According to the Case in Point on Terminal Illness and Life

question 135

Multiple Choice

According to the Case in Point on terminal illness and life insurance, in the viatical industry, one of the greatest risks faced by a financial investor is that a person from whom they purchased an insurance policy:

• A) will not have sufficient funds to pay off the purchase price.
• B) will die too early.
• C) will not die soon enough.
• D) cannot get life insurance.

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Definitions:

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Graphic record of the electrical activity of the myocardium.

Conduction System

The network of nodes and special pathways in the heart that control and coordinate the timing and sequence of the cardiac cycle (heartbeat).

P Wave

The first wave on an electrocardiogram (ECG) that represents atrial depolarization, indicating the electrical activity that leads to the contraction of the heart's atria.

Cardiac Output

Volume of blood expelled by the ventricles of the heart, equal to the amount of blood ejected at each beat multiplied by the number of beats in the period of time used for computation (usually 1 minute).