1. Assuming that mortality changes at 1.08-fold per year and suppose initial mortality q(0) is 0.15. What is the value of q(1)?

A) 0.187

B) 0.182

C) 0.239

D) 0.221

2.The Gompertz parameter in the Gompertz mortality model is the ____________

A) age of onset

B) initial mortality

C) rate of mortality deceleration

D) mortality slope

3.The largest yearly gains in life expectancy in the U.S. occurred ____________.

A) early 2000

B) 1960s

C) mid-1970s

D) 1990s

4.If l10=.5 and p10=.2 then l11equals___________

A) 0.25

B) 0.10

C) 0.20

D) 0.40