Web Resources for Actuarial Exam P

SOA (Society of Actuaries) Information

The Society of Actuaries Exam P and the Casualty Actuarial Society Exam 1 is a 3 hour multiple choice exam with 30 questions.


• Approved Calculators. You can bring more than one of approved calculators (must be Texas Instruments calculators) .
  http://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/exam-day-info/edu-calculators.aspx
• Pass level and Pass rate. In order to pass, a candidate must answer approximately 70% of questions correctly. Approximately 40% of those taking the exam pass the exam (i.e. score 6 out of 10 or higher).
  http://www.casact.org/admissions/studytools/exam1/exam_1pass.pdf
• General Information. How to register.
  http://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/registration/edu-registration.aspx
• 2021 SOA Exam Dates and registration deadlines.
  https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/exam-day-info/exam-schedules/
  
• 2021 SOA Exam Dates at uwindsor.
  http://web2.uwindsor.ca/math/hlynka/2021ExamdatesUwindsor.pdf
  
• September, 2021 SOA Exam P Syllabus.
  https://www.soa.org/globalassets/assets/files/edu/2021/2021-09-exam-p-syllabus.pdf
• Exam P normal distribution tables. Both online and pencil and paper exam P will have access to normal distribution tables. Tables follow. Practice to become familiar with the tables.
  http://web2.uwindsor.ca/math/hlynka/ExamPNormalTables.pdf
  I had thought that online exam takers had access to the following online normal calculator, but I was told that this is not correct. Apparently the following calculator refers to the IFM exam.
  https://www.prometric.com/soa
  So practice with the actual tables.
• Past Exams and Solutions.
  https://www.soa.org/Education/Exam-Req/Syllabus-Study-Materials/edu-multiple-choice-exam-archives.aspx Some of old Exam 1 problems are probability type problems but other math questions are no longer part of the syllabus. So this section is not a great resource.
• SOA Sample Problems. 328 problems.
  Problems: https://www.soa.org/globalassets/assets/Files/Edu/edu-exam-p-sample-quest.pdf
  Solutions: http://www.soa.org/Files/Edu/edu-exam-p-sample-sol.pdf
  
• SOA Online Sample Exams
  https://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/syllabus-study-materials/edu-exam-p-online-sample.aspx
• Actuarial Outpost: actuarial discussion forum
  http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/
  Includes an Exam P section.
  http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/forumdisplay.php?f=19
• reddit actuarial forum
  https://www.reddit.com/r/actuary/
• MSU Actuarial Resources.
  https://actuarialscience.natsci.msu.edu/useful-links/resources-for-exam-preparation/

Actuarial P Problems on the Web

1. Krzys Ostaszewski: "My free resources are now all in my YouTube channel"
   http://smartURL.it/PassActuarialExams
   as follows: Exam P: http://smartURL.it/PassExamP
2. Broverman Weekly P questions.
   http://www.sambroverman.com/question.html
Both Broverman and Ostaszewski (above) have Exam P manuals as do many others. See samples below and see
the Commerical Manuals section at the end of this web page.


3. MSU random Exam P test. Very nice.
   http://q44929.questionwritertracker.com/PGMFJY3G/
4. Elias Saab site. Makes up random tests. May need firefox. Nice.
   http://www.saab.org/actuarial.html
5. Dan Ma. 92 problems. Well organized site.
   https://probabilityexam.wordpress.com/about/
6. Actuarial AdvantEDGE. George Barnidge. Some notes and problems and solutions.
   file:///C:/Users/USER/Downloads/Actuarial%20AdvantEdge%20P%20Manual%20(Sample).pdf
7. U Illinois. Feng Zhu.
   http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~fengzhu2/Math370X.htm
8. Sample material from BPP.
   http://www.bpptraining.com/html/downloads.htm
9. Hildebrandt SOA problem collection
   http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/370/
   http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/408/
10. Purdue Univ.
    http://www.math.purdue.edu/~jtfuller/
11. The Infinite Actuary (TIA). Includes some free material.
    http://www.theinfiniteactuary.com/

VIDEOS

• Wisconsin Practice problems videos.
  http://instruction.bus.wisc.edu/jfrees/UWCAELearn/default.aspx
• Actuarial Academy. Markus Emsermann. 25 videos of 10 minutes each.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jA_IJkg1fc&list=UU6bO6OZfTHo-lNeOkTYPhFQ&index=1
• Beatriz Medina. She has 11 Exam P Practice solutions.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I33IDU1wV4&feature=related
• Two problem solutions from the Infinite Actuary.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBDgV_JJ0gs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Actuarial P Books on the web

1. M. Finan. A Probability Course for the Actuaries: A Preparation for Exam P/1. Dr. Finan has books online for each of exams P, FM, MFE, MLC, C.
   http://faculty.atu.edu/mfinan/actuarieshall/Pbook.pdf
2. G. Stolyarov's Answers to M. Finan. A Probability Course for the Actuaries: A Preparation for Exam P/1
   http://rationalargumentator.com/actuaryguide/finan-1-answers.html
3. Steve Paris Exam P brief notes.
   http://www.math.fsu.edu/~paris/Pexam/index.html
4. Wisconsin Learning Modules.
   http://instruction.bus.wisc.edu/jfrees/UWCAELearn/default.aspx
5. Notes on Probability by Peter J. Cameron. Queen Mary, University of London. Calculus based probabiilty course.
   http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~pjc/notes/prob.pdf
6. Probability II. Queen Mary, University of London.
   http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~lr/MTH5118/
7. South Carolina. J. Tebbs
   http://www.stat.sc.edu/~tebbs/stat511/
8. Tom Salisbury. York University. Toronto.
   http://www.math.yorku.ca/~salt/courses/2030w11/2030.html

University Courses.

• Ohio State. Chunsheng Ban.
  https://people.math.osu.edu/ban.1/532/

Actuarial Organizations

1. Be an Actuary
   http://www.beanactuary.org/
2. SOA Society of Actuaries
   http://www.soa.org/
3. CAS Casualty Actuarial Society
   http://www.casact.org/
4. Canadian Institute of Actuaries
   http://www.actuaries.ca/

COMMERCIAL STUDY MANUALS

• Coaching Actuaries and ADAPT.
  https://www.coachingactuaries.com/
• ACTEX manuals.
  http://www.actexmadriver.com/
  
• The Infinite Actuary (TIA)
  http://www.theinfiniteactuary.com/
• ASM Manuals
  http://www.studymanuals.com/
  
• Actuarial Examinations Intensive Review Seminars- Illinois State. Krzysztof Ostaszewki.
  http://math.illinoisstate.edu/actuary/exams/prep_courses.shtml
• The Actuarial Bookstore.
  https://www.actuarialbookstore.com/
• Interactive Math Tutor for Actuarial Exams. Howard Heller.
  http://www.interactivemathtutor.com/actuarial/