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In what year was Coaching Actuaries founded?
2010
What greek letter is featured in the CA logo?
alpha
What does SOA stand for?
Society of Actuaries
Which exam focuses primarily on probability concepts?
What is the score required to officially pass an SOA or CAS exam?
6
What is the name of the Coaching Actuaries founder?
Dave Kester (Coach K)
What was the first exam study course Coaching Actuaries launched for students?
Exam P. It was Adapt (now called Practice)
What does CAS stand for?
Casualty Actuarial Society
Which exam covers time value of money, annuities, and interest theory?
Exam FM
VEEs (Validation by Educational Experience)
In what year was the Campus Club program officially launched?
2015
True or False: Coaching Actuaries helps to write the SOA exams.
False
What is the term for the expected value of the amount of claims in an insurance portfolio?
Expected Loss or Pure Premium
A bond with face value $1000 pays semiannual coupons at 5% annual rate. What’s the semiannual coupon amount?
$25
Coaching Actuaries offers a "Pass Guarantee" on their subscriptions. If a student fails their exam, what is the primary benefit they receive?
A free subscription extension (one-time renewal)
Where is the Coaching Actuaries office located?
Clive, IA or Des Moines, IA
In the CA Practice (Adapt) system, this specific metric (calculated as a weighted average of your recent performance) determines the difficulty level of the next "Adaptive" exam or quiz you generate.
Earned Level (EL)
What is the name of the process actuaries use to estimate future claim amounts based on historical data?
Loss Reserving
If two independent events A and B have probabilities P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) = 0.5, what is P(A ∩ B)?
0.3
How long does it take to get back your official exam breakdown after you take an actuarial exam?
~8 weeks
Who is currently the president of Coaching Actuaries?
Tong Teh
CA's Practice feature gives every user the exact same exam and quiz questions.
False
What is the term for an annuity where the payments increase by a constant amount each period?
Arithmetic increasing annuity
What distribution is commonly used to model the number of independent events occurring at a constant rate within a given time period?
Poisson distribution
Before officially receiving their ASA or ACAS credentials, all candidates must attend this mandatory, in-person (or virtual) seminar focused on professional ethics and responsibility.
The APC (Associateship Professionalism Course) for SOA candidates, or the COP (Course on Professionalism) for CAS candidates.