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Sample questions & answers
1. An immediate annuity differs from a deferred annuity mainly because an immediate annuity:
Starts paying income within one payment period
An immediate annuity begins income shortly after purchase, while a deferred annuity delays payments to a later date.
2. During the accumulation phase of a deferred annuity:
Contributions grow on a tax-deferred basis until withdrawal
In the accumulation phase, the annuity's value grows tax-deferred until the owner begins taking distributions.
3. In an annuity contract, the annuitant is the individual:
Whose life is used to determine the income payments
The annuitant is the individual whose life is used to measure the annuity's income payments.
4. A straight life (life only) annuity payout option provides:
Payments for the annuitant's lifetime that end at death
A single-life (straight life) annuity pays definite amounts at regular intervals for life, and the payments end at death. The prior answer key was wrong.
Practice: Annuities
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