SOFE afe online test

Accredited Financial iner Exam

What students need to know about the afe exam

  • Total 286 Questions & Answers

Question 1

Many companies have developed an asset/liability management approach that is founded on
understanding product liabilities. Mortgages meet the primary objective of maintaining:

  • A. A tight asset/liability match
  • B. A well-diversified core of investments
  • C. A tight asset/liability match with a well-diversified core of investments.
  • D. Real estate lending by insurance companies
Answer:

C

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Question 2

___________ is an amount of money, loaned at interest for a specified term, secured by real estate
and by its improvements such as buildings and infrastructure. This form of instrument itself varies by
jurisdiction, but the debt is always evidenced by an accompanying promissory note.

  • A. Mortgage Loan
  • B. Real estate lending
  • C. Conventional Commercial Loans
  • D. CMBS
Answer:

A

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Question 3

Prepayment of a conventional mortgage loan, prior to its specified maturity, is discouraged through
the general market acceptance of significant prepayment penalties. Often these penalties are
calculated so that when prevailing market interest rates are:

  • A. Lower than the rate on the loan being repaid the borrower has to make up the interest rate differential and the lender is essentially made whole for a potential loss of interest.
  • B. Greater than the rate on the loan being repaid the borrower has to make up the interest rate differential and the lender is essentially made whole for a potential loss of interest.
  • C. Equal to the rate on the loan being repaid the borrower has to make up the interest rate differential and the lender is essentially made whole for a potential loss of interest.
  • D. Lower than the rate of interest being paid to the borrower has to make up the interest rate differential and the lender is essentially made whole for a potential loss of interest.
Answer:

A

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Question 4

These are securities whose underlying assets consist of commercial mortgage loans. The commercial
loans are pooled, which brings diversification and liquidity to the asset class.
What are these?

  • A. Conventional securities
  • B. CMBS
  • C. Subordinated securities
  • D. Securitization
Answer:

B

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Question 5

There are many different sources of CMBS. Conduits and aggregate pools generally consist of loans
newly originated, purchased or held by investment bankers until the pool is large enough for an
efficient execution. Government agencies such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) are important sources of:

  • A. Residential financing
  • B. B2B financing.
  • C. Commercial financing.
  • D. Mortgage loans
Answer:

A

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Question 6

_________________ is a special variation on a second mortgage. In this form, the new lender
assumes the original or first mortgage and has the responsibility of collecting all payments and
remitting a portion of these payments to the first lender.

  • A. Conventional Residential Loan
  • B. FHA loan
  • C. Wrap-around loan
  • D. VA loan
Answer:

C

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Question 7

Generally, residential loans are open to prepayment at any time without penalty. To protect against a
deficiency, mortgage loans should not exceed the market value of the mortgaged property and in fact
are usually made for:

  • A. No more than 80 percent of the value
  • B. Not less than 80 percent of the value
  • C. No more than 90 percent of the value
  • D. Not less than 70 percent of the value
Answer:

A

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Question 8

Federal Housing Administration:

  • A. Agency does not make loans; it only insures them. For this protection the borrower must pay an annual insurance premium to the FHA of 0.5 percent of the outstanding principal amount of the loan
  • B. Agency does not make loans; upon default, the lender has the option either of assigning the mortgage to the FHA and receiving cash and/or securities equal to the loan amount at the date of the default or of foreclosing on the mortgaged property
  • C. Establishes standards for property that can not be insured and maximum terms, interest rates, and amounts for the insured loans
  • D. All of these
Answer:

A,B

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Question 9

These are the loans in which:
Arrangement is usually called commitment When the structure is completed and put in service, the
loan is paid off from the proceeds of the long term financing, whatever its source Proper controls
would require the lender to obtain documentation for the disbursed portion of the construction loan
and be assured that the cost of the structure to date is equivalent to the disbursed portion of the
construction loan. What are these?

  • A. Undeveloped Land Loans
  • B. Construction Loans
  • C. Development Loans
  • D. Residential Loans
Answer:

D

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Question 10

________ allow investments to be made, up to a certain percent of invested or total admitted assets,
in assets that do not otherwise meet regulatory requirements. If their domiciliary jurisdiction
regulations have a this, a life insurer with a business purpose for doing so can make a limited amount
of mortgage loans that do not meet regulatory requirements without a reduction in surplus.
However, some jurisdictions do exercise some extraterritorial jurisdiction related to it.

  • A. Loan application
  • B. Basket clause
  • C. Underwriting agreement
  • D. None of these
Answer:

D

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