ACTUARIAL PRELIMINARY EXAM NOTES

Last updated: 11/7/2011

 

These are my handwritten notes for the prelims.   They’re a little sloppy, but they’re a little more concise than notes you’d find on the AO.  They’re not meant to be a robust set of notes that covers everything, but hopefully they’ll be helpful right before the exam to point out the important things to study or the little twists that the SOA might test on.

Expect some politically incorrect memory tricks that I made up or got from the AO.  If you have any questions or find any errors, let me know and I’ll list them on this page.

 

 

Exam 1/P (up to date for Spring 2011)

I made this in my last year teaching Exam P review sessions at PSU – it’s a summary of the entire exam.

 

Exam 2/FM (August 2009)

1 is what I crammed on test day

2-3 are notes on Derivative Markets

4-5 are a short formula sheet

 

Exam 3/MFE (May 2010)

I thought I had a sheet, but I can’t find anything.  If it turns up, I’ll upload it.

 

Exam 3/MLC (November 2010) – corrected the Var(S) formula in the pdf

1-3 are my notes on SOA problems I got wrong.

4 is a short formula sheet

The rest is a longer formula sheet – there are probably better things like this in study manuals or the AO, though

 

Exam 4/C (October 2010)

1 is a short formula sheet

2-4 are a longer formula sheet (so there are some repeats between 1 and 2-4)