loss the company will ever face

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The average loss given that losses exceed the 95th percentile

Question 6

Which credibility formula correctly expresses the full-credibility standard for claim counts when Z = 1 is desired?

Accepted Answer

n ≥ (z_α/2 / r)² × (1 + CV²)

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n ≥ (z_α/2)² / p(1-p)

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n ≥ z_α/2 × σ / r

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n ≥ (z_α/2 / r)² × (1 + CV²_s)

Question 7

The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) issues ASOPs. What is the primary purpose of an ASOP?

Accepted Answer

To identify appropriate actuarial practices and the documentation needed

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To impose legal liability on actuaries who deviate from standards

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To provide enforceable regulations equivalent to state insurance law

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To set minimum educational requirements for actuarial credentialing