IC28 Mock Test Sample 13

These questions focus on sinking funds, lender’s sinking fund methods, capital redemption policies, annuity valuation, policy values, and loan repayment techniques. The concepts explain how periodic deposits accumulate to repay loans, how interest and capital portions are separated, and how different interest rates affect loan redemption. Topics also include remunerative and reproductive rates, equitable prices of annuities, retrospective and prospective policy values, and paid-up values in capital redemption policies. Formula-based relationships involving annuity factors, sinking fund accumulations, and policy reserves are highlighted. Practical applications include yearly instalments, insurance-linked repayments, and valuation of long-term financial obligations.

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Q1. In Example 4, the fund balance at end of 8 years (after 8th payment) of Example 4 is approximately:

a) Rs. 500
b) Rs. 698.85
c) Rs. 800
d) Rs. 488.88

Q2. What is the 'remunerative rate' in lender's sinking fund?

a) The rate at which the sinking fund accumulates
b) The rate of interest on the loan
c) The risk-free rate
d) The market average rate

Q3. What is the 'reproductive rate' in lender's sinking fund context?

a) The rate of interest on loan
b) The rate at which sinking fund accumulates
c) The replacement rate
d) The discount rate

Q4. If loan rate is ii' and sinking fund rate is ii (with i>ii' > i), the lender's annual receipt per unit loan is (formula 4.9):

a) i+1/sni + 1/s_{\overline{n}|}
b) i+1/sni' + 1/s_{\overline{n}|}
c) i+1/ani + 1/a_{\overline{n}|}
d) iani' \cdot a_{\overline{n}|}

Q5. Per relation (4.10), the annuity factor at two rates ani&ia_n^{i' \& i} can be expressed as:

a) (ani)/(1+(ii)ani)(a^i_{\overline{n}|})/(1+(i'-i)a^i_{\overline{n}|})
b) 1/(i+i)1/(i'+i)
c) ania^{i'}_{\overline{n}|}
d) 1/(1vn)1/(1-v^n)

Q6. Per relation (4.11), the formula 1/ani&ii1/a_n^{i' \& i} - i' equals:

a) 1/sn1/s_{\overline{n}|}
b) 1/an1/a_{\overline{n}|}
c) ii
d) vnv^n

Q7. Per (4.13), the interest contained in the t-th instalment of unit loan repaid by 1/ani&i1/a_n^{i' \& i} over n years is:

a) (1)/(ani)(1vnt+1)+(ii)(1)/(a^i_{\overline{n}|})(1-v^{n-t+1})+(i'-i)
b) 1vt1-v^t
c) ivti' \cdot v^t
d) vntv^{n-t}

Q8. Per relation (4.14), the interest contained in t-th instalment can also be written as:

a) iist1/sni' - i \cdot s_{\overline{t-1}|}/s_{\overline{n}|}
b) i+1/sni + 1/s_n
c) 1vn1-v^n
d) iani' \cdot a_n

Q9. In Example 7, a loan of Rs. 8000 over 15 years to give effective 12% on capital with sinking fund at 10%. Yearly instalment is approximately:

a) Rs. 1000
b) Rs. 1211.79
c) Rs. 1500
d) Rs. 800

Q10. In Example 7, capital contained in 5th instalment is approximately:

a) Rs. 386.64
b) Rs. 500
c) Rs. 250
d) Rs. 600

Q11. In Example 8, X purchases from Y a 20-year annuity certain of Rs. 1000 p.a. yielding 10% with sinking fund at 9%. Price P is approximately:

a) Rs. 7000
b) Rs. 8000
c) Rs. 8365
d) Rs. 9000

Q12. In Example 8(c), if both X and Y desire to end the transaction immediately after 14th instalment, the equitable price is approximately:

a) Rs. 4111
b) Rs. 4293
c) Rs. 4486
d) Rs. 5000

Q13. What is the 'Capital Redemption Policy'?

a) A loan against an insurance policy
b) An insurance policy where premiums accumulate to provide a fixed sum at end of term
c) A type of mortgage
d) A government bond

Q14. Per formula (4.19), the annual premium PnP_{\overline{n}|} for a unit Capital Redemption Policy at rate i is:

a) 1/s¨n1/s̈_{\overline{n}|}
b) 1/sn1/s_{\overline{n}|}
c) iani \cdot a_n
d) 1/an1/a_n

Q15. Per (4.20), the single premium for unit assurance at end of n years is:

a) vnv^n
b) 1+i1+i
c) 1/(1+i)1/(1+i)
d) 1/sn1/s_n

Q16. Per (4.21), PnP_{\overline{n}|} also equals:

a) 1/a¨nd1/ä_{\overline{n}|} - d
b) i+1/sni + 1/s_n
c) vnv^n
d) 1/an1/a_n

Q17. Per (4.22), the policy value tVn_tV_{\overline{n}|} by retrospective method equals:

a) st/sns_{\overline{t}|}/s_{\overline{n}|}
b) at/ana_t/a_n
c) vtv^t
d) 1vt1-v^t

Q18. Per (4.23), the policy value by prospective method equals:

a) 1(Pn+d)a¨nt1-(P_n+d)ä_{\overline{n-t}|}
b) Pn+iP_n+i
c) vntv^{n-t}
d) snt/sns_{\overline{n-t}|}/s_n

Q19. What is the 'Paid-up Value' of a capital redemption policy?

a) The total premiums paid
b) The reduced sum assured if future premiums are discontinued
c) The surrender value
d) The full sum assured

Q20. Per (4.24), the theoretical paid-up value tWn_tW_{\overline{n}|} equals:

a) at/ana_{\overline{t}|}/a_{\overline{n}|}
b) vtv^t
c) st/sns_t/s_n
d) PntP_n \cdot t

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