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New Exam 7 Resource: Enhanced Practice Items and Solutions

Exam 7 Practice Resource

The CAS has released a limited number of practice items that are now available for CAS Exam 7: Advanced Estimation of Claims Liabilities. These practice items can be accessed on the CAS website on both the Exam 7 landing page and the exam resources page.

This downloadable Excel resource is composed of retired questions from recent exam administrations (Spring 2024-Fall 2025) curated by the Exam 7 Working Group. Each practice item features a question tab and an answer tab; the answer tabs now include additional item and answer narratives to better support exam preparation. These enhancements continue to reflect feedback from candidate focus groups held this past fall.

The practice items follow the enhanced answer format introduced with the 6C practice resources and include the follow (enhancements indicated in bold and with *):  

  • The item itself
  • An example of a full-credit answer*
  • A short narrative explaining why the answer earns full credit*
  • 1 to 4 common pitfalls or mistakes in responses*
  • Total points
  • Item type (constructed response, matching, spreadsheet, etc.)
  • The domain aligned with the item
  • The task(s) aligned with the item
  • Reference(s) aligned with the item
  • Item origin (retired from an exam vs. developed for practice)*
  • Exam administration reference (e.g., Fall 2025)*
  • Selection criteria (why was this item chosen? Commonly missed, new content, new item type)*

Additional practice items and Grader Insight Videos are expected to be introduced for other exams over time, with releases occurring on a rolling basis. Practice items for Exam 9 will be released by the end of the summer and announced accordingly.