Annuities Quiz: Find the Largest Monthly Payment

What type of annuity has a cash value that is based upon the performance of its underlying investment funds?

What type of annuity guarantees income payments for the rest of a person's life and provides payments to heirs if the person dies before a certain time?

Which of these is an element of a single premium annuity?

What annuity represents the largest possible monthly payment to an individual annuitant?

In an individual straight life annuity, what is accurate about the payments?

What risk does a life annuity protect against?

What is considered to be a characteristic of an immediate annuity?

What does an immediate annuity consist of?

What type of contract liquidates an estate through recurrent payments?

What type of annuity did P purchase after funding it with $500/month for 15 years before receiving retirement payments?

What type of annuity did N purchase that guarantees $2000/month starting at age 70?

Which of the following would not be an acceptable annuity choice for W, who is 39 and wants income for life starting at age 60?

How does an indexed annuity differ from a fixed annuity?

What is the type of annuity called that can be purchased with one monetary deposit?

Annuity Types and Features

Variable Annuity: Cash value based on the performance of underlying investment funds.
Life Annuity with Period Certain: Guarantees income for life with a minimum payment period; payments continue to a beneficiary if the annuitant dies before the period ends.
Single Premium Annuity: Involves a lump-sum payment to fund the annuity.
Straight Life Annuity: Provides the largest possible monthly payment to the annuitant as payments are made for life.
Individual Straight Life Annuity: Payments are guaranteed for the lifetime of the annuitant.
Deferred Annuity: Purchaser makes contributions over time and receives retirement payments after a specified period.
Fixed Deferred Annuity: Offers guaranteed payments starting at a future date, e.g., guaranteed $2000/month from age 70.

Payment Structures

Immediate Annuity: Starts benefit payments within one payment period of purchase, typically requiring a single premium.
Indexed Annuity: Interest credited based on fluctuations of a linked index, differing from fixed annuities.

Additional Annuity Concepts

Risk Protection: Life annuities protect against the risk of outliving one’s income.
Estate Liquidation: Contracts that liquidate an estate through recurrent payments are classified as annuities.

Test your knowledge on different types of annuities with this quiz featuring 10 questions. From variable annuities to guaranteed income payments, this quiz covers essential concepts that every financial student should understand.